Putin not planning to attend funeral of Wagner chief Prigozhin, says Kremlin

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash last week (Razgruzka Vagnera telegram channel/AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to attend the funeral of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin following his death in a plane crash, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov would not say where or when the leader of the Wagner Group would be buried, although some Russian media suggested it could take place as early as Tuesday in Mr Prigozhin’s home city of St Petersburg.