A Russian businessman once awarded by Vladimir Putin’s governor for his work for the economy has been killed in a private jet crash in a remote part of Afghanistan along with his wife, it has been reported, as mystery surrounds the cause.
Russian security sources said that Anatoly Evsyukov, 65, was among six people on board the Dassault Falcon 10 aircraft when it fell off the radar around 7 p.m. local time on Saturday, before crashing in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, according to the Agentstvo Telegram channel.
Kremlin-controlled newspaper Izvestia reported that Evsyukov’s wife, Anna, was also on board and they were flying back to Russia in a medical evacuation from Thailand where she had fallen seriously ill.
Evsyukov was from Volgodonsk in the Rostov region, where he had opened shopping centers, and in 2014, he had received an award from the regional governor for his work developing the local economy.
This is a developing story and will be updated with further information.
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