{"id":2009749,"date":"2023-08-23T17:33:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chief-of-russias-wagner-group-reportedly-killed-in-private-jet-crash-north-of-moscow\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T17:36:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:36:34","slug":"chief-of-russias-wagner-group-reportedly-killed-in-private-jet-crash-north-of-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chief-of-russias-wagner-group-reportedly-killed-in-private-jet-crash-north-of-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s Wagner Group Chief Allegedly Dies in Private Jet Crash Near Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchief-of-russias-wagner-group-reportedly-killed-in-private-jet-crash-north-of-moscow%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Chief \u200dof \u2064Russia&#8217;s Wagner Group Reportedly Killed in Private Jet Crash North of Moscow<\/h2>\n<p>A\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-trump-donors-entire-family-killed-in-plane-crash-after-being-intercepted-by-f-16s-over-dc\/\" title=\"Trump donor's family dies in plane crash after F-16 interception in DC.\">private jet crashed<\/a> in\u2064 Russia on Wednesday, \u2062killing all 10 people \u200daboard, emergency officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Mercenary \u2063chief Yevgeny\u200b Prigozhin was on the passenger list, but it wasn\u2019t\u2062 immediately clear if he was \u2064on board.<\/p>\n<p>Prigozhin\u2019s fate has been the subject of intense \u200dspeculation ever since he mounted a \u2063short-lived mutiny against Russia\u2019s\u200d military \u2062leadership\u200c in late June.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin said \u200cthe\u2063 founder of the Wagner private military\u2064 company, which fought\u200c alongside Russia\u2019s regular army in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-gives-full-support-approval-f-16-fighter-jets-ukraine-denmark-netherlands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>, would be\u2063 exiled to Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>But\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/putins-mercenaries-flown-africa-hit-list-24-including-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mercenary chief<\/a> \u2064 has since\u2064 reportedly popped up in \u200dRussia, leading to further\u2064 questions about \u200chis future.<\/p>\n<p>A plane carrying three pilots and seven \u2064passengers that was en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg went down more than 60 miles north of\u2062 the capital, according to officials cited\u200b by Russia\u2019s state\u200d news\u2062 agency Tass.<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear if Prigozhin was\u2062 among \u200dthose on board, though Russia\u2019s civilian \u2062aviation regulator, Rosaviatsia, said he was \u2062on the\u200c manifest.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s state news agency RIA Novosti\u2064 reported, citing \u200bemergency officials, that eight bodies were found at the \u200bsite\u200c of the crash.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should the U.S. keep sending resources to Ukraine?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>No<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal \u200cnews updates free of charge.\u2063 You may \u2062opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% \u200b(0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 100% (3 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Flight tracking data \u2064reviewed by The Associated Press\u200b showed a private jet registered to Wagner that Prigozhin \u200chad used previously took off from Moscow on Wednesday evening and\u200c its transponder signal disappeared minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>The signal was\u200b lost in\u2062 a rural region with no nearby airfields where the jet could have landed safely.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 an image posted by a pro-Wagner social media account showing burning\u2063 wreckage, a partial \u2063tail \u200dnumber \u2062matching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-climate-czars-private-jet-has-made-16-trips-this-year-report\/\" title=\"White House Climate Czar\u2019s Private Jet Has Made 16 Trips This Year: REPORT\">private jet belonging<\/a> to the company could\u200c be seen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A private jet belonging to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin \u200dhas crashed with all\u2062 passengers and crew reportedly dying \u2063upon impact. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Prigozhin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Prigozhin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wagner?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Wagner<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qWudAUcn1d\">pic.twitter.com\/qWudAUcn1d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Golding \u2062(@GoldingBF) \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldingBF\/status\/1694399914459979777?\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200bcolor and placement of the number on the\u2064 engine \u200bof \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chief-of-russias-wagner-group-reportedly-killed-in-private-jet-crash-north-of-moscow\/\" title=\"Russia's Wagner Group Chief Allegedly Dies in Private Jet Crash Near Moscow\">crashed plane\u2062 matches prior photos<\/a> of the Wagner jet examined by\u200c The\u2062 AP.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wameangusha Private jet ya Yevgeny Prigozhin?<br \/>\nDude\u2063 only had one chance to take power but he decided to \u2064play nice with Mzee Putin \u2063(a\u200d man who\u2064 sends radioactive packages\u200d to old friends in London)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5VOVPal4IP\">pic.twitter.com\/5VOVPal4IP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 khalif kairo\u2062 (@KhalifKairo) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhalifKairo\/status\/1694410754831655365?\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This week, Prigozhin posted his first recruitment\u2062 video since the mutiny, saying that Wagner \u2062is\u200c conducting reconnaissance and search activities, and \u201cmaking Russia \u2062even greater on all continents, and Africa even more free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also this week, Russian media reported, citing anonymous \u2062sources,\u2063 that\u200d a top Russian general linked to Prigozhin \u2014 Gen. Sergei Surovikin \u2014 \u200dwas dismissed from\u200c his position of the commander of\u200c Russia\u2019s air \u2062force.<\/p>\n<p>Surovikin, who at one point led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-russia-threatens-global-nuclear-fire-ukrainian-drone-strikes-moscow-no-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia\u2019s \u200doperation<\/a> \u2063 in Ukraine,\u200b hasn\u2019t been seen in public since the mutiny, when he recorded a video address urging Prigozhin\u2019s forces to pull back.<\/p>\n<p>As the news about the crash was \u2062breaking, Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/putin-reignites-ww3-fears-sudden-tactical-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> spoke at an event commemorating the Battle of Kursk, hailing the heroes of Russia\u2019s \u201cspecial military operation\u201d \u2062in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal \u200chas reviewed\u2064 this Associated Press story and may have altered \u2062it \u200bprior to publication to \u2063ensure that it meets \u200cour editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-chief-russias-wagner-group-reportedly-killed-private-jet-crash-north-moscow\/\">Chief of\u2063 Russia&#8217;s Wagner Group Reportedly\u200b Killed in Private\u200b Jet Crash North of Moscow<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u2062 Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All 10 people on board a private jet died in a crash in Russia. Yevgeny Prigozhin, a mercenary chief, was listed as a passenger, but it is uncertain if he was present. Prigozhin&#8217;s fate has been widely speculated since his brief rebellion against Russia&#8217;s military leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2009750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}