Officials said in a statement that forensic and genetic testing identified all 10 bodies recovered at the site of Wednesday's crash and the findings 'conform to the manifest' of the plane.
Sunday, August 27, 2023 1:24PMA US intelligence assessment shows an intentionally caused explosion caused a Russia plane crash that killed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.Russia's Investigative Committee said Sunday that it confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder and head of the mercenary force Wagner who led a short-lived armed rebellion against Russia's military, was killed in a plane crash.
Russia's civil aviation authority earlier this week said Prigozhin, 62, and some of his top lieutenants were on the list of the passengers and crew members on board the plane. All seven passengers and three crew died when the plane plummeted from the sky halfway between Moscow and St. Petersburg, Prigozhin's hometown.
Instead, the Kremlin quickly cut a deal with Prigozhin to end the armed revolt, saying he would be allowed to walk free without facing any charges and to resettle in Belarus. Questions have remained, however, about whether Prigozhin eventually would face a comeuppance for the brief uprising that posed the biggest challenge to Putin's authority of his 23-year rule.concluded that an intentional explosion caused the plane to go down.
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