Russia says genetic tests confirm Prigozhin died in plane crash

The private jet crashed two months to the day after the Wagner mercenary chief led an abortive mutiny against Russia's army top brass. President Vladimir Putin described it as a 'stab in the back,' but later met with Prigozhin in the Kremlin.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, gives an address in camouflage and with a weapon in his hands in a desert area at an unknown location, in this still image taken from video possibly shot in Africa and published August 21, 2023.

"As part of the investigation of the plane crash in the Tver region, molecular-genetic examinations have been completed," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement on its site on the Telegram messaging app.

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