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Intelligence officials from the United States and Western countries believe that an explosion brought down the plane presumed to carry Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and others.
美國和西方國家的情報官員認為，爆炸導致據推測載有瓦格納集團領導人葉夫根尼·普里戈任等人的飛機墜毀。
One of the officials told the Associated Press that the explosion was in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin's "long history of trying to silence his critics."
其中一名官員告訴美聯社，這次爆炸符合俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾·普京“長期以來試圖壓制批評他的人”的做法。
The official was not permitted to comment publicly and did not want to be named.
這位官員不被允許公開發表評論，也不愿透露姓名。
Russian officials have not officially confirmed the identity of those who died on the private plane.
俄羅斯官員尚未正式確認這架私人飛機上遇難者的身份。
However, President Putin expressed sympathy on Thursday to the families of those who were reportedly on the plane.
然而，周四，普京總統向據報道在飛機上的遇難者的家屬表示同情。
He also spoke of Prigozhin, saying, "He made some serious mistakes in life, but he also achieved necessary results."
他還提到了普里戈任，他說，“他在一生中犯了一些嚴重的錯誤，但他也取得了必要的成果?！?/p>
Earlier on Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden said he did not know what happened, but he said, "I'm not surprised."
星期三早些時候，美國總統喬·拜登說，他不知道發生了什么，但他說：“我并不感到驚訝?！?/p>
He added, "There's not much that happens in Russia that Putin is not behind."
他補充說，“在俄羅斯發生的事情沒有一件不是普京在背后操縱的?！?/p>
Prigozhin founded the Wagner group.
普里戈任創立了瓦格納集團。
It is an organization of fighters based in St. Petersburg who offer their services for money and are not officially linked to the Russian military.
這是一個總部設在圣彼得堡的武裝組織，他們為金錢而提供服務，與俄羅斯軍方沒有正式聯系。
The fighters were known to support military leaders in Africa and the Middle East.
據悉，這些武裝分子支持非洲和中東的軍事領導人。
They had also been supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.
他們還一直支持俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾·普京在烏克蘭的戰爭。
But Prigozhin criticized Putin and his military leaders and launched what was called a mutiny earlier this year.
但普里戈任批評了普京和他的軍事領導人，并在今年早些時候發動了所謂的兵變。
On June 23 and 24, he and his soldiers moved against Russia's leaders, shooting down aircraft and started a convoy of military vehicles targeting Moscow.
6月23日和24日，他和他的士兵向俄羅斯領導人發起進攻，擊落了幾架飛機，并啟動了一支以攻擊莫斯科為目標的軍事車隊。
The anti-Putin move ended when the two men reached a deal that permitted Prigozhin to go to Belarus.
當兩人達成協議，普京允許普里戈任前往白俄羅斯時，反普京的行動結束了。
Reports, however, said he was able to move safely and freely between Russia, Belarus and parts of Africa.
然而，有報道稱，他能夠安全、自由地在俄羅斯、白俄羅斯和非洲部分地區之間移動。
He appeared at a meeting between Russia and African nations in St. Petersburg in July.
今年7月，他出席了俄羅斯和非洲國家在圣彼得堡舉行的一次會議。
Many wondered why Prigozhin seemed safe after moving against Putin.
許多人想知道，為什么普里戈任在采取反對普京的行動后似乎是安全的。
Other opponents of the Russian president had been sickened, killed or imprisoned in the past.
過去，這位俄羅斯總統的其他反對者也曾生病、被殺或被監禁。
On Wednesday, rescue workers found 10 bodies, which included members of the Wagner group and the airplane crew.
周三，救援人員發現了10具尸體，其中包括瓦格納集團的成員和機組人員。
Russian media reports said Prigozhin was on the plane, citing unnamed people.
俄羅斯媒體援引未透露姓名的人士的話說，普里戈任在飛機上。
The lights on the group's main building in St. Petersburg were lit in the shape of a cross overnight.
該組織位于圣彼得堡的主樓在夜間亮起“十字架”。
By Thursday, supporters made a small memorial with red and white flowers and Wagner Group flags.
到周四，支持者用紅白相間的鮮花和瓦格納集團的旗幟制作了一個小型紀念碑。
There was no official statement from Russia's leaders on the crash or its cause.
俄羅斯領導人沒有就這起墜機事件及其原因發表官方聲明。
However, Rosaviatsia, Russia's aviation agency, published a list of those on board and it included Prigozhin.
然而，俄羅斯航空機構Rosaviatsia公布了一份機上人員名單，其中包括普里戈任。
A reporter from the Reuters news agency went to the place of the crash on Thursday and spoke to people who said they heard a loud sound before seeing the airplane fall to the ground.
路透社記者周四前往墜機地點，采訪了一些人，這些人說，在看到飛機墜落地面之前，他們聽到了一聲巨響。
One person, Anatoly, said he heard "a metallic bang" and not the kind of noise from a thunderstorm.
其中一位名叫阿納托利的人說，他聽到了“一聲金屬巨響”，而不是雷聲。
Part of the plane's tail and other wreckage were seen on the ground.
在地面上可以看到飛機尾部的一部分和其他殘骸。
Flight information services showed the plane flying normally until it disappeared from radar.
航班信息服務顯示，這架飛機在從雷達上消失之前飛行正常。
Prigozhin supporters called him "a hero" on messaging services.
普里戈任的支持者在消息服務上稱他為“英雄”。
They said the flight had either been shot down by a missile or destroyed by a bomb on board.
他們說，這架飛機要么是被導彈擊落的，要么是被機上的炸彈摧毀的。
Those claims have not been verified, and Russian officials say they are investigating the crash.
這些說法尚未得到證實，俄羅斯官員表示，他們正在調查這起墜機事件。
I'm Jill Robbins.
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