The Russian authorities officially announced that the leader of the mercenaries from “Wagner” – Yevgeny Prigozhin and their commander Dmitry Utkin, were on the list of passengers in the crashed plane. The discovered remains have not yet been identified.
The Russian air transport agency Rosaviatsia has officially released the names of the seven passengers and three crew members of the plane that crashed.
Among the passengers in the private plane that crashed in the Tver region is the name of Yevgeny Prigozhin. This was announced by “Rosaviatsia”, which has started an investigation.
Whether all of those listed were actually on board is currently unclear.
The Embraer Legacy 600 private jet took off on Wednesday evening from Moscow to Saint Petersburg, where the Wagner private army is headquartered. It breaks 200 km from the capital, near the village of Kuzhenkino.
Some villagers witnessed the incident.
“You just heard – ‘boom.’ I looked up and saw white smoke. The wing was flying to one side and the body of the plane was rocking like that and then it slid down with one wing. He wasn’t diving, he was falling. Everything was burning. People were walking around. They took out some of their remains. I didn’t see exactly. The number of the plane was hanging – that’s it,” said Vitaly Stepekov.
“It was not thunder, but a metallic sound. That’s how I’ll put it. I have heard such things before in life,” added Anatoly.
Russian authorities said they were investigating the incident as a violation of air transport safety rules. Prigozhin’s death was also announced by his Telegram channel.
And supporters of the private army gathered in front of the “Wagner” headquarters in St. Petersburg, writes bTV.
2023-08-24 10:11:00
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