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Prigozhin Plane Crash: What Next for Putin?

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Does the Wagner chief’s reported death strengthen the Russian president?

Lyse, Vitaly and journalist Gabriel Gatehouse unpick the latest developments surrounding Wednesday's plane crash, and the presumed death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group.

And Kremlin critic Bill Browder suggests that Prigozhin’s presumed death is “the beginning of the purge” and gives an insight of what it’s like to be a marked man in Moscow.

Today’s episode is presented by Lyse Doucet and Vitaly Shevchenko.

The producers were Sam McLaren, Josh Jenkins, Beth Rose and Ivana Davidovic. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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Published on Thursday, 24th August 2023.

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