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of yevgeny prigozhin, from start to finish, the story of prigozhin wagner, the mutiny, has been murkyions, and that includes what happened today with this plane crash. that telegram channel that was linked to wagner was blaming traitors of russia for what happened, and that suggests that they believe this was an act of revenge, possibly by those in power. and if that's the case, then one question will be now, how will those sympathetic to yevgeny prigozhin and to wagner react, especially those in this private army, people with guns? we know that yevgeny prigozhin had a lot of enemies, particularly in the russian defence ministry and they were angry that he was not punished by president putin after the mutiny, after all, a number of russian servicemen were killed. the key question will be now i think, how does vladimir putin emerge from all of this, stronger or weaker? irate does vladimir putin emerge from all of this, stronger or weaker?- of this, stronger or weaker? we will ick of this, stronger or weaker? we will -ick that of this, stronger or weaker? we will pick that up — of this,

how do we understand the link between yevgeny prigozhin and | link between yevgeny prigozhin and vladimirgozhin making strong demands when this was the time of the war in ukraine and the wagner soldiers were making significant gains but not getting the equipment they wanted, and we know from his history, he's been a very key, important part of vladimir�*s ambitions. how did that relationship progressed to a point where we saw the mutiny, now this? fit, progressed to a point where we saw the mutiny, now this? fit. bit the mutiny, now this? a bit confusing — the mutiny, now this? a bit confusing is _ the mutiny, now this? a bit confusing is an _ the mutiny, now this? 3 t confusing is an understatement, very confusing is an understatement, very confusing — that sums russia up i think. there's a lot we don't know, there's a lot we don't understand about what's going on in the background. what we do know is that prigozhin over the last few months had been publicly critical, but not directly of vladimir putin. his criticisms were directed almost completely at the military leadership of russia. so

— about what happened involving yevgeny prigozhin? we know that a lane yevgeny prigozhin?yevgeny prigozhin? we know that a plane owned by _ yevgeny prigozhin? we know that a plane owned by him _ yevgeny prigozhin? we know that a plane owned by him crashed - yevgeny prigozhin? we know that a | plane owned by him crashed outside moscow yesterday evening. we know that his name was on the list of passengers registered as travelling on board that plane. what we do not know is if he was actually present there. we're still waiting to from russian investigators studying at the ten bodies recovered from the scene of the crash. there are unconfirmed reports that we have seenin unconfirmed reports that we have seen in the past half an hour or so saying that the bodies of yevgeny prigozhin and his closest deputy, dmitry utkin, have been identified. that is unconfirmed, but even though the bodies from the crash scene are badly burned, it is because yevgeny prigozhin had part of one finger messing on his left hand, that is what reports are saying has helped investigators identify his bo

fist being challenged by yevgeny prigozhin?— being challenged by yevgeny priaozhin? n? at this moment we don't know what happened to _ prigozhin? at this moment we don't know what happened to prigozhin. l prigozhin? at this moment we don't l know what happened to prigozhin. we definitely know there were lots of questions after this mutiny and why putin didn't respond on it. and i think to answer your question, we probably need to wait a little bit longer, a few days, it may be hours when we figure out what really happened, if prigozhin really was on board that plane and who is behind this event. ,., ., ., , this event. important to remember there are still _ this event. important to remember there are still details _ this event. important to remember there are still details which - there are still details which haven't been verified. gregory, thanks to have onset here in the studio. live now to nikolai petrov — he's a consulting fellow on the russia and eurasia programme at chatham house, in london, also a visiting researcher for the german institute for international

what do we know about yevgeny prigozhin's movements today up until we saw this newsbreak? nks for having me. i have confirmed with some sources within wagner who were close to prigozhin that it does seem he was in africa at least a couple of days ago, most likely in mali, where we saw a video produced on one of his telegram channels. he, i heard, then arrive back in russia earlier this morning. sources i have within the organization have said with 95% certainty that he and dmitry utkin were killed. >> can you remind us what he had been doing up until this point ever since that failed mutiny in june? >> sure. there has been is so much movement and a lot of obscurity about what exactly has been going on, but, essentially, burglary had been seen moving its main headquarters from russia to belarus while at the same time we saw yevgeny prigozhin still being relatively active within the african theaters in which bogner operates, certainly producing commentary, not necessarily all the time appearing in video but we did see an appearance of the russia-africa summit and see him movi

