A Russian agency assures that the ten occupants of the device were killed, although this point has not been officially confirmed.
A private Embraer plane in which the head of the Wagner group of Russian mercenaries traveled, Yevgeny Prigozhincrashed in Russia’s Tver region today, as reported by international agencies such as Rossaviatsia and the Associated Press.
As reported by the Russian agency, citing Emergencies Ministry sources, the ten passengers traveling on board the plane have died, including Prigozhin himself, although this has not been officially confirmed at this time.
Prigozhin’s plane crashed in Tver, less than 200 kilometers from Moscow, when he was on a flight between the city of Saint Petersburg and the Russian capital.
The 62-year-old Wagner boss led a failed military uprising against the Kremlin in June, coming to take one of the most important cities in southern Russia, Rostov-on-Don.
After the mediation of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Prigozhin agreed to withdraw his mercenaries and transfer his base to the territory of that former Soviet republic.
After accusing him of treason, Russian President Vladimir Putin received him in the Kremlin, after which Prigozhin announced the resumption of Wagner’s operations in Africa.
Exactly, Prigozhin appeared on video for the first time since the riot on Monday, suggesting that he had returned to Africa to make Russia “even bigger on all continents”.
Source: EITB
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