Russia confirmed the death of Prigozhin in a plane crash Russian authorities say the head of the Wagner Group, which attempted to overthrow...
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Russia confirmed the death of Prigozhin in a plane crash
Russian authorities say the head of the Wagner Group, which attempted to overthrow the leadership of the Russian military in June, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was on board the plane that crashed on Wednesday, killing all its passengers. .
The crash of this plane comes two months after Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a short protest that was described as the biggest challenge that President Vladimir Putin has ever faced since he came to power in Russia.
Since then, uncertainty surrounds the future of Wagner's mercenary army and its controversial leader.
On Wednesday, the country's Ministry of Emergency Management announced that a plane crashed between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and all 10 passengers in it died.
Later, the Russian Civil Aviation Authority said that Wagner was on board the Embraer-135 with a senior commander of the company, Dmitry Utkin.
In response to hearing this news, US President Joe Biden said he was not at all surprised by the death of Wagner's military leader.
The bodies of 8 of the passengers of this plane have been found so far while the Russian President Vladimir Putin has not said a word about the matter.
President Putin declared Prigozhin a traitor before they finally reached an agreement that forced him to flee to Belarus.
This week, a video showed Prigozhin standing with a gun in a part of the Sahel in Africa, at the same time as Wagner started to recruit troops from the African continent according to reports.
Wagner's Air Force Company has already alleged that the Russian Air Force shot down the plane Prigozhin was in.