Kadyrov Comments on Death of Prigozhin

The President of the Russian Republic of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, said that the founder of the "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin made a great contribution to the special military operation, indicating that his death is a great loss for Russia.

"Undoubtedly, he made a great contribution to the special military operation, and this credit cannot be taken away from him. His death is a great loss for the entire country. I extend my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Yevgeny Viktorovich," the Chechen president wrote on his Telegram channel about Prigozhin.

Kadyrov continued of Prigozhin: "But lately he either did not see or did not want to see the full picture of what was happening in the country. I asked him to abandon personal ambitions for the sake of matters of supreme national importance. Everything else can be decided in Later, but he was, with his iron personality and his desire to achieve his goal here and now.

Yesterday, Wednesday, Prigozhin died in the crash of the private plane that was carrying him along with 9 other people, including the plane's crew, in Tver Province, near Moscow.

Earlier on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the plane crash on which the founder of the "Wagner" group was on board, noting that Prigozhin was a man with a difficult fate, but he was talented.

He also stressed that "Wagner" contributed effectively to the fight against Nazism in Ukraine, and we will never forget this."