ussia’s ministry for emergency situation announces crash of a private plane travelling between Moscow and St Petersburg saying Wagner chief Prigozhin was on the passenger list.
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a private jet that crashed north of Moscow, killing all 10 people, the Russian authorities said.
It remains to be confirmed if the Wagner chief had actually boarded the flight.
Since the rebellion by Wagner forces in June, Prigozhin was seen as the biggest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority since he came to power.
Here is how the world reacted to the crash and the reported death of Prigozhin:
United States
President Joe Biden says he was “not surprised” at news that Prigozhin may have died in a plane crash in Russia.
“I don’t know for a fact what happened, but I’m not surprised,” Biden said, adding, “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind. But I don’t know enough to know the answer.”
In a statement, US National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson also said that “If confirmed, no one should be surprised,” by the apparent death. “The disastrous war in Ukraine led to a private army marching on Moscow, and now — it would seem — to this.”
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