Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson to Russian President Vladimir
Putin, has debunked insinuations that the Kremlin orchestrated Yevgeny
Prigozhin’s death.
Prigozhin, leader of the mercenary Wagner Group, was
presumed dead on Wednesday after Russia’s agency for air transport listed him
among the casualties of a plane crash.
The Wagner Group had been fighting alongside Russian troops
in Ukraine until its leader led a rebellion against Putin.
United States President Joe Biden had expressed worries about Prighozin’s safety after the failed mutiny.
The uprising was considered the greatest threat to Putin in
his 24-year rule.
“I said I would be careful what I rode in. I don’t know for
a fact what happened, but I’m not surprised,” Biden said after Prigozhin’s death
was announced.
The US president added that there is “not much that happens
in Russia that Putin is not behind, but I don’t know enough to know the
answer”.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Peskov said suggestions
from the west that Putin had a hand in Prigozhin’s death were an “absolute
lie”.
Peskov said Putin had not met Prigozhin recently, and added
that an investigation into the crash was ongoing.
Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, said
Biden’s comments about Prigozhin’s death were unacceptable.
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