The Russian government has recovered the flight recorders and all 10 bodies from Wednesday’s plane crash which is presumed to have killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
According to an alleged passenger list from Russian aviation agency Rosaviatsia, Mr Prigozhin was travelling on the Embraer Legacy 600 jet with his Chief Lieutenant Dmitry Utkin, as well as five other passengers and three crew members.
A tribute to Mr Prigozhin in Moscow on Friday. Picture: Pelagiya Tihonova/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Despite seemingly surviving the failed rebellion, many observers believed Mr Prigozhin was a"dead man walking" and suspected the Russian president would never forgive the Wagner boss for his disloyalty.
"The Russians are very big into numerology – exactly two months since the coup attempt so if you add all that up, it shouldn’t be too surprising.”
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