Seven passengers and three crew were on board the Embraer aircraft, and all were killed, Russian authorities said - although Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's death has yet to be officially confirmed.
- has been described as Prigozhin's right-hand man and allegedly played a key role in the founding of the Wagner Group.
Previously, Utkin was a lieutenant colonel in the GRU military intelligence service and was deployed twice to Chechnya. Makaryan was a fighter in the Wagner Group and was presumed to be Prigozhin's bodyguard. He was included on the controversial Ukrainian Myrotvorets website, which keeps a list of alleged"enemies of Ukraine".
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