Wagner Group leader killed in plane crash had long ties to the Kremlin as a trusted contractor, caterer and head of a private armed force accused of atrocities
All 10 people on board killed emergency officials said; it is not confirmed that Prigozhin was on the plane, though officials say he is on the manifest
Sergei Surovikin, formerly commander of war effort against Ukraine, transferred to new role, amid speculation he may have been detained due to ties with mercenary leader
Yevgeny Prigozhin hints he is on continent in recent video, as tensions brew in Niger over military coup that Wagner-linked group describes as fight against 'colonizers'
Dmitry Kiselev, prominent member of Russian propaganda machine, claims mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin received more than $9.7 billion in state funds
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