{"id":2013531,"date":"2023-08-27T12:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T16:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/genetic-testing-confirms-wagner-leader-died-in-plane-crash-russia-says\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T12:28:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T16:28:04","slug":"genetic-testing-confirms-wagner-leader-died-in-plane-crash-russia-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/genetic-testing-confirms-wagner-leader-died-in-plane-crash-russia-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia has confirmed through genetic testing that the leader of Wagner died in a plane crash."},"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\">32<\/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%2Fgenetic-testing-confirms-wagner-leader-died-in-plane-crash-russia-says%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=2013531&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--><p><h2>Genetic Testing Confirms Death of Wagner Group Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Last \u200bweek, Russian officials announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-china-is-stealing-dna-of-u-s-citizens\/\" title=\"Report: China is Stealing DNA of U.S. Citizens\">genetic testing<\/a> has confirmed the \u2064death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group. This comes two months after\u2062 Prigozhin led a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/blinken-sees-cracks-emerge-in-putins-hold-on-russia\">brief uprising<\/a> \u2062 against Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Plane Crash in Tver Region<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Investigative Committee revealed that Prigozhin \u2062was one of several passengers who perished in a <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\">private\u2064 jet crash<\/a> in the Tver Region, north of Moscow, \u2062on\u200c Wednesday. According to \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/emergencies\/1665923\">Russia\u2019s state-run TASS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-authorities-say-dna-testing-confirms-yevgeny-prigozhins-death\/\" title=\"Russian officials confirm Yevgeny Prigozhin's death through DNA testing.\">molecular genetic examinations<\/a> were conducted as part of the investigation into the crash.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Positive Identification \u200bof Victims<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The committee stated, &#8220;According to their results, the identities of all 10 victims have been established and \u200bthey correspond\u200d to the list stated in \u2063the \u200cflight manifest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><h3>Other \u2062Passengers<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry Utkin, a top commander\u200c of the\u2064 mercenary\u200d group, was also listed as a passenger on the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-marines-killed-after-osprey-aircraft-crashes-in-australia\/\" title=\"Three Marines die in Australian Osprey aircraft crash.\">ill-fated aircraft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Criminal Investigation<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>A criminal investigation is\u200c currently underway\u200d to determine if flight safety\u200c rules were\u2063 violated, as reported by TASS.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Confirmation from the U.S. Department of Defense<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064U.S. Department of Defense&#8217;s initial assessment, as \u200cstated by Pentagon spokesman Brig.\u2063 Gen. Patrick \u200cRyder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/3504670\/pentagon-press-secretary-brig-gen-pat-ryder-holds-a-press-briefing\/\">said<\/a> \u2063 on Thursday, also confirmed Prigozhin&#8217;s death in the crash. The Pentagon dismissed reports suggesting that a surface-to-air missile caused the incident.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Suspected Bomb Explosion<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to ABC News, U.S. officials suspect that the crash may have been caused by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/genetic-testing-confirms-wagner-leader-died-in-plane-crash-russia-says\/\" title=\"Russia has confirmed through genetic testing that the leader of Wagner died in a plane crash.\">bomb explosion \u2062onboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Kremlin&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesperson\u2062 Dmitry Peskov denied the &#8220;speculation&#8221; from the\u200d West surrounding the crash, stating,\u200c &#8220;All of that is sheer lies,&#8221; as reported by ABC \u2064News.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><h2>Prigozhin&#8217;s Background and Uprising<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, \u200bwas once\u2063 considered an ally of Putin, with his mercenaries \u2064acting \u2063in Russia&#8217;s\u200c interests in various regions, including Africa and the Middle East, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/obituaries\/2023\/08\/26\/yevgeniy-prigozhin-putin-wagner-dies\/\">according to The Washington Post<\/a>. However, their relationship\u200b began to deteriorate during\u200d Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Criticism of Russian Military<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Prigozhin openly criticized the Russian \u2063military&#8217;s handling of \u200dthe conflict, accusing\u200d generals of denying his forces supplies in the \u2064fight, as reported \u200cby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/10\/world\/europe\/yevgeny-prigozhin-wagner-group-russia.html\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Rebellion and Return<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063late\u200b June, Wagner troops initiated an uprising and marched towards Moscow for approximately 24 hours. Although Prigozhin and his mercenaries \u200dwere seemingly exiled to Belarus as part of a deal \u2064to end the rebellion, Prigozhin was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/27\/europe\/prigozhin-inside-russia-intl-hnk\/index.html\">spotted<\/a> \u2062 in\u200c Russia a month \u2062later.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Putin&#8217;s Remarks<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Following\u2062 the plane crash, Putin referred\u200d to Prigozhin as a &#8220;talented man&#8221; who \u2063made &#8220;serious mistakes in\u200d life,&#8221; as reported \u2063by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/24\/europe\/putin-prigozhin-comments-intl\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genetic testing verified that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, died in a recent plane crash. This occurred just two months after Prigozhin led a short-lived rebellion against President Vladimir Putin. The Russian Investigative Committee confirmed that Prigozhin was among the passengers who tragically lost their lives in the private aircraft accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2013532,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2013531","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}