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France 24
France 24
Politics
Sonya CIESNIK

Wagner group's future hanging in the balance after Prigozhin’s death

People stand next to an informal street memorial near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on August 27, 2023 for members of the Wagner Group killed in a plane crash on August 23. © Alexander Zemlianichenko, AP

Wagner military chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was officially confirmed dead by Russian authorities on Sunday. The fate of his mercenary group – and its operations in Africa and the Middle East – now hangs in the balance. FRANCE 24 spoke to Anastasiya Shapochkina, a political analyst and researcher with a focus on Russian domestic policy, about possible scenarios for the private army’s future.

Wagner military chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was officially confirmed dead on Sunday. Forensic testing on the 10 bodies recovered from the site of the plane crash on August 23 "conform to the manifest" for the flight, Russian officials said. 

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