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Wagner’s Prigozhin falls from the sky and Putin’s grip on Russia tightens

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Mr Yevgeny Prigozhin’s jet was either shot down by Russia’s air defences or suffered an inexplicable onboard explosion.

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The end was spectacular but hardly surprising.

Almost two months to the day since he dared mount an armed rebellion against the Russian government, Mr Yevgeny Prigozhin

died when one of his private planes crashed

during a flight between Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city.

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