Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed northwest of Moscow on Wednesday, August 23, according to Russia's aviation authority. The announcement was made by the Federal Air Transport Agency and relayed by the TASS news agency. "According to the passenger list, the first and last name of Yevgeny Prigozhin was included," the agency said. Here are the first images that Le Monde was able to verify and locate.
In June, the Wagner Group boss instigated an armed rebellion against the Russian General Staff and Defense Minister Sergei Choigou. His men briefly took control of military sites in southern Russia before heading for Moscow, before abandoning their offensive on June 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called him a traitor, without mentioning his name.
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