The Death of Prigozhin -The crash & its implications for Wagner, Africa, Ukraine & Russia

Sponsored by Private Internet Access: https://www.piavpn.com/Perun Description: Over the course of the war in Ukraine, Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin and Wagner Group became household names around the world. From their fighting at Bakhmut, to their standoffs with the Russian MoD leadership, to the dramatic march on Moscow followed by a public truce, the PMC and its leader often dominated the news. But on 23 August, Prigozhin's story seems (so far) to have come to a very public end, when a jet carrying him and other Wagner members crashed in Russia with no reported survivors. What does that mean for the PMC, Russia, Africa & the West? Those are questions I'll ask today. Patreon:   / perunau   Comments & Caveats: All usual caveats and notes apply - and to those I'd add those I very specifically raise in the video around the quality of the evidence we currently have. Reading and source notes: TASS - Business jet crashes in Tver region https://tass.com/emergencies/1664307 Utkin's sanctions https://www.opensanctions.org/entitie... Russian Aviation Authority on the manifest: https://t.me/favt_ru/1278 TASS - aircraft flight pattern https://tass.com/emergencies/1664559 TASS - passengers https://tass.com/emergencies/1664395 Putin on Prigozhin's death https://www.watoday.com.au/world/euro... Simon Rynn (published by RUSI) - Where next for Wagner Group in Africa https://rusi.org/explore-our-research... Moscow Times on the crash: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/0... Reporting on Wagner handing over heavy weapons: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7... Poland moving troops to Belarus border https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/po... Reporting on Wagner presence near Polish Border https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-3... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe... Mark Galeotti article https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/p... Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign pledge of allegiance https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-2... Lavrov on Wagner operations in Africa https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/26/r... TASS - Lukashenko says Prigozhin's family confirm that he's dead https://tass.com/world/1665595 Prigozhin Africa Video: https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... Reporting on Russian airlines https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/0... UK House Foreign Affairs Committee - the Wagner Network exposed https://committees.parliament.uk/publ... TASS - flight recorder https://tass.com/society/1665625 Expert reactions published by Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs... US reporting on causes https://abcnews.go.com/International/... https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/... Western reporting on the crash https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-2... https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe... Prigozhin in Belarus https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... Prigozhin at the Africa summit https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa... Reporting on Niger coup https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8... More video: https://t.me/ENews112/15120 Video footage: https://t.me/breakingmash/47183 Accompanying commentary: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/08/... Timestamps: 00:00 — The Death Of Prigozhin 01:34 — What Am I Talking About? 03:56 — Background 12:58 — What Do We Know? 23:09 — Causes & Responsibility 32:40 — What Does This Mean: Ukraine & NATO 34:24 — What Does This Mean: Africa And Overseas Operations 43:26 — What Does This Mean: Wagner Group 47:24 — What Does This Mean: Russia 52:06 — Winners And Losers? 56:28 — Conclusion 57:15 — Channel Update