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.

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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