it's been confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin was on board the private jet.h we still don't know about this story. the uk government says it is monitoring the situation. in the us, president biden has said, "there's not much that happens in russia that putin's not behind". our russia editor steve rosenberg has this report. caught on camera, the final seconds of a private jet. on board, reportedly, the head of a private mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin. "look over there by the farm, it is burning," the eyewitness can be heard saying. in the distance, a giant cloud of smoke. the plane had crashed north of moscow. yevgeny prigozhin�*s right hand man, the wagner commander, was also thought to have been on board. later, a wagner—linked telegram channel confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin had been killed. it claimed it was the result of the actions of traitors of russia. it is two months to the day since the wagner chief launched what he called his march ofjustice, his mutiny, the insurrection by wagner forces who had been fighting on the kremlin�*s side in ukraine.

we know the plane is owned by a company linked to yevgeny prigozhin. e on a list of passengers registered as flying on that flight but there is no clarity as to whether he was physically on that plane. but we have got is a statement by a telegram account called grey zone which is believed to be linked to wagner and yevgeny prigozhin. it said that mr prigozhin is dead and his death was caused and i quote, by actions by traitors of russia. what we are missing is any official confirmation by security authorities, by officers who were involved in the search operation of the crash site, any confirmation of whether yevgeny prigozhin's body was found there. as far as we know that operation is complete, and all ten bodies of people travelling aboard the ill—fated plane have been recovered. there is also rife speculation on social media, in part fuelled by accounts linked to wagner that yevgeny prigozhin's plane was shot down and i have seen a number of video clips filmed by eyewitnesses who said that they had heard two explosions and they drew the conclusion th

he said that yevgeny prigozhin was now a target of the fsb and 2/3 of ukrainians tonight believe yevgeny prigozhin was eliminated by russian intelligence. >> a view shared by u.s. president joe biden among others. thank you very much. just to remind you if you are joining us, news has invaded you so far, wagner group chief yevgeny prigozhin dead, the news coming from a telegram channel affiliated with the wagner mercenary group. he and another wagner g4 on board. let's get more reaction and analysis. we bring in a general is that ukraine crisis media center. thank you very much for being with us. your reaction, if indeed it is true that yevgeny prigozhin is dead. >> in a way, we were prepared for such a murder, such an accident. i can only confirm that multiple ukrainians believed it could not be an accident and it was planned. we know that wagner and its leader, he was weekend after its assault, and in a way, we were prepared for such an accident, but still, we are quite astonished by the reaction and confirmation because three minutes after the accident, russian media were stating that

according to the list of passengers, among them is the sur name of yevgeny prigozhin. are also hearing possibly ten people in total were on board that air crash, embra air 160, like that owned by prigozhin's company so possibly this could be very big news. the russians are treating this as very much as possibly yevgeny prigozhin being on that aircraft. we do know that prigozhin was traveling abroad, jim. we do know he was in africa at least a couple of days ago. there was a video he released saying his forces, his wagner forces were now working in africa, that it was very hot there, that he was on the ground there as well claiming those forces were fighting against isis. as you very correctly stated, yevgeny prigozhin started that m mutiny, which failed and was then called back and many were wondering about prigozhin's safety and whether or not there could be pay back from vladimir putin or from the russian security services. again, still very much unclear what exactly is going on, what exactly happened there. certainly this potentially could be very, very big news com

_ women grow passengers was yevgeny prigozhin. ane was en route to saint petersburg.— saint petersburg. almost two hours later on channel— saint petersburg. almost two hours later on channel one, _ saint petersburg. almost two hours later on channel one, the _ saint petersburg. almost two hours later on channel one, the most - later on channel one, the most watched tv channel, on the flagship news programme, we saw another news broadcaster essentially saying the same thing, a0 seconds, and this was the iath same thing, a0 seconds, and this was the iath out of 17 items in that news programme. translation: private plane crashes, ten people have been killed. the first information from the emergencies ministry came about two hours ago. the aircraft belonged to a company specialising in business flights and was heading from moscow to st petersburg. there were seven passengers on board and three krill. the name of yevgeny prigozhin was listed as one of those on board. i suppose the question is, how challenging will it be to confirm the f

