US officials believe a bomb likely brought down the plane; the Kremlin said that is an “absolute lie”. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW – Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Sunday the results of genetic tests confirmed the identities of the 10 people who died in a plane crash on Wednesday, and that they included the founder of the Wagner mercenary group, Mr Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Russia’s aviation authority said Mr Prigozhin was on a private jet that crashed north-west of Moscow with no survivors on Wednesday, exactly two months after he led a failed mutiny against army chiefs.US officials had said the plane appeared to have been downed on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as revenge for Mr Prigozhin’s aborted mutiny.
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