The Prigozhin plane crash — Putin's revenge | Start Here

Wagner Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is presumed dead after a plane crash in Russia. Could this be Putin taking revenge for the mutiny Prigozhin led in June? And what will happen to the Wagner Group now? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains. 00:30 - Who was behind the Prigozhin plane crash? 01:12 - President Vladimir Putin’s reaction to Prigozhin’s mutiny in June 2023 02:59 - Suggestions that Ukraine could be behind the crash 03:50 - Does Prigozhin’s death make Putin stronger or weaker? 04:53 - What will happen to the Wagner Group now? 05:08 - The Wagner Group’s operations in Africa 05:36 - Dmitry Utkin is also thought to be dead 06:24 - How might loyal Wagner soldiers react to the death of Prigozhin? This episode features: Colin Clarke - Director of research, the Soufan Group Sergey Markov - Former Russian MP and Putin advisor Dmitry Babich - Russian political analyst PJ Crowley - Former US assistant secretary of state for public affairs Samuel Ramani - Associate fellow, RUSI Patrick Bury - Senior lecturer in security, University of Bath Nicolas Haque - Al Jazeera correspondent, Dakar, Senegal Pavel Felgenhauer, Russian military analyst