Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘on board’ jet that crashed in Russia
Al JazeeraRussia’s civil aviation authority publishes names of seven passengers, including Prigozhin and Wagner group commander Dmitry Utkin, who were on board. Russian mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard the plane that crashed north of Moscow, killing everyone on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency. Russia’s federal air transport agency Rosaviatsia published the names of seven passengers — including Prigozhin and Wagner group commander Dmitry Utkin — and three crew members it said died in Wednesday’s crash. A second jet was also in the air that’s turned around and gone back to St Petersburg.” The crash came two months to the day after Prigozhin led a short-lived armed rebellion against Russia’s military leadership on June 23.