Rumors about the poor health and death of Russian dictator Putin began to appear immediately after the terrorist attack at Crocus. Three unrelated sources — in the FSB and the Kremlin — told reporters that the rumors were dispersed by people associated with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

We have clear evidence that harmful fake news was spread by people associated with the mayor of Moscow. We are now checking the evidence and will present it to the President. The evidence, believe me, is serious,” said one of the interlocutors.

This was reported by the Kremlin Snuffbox Telegram channel.

A source in the Kremlin is confident that Sobyanin has become “a hostage to his ambitions.” “Sergei Semenovich believes that he has stayed too long in his chair in Moscow and wants to reach a higher level. At the very least, become prime minister, but who knows? But he has no chance of getting a post in the same government, so he’s doing shit,” he said.

Also, according to the interlocutor, Sobyanin wants the SVO to end as quickly as possible, and he will get back to normal business, even if he remains mayor of Moscow. At the same time, the head of the capital is not ready for any serious rebellion.