The Kremlin reacted to Yulia Navalnaya’s material published in The Washington Post. This comment was made by the press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov during a briefing.
Peskov answered a question about the publication of Yulia Navalnaya’s text in The Washington Post. In the text, he called President Vladimir Putin a “gangster.” The spokesman said the president had not read the material.
“Sometimes a reputable newspaper publishes very low quality material,” Peskov said.
Before that Peskov commented Information about the beating in Lithuania of the former head of the FBK (included in the register of organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent, recognized by the Ministry of Justice as an extremist organization and banned in Russia) Leonid Volkov (recognized in Russian) as a foreign agent of the Federation and included in the list of extremists). He believes that the question about the attack should be put to the Lithuanian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Peskov was asked to comment on the situation with the beating of Volkov and the words of the Lithuanian president, who, addressing Putin, said that “no one is afraid of him here.”
On March 12, former press secretary of Alexei Navalny Kira Yarmysh (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) reportedThat Leonid Volkov was attacked in Vilnius. According to him, the attackers broke Volkov’s car window, sprayed tear gas and began beating him with a hammer. Police and ambulance arrived at the scene. The search for the attackers is already ongoing. Volkov was hospitalized.
Previously in the Kremlin commented White House statements regarding Russian nuclear weapons.