‘A complete lie’: Putin’s puppet denies giving order to kill Wagner chief

Wagner Group mercenary cries at shrine for Yevgeny Prigozhin

Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, hit out at speculation Moscow was involved in the reported death of the leader of the Wagner Group.

Mr Peskov told the BBC allegations the Kremlin gave the order to kill Yevgeny Prigozhin are “a complete lie”.

READ MORE: Prigozhin’s death was a violent end to a violent man, writes John Foreman

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