Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash last week, has been laid to rest in a private cemetery on the outskirts of his hometown St Petersburg, his press service said on Tuesday.
This was contained in a short post on Telegram, accompanied by a photo of Prigozhin.
The statement read: “The farewell to Yevgeny Viktorovich took place in a closed format. Those who wish to say goodbye may visit Porokhovskoye cemetery”.
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Secrecy had surrounded the funeral arrangements for Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash on 23 August, two months to the day since staging a mutiny in the biggest challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule since he rose to power in 1999.
The Kremlin has rejected as an “absolute lie” the suggestion that Putin ordered his death in revenge for the revolt. It said earlier on Tuesday that the president would not attend the funeral.