Putin’s enemy Prigozhin is confirmed DEAD after DNA test on remains as engineer behind mystery jet ‘repairs’ is quizzed
RUSSIA has confirmed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash after a DNA test on remains from the site.
The warlord’s jet Embraer Legacy 600 was blown out of the sky in a fiery crash killing all ten onboard earlier this week.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement that after forensic testing all 10 bodies recovered at the site of the crash were identified.
The committee said: “According to their results, the identities of all 10 victims were established they correspond to the list stated in the flight list.
Russia’s civil aviation authority earlier this week said Prigozhin, along with some of his top lieutenants, were on the list of those on board the plane that crashed Wednesday.
Among the other nine people listed onboard the Embraer private jet was Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner’s operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence.
Prigozhin 62, was presumed dead after his private plane crashed in Kuzhenkino, some 60 miles north of Moscow.
The crash came exactly two months after the Wagner chief’s mutiny against Vladimir Putin.
The crash has sparked speculation that Moscow may have been involved especially after a second jet linked to the was spotted rushing to Moscow.
Meanwhile, an engineer who carried out mysterious last-minute repairs to the doomed jet is under interrogation by Russian authorities.
Engineer Sergey Kitrish, 41, has reportedly been quizzed by Moscow since the crash.
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