Prigozhin Listed as Passenger of Plane Crashed in Russia’s Tver Region — Aviation Agency

An investigation of the Embraer plane crash that happened in the Tver Region this evening was initiated

Yevgeny Prigozhin Lev Borodin/TASS

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MOSCOW, August 23. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport has launched an investigation into the crash of the Embraer plane in the Tver Region on Wednesday, the agency said noting that Yevgeny Prigozhin was among the passengers.

"An investigation into the Embraer plane crash that occurred in the Tver Region this evening has been launched. According to the passenger list, the first and last name of Yevgeny Prigozhin was included in this list," the agency noted.

The Embraer business jet crashed in the Tver Region near the settlement of Kuzhenkino. According to preliminary data, all 10 people on board the plane have died. The plane was en route from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport to St. Petersburg.