A private Embraer plane crashed in Tver, Russia today, with ten passengers on board. wagner group, Evgeny Prigozhin, as reported by the civil aviation agency Rossaviatsia.
“An investigation has been opened into the Embraer plane disaster that took place in the Tver region this afternoon. According to the passenger list, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s name and surname are among them,” Rossaviatsia told local agencies.
on his behalf The Ministry of Emergencies confirmed that the incident occurred near the town of Kuzhenkino and that three of the ten people traveling on the device were crew members. “According to preliminary data, all on board died,” the Ministry of Emergencies said. said.
The plane crashed in Tver, less than 200 kilometers from Moscow, while flying between the city of Saint Petersburg and the Russian capital.
Emergency personnel went to the accident site to identify possible injuries.
Meanwhile, Tver Governor Igor Rudenia assumed personal control of the investigation into what happened to the civilian aircraft.
Prigozhin, 62, led an unsuccessful military revolt against the government. The Kremlin, from which he came to take Rostov-on-Don, one of the most important cities in southern Russia.
After the mediation of Belarusian president Alexandr Lukashenko, Prigozhin agreed to withdraw his mercenaries and transfer his base to the territory of the former Soviet republic.
After Russian President Vladimir Putin accused him of treason, he received him in the Kremlin, after which Prigozhin announced the resumption of Wagner’s operations in Africa.
Prigozhin appeared on Monday for the first time since the rebellion, suggesting in the video that he had returned to Africa to make Russia “even greater on all continents.”
“The Wagner Group makes Russia bigger on all continents and makes Africa even more free,” says Prigozhin in the recording, broadcast by Telegram channels close to the Russian militia.