Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the paramilitary organization known as the Wagner Group, tragically passed away in a plane crash near Tver, north of Moscow. The crash was reported by the Russian news agency Ria Novosti. The aircraft, an Embraer Legacy, was en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg. According to preliminary information from Russia’s […]
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