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Wagner Founder Prigozhin Reported Dead in Fiery Plane Crash

‘WHERE’S THE AMMO?’

The mercenary group leader, who led an attempted coup in June, was on board a business jet that crashed in the Tver Region, Russia’s federal aviation agency confirmed.

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Published Aug. 23 2023 1:12PM EDT

Yevgeny Prigozhin and the site of a plane crash in Russia. — Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Getty / Twitter

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