2023-07-05 14:37:22
Russian special services returned Wagner to the owner of the private military company (PMC) Yevheniya Prigozhin all the weapons seized during the search of his building.
As fontanka.ru reported, the Glock pistol was returned to Yevgeny Prigozhin. He received it as an award from the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shaigu.
According to the publication, Yevgeny Prigozhin arrived at the building of the FSB Office for Petersburg and Leningrad Region on Litseyny Prospect in a BMW car as part of a motorcade at the beginning of five o’clock in the evening of July 4.
“A few hours before, Prigozhin was officially invited to return to him the weapons found during the well-known searches on June 24 and confiscated from his country residence in the elite cottage settlement “North Versailles”, – reported the Russian publication.
Earlier it was reported that on June 27, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane arrived at the Machulishchi military airfield. After 18 minutes, another business jet, which is associated with the owner of PVK “Wagner”, landed there.
On June 26, after almost two days of silence, Prigozhin’s press service published his new address. In it, Prigozhin stated that “Lukashenka proposed the option of continuing the work of the PMC in a legal jurisdiction.” He did not say anything about his future and the future of PMC “Wagner”, nor did he give details of the negotiations with Alexander Lukashenko.
Before that, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a statement in which he offered the mercenaries of the “Wagner” PMC to join the service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia or “go to Belarus.”
Before the 2020 presidential elections, 33 “Wagner” mercenaries were arrested in one of the Belarusian sanatoriums by order of Lukashenka. According to propagandists and Lukashenka himself, they allegedly planned riots and interference in the election. Then, however, all the Wagnerites were released without charges.
Attempted armed rebellion in Russia. The main thing
In the evening of June 23, the head of the “Wagner” PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin stated that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation launched missile strikes on the rear camps of mercenaries and that “the evil carried by the country’s military leadership will be stopped.” The Ministry of Defense of Russia called these words “informational provocation”. At night, Prigozhin reported that “Wagner” fighters entered Russia from the occupied regions of Ukraine. On the morning of June 24, Prigozhin said that the “Wagner” PMC entered Rostov-on-Don and took control of Rostov’s military facilities, including the airfield. Later, Prigozhin announced that he would take control of military facilities in Voronezh. In the Moscow, Rostov and Voronezh regions of the Russian Federation, emergency security measures were introduced. In Russia, a criminal case was opened on armed rebellion.
Putin in his morning address, he said that “they are trying to push Russia to defeat and capitulation with the mutiny” and that “the actions against the mutineers will be severe.” Head of the Department of National Security in the Joint Transitional Cabinet Valer Sakashzyk in connection with the events in Russia, he called on Belarusians to “use the historical chance”. The leader of the democratic forces of Belarus, Tsikhanovskaya, urged diplomats and security forces not to choose between Putin and Prigozhin, and the military to expel Russian troops from Belarus. The joint transitional cabinet declared that it “denounces the political and military agreements with Russia” and announces the withdrawal of Belarus from the CSTO, EAEU and the CIS. Kalinouski’s regiment called on the citizens of Belarus to prepare for “liberation from dictatorship and occupation”. The press service of Alexander Lukashenko wrote on the evening of June 23 that he persuaded the founder of the “Wagner” PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin to stop the advance towards Moscow. Later, Prigozhin announced the end of the march and the return of the militants to the field camps. Later, there was news that Prigozhin would go to Belarus, and the criminal case against him in the Russian Federation would be stopped. On June 26, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia reported that the case against Prigozhin was not closed. On June 27, Alexander Lukashenko confirmed the arrival of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the “Wagner” PMC, in Belarus. According to Lukashenka, hired PMC “Wagner” will work in Belarus as instructors, they were offered to use an abandoned military unit. On July 2, PMC “Wagner” announced that it would suspend recruitment into its ranks for a month. This was explained by the group’s temporary non-participation in the war against Ukraine and “moving to the Republic of Belarus.” There are no other details.
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