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.