While Prigozhin did not suffer a mysterious death immediately after his failed coup, like so many others who publicly went against Putin, Wednesday’s mysterious catastrophic crash raised eyebrows.
While en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the private jet dropped out of the sky and plummeted to the ground, exploding on impact.
The Russian Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that Prigozhin and his associate Dmitry Utkin were among the 10 victims. A Wagner-linked telegram channel, Grey Zone, also reported that the Wagner boss was killed in the crash. Grey Zone claimed that Prigozhin’s remains were discovered in the plane’s wreckage.