Prigozhin "lives"

1 year after the coup: what the Wagner mercenaries are up to

A bronze sculpture adorns his grave: Yevgeny Prigozhin is still revered by many.(Bild: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP, Ulf Mauder/dpa (beide picturedesk.com), Krone KREATIV)

One year has passed since the march on Moscow by Wagner mercenaries under Yevgeny Prigozhin. The "coup" ended 200 kilometers from the capital, and shortly afterwards the ringleader died under mysterious circumstances. Or did he not? Myths arose around "Putin's cook" and a veritable cult developed. Monuments pay tribute to him as well as to his officially disbanded private army, whose traces lead as far as Africa.

His gaze is piercing, his hand outstretched, he stands there stoically. Yevgeny Prigozhin as he lives and ... no longer lives. It is now his cold, bronze fingers that many Russians cling to.