For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Russian passenger jet crashed …
Once known as ‘Putin’s chef’, Yevgeny Prigozhin rose to prominence after mercenaries from his Wagner Group played a role in the Ukraine war. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian Wagner Group mercenary force, was listed as a passenger on a private jet which crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency has reported, citing Rosaviatsia, Russia’s …