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In last night’s main evening news bulletins on Russian TV, the crash of a plane reportedly carrying Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin received only the briefest of mentions.
The plane crash was breaking news on state-run Rossiya 1, which in a brief report said that 10 people were on board and all had perished.
In a similarly short account, state TV’s Channel One said that the executive jet was en route from Moscow to St Petersburg carrying a crew of three plus seven others. Emergency teams are at the scene, it said.
Both quoted Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, as saying that Prigozhin’s name was on the passenger list, but neither report provided context or comment.
A screengrab from Rossiya 1 depicting the smoke from the plane crashImage caption: A screengrab from Rossiya 1 depicting the smoke from the plane crash.
