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Russia Wagner; Yevgeny Prigozhin;
2023-08-27 13:24:00
The investigation committee announced that the identities of the ten victims had been identified and the names matched those on the flight’s passenger list.
Genetic analysis of the bodies found at the crash site confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, also died in Wednesday’s plane crash, the Anadolu news agency reported. BBC According to what Russian officials announced Sunday.
The investigative committee said so
On Wednesday evening, we reported that ten people were killed when a private plane crashed near the village of Kuzenkino, northwest of Moscow. Among others, Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and Wagner co-founder Dmitry Utkin were on the passenger list. Seven passengers and three crew members were on board the flight from Moscow to St Petersburg. It is understood that the Embraer Legacy plane owned by MNT-Aero crashed in the Tver region north of Moscow and spent less than half an hour in the air. According to a person at FlightRadar24, a service that tracks international air traffic, it all happened so quickly because the pilots didn’t report any problems.
The first foreign reactions questioned Putin’s retaliation behind what happened, while the Kremlin denied assumptions that he was responsible for the air disaster.
