On 23 September 2023, an Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft crashed at Gao International Airport, Mali, after overrunning the runway. The crash reportedly killed an unknown number of people.
TZ-98T, the Ilyushin Il-76TD involved in the accident, pictured under a previous registration in 2016
On 23 August 2023, an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet with ten people on board crashed near Kuzhenkino in Tver Oblast, approximately 100 kilometers north of its departure point in Moscow. Among the vi
2023 Gao Ilyushin Il-76 crash
…crash. It is speculated that the aircraft was previously owned by the Wagner Group and then transferred to the Malian Air Force a week before the crash. 2023 Wagner Group plane crash Air Algérie Flight 5017…
RA-02795, the aircraft involved, pictured in 2022
Putin's right-hand man Nikolai Patrushev (left) is believed to have orchestrated the assassination of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Makeshift memorial to Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin in Moscow
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