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Vladimir Putin acknowledged in late June 2023 that the [[Kremlin]] had paid Prigozhin’s army nearly $1 billion dollars between May of 2022 and May of 2023. Prigozhin and his reduced Wagner force were left in limbo after the aborted mutiny, and many Wagner members were absorbed into the Russian military. Putin arranged for Prigozhin and what was left of his mercenary force to be driven into exile in [[Belarus]].  By early August 2023 there were reports of border tensions as the remnant of the Wagner Group made a series of intrusions into the airspace of [[Poland]], and troublesome threats at the borders of [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[Estonia]], and [[Finland]]. For Putin, triggering complaints from NATO countries was an unforgivable breach.<ref>https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/why-putin-killed-prigozhin</ref>

Vladimir Putin acknowledged in late June 2023 that the [[Kremlin]] had paid Prigozhin’s army nearly $1 billion dollars between May of 2022 and May of 2023. Prigozhin and his reduced Wagner force were left in limbo after the aborted mutiny, and many Wagner members were absorbed into the Russian military. Putin arranged for Prigozhin and what was left of his mercenary force to be driven into exile in [[Belarus]].  By early August 2023 there were reports of border tensions as the remnant of the Wagner Group made a series of intrusions into the airspace of [[Poland]], and troublesome threats at the borders of [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[Estonia]], and [[Finland]]. For Putin, triggering complaints from NATO countries was an unforgivable breach.<ref>https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/why-putin-killed-prigozhin</ref>

Prigozhin, Wagner group co-founder Dmitri Utkin and logistics chief Valery Chekalov along with two bodyguards. two pilots and a flight attendant, were killed in a plane crash in the Tver region on August 23, 2023<ref>https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/special-report-the-curtain-closes</ref> Colonel General [[Mikhail Mizintsev]] assumed control of the remaining Wagner group forces in Belarus.  

Prigozhin, Wagner group co-founder Dmitri Utkin and [[logistics]] chief Valery Chekalov along with two bodyguards. two pilots and a flight attendant, were killed in a plane crash in the Tver region on August 23, 2023<ref>https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/special-report-the-curtain-closes</ref> Colonel General [[Mikhail Mizintsev]] assumed control of the remaining Wagner group forces in Belarus.  

Prigozhin was reported dead in a plane crash in the [[Congo]] in 2019, only to reappear 3 days later.

Prigozhin was reported dead in a plane crash in the [[Congo]] in 2019, only to reappear 3 days later.