Russia Rejects US Claims Putin Likely Approved Prigozhin Killing
- Early US assessment is there may have been a bomb on board
- Putin described Wagner chief as ‘talented’ but flawed
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The Kremlin denounced US allegations that Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was the victim of an assassination that was probably approved by President Vladimir Putin.
“All of this is an absolute lie,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Friday. While there’s a lot of speculation about the cause of the plane crash that killed Prigozhin, the president is waiting for the investigation results that “will be completed in the foreseeable future,” Peskov said.