The lightning in the courtyard of the Trezzini Hotel St Pietroburgoprobably the headquarters of the CEO Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhinwhere Russian police seized a large amount of cash worth about 4 billion rubles 43 million euros. The lightning attack would have taken place yesterday when the leader of the paramilitary brigade’s mercenaries announced, only to withdraw the march on Moscow after the occupation a few hours later in protest with the paramilitary brigade’s military leaders Kremlinthe strategic city of Rostov.
Prigozhin He confirmed that the money, which was found in a white van, was in his possession and “to pay salaries, the so-called ‘Cargo 200’ compensation (for families of fighters, ed.) and other amounts should serve”.
In addition to cash, find yourself in cans In the case of banknotes of different denominations, the police also confiscated gold bars. The Russian investigative portal “Fontanka” reported on the operation. The van, it is explained, would have been checked for the presence of explosives inside, but boxes full of money were found when it was opened.
Meanwhile, after yesterday’s U-turn, after alleged negotiations with the Belarusian President Lukashenkoand the exit to applause from the city RostovThere are hardly any reports from the mercenary brigade itself today. The Kremlin has announced that the head of the military company will leave Belarus and he and his militiamen They will not be charged with armed mutiny.
Almost a mild decision magnanimousthat of Putin which does not entirely convince the West. It is currently not clear where Prigozhin is. He was last seen in public last night in Rostov, where he drove off in a car (to greet citizens). Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov assured that Prigozhin and his men, given their “You deserve to come forward“.
However, many aspects remain to be clarified regarding the events of the last 48 hours, starting with the approximately 20 Russian soldiers who may have been killed by the Wagner group, which is said to have shot down a plane and six helicopters.
“I think Prigozhin was given a guarantee that he would go to Africa unharmed, and that’s what he actually wanted, and that would suit both him and Putin,” said Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oligarch turned Putin opponent was born and lives in London. Other analysts doubt the Russian president’s lenient decision. “I don’t think that Putin will really guarantee Prigozhin’s safety, nor that he believes in it,” said Yulia Latinina, a former journalist with Moscow’s Echo radio station. According to the well-known Ukrainian dissident blogger Anatoly Sharii, Vengeance hits not only the leader, but also the militia officers who took part in the march to Moscow and are being captured “one by one”.
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