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2 months after mutiny, Prigozhin killed in mysterious Russian plane crash

The Wagner Group chief's fate has been the subject of intense speculation ever since he mounted a short-lived rebellion in June. The plane signal was lost in a rural region with no nearby airfields where the jet could have landed safely.

by  AP and ILH Staff
Published on  08-23-2023 22:34
Last modified: 08-24-2023 10:16
2 months after mutiny, Prigozhin killed in mysterious Russian plane crashAFP

Rescuers working at the site of a plane crash near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the list of passengers, Russian agencies said on August 23, 2023 | Photo: AFP

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A private jet crashed in Russia on Wednesday, killing all 10 people aboard, emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the plane, according to Russia's civil aviation agency, which cited the airline.

Prigozhin's fate has been the subject of intense speculation ever since he mounted a short-lived mutiny against Russia's military leadership in late June. The Kremlin said the founder of the Wagner private military company, which fought alongside Russia's regular army in Ukraine, would be exiled to Belarus.

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But the mercenary chief has since reportedly popped up in Russia, leading to further questions about his future.
A plane carrying three pilots and seven passengers that was en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg went down more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of the capital, according to officials cited by Russia's state news agency Tass.

Video: The site of the crash in Russia / Credit: Social media

Russia's state news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing emergency officials, that eight bodies were found at the site of the crash. Flight tracking data reviewed by The Associated Press showed a private jet registered to Wagner that Prigozhin had used previously took off from Moscow on Wednesday evening and its transponder signal disappeared minutes later.

The signal was lost in a rural region with no nearby airfields where the jet could have landed safely. In an image posted by a pro-Wagner social media account showing burning wreckage, a partial tail number matching a private jet belonging to the company could be seen. The color and placement of the number on the engine of the crashed plane match prior photos of the Wagner jet examined by The AP.

This week, Prigozhin posted his first recruitment video since the mutiny, saying that Wagner is conducting reconnaissance and search activities, and "making Russia even greater on all continents, and Africa even more free."

Also this week, Russian media reported, citing anonymous sources, that a top Russian general linked to Prigozhin – Gen. Sergei Surovikin – was dismissed from his position as the commander of Russia's air force. Surovikin, who at one point led Russia's operation in Ukraine, hasn't been seen in public since the mutiny when he recorded a video address urging Prigozhin's forces to pull back.

As the news about the crash was breaking, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at an event commemorating the Battle of Kursk, hailing the heroes of Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine.

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