Wagner Group commander Dmitry Utkin was on the plane, along with Yevgeny Prigozhin, that crashed north of Moscow, according to the Russian civil aviation authority.
All ten on board were killed when the jet crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino Tver region, 60 miles north of Moscow, Russian authorities have said.
Civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia published the names of seven passengers, including Prigozhin and Utkin, and three crew members it said had been on board.
Utkin – a former Russian soldier reportedly adorned with Nazi tattoos – has been described as Prigozhin’s right-hand man and played a key role in the founding of the Wagner Group.
