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Identities confirmed of deceased in plane crash in Russia

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Moscow, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) Russian authorities established the identities of the 10 fatalities of the plane crash on August 23 in the Tver province, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported today.

The federal entity reported on its official Telegram channel, after the molecular genetic analyses were carried out, all the identities correspond to the people indicated in the crew and passenger manifest, the Sputnik news agency highlighted this Sunday.

Thus, it turns out that the founder of the Wagner military group Yevgeny Prigozhin was indeed on board the private Embraer Legacy plane, which crashed in the region.

On August 23, the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported that a private Embraer Legacy plane crashed in the Tver province on a Moscow-St. Petersburg flight, killing all 10 people on board.

The Investigative Committee of Russia, for its part, indicated a criminal case of violation of safety regulations in air transport.

On August 25, the agency commented that the flight recorders of the crashed plane had been found.

In addition, the Investigative Committee instructors removed from the scene objects and documents that could be important in determining all the circumstances of the catastrophe.

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