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Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin buried at St Petersburg cemetery

A portrait of Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia [File: Reuters]

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group chief who died in a plane crash last week, has been buried at a cemetery on the outskirts of St Petersburg.

The funeral took place on Tuesday, away from the glare of the media and in stark contrast to the brazen, self-publicising style with which Prigozhin had fanned his reputation far beyond Russia for ruthlessness and ambition.

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