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Kremlin’s New Plan: Blame Anyone But Putin for Prigozhin’s Death

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The Kremlin says Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane crash was no accident—and is already hinting that it may seek to place blame on the West.

Shannon Vavra
Shannon Vavra 

National Security Reporter

Photo illustration of Yevgeny Prigozhin with blacked out eyes and a compass and target sign collaged behind him.
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty
Shannon Vavra

Shannon Vavra

National Security Reporter

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