Yevgeny Prigozhin, the alleged leader of the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary group, is presumed dead after a plane crash in Russia on Friday, August 25, 2023. The plane, a Tu-154, was en route from Moscow to Syria when it crashed in the Rostov Oblast region. There were no survivors. Prigozhin was a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and had been sanctioned by the United States and...