Hundreds of Russians gathered at Porokhovskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg to pay their respects to the head of the Wagner group, Evgheni Prigozhin, who was buried in a private ceremony. People of all ages flocked to the cemetery, which was guarded by the National Guard in anticipation of possible accidents. The Telegram Shot channel wrote that the wife and daughter of the patron of mercenary militias were one of the first to visit the tomb. Although he received the title of Hero of the Russian Federation, the country’s highest military decoration, during his lifetime, a military honor was lost at his funeral. In recent hours, many photos of Prigozhin’s tombstone have circulated on the network. Among them, one attracted media attention. At the foot of the tomb, a tribute was left that did not go unnoticed.
Officially, the secrecy of the burial was explained by the desire of the deceased’s family to keep the ceremony as private as possible. However, the Moscow Times reported that the decision was taken by the Kremlin, keen not to have large numbers of people gather for a final farewell to the head of the infamous mercenary company. Despite the decision to hold the funeral privately, an invitation was launched on the Telegram channel of Concord, a consultancy where Prigozhin was general director, to all those who are considered friends and admirers of Wagner’s former patron: “Anyone who wants to say goodbye to him can come visit the Porokhovskoye cemetery”.
As predicted, thanks to the numerous photos of the tombstone published on the web, it was possible to notice that in Prigozhin’s tomb a framed sheet of paper was left on which the famous poem “Still Life” by Joseph Brodsky was written. “How am I going to cross the threshold / without having understood, without having decided / are you my son or God? / That is: are you alive or dead?” says the note. As soon as the news appeared on the network, the idea of u200bu200bthe conspiracy according to which the patron of the militia is not really dead revived. Many think that Prigozhin never got on that jet that crashed.
Source: IL Tempo

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