President of Russia, Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin which can take place today or tomorrow at the Serafimovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg, the Kremlin reported.

“The presence of the president is not provided,” This was stated by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov at a daily telephone press conference, at which he insisted that everything related to the funeral of Prigozhin is taken over by his family.

Peskov added that the Kremlin no information about the date of the funeral and that the decision is made by “relatives and close friends” of Wagner’s superior, who died in a plane crash on the 23rd.

Meanwhile, the authorities of St. Petersburg security measures at the Serafimovsky cemetery have been strengthened today, where prominent personalities of this country are buried, including the military, artists, scientists and politicians.

In that cemetery they also lie the remains of the parents of the President of Russia.

Putin’s father was a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. and survived the siege of Leningrad.

At the entrance to the cemetery, guarded by the police, today there were metal detectors installedbut visitors can freely enter his territory, although entry with cameras is prohibited, as he was able to verify EFE-EPA.

Russian environment fontanelreferring to his own sources, he also points out that there is no body mass celebration scheduled this Tuesday, which indicates that Prigozhin’s funeral will not take place today.