The Kremlin says that investigators are considering the possibility that the plane carrying mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was downed on purpose, the first explicit acknowledgement that he may have been assassinated.
The plane crashed exactly two months after Prigozhin took control of the southern city of Rostov in late June, the opening salvo of a mutiny which shook the foundations of President Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Asked about that report, Mr Peskov said: "First of all, the investigation is under way, the Investigative Committee is engaged in this."The day after the crash, Mr Putin sent his condolences to the families of those killed.The Kremlin has rejected as an "absolute lie" the suggestion by some Western politicians and commentators — for which they have not provided evidence — that Mr Putin ordered Prigozhin to be killed in revenge.
"It is a big loss for Russia," said Sergei Abeltsev, a former Russian lawmaker, who visited the grave.A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial for Yevgeny Prigozhin in Moscow.
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