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Biden informed of Prigozhin's plane crash in Russia

Biden informed of Prigozhin's plane crash in Russia President of the United States Joe Biden (Photo: Getty Images)
Author: Daria Shekina

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has already been informed about the plane crash in Russia, on which the leader of the Wagner Private Military Company Yevgeny Prigozhin could have been aboard, according to the White House statement, cited by Sky News.

"The US president has been told about the plane crash," the statement reads.

No further information is provided.

Aircraft crash in the Tver region

Today videos of a plane crash in the Tver region of Russia began to widely circulate on the internet. Later, it was established that it was the Embraer Legacy 600 business jet, with ten people on board. All of them perished.

In the meantime, Telegram channels were disseminating information that the plane belonged to the founder of the Wagner Private Military Company, Yevgeny Prigozhin. He was purportedly considered a passenger.