lie. our correspondent has more from moscow. i was on a conference call a little earlier with president putin s spokesman. these happen almost every day with a select group of russian and foreign journalists, where you can more or less ask any question you want to, and i asked whether the kremlin had something to do with that plane crash two days ago that reportedly killed yevgeny prigozhin. and it s notjust western officials who think that. there are many russians who believe it too. mr peskovsaid the claims were an absolute lie. he also said when we talk about the issue, we should be guided only by facts. we have no facts at the moment. these need to be clarified during the official investigation. he was echoing some of those earlier remarks by president putin, who also called on people to wait for the results of the official investigation. now, will that convince people at home and abroad who believe that there is some sort of link between russian authorities and the death
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earlier, with president putin s spokesman, these happen almost every day, where you can more or less ask any question you want to and i asked him for his reaction to accusations from western officials that the kremlin may have had something to do with that plane crash two days ago that reportedly killed yevgeny prigozhin, and it s not just western officials who think this, there are many russians who believe it as well. mesca mr pascoe said those claims were an absolute lie, saying that when we talk about this issue we should be guided only by facts. we don t have many facts at the moment, the facts need to be clarified during the official investigation being carried out now, and he was echoing some of those earlier remarks by president putin who called on people to await the results of that official investigation. now, will that convince people at home and abroad, who believe that there is some sort of link between russian authorities and the death of the wagner boss? i d
alice lee, thank you, we appreciate it. that wraps it up. i m yasmin vossoughian on the back next saturday and sunday. symone starts right now. sunday. good afternoon. you re watching symone, i m melissa murray in for symone sanders townsend. tropical storm hilary makes landfall. forecasters warn it s packing a dangerous punch. including catastrophic rainfall, flooding, and potential mudslides. guad venegas is live in san diego where hilary is on track to hit max. and the first debate for republican presidential candidates is just a few days away. how the challengers could take advantage of the elephant that will not be in the room. front runner donald trump escaping the debate stage this week. but his attendance is required in fulton county. while his surrender to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. meanwhile, codefendant mark meadows is trying to avoid prosecution in the peach state altogether. we ll have the latest on the tangled web the legal woes for all the for