Mytishchi

Russian President Vladimir Putin attended some previous services at the cemetery in the Mytishchi district on Moscow’s outskirts, but Utkin’s was a quiet affair.

Dmitry Utkin, 53, whose call-sign "Wagner" gave the private army its name, was buried in Mytishchi, on the outskirts of the capital, in a ceremony cordoned off by Russian military police, according to the popular online news channel Shot.

In May, the Russian state news agency Tass reported that Aleksandr Subbotin, a former Lukoil executive, had been found dead in the basement of a house in Mytishchi, a town outside Moscow.

In May, Tass reported that Aleksandr Subbotin, a former Lukoil executive, was found dead in a basement of a house in Mytishchi, a town outside Moscow.

A 53-year-old former convict, Oleg Tochilkin - who had been released on parole after serving part of a 20-year prison sentence for crimes including murder and domestic violence - clicked on Olga's profile and invited her to his rented flat in Mytishchi, north-east of Moscow.