Updates: Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin believed dead after jet crash

Wagner boss a passenger in a plane which crashed between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russian authorities say.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner
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Plane of Russian Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin crashes near Moscow

By Dalia Hatuqa, Edna Mohamed, Hamza Mohamed and Brian Osgood
Published On 23 Aug 2023

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This live blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates from Wednesday, August 23, following a plane crash in Russia believed to have resulted in the death of former Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin: