other outlets including the BBC had initially alerted Prigozhin was killed and had to walk back the claim before official confirmation. Quickly sourced user-generated content showed the plane falling ...
Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has allegedly died in a plane crash, a Russian agency announced Wednesday, just two months after leading a failed coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
carrying Prigozhin had dropped off the radar at 6:11 p.m. (1511 GMT). An unverified video clip posted to social media showed a plane resembling a private jet falling out of the sky toward the earth.
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