message and send a signal and struck fear into the hearts of peop who may have tried to side with yevgeny prigozhin the mutiny. i think there is a large response from those who still supported prigozhin in the past two months. it is much more likely to create a sense of perhaps jaded disillusionment among those people who still saw prigozhin as speaking truth to power, criticizing the leadership of the russian army for their failures. another march on moscow and another wave of anger. more bloodletting and opposition . it is unlikely considering the strength of the message vladimir putin just sent. christian: thank you very much. while this was unfding, a court in moscow quietly extended the detention of the wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich who was arrested on charges at the end of march which are painfully false. during a hearing, the court ordered he should remain in jail until november 30. although not entirely surprising, it is depressing for his friends and family. his pretrial detention was expected to be over next week. he is facing a sentence of up to 20ears if he is found guil

it really, to what happened to yevgeny prigozhin in russia?— prigozhin in russia?hin in russia? it has been almost a week since the - prigozhin in russia? it has been almost a week since the plane l almost a week since the plane crashed that killed yevgeny prigozhin. and across russia, we have seen several spontaneous memorials to which russians have started bringing flowers to pay their respects to wagner and yevgeny prigozhin. and the big question now is what happens to his wagner group? the kremlin and the defence ministry in russia, they want this military company to be amalgamated into the official army, company to be amalgamated into the officialarmy, if company to be amalgamated into the official army, if you like, which is something yevgeny prigozhin opposed, something yevgeny prigozhin opposed, so in the foreseeable future it is reasonable to expect official efforts to take control of wagner, both in russia and in ukraine and also in africa, where various branches of wagner had been operating. branches of wagner had been operating-— operating. and are ther

if we take the hypothetical death of yevgeny prigozhin, both yevgeny prigozhin and the kremlin have somethingin from that, in a that there is no doubt he wouldn't be looking over his shoulder. i can't stand here and tell you for sure what made him stop on his drive to moscow when he was seemingly going to make a direct threat to vladimir putin's power. we need to be bright-eyed to the idea he would not have turned his back on the invasion of ukraine had that very short conversation with russian generals before driving off to moscow without some kind of eliteuy-in and without some of the powerful in russia saying you need to do this. and i think given the fact he pulled outf that, he might have had the buy-in necessary to mount the coup many hoped for in ukraine. it's very difficult to see why vladimir putin allowed him to seemingly carry on as normal in complete contradiction to the harsh sentences he's imposing on those critics closer to home. so today might be a statement, if you look at the dramatic images of seemingly prigozhin's private jet falling from the sky. when you have the history

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yevgeny prigozhin�*s jet crashed. ten months later, this. yevgeny prigozhin�*sjet crashed.eported killed, including the chief himself. not our work, says the kremlin, but there is widespread suspicion the authorities were behind this. those in power may be hoping that russians will now forget yevgeny prigozhin that despite his reputation for ruthlessness he had become a celebrity. translation: become a celebrity. tuna/mom- become a celebrity. translation: ., , , translation: he had become very --oular, translation: he had become very pepular. yevgeny — translation: he had become very popular, yevgeny prigozhin - translation: he had become very popular, yevgeny prigozhin was - popular, yevgeny prigozhin was perhaps the most popular person. a lot of people will come here. across russia, lot of people will come here. across russia. peeple _ lot of people will come here. across russia, people are _ lot of people will come here. across | russia, people are remembering the brazen, straight talking tycoon turned paramilitary leader who fell foul of the kremlin. steve rosenberg, bb

headlines: russian investigators say genetic testing has confirmed that the wagner mercenary boss, yevgeny prigozhinmlin has denied ordering the assassination of mr prigozhin, who was a former close aide of president putin. us officials say three us marines have been killed, and at least 20 injured, after a military aircraft crashed during exercises in australia's northern territory. 23 people were on board. five people have been transferred to darwin for treatment. zimbabwe's president emmerson mnangagwa has rejected criticism from international observers about the country's recent electio, about the country's recent election, after being declared the winner and securing a second term. the opposition party has labelled the vote a �*gigantic fraud�*, and observers say the vote fell short of international standards. now on bbc news — hardtalk.

