Moscow Airport Boss Found Hanged Amid Questions Over What He Knew About Prigozhin Plane Crash
Russian investigators treated the death as a suspected suicide as questions persisted over maintenance issues and a possible explosive device tied to Prigozhin’s jet crash.
- Alexey Korshenko, 57, former director of Sheremetyevo Airport's business aviation terminal, was found hanged on his Moscow apartment balcony on June 6, with Russian investigators treating his death as a suspected suicide.
- Korshenko helped launch Sheremetyevo's business aviation terminal in 2011 and oversaw operations at the facility that serviced Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin's Embraer Legacy 600 before its August 23, 2023 departure.
- The aircraft crashed shortly after take-off in Russia's Tver region, killing all 10 people on board including Prigozhin, who had staged a mutiny against Russia's military leadership in June 2023.
- His death has prompted renewed media attention given the terminal's role in servicing Prigozhin's jet, though authorities have not suggested any connection between his death and the 2023 crash.
- Intelligence reports alleged a replacement aircraft component may have concealed an explosive device, though claims remain unverified; Russia's Investigative Committee concluded hand grenades detonated on board, but Western governments and independent analysts have disputed that finding.
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The 57-year-old former executive was found hanged from the balcony of his Moscow home on June 6. Russian investigators suspect it was suicide. However, former associates of Koroshenko noted that he was abruptly dismissed from his position about three weeks before his death. Koroshenko oversaw operations at the facility that serviced Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin's business jet before its final flight on August 23, 2023. Before his death…
Moscow Airport Boss Found Hanged Amid Questions Over What He Knew About Prigozhin Plane Crash
A former executive who managed the Moscow airport terminal that serviced Yevgeny Prigozhin's private jet before its fatal 2023 crash has been found dead at his home, nearly three years after the Wagner Group founder was killed in one of Russia's most closely scrutinised aviation disasters. Alexey Korshenko, 57, the former director of the business aviation terminal at Sheremetyevo Airport, was found hanged on the balcony of his Moscow apartment o…
The former director of the private flights terminal at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, Alexei Korshenko, has been found dead in his apartment. The incident has reignited speculation about the circumstances surrounding the crash of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane, which was handling passengers at the terminal in August 2023.
Aleksei Korşenko, former Deputy Director General of the "Avia Group" company, which manages business aviation terminals at the airports of Sheremetievo and Pulkovo, was found dead in Moscow. Three weeks before his death, he had been fired.
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