Genetic tests have confirmed the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the commander of the private military group “Wagner”, according to a Russian intelligence agency concerned about the plane crash in which he was traveling last Wednesday.

In a statement posted on its Telegram channel yesterday, the committee said, “Molecular genetic tests have proven that the bodies of 10 people recovered from the wreckage correspond to the list containing the names of Prigozhin and the staff. Nine others.”

The Russian Civil Aviation Authority earlier released the names of the 10 people aboard the private plane that crashed in the Tver region northwest of Moscow, whose passengers included Prigozhin and his close aide, Dmitri Utkin, who helped locate the Wagner group. .

The report did not specify hypotheses about the causes of the plane crash during the flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

There has been much speculation in the West about Prigozhin’s death since Russian officials confirmed the plane crash and the deaths of those on board, after launching an armed rebellion against the leadership of the Russian military, but the Kremlin has vehemently denied his involvement. The private plane crashed and Russian presidential headquarters spokesman Dmitry Peskov said two days ago that “speculations about the plane crash and the tragic death of the passengers and allegations that the Kremlin ordered the assassination of (Wagner) the pilot are blatant lies. Russian President Vladimir Putin offers his deepest condolences to the families of all those who died in the plane crash.” Condolences.