The head of Wagner’s private army, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is presumed dead. Russian involvement is suspected. Now the Kremlin is commenting on it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has denied allegations of Kremlin involvement in the alleged death of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
“That is an absolute lie,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in Moscow. Peskov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies that there was a lot of speculation about the plane crash that was “fueled in the West from a certain corner”.
The Kremlin has not yet confirmed Prigozhin’s death either. Peskov advised waiting for the results of the investigations, as Putin said the previous evening. “When the official results are ready to be released, they will be released.”
Was death intentional?
A plane crashed halfway from Moscow to St. Petersburg on Wednesday. All people on board perished. According to the passenger list, Prigozhin, head of Wagner’s private army, was also on the plane.
Two months earlier, he and his gunmen had mutinied against Putin and the military leadership. Allegations are made on the Russian Internet that the flight was sabotaged out of revenge. Western governments also do not assume a technical cause.
Peskow said he could say nothing about the future of the Wagner gunmen. According to Russian law, there is no private military company Wagner. Nevertheless, of course, the group existed. The shadow army was deployed in Syria and many African countries, and also fought openly in Ukraine.
Source: Stern
I have been working in the news industry for over 6 years, first as a reporter and now as an editor. I have covered politics extensively, and my work has appeared in major newspapers and online news outlets around the world. In addition to my writing, I also contribute regularly to 24 Hours World.
