The plane carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed in the Tver region of the Russian Federation. Another plane, also connected with the head of the Wagnerists, flew from Moscow to Azerbaijan.
On August 23, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane crashed in Russia, and the founder of the Wagner PMC died. The other plane left for Azerbaijan. This was announced on social networks by the watch group “Belarus Gayun” on August 24.
This is an Embraer ERJ-135BJ “Legacy 650” business jet number RA-02748. The plane flew to Baku.
“The plane took off from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport at 15:24 and headed south. This business jet is also known to be associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin’s structures. But unlike the others, he never flew to Belarus.” group.
Data from Flightradar24 confirms that the plane left Moscow at 15.30 and landed in Baku at 19:00 local time. Its last flights were between the capitals of the Russian Federation and St. Petersburg was among the cities. He flew there from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and before that he was in Bodrum, Türkiye.
Recall that on August 23, a plane belonging to Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed in the Bologovsky district of the Tver region of Russia. There were 10 people on board. The media, citing eyewitnesses, noted that the plane was shot down by the Russian air defense.
Later, the media reported that the search operation at the crash site had ended. 10 bodies were found. The Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation “Rosaviatsia” officially confirmed that among the registered passengers is the head of the “Wagnerites” Yevgeny Prigozhin.
On August 24, satellite images emerged from the crash site. Journalists reported that the plane crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino, about 300 kilometers north of Moscow.
Source: Focus
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