Yevgeny Prigozhin was passenger on crashed plane, Russian officials say
Ten died when aircraft came down on flight from Moscow to St Petersburg, according to emergency ministry
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A plane said to be carrying notorious warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose Wagner group launched a failed coup against president Vladimir Putin in June, has crashed on a flight from Moscow to St Petersburg, according to Russian officials.
All 10 people on the plane, including three crew members, died in the crash, Russia’s emergency ministry said, according to state newswire RIA Novosti.
Russian officials said a man with Prigozhin’s name was among the passengers, without elaborating further.
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