Wagner chief dead after mutiny against Russia

Was the plane crash that killed the Wagner chief an accident or punishment? Vladimir Putin breaks silence.

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00:00This is always a tragedy.

00:13There's not much that happens when the pressure is creeping up, and I don't know enough to

00:33know the answer.

00:43I would like to note that these are people who have made a significant contribution to our

01:03common cause of fighting the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine.

01:08We remember this, we know this, and we won't forget it.

01:39I've known Prigozhin for a very long time, since the early 1990s.

01:45He was a man of complicated fate, and he made serious mistakes in his life.

01:52He was a talented person, a talented businessman.

01:55He worked not only in our country, but also abroad, in Africa in particular.

02:09He was a great man.

02:11He was a great man.

02:13He was a great man.

02:15He was a great man.

02:17He was a great man.

02:19He was a great man.

02:21He was a great man.

02:23He was a great man.

02:25He was a great man.

02:27He was a great man.

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02:33He was a great man.

02:35He was a great man.

02:37He was a great man.

02:39He was a great man.

02:41He was a great man.

02:44The aviation disaster, I would like to first of all express my sincere condolences to all the victims.

02:54We'll see what the investigators will say in the near future.

02:59And now, technical and genetic tests are being carried out.

03:05It will take some time.