Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated Thursday that he can not touch upon stories {that a} senior Russian navy commander was arrested for having information of the tried armed riot earlier this month by the paramilitary Wagner Group.
Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Peskov prompt asking the Russian Defense Ministry concerning the destiny of Sergey Surovikin, the commander of all Russian forces in Ukraine.
He additionally stated there are not any plans to create a joint navy council of Russia and Belarus following the rebellion, which was settled due to the mediation of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko.
Peskov additionally stated he’s unaware of the present location of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and declined to discuss the attainable resignation of the officers who had been in contact with him.
Asked a couple of survey claiming that the variety of folks in Russia who’re in favor of ending the “special military operation” in Ukraine has nearly caught up with the variety of those that assist it, he stated: “Unfortunately, I cannot comment on this, because I do not know what method (was used to conduct it) and where the survey was done.”
“The data we have is different. They show absolutely overwhelming support for the special operation, absolute support for the president. Everything is clear there. The whole methodology is clear there,” he famous.
He additionally expressed concern over a sequence of nuclear catastrophe response drills performed on Thursday within the space of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant in Ukraine.
“As for the threat of provocations from the Ukrainian regime, it is constant, and the infrastructural sabotage at the Kakhovka HPP (hydroelectric power plant) has fully demonstrated this,” he stated.
Peskov identified that representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are at the moment on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and so they have noticed Russia’s efforts geared toward making certain the secure functioning of the plant and its safety.
Earlier within the day, Yury Malashko, the top of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, introduced the start of workout routines during which emergency response companies would observe actions to be taken within the occasion of the danger of an emergency on the plant.
The head of the navy administration of the Dnipropetrovsk area Sergey Lysak, stated beforehand that comparable workout routines could be held in Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol districts within the area.
Meanwhile, Peskov stated that Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the Pope’s envoy to Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin’s international coverage adviser Yuri Ushakov didn’t come to any particular agreements at a gathering Wednesday in Moscow.
“It was about exchanging opinions and data on humanitarian points within the context of Ukrainian affairs. There had been no concrete choices or agreements. If obligatory, the dialogue will proceed.
“For Russia, the main thing is to achieve the goals that we face, which were formulated by the president… There are certain efforts to bring the percentage of achievement of these goals into the political and diplomatic channel, but so far, unfortunately, there are no prerequisites for this, so the special operation continues,” he stated.
Peskov additionally echoed Putin’s evaluation concerning the unacceptability of the burning of the Muslim holy e-book, the Quran.
He stated Putin’s feedback on the burning this week of the Quran in Sweden had been “important.”
On Wednesday, Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old immigrant from Iraq, burned a replica of the Muslim holy e-book below police safety in entrance of Stockholm Mosque.
Momika, who had beforehand been denied such an indication, tore pages from the Quran and set it on fireplace.
Before the burning, he put a bit of pork bacon on the e-book in a very offensive gesture to Muslims.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
