Russia's Investigative Committee confirms Prigozhin's death

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Russia's Investigative Committee confirms Prigozhin's death

The Russian Investigative Committee has confirmed that Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was among those killed when a private jet crashed in the Tver region. The Russian Investigative Committee announced that molecular genetic tests to identify those who died in the private jet that crashed in the Tver region have been completed. The statement noted that the identities of the 10 people who died have been identified, and that the results are the same as the list published on August 23 of those who lost their lives on the plane. In a statement released by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) on August 23, it was reported that 10 people died when a private jet, including Prigozhin, crashed in Tver. According to the statement, the passenger list on the plane included Prigozhin, his assistant and Wagner co-founder Dmitry Utkin, as well as Sergey Propustin, Yevgeny Makaryan, Aleksandr Totmin, Valeriy Chekalov, and Nikolay Matuseyev. It was stated that the three-person crew consisting of Aleksey Levshin, Rustam Karimov and Kristina Raspopova also died in the accident.