the head of the wagner mercenary group — yevgeny prigozhin — has been buried in st petersburg, accordinghis press service. prigozhin, who led wagner fighters in a mutiny injune, was one of ten people on board a private plane that crashed in russia's tver region last week. there is widespread suspicion that prigozhin was killed in revenge for leading a failed mutiny injune, it was widely seen as a challenge to the authority of president vladimir putin. no video or stills of the grave have emerged yet. russia's tass state—run news agency says it was relatives' will to hold a private ceremony. let's talk now to vitaly shevchenko, a la russia epitaph. the tally, no pictures, no video, very private good buy. it pictures, no video, very private good buy-— pictures, no video, very private aoodbu. �* , ., , ., good buy. it can't be more private. earlier today. _ good buy. it can't be more private. earlier today, the _ good buy. it can't be more private. earlier today, the media _ good buy. it can't be more private. | earlier today, the media descended on st petersburg, trying to find out where e

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yevgeny prigozhin is a businessman and former convict. group took part in some of the most brutal fighting in ukraine. mr prigozhin became increasingly critical of russia's military leadership, eventually launching a mutiny in june. his forces seized a major russian city and even marched on moscow before abandoning their insurrection. yevgeny prigozhin had a lot of powerful enemies here in moscow, notjust in the military, but also in the kremlin. when his wagner mercenaries marched on the russian capital back injune, that was a direct challenge to president putin. that's why yesterday's news about the plane crash surprised almost nobody here in russia. "this wasn't really a shock, bearing in mind the whole situation", valeria told me. "i almost expected something like this to happen". alexander said, "it's quite right, what happened. you can't go against the russian leader. bad things will happen if you do". russian mp maria butina said those responsible for the plane crash would be held accountable. it's too early to give any precise com

i suspect that yevgeny prigozhin was too important j yevgeny prigozhin was too important to kill rightved in providing mercenaries in 17 different conflicts in africa. it means that effectively, this is the russian foreign policy in africa. they are also involved in syria, libya, venezuela, and i suspect that they had to do a bit of due diligence to figure out how they are going to replace him, or what they need to do, who they need to find. and i think that they also wanted to come up with a really spectacular way of getting rid of prigozhin, which allowed them some plausible deniability, and so, two months is a long time from one perspective, which is a long time for putin to be humiliated. two months is not that long a time when it comes to planning a really spectacular assassination, which they did. find assassination, which they did. and we know that _ assassination, which they did. and we know that the investigators are at the sight of the plane crash as the moment. how much detail do you think we will ever learn about what actually happened?— actually happened? well, the russians

headlines: russian investigators say genetic testing has confirmed that the wagner mercenary boss, yevgeny prigozhin mr prigozhin, who was a former close aide of president putin. us officials say three us marines have been killed, and at least 20 injured, after a military aircraft crashed during exercises in australia's northern territory. 23 people were on board. five people have been transferred to darwin for treatment. firefighters in greece are tackling three major outbreaks, two of which have been burning out of control for several days. helicopters and aeroplanes are being used on the island of andros, where ground—based teams were unable to contain the flames. now on bbc news — the travel show. from historical landmarks... now for the piece de resistance, the original torch. wow!

samantha was sa in: that yevgeny prigozhin. samantha was saying that two — yevgeny prigozhin.ying that two bodies _ yevgeny prigozhin. samantha was saying that two bodies have - yevgeny prigozhin. samantha was saying that two bodies have been| saying that two bodies have been identified, are you seeing any of those pictures on social media? know, what i'm seeing is an increasing _ know, what i'm seeing is an increasing amount of claims from various— increasing amount of claims from various accounts, public figures of various— various accounts, public figures of various credibility saying that both yevgeny _ various credibility saying that both yevgeny prigozhin and demetrio ken were on— yevgeny prigozhin and demetrio ken were on board the crashed plane. there _ were on board the crashed plane. there are — were on board the crashed plane. there are reports suggesting that bodies _ there are reports suggesting that bodies recovered from the crash site are badly— bodies recovered from the crash site are badly burned and therefore a certain— are badly burned and therefore a certai

he has covered yevgeny prigozhin extensively. there was word from the wagner group there was a second plane and prigozhin might have been on that plane. what do we know about that? >> reporter: so if you look at the wagner telegram channels and telegram channels that are wagner supporters, there's a lot of chatter about the second plane. was prigozhin on the second plane. is he still on that plane, is he still safe. some members of the wagner community, let's call it, are urging their followers to stay calm. nothing has been confirmed yet. maybe he sent a body double. they believe that he is a man or was a man with great survival instincts, great cunning and they are still holding out hope because it seems that there was two aircraft, both of them wagner aircraft flying together in some sort of convoy. and that one of these planes, according to the russian news agency tass and according to numerous videos has crashed, and was a devastating crash, an unsurvivable crash with the plane dropping out of the sky from about 26,000 feet a

