The spokesman for the presidency, Dmitry Peskov, claims that the Kremlin does not yet have information about the funeral. Telegram channels close to the Wagner Group claim that the ceremony will take place on Tuesday.
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The Russian presidency said on Monday that it does not know details about the date or place of the funeral of the former leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeni Prigozhin, after the air disaster that allegedly cost him his life last week, and that, therefore, “there is” There can be no answer” to the question of whether or not Vladimir Putin will attend the ceremony.
“These decisions are always made with the relatives and are based, first of all, on the wishes of the relatives”said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitry Peskov, in his daily press conference, adding that, when there is a decision, “it will be made public.”
When asked if the Russian president plans to attend the funeral, the Kremlin spokesman stated that it is not known at the moment “when and how” the funerals of the victims of the air disaster will take place, so “it is not there may be an answer.” to that at this moment.” time”.
According to Telegram channels close to the Wagner Group, Prigozhin’s farewell will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, in St. Petersburg.Your hometown.
Possibly the funeral will be attended only by Wagner’s inner circle, indicates the VCHK-OGPU channel.
For now, everything indicates that there will be no [uma cerimónia solene]but it will be announced that this is due to the wish of the family,” a source told the Telegram channel.
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The Russian Investigative Committee (CIR) confirmed on Sunday that the body of Prigozhin and those of the other nine passengers from the plane crash on Wednesday in the Tver region, north of Moscow, had been identified. According to the CIR, the identity of the plane’s occupants was confirmed through comparative DNA analysis.
Prigozhin’s Embraer Legacy 600, which crashed for as yet unknown reasons some 200 kilometers northwest of Moscow while flying from the Russian capital to St. Petersburg, was also the lead commander and co-founder of the mercenary company, Dmitri Utkin.
At the moment, the investigations do not clarify the causes of the accident. Among the hypotheses raised are an explosion on board, a technical failure or even a pilot error..
Some media pointed out the possibility that the aircraft had been shot down, intentionally or by mistake, by missiles from the anti-aircraft defense units that protect a residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, located next to the route the plane was following. .
The Wagner group, led by Prigozhin, launched an armed rebellion against Moscow’s military leadership two months ago, during which a mercenary military column was stopped on its way to the capital. A part of the mercenaries was later transferred to Belarus, despite accusations of treason by the then Russian president.
The last known images of Prigozhin were released the week of the air disaster, in a video allegedly recorded somewhere in Africa, where the Wagner Group is active in several countries.
Putin may or may not attend Prigozhin’s funeral. Kremlin without information on “format and date” of the ceremony
Source: Observadora
