Wagner mercenary group’s second-in-command Utkin buried in quiet Moscow ceremony

Mr Utkin, 53, was buried at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery, where some of Russia’s most decorated military heroes are interred.

The grave of Dmitry Utkin, who oversaw the Wagner Group’s military operations, at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery in Mytishchy, outside Moscow (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

The man who is believed to have given Russian mercenary group Wagner its name has been buried during a quiet ceremony at a military cemetery in Moscow.

Dmitry Utkin died in an August 23 plane crash that killed all 10 people on board, including Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his other top lieutenants.