working on the assumption yevgeny prigozhin _ colony.assumption yevgeny prigozhin has _ colony. working on the assumption yevgeny prigozhin has died - colony. working on the assumption yevgeny prigozhin has died in - colony. working on the assumption yevgeny prigozhin has died in this. yevgeny prigozhin has died in this incident, how does ukraine look to leveraged this with regards to the conflict in ukraine? at the wagner must regroup use people they have taken from penal colonies to grind down those russian forces during the fight for her bakhmut, they have been hugely influential in the battlefield. that power has now been weakened, what would kyiv seek to do in the coming days and weeks? i don't think the death of prigozhin if confirmed will make much difference to the war in ukraine because it all changed after that march forjustice, in other words the mutinous march on moscow onjune the mutinous march on moscow onjune the 24th. from that moment on, wagner will no longer going to be a force in ukraine. they have largely withdrawn fr

yes, yevgeny prigozhin's — has happened. yes, yevgeny prigozhin's troops _ has happened.'s troops have been| prigozhin's troops have been fighting in eastern ukraine and as a result of the uprising, they chose to go and live in belarus and he said he would then concentrate on africa which is where his mercenary group wagner would be concentrating on, in africa. today the russian federal agency for transport has confirmed he was on the passenger list. we don't know if he was definitely on board but he was on the passenger list of an aircraft that has crashed in the tver region. it was flying from moscow to saint petersburg. we have seen pictures of the crash. the russian authorities have said nobody survived the crash, three crew members and all of the passengers have died. so if yevgeny prigozhin who was on the passenger list does turn out to be on board, it looks like it will have been killed in that crash, which would be a very significant moment as the man who has really challenged the russian authorities most directly this year and most directly since the start of the

but he also said that he had warned yevgeny prigozhin to be very careful.at is going on inside of russia. where you do have sort of smaller memorials to yevgeny prigozhin and the others who were killed popping up in various russian cities. we were listening to some of the things that folks were saying around those memorials, people who were laying down flowers and commemorating yevgeny prigozhin saying that they believe that someone like him could not be replaced in an organization like wagner. that is the big discussion right now that is sort of going on. if the leadership of wagner was really decapitated in this plane crash, in other words yevgeny prigozhin and his important deputies that wagner could very much come a very different company than it has been in the past. >> very interesting. fred pleitgen, thank you very much. >>> let's get some analysis and i'm joined for that by the historian ann applebalm and professor jill dougherty who is a former cnn moscow bureau chief. ann, let me start with you. you heard putin's thinly veiled condolences and the

done more than anyone else to challenge his grip on power in the course of the past 20 years, yevgeny prigozhin as the head of that uprising plunged to earth in that fireball. >> clarisa, tell us about prigozhin's movements in the two months since his failed relevant on. >> wolf, i think everybody was sort of watching in disbelief because there was no sense that he was keeping a low profile. we saw him meeting with wagner forces in belarus. we saw him greeting african leaders in st. petersburg. we saw him as recently as last week traveling, reportedly, to africa. while he was certainly a bit more muted and subdued in his tone, we didn't see the kind of bluster and criticism that we had seen before, i think it was still shocking to people that he was seemingly moving about very freely with no sense of being fearful for his life, and everyone was wondering how it was possible that he was still alive and how much longer he would stay alive for. the theory that some have is that, essentially, this time period would have been necessarily for the kremlin to effectively go about dismantling wagner and

