Kremlin, asked about report on top general, says there is much 'speculation' after mutiny

The Kremlin, asked on Wednesday about a U.S. media report suggesting a top Russian general had known in advance about Saturday's aborted mutiny by mercenaries, said there would be "a lot of speculation" in the aftermath of the events.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a question regarding a report in the New York Times newspaper citing U.S. officials as saying that General Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of Russia's military operations in Ukraine, had advance direct knowledge of the planned mutiny.