"Putin's Security Council Chief Ordered Assassination of Wagner Boss Prigozhin: Report"

Western intelligence agencies and a Russian intelligence officer have claimed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, was killed in a plane crash ordered by Nikolai Patrushev, the chief of Russia's Security Council and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin. Patrushev allegedly warned Putin about Prigozhin's growing dissent against Russia's military leadership, leading to his sidelining. Prigozhin declared a mutiny against Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and army chief Valery Gerasimov, but Patrushev organized negotiations to stop Wagner's advance. In August, Prigozhin died in a plane crash, believed to be caused by a small bomb placed under the wing. The Kremlin has denied any involvement in the deaths.