>> reporter: it's important to point out that we don't have devin intive evidence that yevgeny prigozhinid indeed die i in that crash. the information received is beginning to suggest that the most likely outcome. it's mostly from russian stourcs that will be distributing what is favorable to vladimir putin. prigozhin led wagner mercenary against russia's top brass saying how angry they were at the conduct of the war here in ukraine. but it turned into a much larger challenge against putin himself. essentially, a deal done by the bell russian president turned prigozhin around and meant he was somehow going to move his fighters to belarus. he went quiet for a bit. that's got many people wondering quite whether or not everything wea we are seeing can be taken at face value. prigozhin was not really known his whereabouts for one or two weeks after that initial rebellion. he popped up last in the last week or so in africa suggesting perhaps he might be focusing on his wagner group's operations there, often involved in mining, propping up dictatorships there. the images many watching in russi

yevgeny prigozhin and his top lieutenants were on board. a social media platform linked to the group is saying he's dead. this is some of the footage showing the plane spiraling toward the ground, from the looks of it, with possibly only one wing falling at nearly 8,000 feet per minute toward the end. the circumstances highly suspicious. president biden saying he wasn't surprised and that not much happens in russia that vladimir putin isn't behind. -- he also lived in and reported from moscow for years. he joins us now. what's the latest we know about this crash? >> reporter: we don't have a lot of information, anderson. there's an investigation underway by the russian authorities. you can see the aftermath, the flames that engulfed that entire area. it's about 60 miles or so outside of the russian capital, moscow. it's not far. the plane had just taken off from moscow and was traveling at all altitude of, i think, 26,000 feet, when they lost radio contact with it. you can see that video there of the plane spiraling to earth before it crash

the deadly plane crash in russia and the fate of wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin. russia now confirming the failed mutiny leader was on board the plane. and the wagner-linked social media channel issued a statement a little while ago that prigozhin is dead. cnn's fred pleitgen is covering the response for us. let's go to nick peyton walsh. ukrainian and u.s. officials are monitoring the crash and drawing connections to putin and his war. >> reporter: yes, certainly in ukraine, a rye sense of recognition that this is what putin was expected to do to a man he considers to be traitor. remember, prigozhin and his wagner group behind some of the more brutal war crimes with the atrocity that's we've seen here, including blinken, biden pointing out that this was something that should have been expected to happen. i should point out, we are still reliant upon russian officials. the russian federal aviation transport agency to say that prigozhin and a number of top wagner henchmen pretty much most of their top guys were on board this plane. we don't have independent evidenc

in russia, questions continue to swirl around what exactly happened to the wagner chief yevgeny prigozhins involved in the plane crash which is presumed to have killed mr prigozhin and all nine other people on board — just two months after mr prigozhin led a failed uprising. president putin's spokesman, dmitry peskov, said discussion of the incident should be — in his words — "guided only by facts". mr prigozhin was on the passenger list of a private jet that came down near moscow on wednesday. but his death has not been confirmed. here's dmitry peskov speaking earlier. translation: in the west, of course, this speculation comes from _ a certain angle. it's all a complete lie. of course, when we talk about this issue we should be guided only by facts. we don't have many facts at the moment, the facts need to be clarified during the official investigation which is being carried out now. the president yesterday spoke about this, he said he's waiting for the results of the investigation which will be completed in the nearfuture and we will learn the details. with more on this, i am joined by

questions swirl and drama grows over the reported death of wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin in a plane crash. donald trump's former lawyer, rudy giuliani, joins a handful of others turning themselves in to a georgia jail. and i am katrina perry in milwaukee where the fresh republican presidential debate isjust republican presidential debate is just getting republican presidential debate isjust getting under republican presidential debate is just getting under way. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. two months after he led a failed mutiny against vladimir putin, russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin is reported to have been killed. this footage, verified by the bbc, shows the moment his wagner group's private jet hurtled to earth about 300km, or 200 miles northwest of moscow. pictures have emerged of the aftermath of the crash, which happened about halfway through the flight from moscow to st petersburg, while the plane was at its cruising altitude. trajectory data suggest the aircraft essentially dropped out of the sky. russia's aviation agency shared what it claimed was a list of the pa

now yevgeny prigozhin has reportedly died. russia's civil aviation authority says the founder of the wagner mercenary group was among the passengers on a plane that crashed. the jet came down in a region north of moscow. seven passengers and three crew members were on board the aircraft which was en route from moscow to st. petersburg. >> this is the moment the jet came hurtling from the sky in the region north of moscow. all 10 people, including three crew members, were killed. russia's aviation agency has confirmed the wagner military group boss was among passengers flying from moscow to st. petersburg. local reports state two loud bangs were heard and multiple videos posted on social media appear to show the jet on fire. this flight radar map shows the moment it disappeared. the remains of all 10 bodies have been retrieved from the site, and a criminal investigation is underway. >> the main investigation department of the investigative committee of the russian federation initiates the criminal case on the fact of an aviatio

