Prigozhin buried in private funeral - Wagner chief's press service

Wagner main Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried successful a backstage ceremonial successful St Petersburg, his property work has said.

It said the ceremonial was held successful "a closed format", and each those "wishing to accidental goodbye tin sojourn the [city's] Porokhovskoye cemetery".

Prigozhin, 62, was confirmed dormant by Russian authorities aft familial investigation of 10 bodies recovered successful crashed level connected 23 August adjacent Moscow.

The Kremlin has denied speculation it was to blasted for the crash.

But a fig of Russia watchers - some successful the state and overseas - person described Prigozhin arsenic a "dead antheral walking" since an aborted equipped mutiny helium led backmost successful June.

All 10 radical - including Prigozhin's right-hand antheral Dmitry Utkin - died successful the clang successful the Tver region, north-west of Moscow.

The Wagner property work gave the accusation astir Prigozhin's ceremonial successful a abbreviated connection connected Telegram connected Tuesday.

It provided nary further details.

Earlier successful the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin person would not beryllium attending Prigozhin's funeral.

Mr Putin stayed soundless for astir 24 hours aft the crash. The pursuing time helium sent his condolences to the families of each the victims.

And helium described Prigozhin arsenic a "talented person" who "made superior mistakes successful life".

In June, Prigozhin - erstwhile a Putin loyalist - led the rebellion against the apical 2 generals of the Russian equipped forces.

His mercenaries took power of the confederate Russian metropolis of Rostov-on-Don, and were marching connected Moscow - lone halting the mutiny astir 200km (125 miles) from the capital.

Mr Putin astatine the clip described the rebellion arsenic "treachery" and a "stab successful the back", but a woody was aboriginal struck for Wagner fighters either to articulation Russian regular service units oregon determination to Belarus, a Russian ally.

However, determination has been frenzied speculation that Russian information forces were someway progressive successful the level crash.

US officials quoted by CBS, the BBC's media spouse successful America, person said that the astir apt origin of the clang was an detonation connected committee the backstage jet.

Mr Peskov dismissed rumours of foul play arsenic an "absolute lie".