Kremlin says decisions on Prigozhin’s funeral will be made by his family

He Kremlin He stated this Monday that he does not know how and when the funeral of the head of the oil company will be held. mercenaries of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhinwhose plane crashed last week in western Russiasince the decisions in this regard are made by the family of the businessman.

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“These decisions are always made with the relatives and are based, first of all, on the wishes of the relatives”said the spokesman of the Russian Presidency, Dmitry Peskovin his daily press conference.

peskov He added that at the moment he does not have information about the funeral of Prigozhindistinguished with the title Hero of Russia.

“When there is a decision, this will be made public”he assured.

When asked if the Russian president, Vladimir Putinplans to attend the funeral, the spokesman for the Kremlin pointed out that at the moment it is not known “when and how” the funerals will be held, so “There can be no answer to that question now.”

According to the Telegram channels close to the wagner groupthe last goodbye to Prigozhin will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, in St. Petersburgyour natal city.

Possibly, the funeral will be attended only by the inner circle of the head of Wagnerindicates VCHK-OGPU.

At the same time, the channel points out that a lot depends on the position of the authorities.

“For now everything indicates that there will be no (a solemn ceremony), but it will be announced that this is due to the wish of the family”, a source told that Telegram channel.

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He Investigative Committee of Russia (CIR) confirmed yesterday that the Prigozhin’s corpse and those of the other nine who died in the accident of their plane, which occurred last Wednesday.

According to him CIRthe identity of the plane’s occupants was confirmed by comparative DNA analysis.

In it Embraer Legacy 600 of Prigozhin, which crashed for reasons still unknown about 300 kilometers northwest of Moscow when he flew from the Russian capital to St. Petersburg, there was also the main commander and co-founder of the mercenary company, Dmitry Utkin.

At the moment, the investigations have not shed light on the causes of the incident, among which an explosion on board is being considered, a technical failure or even a piloting error.

Some media have pointed out the possibility that the aircraft could have been shot down, intentionally or by mistake, by missiles from the anti-aircraft defense units that protect a residence of the Russian president, Vladimir Putinlocated next to the route that the plane was following.

He Kremlin has strongly rejected opposition accusations and statements by Western politicians that putin could be behind the plane crash Prigozhin.

Source: Elcomercio

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