The White House suggested on Tuesday that the Kremlin was responsible for the death of Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died after the mysterious crash of the plane he was on, Reuters reported.

“We all know that the Kremlin has a long history of killing opponents,” said Karin Jean-Pierre, a White House press secretary.

In fact, in Joe Biden’s first reaction on Wednesday, the US president said that few things happen in Russia without Vladimir Putin behind them.

Joe Biden commented on the crash of Prigozhin’s plane, saying that he was “not surprised” by the news.

“You may remember, I’ve been asked about that,” Biden told CNN’s Kevin Liptak, referring to comments he made in July that Prigozhin should be concerned about his safety after the failed uprising.

At a press conference in Helsinki in July, Biden joked that if he were Prigozhin, “I would watch what he eats, I would watch the menu.”

On August 25, the Kremlin denied any involvement in the plane crash in which Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner PMC, died.

Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov said that any claims about the Russian government’s involvement in the disaster are “absolute lies.”

“There is a lot of speculation about this disaster and the tragic death of the plane’s passengers, including Yevhen Prigozhin,” said Peskov.

“Of course, in the West, all these speculations are presented from a certain angle. All this is an absolute lie,” he added.

The ex-head of Wagner PMC mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was buried in a private ceremony on Tuesday, Concordia’s press service reported, but the Russian press has already started publishing photos from the grave of the Wagner PMC ex-boss, with policemen and the National Guard standing by. guard of the Porohovsky Cemetery in St. Petersburg.