HE Kremlin On Wednesday, he ruled out the possibility of international agencies participating in the plane crash investigation. Where Yevgueni Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, traveled, because it was not excluded that this was an attack.
At a press conference, the spokesperson said, “The investigation is the responsibility of the Russian Investigative Committee, President (Russia, Vladimir) Putin has already mentioned this. Therefore, an international investigation is not possible in this case.” Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
According to the Kremlin representative, “there are several versions, among which a malicious, premeditated actionTherefore, the investigation will not be conducted like a simple plane crash, “Let’s wait for the results of the investigation,” he added.
Independent digital newspaper Meduza reported this Wednesday, without disclosing its sources, that the Moscow-based Interstate Aviation Committee is investigating incidents and accidents in the post-Soviet Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).will not investigate this incident in accordance with international standards.
The Interstate Aviation Committee then issued a brief memorandum reassuring it was not investigating the incident without providing further details, and declined to comment on “the circumstances of the incident”.
According to international media reports, the Brazilian Center for Research and Prevention of Aviation Accidents (Cenipa) and the manufacturer of the crashed aircraft, Brazilian Aviation Company (EMBRAER), expressed their desire to participate in the investigation into the accident.
The Embraer plane, on which Prigozhin was traveling with nine others, some high-ranking officers from the Wagner Russian mercenary group, crashed a week ago From Moscow to St. In the Tver region on the way to St. Petersburg.
Russian authoritiesAll passengers and crew, including Prigozhin, have been identified.He was buried this Tuesday in a ceremony held under secret and tight security measures.
Nothing like this has happened so far. There is no official information about the causes of the accident.but the main versions include the explosion of a bomb on the ship.
Some Prigozhin supporters, the Russian opposition in exile and the international media blame Putin for the death of Wagner’s boss, who rebelled against the Kremlin two months ago.
Putin publicly expressed his condolences for the deceased, after which Peskov categorically denied that the Kremlin chief had ordered the liquidation of Prigozhin.