Russian media: Putin returned to Moscow from Kursk and was escorted by a police car.
BEIJING, August 24 (Xinhua) According to the Russian media "Arguments and Facts" reported on the 23rd local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin returned to Moscow from Kursk.
The newspaper "Arguments and Facts" quoted the news released by the social media channel "RIA_Kremlinpool" late at night on the 23rd local time, saying that Putin returned to Moscow after his trip to Kursk, and the channel also released a video showing the presidential motorcade driving on the streets of Moscow under the escort of police cars.
According to Russian media reports, a private jet from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed in Tver on the 23rd. According to preliminary information, all 10 people on board were killed. The name of yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner Organization, a Russian private military entity, appeared in the list of airline passengers published by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency.
CNN said that Putin’s speech was broadcast around 9 pm local time, and according to Russian official media reports, the crash occurred around 6 pm.