Posted on 08/25/2023 9:10:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Kremlin dismissed rumors Friday that it ordered the assassination of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who reportedly died in an aviation incident after leading an uprising against Russia's military leadership.
"There is a lot of speculation around the plane crash and the tragic death of the passengers, including Yevgeny Prigozhin," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters during a briefing.
"Of course, in the West, this speculation is being presented from a certain angle. All of this is an absolute lie," Peskov said.
The crash on Wednesday occurred exactly two months after Prigozhin led a deadly rebellion against Moscow's top brass. The unrest was seen by observers as having been the biggest threat to President Vladimir Putin's long rule.
After almost 24 hours of silence, Putin on Thursday offered his "sincere condolences to the families of all the victims."
He described Prigozhin, once a Kremlin confident and Western sanctioned businessman, as a person who had "made serious mistakes in his life, but he achieved the right results."
The 62-year-old was registered on the plane that was carrying nine others who are also presumed to have died. Prigozhin has yet to be formally identified as among the victims.
"As soon as the results are in, they'll be published," Peskov said.
Asked whether Putin would attend the funeral, the Kremlin's spokesman said a lengthy investigation would need to be completed first.
"The president's work schedule is quite busy at the moment," Peskov said.
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Do you blame Putin? Prigozhin was leading the march on Kremlin just a few months ago to arrest Putin.
You can never threaten a king without killing him. Otherwise you will end up dead.
According to the above Senior Fellow @FPRI Rob Lee the Ukrainian army has used 10+ brigades, some 20 to 35,000 men, to take (not confirmed) Robotyne. A town which, according to the 2001 census, had 480 inhabitants.
So much winning ...
How many of such victories can the Ukraine sustain?
I was making the statement that you can’t believe any government, nothing else.
I was making the statement that you can’t believe any government, nothing else.
No need for the Kremlin to order anything. News reports that the man slated to take over the Wagner group in Africa is the chief of special operations within the GRU. He’s also the man accused of the chemwarfare agent poisonings in England (the Salisbury poisonings).
He would know what to do without being told anything. A look and a date would be all he needed to act.
Why allege a conspiracy when sheer naked ambition will explain it?
They all did it - Shoigu, Gerasimov, Putin, that new guy they just appointed as head of the Air Force... Like Murder on the Orient Express.
Hercule Poirot is available, but the Russians won’t let him in.
Imma guessing CIA did it.
Same here
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