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Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia's civil aviation authority has said.

Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported the Embraer aircraft was shot down by air defences in the Tver region, north of Moscow.

The jet, which was flying from Moscow to St Petersburg, was carrying seven passengers and three crew.

Prigozhin led a failed mutiny against the Russian armed forces in June.

Grey Zone said local residents heard two bangs before the crash and saw two vapour trails.

Tass news agency said the plane caught fire on hitting the ground, adding that four bodies had already been found.

The aircraft had been in the air for less than half an hour, it said.

UPDATED -- Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on a plane that crashed in western Russia killing all on board, according to the country's aviation authority

His name was on the list of those "declared as travelling on board" the plane, along with key Wagner commander Dmitry Utkin

The Russian Emergencies Ministry has said that private aircraft "came down” near the village of Kuzhenkino

Video of the plane coming down and pics of the crash itself -- https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-66599774

Archived version: https://archive.ph/5XH4l
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230823171520/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733