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Russian investigators confirm Prigozhin's death

August 27, 2023

Russian investigators have confirmed that the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was among 10 people killed in a plane crash days ago. They say DNA testing results show that all identified persons "correspond to the list of names on the flight manifest."

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