The death of 62-year-old Prigojin was also confirmed by Russian authorities after genetic analysis of 10 bodies found on the plane that crashed on August 23.
The Kremlin denies speculation that it was responsible for the accident.
But some observers watching Russia, both at home and abroad, have described Prigojin as a “dead walking man” since the revolt he started in June ended.
10 PEOPLE LOSE LIVES
All 10 people, including Prigojin’s right-hand man Dmitry Utkin, were killed in the incident in the Tver region, northwest of Moscow.
Wagner’s press service provided information on Prigojin’s funeral on Tuesday in a brief statement on Telegram. He did not give further details.
PUTIN DID NOT PARTICIPATE
Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, announced that the Kremlin leader would not attend Prigojin’s funeral.
Putin did not make any statement for almost 24 hours after the accident. The next day he conveyed his condolences to the families of all the deceased.
And he described Prigojin as a “talented person” who “makes serious mistakes in life”.
WHAT HAPPENED?
In June, Prigojin, once loyal to Putin, led a revolt against two of the Russian Armed Forces’ top generals.
His mercenaries took control of the city of Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia and advanced towards Moscow; but they stopped the revolt about 200 km from the capital.
Putin described the rebellion as “betrayal” and “backstabbing” at the time, but an agreement was later reached that Wagner fighters would either join Russian regular army units or relocate to Russia’s ally, Belarus.
However, there are speculations that Russian security forces somehow caused the plane to crash.
According to the BBC’s US media partner CBS, US officials said that the most likely cause of the accident was an explosion in a private jet.
Peskov dismissed the rumors of the assassination as “absolutely false”.