Russia’s civil aviation authority says that Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as being on board a private jet that crashed in Russia’s Tver region north of Moscow, with no survivors.
Four bodies have been found and all ten people aboard died in the crash.
It has not yet been confirmed as to whether Prigozhin was actually on the aircraft.
The Embraer aircraft, en route from Moscow to St Petersburg, was carrying seven passengers and three crew.
The plane had been in flight less than 30 minutes when it crashed.
Russia’s Federal Agency of Air Transport announced they had launched an investigation.
“An investigation has been launched into an Embraer plane crash that occurred tonight in the Tver region,” their statement read.
“According to the passenger list, the name and surname of Yevgeny Prigozhin is among them.”
“There were ten people on board, including three crew members. According to preliminary information, all on board were killed,” Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a statement.
Russia’s RIA news agency reported that the Governor of the Tver region, Igor Rudenya had assumed control of the situation, where law enforcement were also on the scene.
As yet unconfirmed media reports said the jet belonged to Prigozhin and flight tracking data reviewed by The Associated Press shows a private jet registered to Wagner that Prigozhin had used previously took off from Moscow on Wednesday evening and its transponder signal disappeared minutes later.
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