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Wagner Boss Behind Failed Russian Coup Listed as Passenger in Fatal Plane Crash
State media reported ten people aboard the private plane died in a crash northwest of Moscow
Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among passengers on a plane that crashed northwest of Moscow on Wednesday, according to Russian state media.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry told TASS News and RIA Novosti that all 10 people on board the private plane died in the crash in Tver Oblast and that Mr. Prigozhin was on the list of passengers on board the plane. Photos of the crash showed what appeared to be the wreckage of a plane on fire in a field.
Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency also told state media that Mr. Prigozhin was on board the aircraft. Reports claimed that the crash occurred on a flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
An investigation has been launched into the crash of the Embraer aircraft, which occurred tonight in the Tver region. According to the list of passengers, among them is the name and surname of Yevgeny Prigozhin," the transport agency said, according to TASS.
Officials said that an investigation has been launched into the crash.
A Telegram channel, Grey Zone, that some say is linked to Wagner, claimed that the plane was shot down by Russian air defense systems "from the Russian Defense Ministry in the Bologovsky district of the Tver region." According to the channel, "Before the plane crash, local residents listened to two bursts of characteristic air defense, and this is confirmed by contrails in the sky in one of the videos, as well as the words of direct eyewitnesses."
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