In new twist, Kremlin says Prigozhin plane crash may have been caused deliberately
1 year, 3 months ago

In new twist, Kremlin says Prigozhin plane crash may have been caused deliberately

Firstpost  

The private Embraer jet on which Prigozhin was travelling to St Petersburg from Moscow crashed north of the Russian capital killing all 10 people on board on August 23, including two other top Wagner figures, his four bodyguards and a crew of three The Kremlin on Wednesday said that the investigation into the plane crash which killed mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin included the possibility that it was caused deliberately, its first explicit acknowledgement that he may have been assassinated. The private Embraer jet on which Prigozhin was travelling to St Petersburg from Moscow crashed north of the Russian capital killing all 10 people on board on August 23, including two other top Wagner figures, his four bodyguards and a crew of three. The plane crashed exactly two months since Prigozhin took control of the southern city of Rostov in late June, the opening salvo of a mutiny which shook the foundations of President Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Russia has informed Brazil’s aircraft investigation authority that it will not probe the crash of the Brazilian-made Embraer jet under international rules “at the moment”, the Brazilian agency told Reuters.

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Putin says ‘fragments of hand grenades’ found in remains of dead on Wagner boss’s crashed plane
1 year, 2 months ago

Putin says ‘fragments of hand grenades’ found in remains of dead on Wagner boss’s crashed plane

CNN  

CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Thursday that it was not an “external” attack that crashed the plane carrying Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin in August, but hand grenades within the aircraft. Speaking at the Valdai Forum in Sochi, Putin said the “chairman of the investigative committee just reported a few days ago that the fragments of hand grenades were …

'Deliberate wrongdoing' among possible causes of plane crash that killed Wagner boss Prigozhin: Kremlin
1 year, 3 months ago

'Deliberate wrongdoing' among possible causes of plane crash that killed Wagner boss Prigozhin: Kremlin

India TV News  

The Kremlin on Wednesday said that 'deliberate wrongdoing's is among the possible causes behind the plane crash that killed Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin last week. The plane crash is largely speculated as Kremlin's revenge, as Prigozhin had previously engineered a short-lived mutiny against Putin in June. Although the Kremlin denied any wrongdoings or "vendetta" in the death of …

Russian investigators confirm Wagner chief Prigozhin's death
1 year, 3 months ago

Russian investigators confirm Wagner chief Prigozhin's death

Firstpost  

Besides Prigozhin, his aide Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner’s operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, was also allegedly killed in the plane crash on Wednesday The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner paramilitary group, following a plane crash on Wednesday, has been confirmed by formal genetic analysis, Russia’s Investigative Committee said Sunday. “Molecular-genetic …

US intelligence says an intentional explosion brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane
1 year, 4 months ago

US intelligence says an intentional explosion brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that an intentional explosion caused the plane crash presumed to have killed a mercenary leader who was eulogized Thursday by Vladimir Putin, even as suspicions grew that the Russian president was the architect of the assassination. One of the U.S. and Western officials who described the initial assessment said it determined that …

Putin says Prigozhin was ‘talented man’ who ‘made serious mistakes’ in first comments since plane crash
1 year, 4 months ago

Putin says Prigozhin was ‘talented man’ who ‘made serious mistakes’ in first comments since plane crash

CNN  

CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first public comments Thursday on the plane crash believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, saying the Wagner leader was “talented” but made “serious mistakes in life.” The crash Wednesday took place northwest of Moscow and killed all on board, said Russia’s aviation agency, including Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary group that gained …

Will Russia’s Putin benefit from Prigozhin’s presumed plane crash death?
1 year, 4 months ago

Will Russia’s Putin benefit from Prigozhin’s presumed plane crash death?

Al Jazeera  

The Wagner Group leader was listed as a passenger of a plane that crashed on Wednesday, but his death remains unconfirmed by the Kremlin. Few doubt Prigozhin’s presumed death, that took place exactly two months after the June 23 “justice march”, as he called it, of thousands of Wagner’s best fighters towards Moscow. “I’ve heard from a source in Wagner …

What could have caused the plane crash that reportedly killed Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin?
1 year, 4 months ago

What could have caused the plane crash that reportedly killed Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin?

CNN  

CNN — Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a failed uprising against the Kremlin exactly two months ago, was on board a plane that crashed on Wednesday, according to Russian officials – raising questions as to exactly how the disaster occurred. “The majority of the wreckage fell near agricultural enterprises.” Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti also reported Thursday that …

Crashed Russian Embraer jet had good safety record: Company
1 year, 4 months ago

Crashed Russian Embraer jet had good safety record: Company

Al Jazeera  

The private jet crashed into a village on Wednesday, reportedly holding the Wagner Group founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The Embraer executive jet model that crashed in Russia, possibly with Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on board, has recorded only one accident in more than 20 years of service, and that was not related to mechanical failure. Embraer said it was aware …

Russian villagers report explosion before ‘Prigozhin’ plane crash
1 year, 4 months ago

Russian villagers report explosion before ‘Prigozhin’ plane crash

Al Jazeera  

The Wagner boss was listed as a passenger on the private jet, but the Kremlin has not confirmed his death. The residents of a nearby village where a plane crashed and killed all on board, possibly including the Wagner mercenary chief, say they heard a bang before seeing the jet fall to the ground. Usually, if an explosion happens on …

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly died in a plane crash. Where did it happen and how is the world reacting?
1 year, 4 months ago

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly died in a plane crash. Where did it happen and how is the world reacting?

ABC  

Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was on board a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday evening, leaving no survivors, Russian authorities say. A second private jet linked to Prigozhin also appeared to be heading to St Petersburg, which is Prigozhin's home base. "The demonstrative elimination of Prigozhin and the Wagner command two months after the coup attempt …

US President Joe Biden ‘not surprised’ by report of Prigozhin's death in plane crash. Why?
1 year, 4 months ago

US President Joe Biden ‘not surprised’ by report of Prigozhin's death in plane crash. Why?

Hindustan Times  

US President Joe Biden is ‘not surprised’ by reports of possible death of Russian mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in the recent plane crash that killed all 10 people on board, alleging that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a hand behind almost every activity that is being carried out in his country. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters “I …

Wagner boss, who rebelled against Putin, among those died in Russian plane crash
1 year, 4 months ago

Wagner boss, who rebelled against Putin, among those died in Russian plane crash

Hindustan Times  

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, which led an unsuccessful coup against Russian president Vladimir Putin has been reportedly killed in a plane crash, Russian civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia said. The Russian Civil Aviation Authority have said that Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the list of passengers on the plane, the report claimed. All 10 people on the …

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