The journalists cited the words of the American diplomat, noting that he declared the existence of "a high probability that the attack on Navalny was organized with the participation of high-ranking Russian officials."
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This is the first thing.
We have heard his statements on this topic, ”said a Kremlin spokesman.
He again stressed that the Russian side is interested in finding out the reasons for the incident.
“We consider any direct or indirect indications, hints of the involvement of any official Russian representatives in what happened, inadmissible and a priori erroneous, distorting reality,” added Peskov.
According to a transcript of Pompeo’s interview published on the State Department’s website, the US Secretary of State had previously stated that when people "see an attempt to poison a dissident, they realize that there is a significant possibility that it came from high-ranking Russian officials."