Authorities are yet to say what they believe caused Yevgeny Prigozhin's jet to fall from the sky
MOSCOW, Russia – Russian investigators said on Sunday, August 27, that genetic tests had confirmed that, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed in a plane crash last week.
“According to their results, the identities of all 10 dead were established. They correspond to the list stated in the flight sheet,” it said. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the June 23-24 mutiny as a treacherous “stab in the back”, but later met with Prigozhin in the Kremlin. He sent his condolences on Thursday to the families of those believed to have died in the crash.
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