Wagner Group commander Dmitry Utkin was on the aircraft, together with Yevgeny Prigozhin, that crashed north of Moscow, in accordance with the Russian civil aviation authority.

All ten on board had been killed when the jet crashed close to the village of Kuzhenkino Tver area, 60 miles north of Moscow, Russian authorities have mentioned.

Civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia printed the names of seven passengers, together with Prigozhin and Utkin, and three crew members it mentioned had been on board.

Utkin - a former Russian soldier reportedly adorned with Nazi tattoos - has been described as Prigozhin's right-hand man and performed a key function within the founding of the Wagner Group.