{"id":2018212,"date":"2023-08-31T14:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-emerges-of-prigozhin-downplaying-threats-against-him-just-days-before-death\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:49:21","slug":"video-emerges-of-prigozhin-downplaying-threats-against-him-just-days-before-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-emerges-of-prigozhin-downplaying-threats-against-him-just-days-before-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows Prigozhin dismissing threats before his demise."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-emerges-of-prigozhin-downplaying-threats-against-him-just-days-before-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018212&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Yevgeny Prigozhin Downplays\u200c Threats to\u2062 His Life \u200cin Video Before Tragic Plane\u2062 Crash<\/h2>\n<p>The founder of Russia&#8217;s Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, \u200dwas captured on \u200cvideo\u2062 just days before his \u200buntimely \u200ddeath in\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-teams-at-site-of-indonesian-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Search and rescue teams at site of Indonesian plane crash\">plane crash<\/a>, dismissing any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-matter-what-happens-to-bidens-disinformation-board-the-feds-are-spying-on-americans\/\" title=\"No Matter What Happens To Biden\u2019s \u2018Disinformation\u2019 Board, The Feds Are Spying On Americans\u00a0\">supposed threats<\/a> against him.\u200b The video, posted \u2064by a Wagner-affiliated group on Telegram,\u2062 shows Prigozhin confidently\u200b addressing rumors about his\u2063 well-being.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;For\u2063 those discussing whether I am alive or not, how am I doing \u2062&#8230; It\u2063 is\u200b the weekend now, the \u2063second half of\u200c August of \u200cthe year 2023, I&#8217;m in Africa. Therefore,\u200c to\u2064 all lovers of\u200c discussing my liquidation, intimate life, earnings, anything else \u2014 \u2063everything is fine,&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u2062 authenticity and location \u200cof the video have not been verified by The Washington Examiner. However, Prigozhin&#8217;s mention of the weekend \u2063suggests it may have been \u200bfilmed on August 19 \u200dor 20. Another video, filmed \u200ba few days later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-considers-allowing-video-of-george-floyds-2019-arrest-in-trial\/\" title=\"Judge considers allowing video of George Floyd\u2019s 2019 arrest in trial\">reportedly shows<\/a> him \u2064wearing the same military attire in a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-emerges-of-prigozhin-downplaying-threats-against-him-just-days-before-death\/\" title=\"Video shows Prigozhin dismissing threats before his demise.\">similar desert\u2063 setting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Prigozhin&#8217;s Controversial Actions and \u2063Tragic End<\/h3>\n<p>About two months prior to his death, Prigozhin led \u2062a brief revolt against Moscow, aiming to remove Russian\u2064 defense leaders whom he accused of misconduct. Belarusian dictator \u200bAlexander Lukashenko claimed to have mediated an \u200cagreement to prevent a major \u200cconfrontation just one day \u200bafter the revolt began. Prigozhin&#8217;s forces had been heavily \u2062involved in the battle for Bakhmut in Ukraine, enduring significant \u2063casualties. However, they have since withdrawn from the frontlines.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner has \u2062a long history \u200dof operating \u200bin various\u2063 African\u2064 nations, offering security and weapons in \u200cexchange for\u200d access to valuable\u2063 resources.\u200d The group&#8217;s activities have raised\u200c concerns and attracted attention.<\/p>\n<p>While the Kremlin denies any involvement in the plane crash, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov\u200d has acknowledged the possibility of it\u2062 being &#8220;a deliberate\u2062 atrocity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As\u200b investigations continue,\u2063 the\u2064 circumstances surrounding Yevgeny Prigozhin&#8217;s death remain shrouded in \u2064mystery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/yevgeny-prigozhin-downplays-threats-to-his-life-in-video-before-tragic-plane-crash\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>on board. Prior to the crash, Prigozhin appeared unconcerned about his safety, as seen in a video filmed shortly before his demise. The late founder of Russia&#8217;s Wagner paramilitary group downplayed any potential threats to his life, unaware of the tragic fate that awaited him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2018213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}