they confirmed the identities of the bodies recovered corresponded with the flight s passenger list, which had named mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader had led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tension with russian commanders over the war in ukraine. he d since relocated to belarus. you can see him on our screens now speaking a few months ago. live now to bbc monitoring s russia editor vitaly shevchenko. we suspected this was the case, and now we have got confirmation that yevgeny prigozhin has indeed died in that crash? , , , ., that crash? yes, this short announcement that crash? yes, this short announcement by - that crash? yes, this short announcement by russia s| that crash? yes, this short - announcement by russia s official investigations committee came as no surprise to anyone. yevgeny prigozhin and his right hand man as well as a couple of other key commanders from the wagner mercer group were presumed dead following the air crash f
which had named mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader had led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tension with russian commanders over the war in ukraine. he d since relocated to belarus. in a statement released on telegram channel the spokeswoman of russia s investigative committee, svetlana petrenko, said genetic tests had established the identities of all those on board. translation: as part - of the investigation of the plane crash in the tver region molecular genetic examinations have been completed. according to their results, the identities of all ten dead were established, they correspond to the list stated in the flight sheet. bbc monitoring s russia editor vitaly shevchenko gave us the latest. this short announcement by russia s official investigations committee came as no surprise to anyone. yevgeny prigozhin and his right hand man as well as a couple of other key commanders from the wagner mercer group were presumed dead following the a