Unconfirmed media reports said the jet belonged to Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company.
Russian emergency officials have confirmed ten people were killed on Wednesday when a business jet en route from Moscow to St Petersburg crashed.
The jet, which unconfirmed media reports suggest belonged Prigozhin, crashed in the in the Tver Region this evening. The authorities said they were investigating the crash, which happened in the Tver region more than 60 miles north of Moscow. The Kremlin said he would be exiled to Belarus, and his fighters would either retire, follow him there, or join the Russian military.
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