Wagner Chief Prigozhin Listed Aboard Crashed Jet, Reports Say
- No immediate confirmation that Prigozhin was actually on board
- Crash in Russia’s Tver region happened two months after mutiny
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Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed among passengers on a private jet that crashed as it traveled from Moscow to St. Petersburg, Interfax reported, citing Russia’s aviation authority.
All three pilots and seven passengers aboard the plane are dead, state-run Tass news service reported late Wednesday. It came down in the Tver region northwest of Moscow.