Fighters of the private military group "Wagner" stand near...

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - 2024/06/01: Fighters of the private military group "Wagner" stand near the sculpture of the head of Russian mercenaries Yevgeny Prigozhin, installed on his grave, during the celebration of his birthday at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg. A monument to Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was unveiled at the Pokhorovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg on what would have been his 63rd birthday, June 1. PMC members and civilians laid flowers at the monument. Prigozhin died on August 23, 2023, in a crash involving his Embraer business jet in the Tver region of Russia. (Photo by Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)