A serious crisis, Saturday, shook the foundations of the Russian state, when it shook To Wagner’s mercenary chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin Loyalist forces marched towards Moscow. Then there was a sudden reversal – Prigozhin halted the advance and claimed that they had turned to avoid Russian bloodshed.
The apparent interference of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko raises more questions than it answers.
Earlier, the Belarusian president received a $1.5 billion loan from Putin during clashes with protesters, and his country was a staging ground for Russian military operations. in Ukraine. With this, he became even more isolated from the West, and his country’s economy received new sanctions, writes A.S CNN.
Putin’s image continues to deteriorate
Uncertainty is also heightened by other questions: what will happen to the Wagner Group, will Prigozhin’s soldiers obey the Russian army, will they remain loyal to their boss, and what is the situation in other parts of the world, operating from Africa to the Middle East with Wagner’s forces?
Prigozhin – whose current whereabouts are unknown – may be able to answer these questions if he is found.
Putin decided: this will be the fate of Prigozhin and Wagner’s rebellious mercenaries
The Kremlin spokesman said that the Wagner Group mercenaries who participated in the uprising would not be held responsible. However, the whereabouts of their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, remains a mystery to the Kremlin, or so they claim. Read more >>>
