Yevgeny Prigozhin, the firebrand head of the mutinous mercenary group Wagner, died on the doomed flight in Russia, investigators said.
‘Based on their results, the identities of all 10 dead have been established, they correspond to the list stated in the flight sheet,’ the country’s anti-corruption agency said in a report.
Russia’s aviation authority said Wednesday that Prigozhin’s name was on a passenger manifest for a flight that plummeted that evening.But it crashed about 100 miles to the northeast, just by the city of Tver.purported to show the plane, an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet that matched one ridden by Prigozhin, tumbling from the sky as smoke spewed.
Local news outlets said 10 bodies were recovered from the crash site, including three crew members and seven riders.
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