After almost 24 hours of silence, Putin has offered his “sincere condolences to the families of all the victims.”
The Kremlin dismissed rumors Friday that it ordered the , 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 against Moscow’s top brass. The unrest was seen by observers as having been the biggest threat to President Vladimir Putin’s long rule.
