Putin Breaks Silence on Wagner Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin

Published AUG 25 2023

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Pro-Russia narrative

Prigozhin is a complicated character who made some mistakes, but also one who valiantly served Russia's interests. The cause of this tragic crash will be investigated to the fullest extent possible.

Anti-Russia narrative

After Prigozhin humiliated the dictatorial Putin by launching his failed mutiny, and then proceeded to roam around freely without prosecution, the question shouldn't be how he was killed, but how he survived so long in the first place.

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