26 Mar 2018 14:19

Peskov doesn't know if nationwide mourning to be declared over Kemerovo fire

MOSCOW. March 26 (Interfax) - Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said he currently has no information on the possibility of a period of nationwide mourning over the tragedy in Kemerovo.

"I do not have such information, I cannot answer your question," Peskov said when asked about this by journalists.

A mourning period was announced in the Kemerovo region following the tragedy, he said.