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that seems to be where that big break where putin and yevgeny prigozhin took place. before that the two were very loyal and close to one another. and prigozhin was always loyal to vladimir putin. when he did that march on moscow, maybe he did not realize how much he was crossing vladimir putin and what that would do. and he wanted to unseat the top general going to the russian defense ministry and still remaining loyal to vladimir putin. clearly putin saw that in a different way. at the same time it took a very long time for something to happen to yevgeny prigozhin. it was surprising to see him very quickly after that, already resurfacing in russia and then resurfacing in belarus and then resurfacing in africa and reconstituting that whole company and taking it to a different location. one of the things that's key as well is that the wagner private military company once it left ukraine became a lot weaker. we have to keep in mind that they gave up all of their very heavy weapons and gave them back to the russian military. so this essentially was a mercenary group once

the private jet on which the russian authorities say yevgeny prigozhin was travelling. ht on camera, falling from the sky. we are told that all seven passengers and three crew on board were killed. but it's the fate of mr prigozhin which has been the centre of attention. for years, the kremlin�*s mr fix—it, his mercenary group had fought in ukraine. but two months ago it mutinied. wagner took over the city of rostov and moved on towards moscow. it was an unprecedented challenge to the kremlin. so, is yevgeni prigozhin�*s reported demise in an air disaster president putin's revenge? today, the kremlin leader broke his silence on the plane crash. he said he had known mr prigozhin a long time, since the early 19905. he called him a man with a complicated fate, who had made serious mistakes, but who was talented. but president putin has previously called the wagner mutiny a stab in the back, and betrayal he cannot abide. but was it a bomb, was it sabotage? there has been international speculation about the cause of the crash. our initial assessment is that it is likely prigo

here we are seeing images of the mercenary group leader yevgeny prigozhin. that mr prigozhin was on a list of passengers on this jet that crashed in russia earlier today. according to those civil aviation authorities, that jet those civil aviation authorities, thatjet crashed as it was taking off from moscow to saint petersburg about halfway through that flight. these are images the bbc has been able to verify. what we have not been able to verifyjust what we have not been able to verify just get what we have not been able to verifyjust get is what we heard from emergency services in russia that ten bodies were recovered from that crash site. here we are seeing images of the crash site. we have not been able to verify the ten bodies russian emergency services have reported they are. we are working on that. we will continue to bring you the latest on that story and one more note also from milwaukee, there was a one candidate who really made onto the stage tonight, doug burgum was injured while playing pascoe bought earlier today. putting because the big appea

after the presumed death of yevgeny prigozhin, what's the future of his wagner group? active across several countries in africa. only a few days ago, prigozhin was seen in a video trumpeting wagner's role in making �*africa more free'. as he put it. 0ne place where the group has been operating is mali, where the mercenaries are believed to have about 1,000 soldiers. groups linked to al-qaeda and islamic state group have brought chaos and violence to the country and the malian military government has been depending on russia and wagner support to deal with the growing insurgency. that reliance led france to end its military operation in mali last year. bbc arabic�*s feras kilani is the firstjournalist to travel to northern mali since french forces left. he made the dangerous journey with producer mohamed ebrahim and cameraman dany abi khalil. the start of a thousand mile journey across vast deserts to an unseen conflict, where wagner fighters clash with jihadists and rebel groups. it's impossible to operate here without a convoy of heavy security. i'm dressing to blend

it's notable because the president has made some comments specific to the situation related to yevgeny prigozhin and vladimir putin. i was traveling with him in finland last month. when he was asked a question specifically about prigozhin, and he said among others things if he were prigozhin, i would be careful what i ate, keep my eye on my menu, he said, but all kidding aside, i don't think any of us know for sure where the futu o prigozhin is for russia, and i don't know beyond that how to answer. clearly right now the white house is keeping a very close eye on the situation. there has not been direct communication following this latest event, but they are watching and they do have skepticism about any reports they see coming out of russia right now. so before they're able to really weigh in with any real, i think, more confirmed statements beyond the statement, according to what russia has reported, they want to have their own understanding, a better independent analysis of what took place, whether or not prigozhin was on board the plane. >> thank you so much. i know you don't expect it, beca

