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Photographs show the wreckage of a plane in Russia which is presumed to have been carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group which in June attempted to topple Moscow's military leadership. IMAGES
Images show Russian law enforcement blocking access to a road leading to the site of a plane crash which is thought to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner. According to preliminary information, all 10 people on board died, including three crew members, Russian authorities said. Russia's aviation agency later said the Wagner chief was on board the plane. IMAGES
Images of the plot in Saint Petersburg's Porokhovskoye cemetery where the spokespeople of Yevgeny Prigozhin are urging mourners to pay their respects to the Russian chief of the mercenary Wagner group. Last week Prigozhin died in a private jet crash along with nine other people, two months after ordering his troops to topple Russia's military leadership. A private ceremony was held to commemorate his death. IMAGES
Police and media are seen near the area where a plane crashed in Russia's Tver region, almost 350 km from Moscow. According to Russian officials, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, was aboard the plane, and died in the crash together with nine other people. IMAGES
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The assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) opens in Nairobi with a minute of silence, after the plane crash that killed 157 people, including 22 United Nations staff, many heading for the annual event. IMAGES
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