Russian investigators have confirmed the deaths of the mercenary chief and nine other people who were aboard the crashed jet. Follow updates here.
The body of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary chief, has been identified by DNA analysis of remains found at the site of a plane crash last week, Russian investigators have said.
“According to their results, the identities of all 10 victims were established, they correspond to the list stated in the flight list,” she added. The other victims include Dmitry Utkin, the former Russian special forces officer who originally founded Wagner and remained its top military commander, and Valrey Chekalov, a long-standing business partner of Mr Prigozhin who held senior positions in companies linked to Wagner.
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