“President Vladimir Putin of Russia remained silent on Thursday on the crash of a private plane that included the mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on the passenger manifest, giving an address that made no mention of the aircraft,” the New York Times reports.
“Russia’s aviation authority offered no comment on the reason for the crash and said that it had created a special commission to investigate ‘the circumstances and causes of the accident.’”
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