The Russian leader also thanked North Korea for its solidarity on important international issues.
Kyiv is especially struggling to halt Russia’s offensive in the north-eastern Kharkiv region.
Russia’s high-ranking military officials and top members of the country’s political establishment were present as Mr Putin, first elected in 2000, began his new six-year term.
The Kremlin has denied an international investigation demanded by the European Union into the death of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
Putin had consolidated his grip on the country over the years
Mr Scholz confirmed that Germany would reach NATO’s two per cent goal for the first time next year.
How healthy Mr Putin is, however, is an issue in Russia ahead of the upcoming 2024 presidential election.
“Moscow had decided to revive a system of control and repression”, he said.
Mr Peskov said the Kremlin did not have any specific information about the funeral, and the arrangements were up to the family.
Russian civil aviation department said Mr Prigozhin was on the list of passengers aboard the Embraer plane that went down in Tver, just north of Moscow.
