Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences after Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were presumed dead in a plane crash.The founder of the Wagner military company and six other passengers were on a private jet that crashed on Wednesday soon after taking off from Moscow with a crew of three, according to Russia's civil aviation authority.Credit AP

Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences after Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were presumed dead in a plane crash.The founder of the Wagner military company and six other passengers were on a private jet that crashed on Wednesday soon after taking off from Moscow with a crew of three, according to Russia's civil aviation authority.Credit AP