Putin says Prigozhin's plane was not shot down and grenade remains were found on it | Video

Moscow, Oct 5 (EFE).- Russian President Vladimir Putin assured today that the plane in which the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, crashed in August, was not shot down and revealed that remains of grenades were found inside.

HANDOUT IMAGES PROVIDED BY THE KREMLIN OF THE INTERVENTION OF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADÍMIR PUTIN, AT THE PLENARY OF THE VALDAI DEBATE CLUB, HELD IN THE RUSSIAN SPA RESORT OF SOCHI, RUSSIA.

TRANSLATIONS:

1.- And to settle doubts, because I know that the question about what happened to the heads of the Wagner company floats in the air. The head of the Investigative Committee informed me literally a few days ago: grenade splinters were found in the bodies of those killed in the plane crash. There were no external factors on the plane, that is a fact already confirmed, the result of the analyzes of the Training Committee of Russia.

2.- Unfortunately no tests were carried out for the presence of alcohol or drugs in the blood (of the victims). Although we know that after the event at (Prigozhin's) company in St. Petersburg the Federal Security Service found not only 10 billion rubles (100 million dollars) in cash, but also 5 kilograms of cocaine.

Metadata

Date: 05/10/2023 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: CEDIDAS
Topic: Unrest and conflicts » War
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 69 seconds
Reference: 55012035480
Relevance: Normal