In a devastating incident on August 23, 2023, a business jet identified as an Embraer-135 (EBM-135BJ) crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Bologovsky district of Russia's Tver region. The plane, en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg, was reported to be carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of PMC Wagner, and Dmitry Utkin, the PMC's commander, as stated by the airline. Tragically, all individuals on board, including Prigozhin and Utkin, lost their lives in the crash, according to preliminary information from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. The wreckage of the aircraft was depicted engulfed in flames in video footage. The crash site's location, northwest of Tver and halfway between Tver and Veliky Novgorod, marks a somber event that has shaken the region and beyond.