“Fortress” Prigozhin’s cemetery: Unprecedented security measures, they installed metal detectors – Video – Photo

The cemetery where the head of the Wagner Group was buried on Tuesday has been turned into a “fortress”. Yevgeny Prigozhin. Russian authorities have taken unprecedented security measures at the Porokhovskoye cemetery.

As videos from the Associated Press and the SHOT channel on Telegram show, the cemetery has been cordoned off with a metal fence, police, guards, national guardsmen, members of the traffic and law enforcement are at the scene. They have also been placed metal detector gates, but entry is not allowed for now. Policemen bring anti-drone weapons.

The funeral of the Russian, head of the mercenary organization Wagner, was held in absolute secrecy in a closed circle, while the cemetery is located on the outskirts of his birthplace, Saint Petersburgnext to his father, Russian and Ukrainian media report.

“The head of Wagner PMC he was buried like a stray dog ​​and without military honors in an unnamed cemetery next to his father,” the Ukrainians commented. In another Ukrainian publication it is stated that the Putin and “dear brother” Kadyrov did not come to say goodbye to the head of Wagner.

on Tuesday, Moscow announced that Putin does not plan to attend the funeral of the head of Wagner.

Prigozhin’s channel announced earlier laconically that his farewell “it took place in a closed circle” and that “those who wish to say goodbye to him can visit the Porokhovsky cemetery.

Prigozhin was killed on August 23 when the plane he was traveling in crashed, two months after the Wagner uprising posed the biggest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Absolute secrecy had been observed surrounding the preparations for his funeral. This morning the Kremlin announced that Putin was not going to attend the ceremony.