Yevgeny Prigozhin and the long list of those who challenged Vladimir Putin and paid the price

Russian president’s message has been clear for two decades: opposition will not be tolerated and will probably have fatal consequences

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Following a deal brokered by Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his rebellion
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Stefan Wolff professor of international security at the University of Birmingham explains how Yevgeny Prigozhin is just another in a long line of those who have faced an early demise after opposing Vladimir Putin.

Two months after challenging Vladimir Putin’s leadership in an apparent but abortive “mutiny”, Yevgeny Prigozhin – the former owner of the mercenary private military company Wagner Group – has joined a long list of prominent Russians to die in mysterious circumstances.

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