Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, Mercenary Who Defied Putin, Is Presumed Dead

  • Prigozhin marched on Moscow in revolt Putin dubbed treason
  • Accused of trying to influence 2016 US presidential election
WATCH: Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led an abortive mutiny two months ago that shook President Vladimir Putin’s rule, was on a private jet that crashed Wednesday killing everyone aboard, Russian aviation authorities said. Part of the video in this report is graphic. It is unverified video of the jet that crashed. Bloomberg’s Kailey Leinz reports.Source: Bloomberg
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man who led a mutiny that posed the biggest threat to President Vladimir Putin’s almost quarter-century rule, is presumed dead.

Russia’s aviation authority said he was in a deadly plane crash on Wednesday that killed all 10 aboard a flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg.