One of doubles of Wagner Group chief killed in action near Robotyne

The Agenstvo. Novosti (Agency.News) Russian media outlet reported that Ruslan Yunusov, a Russian soldier who changed his name to Yevgeniy Prigozhin a few years ago, had been killed in action in the war in Ukraine at the end of January.

Source: Agenstvo.Novosti

Details: Agenstvo. Novosti reported that the personal information of Yunusov-Prigozhin was on the list of killed paratroopers from the Pskov 76th Air Assault Division in the outskirts of the village of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The information about his death was also confirmed by his relative.

As it was reported earlier by Russian media outlets, Yunusov was one of the three doubles of the chief of the Wagner Private Military Company. He changed his name in May 2018.

In 2021, when the real Prigozhin was already under sanctions, the media reported about the visits of his "doubles" to Europe. 

Background: 

• On 23 August in the evening, Russian media and the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency reported that a plane carrying the leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had crashed in Russia's Tver Oblast. All 10 people on board were reportedly killed, including Prigozhin's deputy, Dmitry Utkin, who had the call sign Wagner.

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