A few days after the plane crash that killed Russian oligarch and head of the Wagner private military company Yevgeny Prigozhin, two videos emerged online showing the destruction of cemeteries for Wagner mercenaries – or so social media users claimed. Some people are saying that this destruction is part of a Russian campaign to erase any sign of the powerful Wagner Group in Russia after Prigozhin led a short-lived rebellion against the country’s military leadership. Our research currently shows no link between what is happening in the cemeteries and the plane crash.
The plane transporting Russian oligarch and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed last Wednesday in the Tver region, northwest of Moscow, killing all on board. Many people suspect that the Kremlin was involved as Prigozhin had recently tried to stage a rebellion against Russia's military leadership.
