Citing local officials, RT said that a private Embraer Legacy plane crashed in Russia's Tver region on August 23, leaving no survivors. The plane crashed while flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Wagner private military conglomerate boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in a recently posted video. Photo: Telegram
The Russian Emergencies Ministry said all 10 people on board the plane died. The Russian Federal Aviation Agency Rosaviation said the passenger list included Yevgeny Prigozhin.
"The plane left Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow for St. Petersburg. There were three crew members and seven passengers on board. All of them died," an official from the Ministry of Emergency Situations told TASS news agency.
The plane crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region of northwestern Russia. According to RT, some Russian news sites said that this was an Embraer Legacy 600, with the tail number RA-02795, which is believed to belong to Mr. Prigozhin. However, this information has not been confirmed.
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