This is the first time the Kremlin has acknowledged that Prigozhin may have been assassinated.
Russian investigators were looking at the possibility that the private jet carrying Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was downed on purpose, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
“It is obvious that different versions are being considered, including the version — you know what we are talking about — let’s say, a deliberate wrongdoing,” Peskov told reporters when asked about the case. Russia has since informed Brazil’s aircraft investigation authority that it will not probe the crash under international rules “at the moment,” the Brazilian agency said.
Prigozhin’s death came exactly two months after he unleashed an armed mutiny against Russia’s military leaders.Villagers near the crash scene told Reuters they heard a bang and then saw the jet plummet to the ground. The day after the crash, Putin sent his condolences to the families of those killed and praised Prigozhin, 62, as a “talented businessman” whom he had known since the early 1990s.The Russian leader did not attendthat took place at a cemetery on the outskirts of St. Petersburg Tuesday.
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