An Afghan newspaper reported the theft of $1.2 million from a crashed Russian Falcon.

Afghanistan has launched an investigation into the theft of $1.2 million from a crashed Russian Falcon 10B plane in the mountains of Badakhshan province, local newspaper Hasht e Subh Daily reports, citing sources.

According to her, the investigation was ordered by the provincial governor, Mohammad Ayub Khalid. The head of the commission that is investigating the circumstances of the incident is the head of the Taliban intelligence in Badakhshan (the Taliban is recognized as a terrorist organization and is banned in Russia).

RBC sent a request to the Athletic Group company, which owned the plane, and Jet Aero LLC.

The spouses Anatoly and Anna Evsyukov died in the plane crash ; they will be buried in Volgodonsk. Anatoly Evsyukov is an entrepreneur who opened the Mashenka, Avangard and Anna markets in Volgodonsk. Anna was transported on a medical flight from Thailand, where she became seriously ill, to Moscow.

During the flight, the crew reported an emergency situation due to a lack of fuel and decided to make an unscheduled landing at Kulob airport in Tajikistan. Subsequently, the crew members transmitted information about the alternate failure of the first and second engines. Among the priority versions of the causes of the crash is engine failure, and other assumptions are being considered.

Two pilots and two doctors survived the crash and were sent to a Kabul hospital for treatment. According to RIA Novosti, the survivors will fly to Russia on Thursday, January 25.

One of the survivors of the crash independently reached the nearest village in Afghanistan and asked for help with gestures. The villagers took the survivor to Taliban representatives. He was Igor Syvorotkin, he was even able to call his relatives, Mash clarified.