A Plane Crash, 10 Dead People and a Question: Was This Putin’s Revenge?

<p>The mysterious crash of a private jet outside Moscow is believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner militia who led an armed rebellion against Moscow in June. </p><p>Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief for The Times, explains what we’ve learned about the crash, and what a potential political assassination says about President Vladimir Putin’s Russia.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/anton-troianovski">Anton Troianovski</a>, the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/world/europe/prigozhin-wagner-plane-crash-russia.html">All 10 people on a jet linked to Yevgeny V. Prigozhin</a>, the founder of the mercenary group Wagner, were killed, Russian officials said.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/us/politics/plane-crash-prigozhin-explosion.html">A blast</a> is likely to have downed the jet and killed Mr. Prigozhin, U.S. officials say.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>