Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board crashed plane with no survivors, Russian authorities say

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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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.

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