The first video message Yevgeny Prigozhin shared since the end of his failed mutiny against Vladimir Putin, may have ended up being his last – with reports that he was on the passenger list of a jet that crashed about 60 miles from Moscow, apparently killing all on board.

In the video, Mr Prigozhin was seen toting an assault rifle and wearing military fatigues, with his comments suggesting the clip was shot in an unnamed African country.

The video was shared on Telegram channels affiliated with the Wagner group, as Mr Prigozhin said the mercenary group was “making Russia even greater on all continents, and Africa even more free”.

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He makes Russia even greater on all continents.

Justice and happiness for African peoples.

We are terrorizing ISIS, Al-Qaeda and other bandits.

We are hiring real heroes and continue to fulfill the tasks that were set and that we promised that we would cope.


Speaker 0: The temperature is 50 degrees. Everything is as we like it. Chivakov Agner is conducting the RPD. He makes Russia even greater on all continents. And Africa even more free.

Justice and happiness for African peoples. We are terrorizing ISIS, Al-Qaeda and other bandits. We are hiring real heroes and continue to fulfill the tasks that were set and that we promised that we would cope. You

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Prigozhin says Wagner Group make ‘Russia greater’ in last video before plane crash