'Like losing your father': Wagner chief's supporters mourn

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SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian supporters of Yevgeny Prigozhin gathered outside the Wagner headquarters in Saint Petersburg on Thursday (Aug 24) to pay their respects to the mercenary group's boss,

But he remained popular among Russians, who acclaimed the battlefield achievements of the Wagner paramilitary group - despite many accusations of abuses and war crimes.

The clips, full of expletives, were a sharp contrast to the tightly controlled narrative of Russian officials. A member of private mercenary group Wagner pays tribute to Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner's operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, at the makeshift memorial in front of the PMC Wagner office in Novosibirsk, on Aug 24, 2023.

"You know, when in France President Charles de Gaulle died, it was said that France had become an orphan.

 

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