Russian officials said Prigozhin, who enacted a failed uprising against Vladimir Putin two months ago, may have been onboard the jet
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the exiled leader of the Wagner mercenary group, may have been killed alongside nine others in a private jet crash.
The jet was one of two used by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who enacted a failed uprising against Vladimir Putin two months ago. The air transport agency said: “An investigation of the Embraer plane crash that happened in the Tver Region this evening was initiated.
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