Wagner Group chief among passengers on crashed plane near Moscow – By Tzvi Joffre (Jerusalem Post) / Aug 23, 2023
All ten people on board the aircraft died in the crash, according to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Wagner group commander Dmitry Utkin were among 10 people on board a plane involved in a fatal crash north of Moscow on Wednesday, Russian civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia said.
Rosaviatsia published the names of seven passengers, including Prigozhin and Utkin, and three crew members it said had been on board.
All ten people on board the aircraft died in the crash, according to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry. RIA Novosti reported that emergency services said that eight bodies were found at the crash site.
The plane was on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
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