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The Russian authorities have officially confirmed the death of the Wagner chief Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, with investigators saying on Sunday that genetic testing showed that the victims of a plane crash last week matched all the names on the jet’s manifest.

Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin ordered his fighters to end their march on Moscow and return to their bases in southern Russia, averting what many expected could lead to direct clashes with the Russian army and a potential civil war.