Vladimir Putin Refuses To Attend Wagner Group Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's Funeral

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has failed to attend the funeral for Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed when his jet crashed en route from Moscow to St Petersburg in late August. Makeshift memorials to Prigozhin and other Wagner leaders who perished in the tragedy have grown substantially his death was confirmed, two months after he launched a failed coup against Putin. Prigozhin was buried in a private ceremony at Porokhovskoye Cemetery in Saint Petersburg, beside his father.

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0:00 - Mourners gather at Porokhovskoye Cemetery in Saint Petersburg for the private funeral service of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin
0:28 - Russian national guards keep watch over Prigozhin's grave, which was covered with flowers, a Russian tricolour flag and the black Wagner flag
1:16 - Security was tightened for Yevgeny Prigozhin's private funeral, per the Wagner Group leader's family's wishes
2:08 - Makeshift public memorials for Yevgeny Prigozhin swell as Wagner supporters mourn his death
2:28 - Wagner supporter says Prigozhin tragedy "won't fade away simply"
3:13 - "[Wagner] will win anyway, we can't lose," Prigozhin mourner claims
3:30 - Prigozhin mourners light candles for Wagner Group leader
3:41 - Wagner sympathiser says the entire country of Russia is in mourning
4:09 - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to diplomat at the Kremlin after failing to turn up to Yevgeny Prigozhin's funeral
4:44 - News of Prigozhin's funeral gets a fleeting mention in Russian state television broadcast

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