Within hours of Akhilgov's first tweet, Dmitry Peskov went on TV Dozhd (TV Rain) and denied the rumors, reproving the blogosphere for its chatter, and accusing netizens of “Internet exercises on Saturday out of boredom.” 
Ndani ya masaa machache tangu twiti ya kwanza ya Akhilgov, Dmitry Peskov alienda kwenye kituo cha televisheni cha TV Dozhd (TV Rain) na kukanusha uvumi huo, akiwalaumu wanablogu kwa kuandika haraka haraka bila ushahidi, na kuwashutumu watumiaji wa mitandao kwa "Kufanya mazoezi mtandaoni siku ya Jumamosi shauri ya kukosa cha kufanya."