Dozens mourn Wagner boss 40 days after his death in a plane crashDozens of mourners have hailed Yevgeny Prigozhin as a patriotic hero of Russia who had spoken truth to power. It is still unclear what caused the plane to crash two months to the day since the mercenary chief's failed mutiny. Supporters waved the black flags of Wagner which sport a skull and the motto "Blood, Honour, Motherland, Courage". At memorials in Moscow and other Russian cities dozens of Wagner fighters and ordinary Russians paid their respects, though there was no mass outpouring of grief. And that's why he became popular both in Russia and abroad," it said.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 01, 2023 16:42 UTC