Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is among 10 people confirmed dead after a plane crash near Moscow.
Russian officials have claimed that Prigozhin was among the victims a private jet crash north of the Russian capital.
TASS news reports that seven passengers, including the Wagner Group leader, and three crew were on board the Embraer aircraft en route from Moscow to St Petersburg.
Media reports say the jet belonged to Prigozhin, who founded the Wagner private military company.
Russia’s civilian aviation regulator, Rosaviatsia, said Prigozhin was on the passenger list.
It said: “An investigation has been launched into the Embraer plane crash that occurred tonight in the Tver region.
“According to the passenger list, among them is the name and surname of Yevgeny Prigozhin.”
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