Yevgeny Prigozhin came at the king, and missed

Since the Wagner group’s abortive coup, many have felt its leader could be living on borrowed time, writes Pjotr Sauer

As speculations swirl around the role of Putin in the crash, Yevgeny Prigozhin's death will surely raise tensions within the Russian army.

Ever since the abortive coup, speculation had been that Yevgeny Prigozhin could be living on borrowed time.

When the head of the notorious Wagner group launched his historic uprising, inflicting the biggest crisis of Vladimir Putin’s 23-year reign, many were left wondering how the Russian leader would respond.