A spokesperson of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday denied speculations that the Kremlin was concerned within the demise of Wagner Group Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. The spokesperson mentioned details relating to the demise could possibly be established solely as soon as the investigation into the crash concludes.
Dmitry Peskov, spokesman of Russian President advised presspersons, “Naturally, there are numerous speculations over this airplane crash and the tragic demise of the passengers, together with Yevgeny Prigozhin. In fact, the West is promoting these speculations from a sure angle. All of them are absolute lies,” TASS information company reported.
Peskov added that reportage on the crash must be primarily based on details and solely only a few have been accessible in the intervening time. Peskov mentioned that extra details can be established because the investigation progresses. The spokesman didn’t affirm whether or not Putin would attend Prigozhin’s funeral and mentioned, “President had a really full schedule.”
The Kremlin spokesperson claimed the mercenary group Wagner had no formal existence and mentioned, “Wagner existed as a gaggle that had made a giant contribution to Russia’s particular operation in Ukraine.”
A preliminary US intelligence evaluation concluded that the airplane was downed by an intentional explosion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin broke his silence on Thursday on the aeroplane crash that killed Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and different prime leaders of the mercenary group. “It’s at all times a tragedy,” Putin mentioned condoling the deaths. Putin remembered Prigozhin as a gifted individual and as a person with a troublesome destiny. “I had recognized Prigozhin for a really very long time, because the begin of the 90s. He was a person with a troublesome destiny, and he made severe errors in life. And he strove for the outcomes he wanted for himself, and after I requested him about it, for the widespread trigger, as in these final months,” Reuters reported.
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and prime officers of his personal army have been presumed useless in a airplane crash that was extensively seen as an assassination, two months after they staged a mutiny that dented Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority.
(With PTI inputs.)