MOSCOW. June 29 (Interfax) - Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has declined to say what is currently happening to General Sergei Surovikin and advised journalists to pose this question to the Russian Defense Ministry.
"No, unfortunately, no. I advise you to ask the Defense Ministry about this. It is the ministry's prerogative," Peskov told reporters after being asked whether he could comment on reports that Surovikin had been dismissed.