{"id":117938,"date":"2023-08-29T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=117938"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:00:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:00:14","slug":"prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Prigozhin funeral held &#8216;behind closed doors&#8217; as rumours spread he&#8217;s still alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A funeral for Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was held &quot;behind closed doors&quot;, despite rumours the military leader is still alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>Prigozhin, nicknamed &quot;Putin&apos;s chef&quot;, was one of 10 killed in a plane crash on August 23, with foul play and faked death rumours following.<\/p>\n<p>A &quot;farewell ceremony&quot; was held for the militia head at a cemetery in St Petersburg, according to his press team following the confirmation of his death through DNA testing.<\/p>\n<p><b> READ MORE: Wagner boss Prigozhin&apos;s plane crash theories &#8211; wine bomb, spy hit job or still alive <\/b><\/p>\n<p>His death comes just two months after a failed coup against Russian president Vladimir Putin, who was allegedly behind the crash which wiped out Prigozhin and alleged Wagner Group founder Dmitry Utkin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30815808.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Yevgeny-Prigozhin-the-founder-of-the-Russian-private-security-company-Wagner-shared-video.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A Telegram statement from Prigozhin&apos;s press office read: &quot;The farewell to Yevgeny Viktorovich [Prigozhin] took place in a closed format. Those who wish to say goodbye may visit Porokhovskoye cemetery.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>His secret funeral was not attended by president Putin, whose Kremlin officials confirmed he would not be making an appearance.<\/p>\n<p>The private service comes as rumours over a body double were launched, with some claiming the Wagner leader is still &quot;alive&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Star reported on the allegations of Prigozhin&apos;s faked death, with Russian expert Valery Solovey saying despite the confirmed death, the militia head could still be alive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30815814.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_TOPSHOT-RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT-WAGNER.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30813471.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/1_Trial-Of-Jennifer-W-Over-Islamic-State-Membership-And-Death-Of-Yazidi-Girl-Nears-End.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> ISIS bride who bought slave girl, 5, and chained her in Iraq heat to die is locked up<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Solovey claimed: &quot;First, the plane in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was supposed to fly was downed by a Russian air defence system \u2013 there was no explosion on board.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Prigozhin himself was not on board.\u200c His double was flying instead of him \u2013 Vladimir Putin is perfectly aware of that.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Despite being &quot;perfectly aware&quot; of the body double on board the Embraer Legacy 600, some have claimed he ordered the plane to be shot down.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Star collected the varying rumours around the death of Prigozhin, including one allegation of a wine bomb being planted on the jet just hours before take-off.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/i><\/b><b><i>here<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/funeral-prigozhin-held-behind-closed-30815519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A funeral for Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was held &quot;behind closed doors&quot;, despite rumours the military leader is still alive and well. Prigozhin, nicknamed <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/\" title=\"Prigozhin funeral held &#8216;behind closed doors&#8217; as rumours spread he&#8217;s still alive\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prigozhin funeral held &#039;behind closed doors&#039; as rumours spread he&#039;s still alive - yourclomid.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prigozhin funeral held &#039;behind closed doors&#039; as rumours spread he&#039;s still alive - yourclomid.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A funeral for Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was held &quot;behind closed doors&quot;, despite rumours the military leader is still alive and well. Prigozhin, nicknamed [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"yourclomid.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-29T17:00:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30815808.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Yevgeny-Prigozhin-the-founder-of-the-Russian-private-security-company-Wagner-shared-video.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/\",\"name\":\"Prigozhin funeral held 'behind closed doors' as rumours spread he's still alive - yourclomid.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-29T17:00:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-29T17:00:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f97729ba4f6c2af46dd5d5a27032cc9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/category\/world-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Prigozhin funeral held &#8216;behind closed doors&#8217; as rumours spread he&#8217;s still alive\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/\",\"name\":\"yourclomid.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f97729ba4f6c2af46dd5d5a27032cc9\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7b02be8288a0edbb9764901ae6050dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7b02be8288a0edbb9764901ae6050dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Prigozhin funeral held 'behind closed doors' as rumours spread he's still alive - yourclomid.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Prigozhin funeral held 'behind closed doors' as rumours spread he's still alive - yourclomid.com","og_description":"A funeral for Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was held &quot;behind closed doors&quot;, despite rumours the military leader is still alive and well. Prigozhin, nicknamed [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/","og_site_name":"yourclomid.com","article_published_time":"2023-08-29T17:00:14+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30815808.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Yevgeny-Prigozhin-the-founder-of-the-Russian-private-security-company-Wagner-shared-video.jpg"}],"author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/","url":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/","name":"Prigozhin funeral held 'behind closed doors' as rumours spread he's still alive - yourclomid.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-08-29T17:00:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-29T17:00:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f97729ba4f6c2af46dd5d5a27032cc9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/prigozhin-funeral-held-behind-closed-doors-as-rumours-spread-hes-still-alive\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World News","item":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/category\/world-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Prigozhin funeral held &#8216;behind closed doors&#8217; as rumours spread he&#8217;s still alive"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/","name":"yourclomid.com","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f97729ba4f6c2af46dd5d5a27032cc9","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7b02be8288a0edbb9764901ae6050dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7b02be8288a0edbb9764901ae6050dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117939,"href":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117938\/revisions\/117939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}