“I would be very surprised that he’s still with us in a few months’ time,” Ian Bremmer, president of the geopolitical risk firm Eurasia Group, said of Russian insurrectionist Yevgeny Pr…
Meduza’s sources surmised that Prigozhin’s decision to suddenly turn tail also was fueled by the fact that Wagner did not receive the support it expected from Russian soldiers, with Prigozhin initially claiming that “half” of the Kremlin’s troops would side with him on Friday night.CNBC
Prigozhin had been a long-time ally of Putin, with the two pictured together in St. Petersburg in 2010.Prigozhin broke his silence Monday to claim that the mutiny was actually nothing more than a protest aimed against Russia’s Defense Ministry, which he said sought to dissolve his group and orchestrated an attack that killed 30 mercenaries.
As part of the rebellion, Prigozhin demanded Moscow kick out Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, as well as allow Wagner to serve autonomously from the Kremlin and receive additional funding. Prigozhin allegedly agreed to a deal brokered by Belarus that would see him exiled to the neighboring country as he and his men would be pardoned.But Franak Viacorka, a senior adviser to exiled Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, said Prigozhin won’t find himself welcomed in their country.
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