Kremlin denies involvement in Wagner leader's fatal plane crash The Kremlin has vehemently denied any involvement in the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian mercenary group known as Wagner, while refraining from confirming his death definitively. Russia's aviation authority announced that Prigozhin was aboard a private jet that tragically crashed on the evening of August 23, northwest of Moscow, with no survivors. Prigozhin had previously led an unsuccessful mutiny against the Kremlin and Russia's military leadership just two months ago. However, he reversed his course when the Belarusian president...