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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-811/
- Published: 2023-08-24T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-24T05:00:49.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: News, Politics, World Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

> A private jet has crashed over Russia, killing all 10 people on board, emergency officials say.  
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> [Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300913332/who-is-the-head-of-the-mercenary-group-calling-for-an-armed-rebellion-in-russia?ref=goodoil.news) was on the passenger list, but it wasn’t immediately clear if he was on board.  
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> Unconfirmed media reports said the jet belonged to Prigozhin, founder of [the Wagner private military company](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300562747/what-is-the-wagner-group-the-russian-mercenary-entity-in-ukraine?ref=goodoil.news).  
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> Russia’s state news agency Tass cited emergency officials as saying that the plane carried three pilots and seven passengers.  
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> It was not clear if Prigozhin was among those on board, though Russia’s civilian aviation regulator, Rosaviatsia, said he was on the passenger list.  
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> The plane was en route from Moscow to St Petersburg and went down in the Tver region, more than 100km north of the capital. Authorities are investigating.  
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> Stuff

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