Wagner Boss Behind Failed Russian Coup Dead in Plane Crash, Russian Agency Confirms

State media reported 10 people aboard the private plane died in a crash northwest of Moscow

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, speaks to a camera at an unknown location in an image released on Aug. 21, 2023. Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel via AP

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among passengers on a plane that crashed northwest of Moscow on Aug. 23, and there were no survivors, according to Russian officials.

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry told TASS News and RIA Novosti that all 10 people on board the private plane died in the crash in Tver Oblast, and Mr. Prigozhin was on the list of passengers on board the plane. Photos of the crash show what appears to be the wreckage of a plane on fire in a field.