Russia’s Investigative Committee this Sunday concluded its investigation into the plane crash in the region Tver the one the head of Wagner groupYevgeni Prigozhin, and has confirmed his death through a test DNA.
“As part of the investigation into the plane crash in the Tver region, molecular genetic studies were completed. Based on their findings, the identities of the ten deceased were identified, which correspond to the list on the leaflet,” he said in a statement collected by the TASS news agency.
Prigozhin died after a plane crash in the Tver region of Russia. Nine other people traveled with him, including Dimitri Utkin, another strongman of the Wagner group. The Kremlin denied any involvement in the plane crash. The head of the Wagner group died exactly two months after his mercenaries launched an unprecedented uprising against the Russian military leadership, which led to the withdrawal of Prigozhin and the transfer of these troops to Belarus.