PUTIN REVEALS THEORY ON WAGNER HEAD PRIGOZHIN PLANE CRASH

Fri 06 October 2023:

The plane crash that killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, according to Vladimir Putin, was caused by hand grenades detonating inside the jet, and the Wagner chief may have been high on drugs.

Making his first comments on the cause of the crash, Putin claimed the plane was blown up from inside, saying that the head of Russia’s investigative committee had reported to him a few days ago.

“Fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of those killed in the crash,” Putin told a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club thinktank in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

“There was no external impact on the plane – this is already an established fact,” Putin said, contradicting reports by western intelligence services that said a bomb was the likely reason behind the crash.

Putin did not elaborate on how the grenades could detonate on board but implied that alcohol and drugs could have played a role in the crash.

“Unfortunately, no examination was carried out to determine the presence of alcohol or drugs in the blood of the victims,” Putin said.

“Although we know … that the FSB discovered not only 10bn roubles in cash, but also 5kg of cocaine,” he said, referring to the stacks of cash and drugs that the security services allegedly discovered during a search of Prigozhin’s mansion after his failed rebellion.

Putin described Russia’s experience with Wagner as “clumsy”, and said that the group was not based on Russian law but was created out of “necessity”. He said there were “no private military companies in Russia” because there was no law to regulate them.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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