Yevgeny Prigozhin on passenger list of plane in fatal crash, says Russia
Officials say Wagner chief behind June mutiny was on jet that crashed in Tver region killing all 10 onboard
Wed 23 Aug 2023 13.51 EDT
First published on Wed 23 Aug 2023 13.32 EDTYevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner paramilitary chief who launched an armed mutiny in June, was on a private jet that crashed in the Tver region near Moscow, killing all 10 onboard, Russian officials have said.
Rosaviatsia, the Russian aviation authority, said Prigozhin was one of the passengers listed in the manifest as being onboard the Embraer business jet that crashed on Wednesday evening.
The cause of the crash was not immediately clear, but Prigozhin’s longstanding feud with the military and the armed uprising he led in June would give the Russian state ample motive for revenge. Media channels linked to Wagner quickly suggested that a Russian air defence missile had shot down the plane.

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