{"id":2011956,"date":"2023-08-25T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-denies-involvement-in-prigozhin-plane-crash\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:14:46","slug":"kremlin-denies-involvement-in-prigozhin-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-denies-involvement-in-prigozhin-plane-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin denies any role in Prigozhin plane crash."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkremlin-denies-involvement-in-prigozhin-plane-crash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2011956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">  A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-denies-involvement-in-prigozhin-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Kremlin denies any role in Prigozhin plane crash.\">law enforcement \u2062officer works<\/a> at the site \u2062of a plane crash near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, on August 24, 2023. (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>9:10 AM \u2013 Friday, August 25, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The Russian government has \u200cdenied involvement in the crash of the plane on Wednesday, which allegedly\u200d killed Wagner \u2063Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Prigozhyn\u2019s jet was shot down!<\/p>\n<p>The Embraer Legacy 600 business jet with registration number RA-02795, which belonged to \u200cYevgeny Prigozhin, was shot down by air defense fire at the Ministry of Defense of the\u200b Russian Federation \u200bin\u200c the Bologovsky district\u200c of the\u2062 Tver\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TNzNmCNdnK\">pic.twitter.com\/TNzNmCNdnK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyLordBebo\/status\/1694402110702387328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The plan, which was flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg, was carrying Prigozhin, six other high-ranking officials of the Wagner Group, as well as a crew of three personnel. <\/p>\n<p>After the crash, authorities recovered\u200c 10 bodies, confirming that everyone onboard had\u200b been killed.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry \u200bPeskov spoke with the press over a\u200b conference call saying that the speculations that the \u2062Russian government is responsible \u200bfor\u200b the crash are a \u201ccomplete \u200blie.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cRight now, of course, there are\u200c lots of speculations around this plane \u2063crash and the tragic deaths of the passengers of the \u200cplane, including Yevgeny Prigozhin,\u201d Preskov said over the call.\u00a0 \u201cOf course, in the\u2062 West those speculations are put out under a certain angle, and all of it is \u200da \u2064complete lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Preskov stopped short of providing solid confirmation when asked if Prigozhin was among those on the plane who were killed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cRight now all the necessary forensic analyses,\u201d he said. \u201cIncluding genetic testing, will be carried out. Once some kind of official conclusions are ready to be\u2063 released, they will be\u2064 released.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the \u200dsituation for the first time on Thursday during the eulogy, expressing his \u2064sympathy and condolences while also addressing the \u200daccusations of his involvement in \u200dthe crash.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI knew Prigozhin for a very long time, \u2063since the early 1990s. He was a man with a complex destiny, and he made serious mistakes in \u200dlife,\u201d Putin said. \u201cHe achieved\u2062 the results he needed both\u2063 for himself and, when I asked him, for the common cause, \u200cas in these last months. He was a talented person, a talented businessman. He worked not only in our country and worked with results, but \u200balso abroad in Africa, in particular. He was involved in oil, gas, precious metals and stones there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The United\u2063 States preliminary assessment had concluded\u200d that the plane was \u200cdowned by an intentional explosion. One of the \u2062officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, discussed\u200c the assessment and said that the investigation had determined\u200d that Prigozhin was \u201cvery likely\u201d targeted.<\/p>\n<p>The official did not provide any specific detailed about the cause of the explosion. However, they said that the incident is in line with Putin\u2019s \u201clong history of trying to silence his critics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also denied any\u200d involvement in the alleged death\u2064 of the Wagner \u2063Group leader, laying the blame on Putin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe are not involved in this situation, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d\u2063 Zelenskyy said on Thursday. \u201cI think everyone is aware of who is involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Putin confirmed\u2063 on Thursday that the Russian government is\u2062 conducting \u200can investigation into the crash.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAs far as I know, it was only yesterday that he got\u2064 back from Africa. He met some officials here. But what is\u200b absolutely clear \u2014 the head of the Investigative Committee reported to me this morning, they have already launched \u2064a preliminary investigation\u2063 into this incident. And it \u200cwill be carried out in full and to the end,\u201d Putin said. \u201cThere is no doubt about that here. Let\u2019s see \u200dwhat\u200c the investigators say in the near future. Tests \u2014 technical and genetic tests \u2014 are being carried\u2063 out now. This takes some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As of Friday, it has not \u200cbeen confirmed why several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-four-democrats-who-fueled-vaccine-skepticism-while-trump-was-in-office\/\" title=\"Here Are Four Democrats Who Fueled Vaccine Skepticism While Trump Was In Office\">high-ranking members<\/a> of \u2064the Wagner Group, who are known for taking extreme caution in their\u2062 security\u200d details, \u2062were on the same flight. <\/p>\n<p>The purpose of their trip to St. Petersburg also remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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