In the weeks since he led a humiliating mutiny against Russia’s military leadership – Yevgeny Priogozhin’s whereabouts have been largely unknown.
Now the leader of the Wagner mercenary group is reported to be dead – listed as a passenger on a private jet which crashed north of Moscow with no survivors.
A former ally of Russia’s President, Prigozhin amassed a fortune from state contracts before founding the powerful paramilitary group, which played a key role in Africa and Ukraine.