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Russian investigators confirm death of Prigozhin,
citing genetic tests
Russia’s
investigation committee have said that the results of genetic tests confirmed
the identities of the 10 people who died in a plane crash on Wednesday and that
they included the founder of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin,
Associated Press reports.
Committee
spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said that after forensic testing, all 10 bodies
recovered at the site of the crash were identified, and their identities
“conform to the manifest”. Her statement didn’t offer any details as to what
might have caused the crash.
“Molecular-genetic
examinations have been completed as part of the investigation into the plane
crash in the Tver region,” she said. “According to their results, the
identities of all 10 victims were established, they correspond to the list
stated in the flight list.”
Among the
other nine people listed onboard the Embraer private jet was Dmitry Utkin, a
shadowy figure who managed Wagner’s operations and allegedly served in Russian
military intelligence.
Russia’s
civil aviation authority earlier this week said Prigozhin, along with some of
his top lieutenants, were on the list of those on board the plane that crashed.
Prigozhin,
62, was killed two months after he mounted a day long mutiny against Russia‘s
military that president Vladimir Putin decried as “treason”. The Kremlin cut a
deal with Prigozhin to end the armed revolt that allowed him to walk free
without any charges levied against him. The brief uprising posed the biggest
challenge to Putin’s authority of his 23-year rule.
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