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Wagner boss, who rebelled against Putin, killed in plane crash

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, which led an unsuccessful coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly been killed in a plane crash. Nine other people on board the flight are also dead. The plane was flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Earlier, a Wagner-linked Telegram channel reported that the jet was shot down by air defenses in Tver region.