Russians across the country are setting up makeshift memorials to mourn the presumed death of Wagner chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin, despite the Kremlin's efforts to tarnish his reputation. The memorials in nearly two dozen cities in Russia and occupied Ukraine indicate Prigozhin's lingering popularity and pose a potential challenge for President Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin and other top Wagner leaders are presumed to have died in a plane crash, just two months after he led a rebellion against Russia's military. While the memorials do not represent a national outpouring of grief, they highlight Prigozhin's support in hardline pro-war circles and indicate the Kremlin's challenge in managing potential anger among his supporters, who believe his death was an assassination ordered by the Kremlin. Putin, on the other hand, praised Prigozhin as a talented person who achieved results but made mistakes, referring to the mutiny. The Kremlin's task now is to prevent Prigozhin's supporters from becoming opponents and to offer an alternative version of his death to diffuse any potential radical actions.