The Kremlin did not order the downing of Prigozhin's plane.
Unresolvable Claimed by Government of Russia on 25 August 2023.
The statement
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Western suggestions that the Kremlin ordered the crash that killed Prigozhin an absolute lie, and said test results on the victims would be published when ready.
- Origin of the claim CBS News
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | false | true | Under the claim standard of 30 Oct 2026 this is a checkable statement of fact (a denial or a specific assertion about an event). |
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | Open | Unresolvable | Open 12 months after it was said (2023-08-25) with nothing in the record to settle it. ev-20261027-rr6j records Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's denial and a preliminary US intelligence assessment, reported by Al Jazeera, that an intentional explosion caused the crash. No independent evidence in the record shows who caused the crash. |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, claim cl-20261027-b2yb, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-b2yb/