Who were killed along with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in crash? Check identities

Who were the people on board the private jet along with Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prighozin that crashed? Though the death of Prighozin has not been officially confirmed yet, he is presumed to be dead. Ten bodies have been recovered from the debris of the Embraer aircraft that crashed while flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Though the reasons for the crash are not yet clear, the aircraft came down near the village of Kuzhenkino Tver.

Seven Wagner members and three crew members have been killed in the crash.

Yevgeny Prigozhin

The person who established the mercenary group Wagner lived a humble life in his childhood. Yevgeny Prigozhin lost his father at a younger age, he turned to small crimes like burglary. He was sentenced to 12 years of jail in 1981 after being convicted of robbery and fraud.

After he was pardoned and released from prison in 1990, he started selling hot dogs at a flea market in Leningrad with his mother and stepfather. He got a catering contract from the Kremlin, came close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and was known as the ‘Putin’s Chef’. Later he set up the mercenary group Wagner.

Dmitry Utkin

Dmitry Utkin was very close to Prighozin and he helped him set up Wagner Group. He was fascinated by Adolf Hitler and got his body tattooed with Nazi symbols. He has been accused of committing many crimes in Syria.

Sergei Propustin

He was a Wagner fighter, too much is not known about him.

Yevgeny Makaryan

Yevgeny Makaryan was a Wagner fighter, he was included on the controversial Ukrainian Myrotvorets website. He fought in Syria and survived a clash with U.S. planes.

Alexander Totmin

Alexander Totmin was a Wagner fighter and one of Prigozhin’s guards.

Valery Chekalov

Valery Chekalov was a deputy of Prighozin and was responsible for all the logistics of the Wagner Group. He was responsible for securing weapons, managing the mercenaries, and running the oil, gas, and mineral businesses in Syria and Africa. The U.S. has put sanctions on him.

Nikolai Matuseyev

Nikolai Matuseyev was a Wagner Group fighter.

Kristina Raspopova

A crew member of the unfortunate flight, Kristina Raspopova was a flight attendant and the only woman to be killed in the crash. Alexei Levshin and Rustam Karimov were the pilot and co-pilot of the ill-fated flight.

FAQs:

Q1. Who was Valery Chekalov?
A1. Valery Chekalov was one of the very close confidantes of Prighozin. He was the person who managed the mercenaries, and weapons and looked after the oil, gas, and mineral businesses in Africa and Syria.

Q2. Who was the only woman killed in the crash?
A2. Kristina Raspopova was the only woman killed in the crash. She was a flight attendant on the flight.