The leader of a Russian mercenary group is dead after the private jet he travelling on crashed with no survivors.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, was initially reported to have been on the passenger list of the plane that was flying from Moscow to St Petersburg on Wednesday.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has died after a private jet believed to be carrying 10 passengers crashed in Russia. Picture: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images A second private jet also linked to Prigozhin turned back to Moscow following the crash, after it was also believed to be heading to St Petersburg with flight tracking data showing it landed safely.United States President Joe Biden said “he was not surprised” about the news of the crash involving Prigozhin as he had already been made aware of the incident before facing reporters.
“There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin is not behind, but I don’t know enough to know the answer. I’ve been working out for the last hour and a half.”“The head of the Wagner Group, a Hero of Russia, a true patriot of his Motherland Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin died as a result of the actions of traitors to Russia,” a post in the Grey Zone channel said.
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