Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin knew he was 'doomed' and destined to die after he led a failed rebellion against Vladimir Putin, his mother has revealed.
The army general and businessman, who founded the notorious Wagner mercenary group, died when his jet crashed in summer 2023, just two months after his short lived mutiny which saw his fighters seize key military sites in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and advance towards Moscow.
Putin accused Prigozhin, who died aged 62 and was previously a close confidant of the Russian president, of 'treason', 'a stab in the back of our country', and promised quick punishment after the aborted coup.
Violetta Prigozhina, 85, has now revealed that her son looked 'doomed' after the insurrection and told her he was expecting to die in days leading up to his crash.
She also claimed that she tried to convince him against marching to Moscow and that Russian authorities are yet to tell her the cause of his death.
