Russia plane crash: What we know so far

Wagner mercenary main Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dormant aft appearing connected the rider database of a backstage pitchy that crashed northbound of the Russian capital, Moscow.

Prigozhin was a cardinal state of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his backstage subject institution has played a cardinal relation successful Ukraine pursuing Moscow's penetration successful February 2022.

But his narration with Mr Putin soured aft Prigozhin ordered his troops to march connected Moscow successful an abortive rebellion against Russia's subject leaders successful June.

The details of the clang are inactive emerging but present is what we cognize truthful far.

Russian aviation officials confirmed the aircraft, an Embraer Legacy, was flying betwixt Moscow and St Petersburg erstwhile it crashed successful the Tver region, northbound of Moscow connected Wednesday evening.

But Wagner-linked Telegram transmission Grey Zone reported the pitchy had been changeable down by the Russian subject - though it provided nary grounds to enactment its claim.

The backstage pitchy was carrying 7 passengers and 3 crew.

According to preliminary information, each 10 radical connected committee were killed. The Interfax quality bureau said each the bodies person been recovered.

Another quality agency, Tass, said the Embraer Legacy - registered to 1 of Prigozhin's companies - caught occurrence connected hitting the crushed having being successful the aerial for little than fractional an hour.

Video footage verified by the BBC showed an craft falling from the entity successful Kuzhenkino, Russia.

Grey Zone reports that a 2nd concern pitchy owned by Prigozhin landed safely successful the Moscow region.

According to Russian authorities, the Wagner brag was connected the rider database of the crashed plane.

The aviation bureau subsequently released what is said was a confirmed database of those connected committee the aircraft. Grey Zone has reported helium is dead.

Prigozhin has kept a comparatively debased illustration since his short-lived mutiny against Russia's apical subject commanders who helium had repeatedly criticised for their strategy successful Ukraine.

Mr Putin aboriginal accused him of treason.

Under a woody to extremity the rebellion, charges against him were dropped and helium was offered a determination to Belarus. His whereabouts since person been the taxable of aggravated speculation.

In the past week Prigozhin released his archetypal video connection since June's abortive rebellion, which suggested helium was successful Africa.

The BBC has not been capable to verify wherever the video was filmed.

According to Russia's investigative committee, a transgression probe has been launched into the origin of the clang nether Article 263 of Russia's transgression code, which governs postulation information and the cognition of aerial transport.

Meanwhile, exigency services person finished their hunt of the site.

The politician of the Tver region, Igor Rudenya, has reportedly taken power of the investigation.