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Charles Maynes

The Kremlin denies causing the plane crash thought to have killed Prigozhin

A portrait of Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen among flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Wagner Group headquarters in St. Petersburg, Friday. Prigozhin and other members of the mercenary company are believed to have died in a plane crash in Russia. (Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images)

MOSCOW — The Kremlin is dismissing allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind the apparent death of Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash in Russia this week.

The Russian government was reacting to reports citing U.S. and other Western officials who suspected Putin may have ordered Prigozhin's death.

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