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Chief of the Wagner mercenary group rose to prominence through brute force.

The founder of the Wagner private mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who Russian aviation authorities say was on board a plane that crashed with no survivors, was once close enough to Vladimir Putin to be called his “personal chef” before he led a mutiny that posed the greatest challenge to the president’s long rule.

A business jet en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed Wednesday, killing all ten people on board, Russian emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials said, but it wasn't immediately clear if he was on board.

(CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, was on board the plane that crashed northwest of Moscow on Wednesday, the Russian Federal Air Transport<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/wagner-mercenary-chief-prigozhin-was-on-board-plane-that-crashed-near-moscow-russian-air-transport-agency-says/">Read More</a>

Wagner forces were heavily involved in capturing the eastern Ukrainian cities of Soledar and Bakhmut following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner who staged a short-lived mutiny against Russia’s military leadership in June, was on board a plane that crashed northwest of Moscow on Wednesday, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said.

(CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed northwest of Moscow, killing all 10 on board, according

Other victims included Utkin Dmitriy, a trusted lieutenant of Prigozhin’s since Wagner was formed, according to list of passengers on board shared by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner who staged a short-lived mutiny against Russia’s military leadership in June, was on board a plane that crashed northwest of Moscow on Wednesday, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said.

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