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Firefighters work amid aircraft wreckage at an accident scene following the crash of a private jet in the Tver region, Russia, August 23, 2023. Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, was reportedly listed as a passenger on a private jet which crashed north of Moscow on August 23, 2023. Within about 30 seconds, the aircraft had plummeted more than 8,000 feet from its cruising altitude of 28,000 feet. “Whatever happened, happened quickly,” Petchenik said. “They may have been wrestling (with the aircraft) after whatever happened," Petchenik said.
Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Prigozhin, , Ian Petchenik, ” Petchenik, , Petchenik, Flightradar24, Valerie Insinna, Allison Lampert, Gabriel Araujo, Caroline Pulice, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Acquire, Embraer, EMBR3, , Reuters, planemaker Embraer SA, Russia, Thomson Locations: Tver, Russia, Moscow, St . Petersburg, Kuzhenkino, Tver Region, Flightradar24, Russian, Belarus, Washington, Montreal, Sao Paulo, Mexico City
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead after his business jet crashed on Wednesday. Prigozhin, who was ousted after a failed mutiny, was en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Kremlin insiders told Meduza that they were baffled over why he was still doing business in Russia. The plane, which had seven passengers and three crew members on board, was traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg, TASS added. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut the mutiny failed, and Prigozhin, who had spent months publicly criticizing Moscow's military strategy in Ukraine, was apparently exiled to Belarus .
Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Meduza, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Ian Petchenik, Petchenik, Sir John Sawers Organizations: Kremlin, Service, Moscow, Concord Catering, Reuters, BBC Radio Locations: Moscow, St . Petersburg, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Tver, Ukraine, Belarus, Africa
A plane crash in Russia on Wednesday killed 10 people on board. It plummeted suddenly after appearing fine on radar, a flight-tracking expert told Reuters. The plane plummeted more than 8,000 feet from its cruising altitude of 28,000 within approximately 30 seconds, he added. "Whatever happened, happened quickly," Petchenik said, according to the news agency. President Joe Biden suggested on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was likely behind the crash, though he didn't speak with certainty.
Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Wagner, Prigozhin, Ian Petchenik, Petchenik, John Sawers, Joe Biden, Biden, I'm, Frank Gardner Organizations: Wednesday, Reuters, Service, Embraer, Financial Times, Telegram, Financial, BBC, CNN, Russia's Federal Security Service, BBC's Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Moscow, St . Petersburg, Kuzhenkino, Tver Oblast, Russian
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