2023-08-24 00:06:50
Time.news – “The head of the Wagner group, a hero of Russia, a true patriot of his homeland, Eugeny Viktorovich Prigozhin, died because of the actions of Russia’s traitors. But even in hell he will be the best! Glory to Russia!”. This was written by the Telegram channel ‘Grey zone’, linked to Wagner, first commenting on the crash of the Embraer private jet in the Tver region, Russia and giving the death of the militia leader and his deputy, Utkin.
All 10 people on board the aircraft died. The balance was certified by the Federal Agency for Air Transport (Rosaviatsia) which communicated that it had launched an investigation into the accident to understand the dynamics and causes. Then, finally, the confirmation: “Eugeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin were on board the crashed Embraer plane”.
The passenger list
The Russian Federal Agency has released the full list of passengers and crew members who were on board Eugeny Prigozhin’s plane.
Equipaggio: Alexei Levshin, Rustam Karimov (copilota), Kristina Raspopova (assistente di volo). Passeggeri: Sergej Propustin, Eugeny Makaryan, Alessandro Totmin, Valery Chekalov, Dmitry Utkin, Nikolaj Matuseev, Eugeny Prigozhin.
The Tass news agency explained how “the Embraer aircraft” were themselves flying “from Moscow Sheremetyevo airport to St. Petersburg” at the time of the fall. The accident occurred near the village of Kuzhenkino.
Reactions from Washington
The death of Wagner group head Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash in Russia “comes as no surprise to anyone,” a senior White House official said shortly after the very first news broke.
“We have seen the reports. If they are confirmed, it would not surprise anyone,” said Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the US executive’s National Security Council.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, then intervened in person: “There is not much of what is happening in Russia that Putin is not behind. But I don’t have enough data to give an answer,” he said in response to the question from a reporter if the Kremlin leader is responsible for the crash of Prigozhin’s plane. However, Biden declares himself “not surprised” by what happened.
BREAKING:
A private jet owned by Prigozhin was just shot down by Russian air defenses over Tver.
Around 10 people onboard have been killed. pic.twitter.com/mUCHws77Y0
— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24) August 23, 2023
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