Russia’s Investigative Committee announced on Sunday that the results of genetic tests have confirmed the identities of the ten people who died in a plane crash last Wednesday, Reuters reported.

Among them is Yevhen Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner’s mercenary group.

“As part of the investigation of the plane crash in the Tver region, genetic and molecular examinations have been completed,” – says the message of the Investigative Committee of Russia, published in the Telegram messenger.

“According to their results, the identities of all 10 dead people have been established. They correspond to the list indicated in the flight ticket,” the source said.

Prigozhin died after the plane carrying him from Moscow to St Petersburg crashed on Wednesday night, also carrying his right-hand man Dmytro Utkin and other leaders of the Wagner group.

Russian publication Baza, well-known among law enforcement agencies, reported that investigators are focusing on the theory that one or two bombs may have been on board the plane.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the family of Yevhen Prigozhin on Thursday. On Friday, the Kremlin said it was “impossible” to know whether Putin would attend Prigozhin’s funeral.

Nigel Gould-Davies, a former British ambassador to Belarus who is now a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), said the funeral would be a significant event.

“If Putin wants to emphasize that Prigozhin died a traitor, he will ignore that event,” Gould-Davis said.

“(At the same time) Prigozhin’s supporters could use this as an opportunity to praise Prigozhin and his criticism of the Kremlin’s way of waging war – and increase the hostility of Wagner’s core to the Kremlin,” he said.