“The investigations are in the hands of the Russian investigative committee, as President Putin has already pointed out. Therefore, there is no possibility of an international investigation in this case,” Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a news conference, stressing that the investigation still does not provide an answer to what happened.
According to the Kremlin representative, “there are different versions, including a deliberate malicious act,” so the investigation will not be conducted as if it was a simple plane crash. “We are awaiting the results of the investigation,” he added. Although no official statements have been made as to the causes of the incident, the main versions are about the explosion of a bomb on board.
International standards? In the moment not
This Wednesday, independent digital newspaper Meduza reported, without disclosing its sources, that the Interstate Aviation Committee, a Moscow-based body that investigates incidents and accidents in the post-Soviet Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), will not investigate The Rules internationally .
According to various media, the Center for Research and Prevention of Aviation Accidents of Brazil (Cenipa) and the Brazilian airline (Embraer), manufacturers of the crashed plane, declared their willingness to participate in the investigation of the accident, although Embraer told Reuters that Moscow had confirmed them that it will not currently conduct the investigation according to international standards.
The Embraer plane in which Prigozhin was traveling along with nine other occupants, some high-ranking officers from the Wagner group of Russian mercenaries, crashed in the Tver region en route from Moscow to Saint Petersburg a week ago, just two months after the frustration Uprising of mercenaries against the Putin regime.
With information from Reuters and Efe
