Memorial held in Russia a year after Yevgeny Prigozhin's death

A group of former soldiers and supporters of the Wagner paramilitary group, that was led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, held the memorial in a Moscow street.

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00:00Mourners have gathered in Moscow from memorial service to the former chief of the Wagner

00:06mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin.

00:09Prigozhin was killed after the plane he was traveling in crashed 100 kilometers north

00:13of Moscow on August 23 last year.

00:16The food caterer-turned-leader of the Wagner group came to prominence after Russia sent

00:21its army into Ukraine in February 2022.

00:24He was often at odds with senior military figures, accusing them of incompetence and

00:29treason for their lack of support and supplies.