bugs hate it. . >>> of after days of uncertainty russia says it's confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin washe ten people killed in last week's plane crash. russian investigators say genetic tests confirmed the identity of the wagner chief and all the other victims. prigozhin who led a failed up uprising against the kremlin previously been named on one of those on board the plane which crashed near moscow. until now, authorities stopped short of confirming that he had died. more we want to go to cnn who joins us live from london, good morning, to you, selma. what impact will the death of prigozhin likely have on the future of this mercenary group wagner and of course, its role in ukraine? >> russia's investigative committee confirming davids of speculation, after days of expectation, that yevgeny prigozhin is, 19, among one of those ten killed in the plane crash. also among those killed is one of his top lieutenants and a senior aide. so ends that speculation around yevgeny prigozhin's fate, man who movements were shadowing, secretive because of his concerns and fears he could be targeted. t

taking out yevgeny prigozhin. >> yevgeny prigozhin was an evil man, he was terrible, he worked with thebut was able to be a part because it was a paramilitary administration. it is good he is dead. it is bad because it means that putin is still very powerful. he still has a strong handle on power within russia. those hoping that the march was indicative that putin was losing power. mike: did he successfully convince him that his sins were forgiven giving them a false sense of security? >> it does call into question why he thought he could fly and be safe. i don't know. i would not want to get into the head of yevgeny prigozhin, but he was very useful in africa. exploiting this fragile countries in africa to extract their goods, timber, gold, in exchange for gun money and security and other operations. that is where he was really valuable and that is where he was until putin called him back and that is when his life ended. >> known to do a lot of his dirty work outside of russia. what is the impact in terms of the global reach? >> that is a great question. russia and china both have been

yevgeni prigozhin, the wa . ner with more. yevgeni prigozhin, the wagner group _ with more.zhin, the wagner group chief, is _ with more. yevgeni prigozhin, the wagner group chief, is presumed | with more. yevgeni prigozhin, the i wagner group chief, is presumed dead after his plane crash in russia on wednesday. the russian aviation agency says prigozhin and wagner co—founded wagner group were both on this list of passengers on the plane. but that didn't stop subglacial social media that he might have been on another plane at the time. so what do we know about the time. so what do we know about the crash? well, data from the flight radar tracking service shows that the plane linked to prigozhin took off somewhere north—west of moscow yesterday afternoon and it was flying toward st petersburg and thenit was flying toward st petersburg and then it disappeared over the tver region, 300 kilometres north—west of moscow. and that flight data also shows that at around 3:19pm gmt, there was a sudden drop of altitude. this is corroborated from video from eyewitnesses that verified ear

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russian state media reporting that the notorious warlord yevgeny prigozhin is likely dead. prigozhin of course the leader of the private russian ersnary group wagner. and once a key ally of russian leader vladimir putin. prigozhin's army helping putin to carry out some of his bloodiest crusades in ukraine especially in the eastern city of bakhmut which earned the title the human meat grinder. and then prigozhin, as you may recall, not long ago turned against the russian ministry was defense claiming it had insufficient ammunition and resources to his grisly battalion slamming putin's generals. that led to a failed armed mutiny to moscow in june, exactly two months ago. cnn's matthew chance starts us off from london. beside what russian state media is reporting, what other verifiable information is there at this hour in terms of that plane crash and who may have been on board? >> reporter: well, verifiable information is extremely hard to come by. i mean, state media's the main source of it at the moment because they're being fed information by the various institutions inside

leader yevgeny prigozhin. he expresses condolences and describes prigozhin, who led the brief mutiny against the russian military, as a talented man. but there's still no official confirmation he has died. translation: confirmation he has died. i translation: confirmation he has died. l, translation: confirmation he has died. :, ~ :, translation: confirmation he has died. a, ~ :, ~ prigozhin translation: i have known mr prigozhin for — translation: i have known mr prigozhin for a _ translation: i have known mr prigozhin for a long _ translation: i have known mr prigozhin for a long time, - translation: i have known mr prigozhin for a long time, since | translation: l have known mr. prigozhin for a long time, since the start of the 1990s. he was a man with a difficult fate. we'll talk to our russia editor about putin's comments. also on the programme... the nerve—racking wait is over — hundreds of thousands of students get their gcse and btec results. the number of top grades has fallen. two men have been arres