2023-07-03 22:45:49
The head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhinhas asked for support from Belarus this Monday, where he has been since he left Russia after the uprising starring the group of mercenaries that leads it, and has assured that “there will be new victories at the front”.
In what it supposes his first audio message since leaving Russian territory after reaching an agreement with the president, Vladimir Putin, in the midst of increasing tension, has stated that “your support is needed today more than ever».
“Thank you for that. I want you to understand that our march is for justice sought to end the traitors and mobilize societyand I think we have succeeded in a big way”, he said, according to a message broadcast by a Telegram channel related to the Wagner Group and picked up by the Meduza news portal.
In this sense, he has expressed his “confidence that everyone can see in the near futurethe new victories from the group to the front”, although he has not given details of his plans or his exact location.
Blocked websites
This very Monday several Russian websites with advertising of the Wagner leader have been blocked. In these, Prigozhin presented himself as a “protector of Russia” with a view to a possible candidacy in the presidential elections of 2024, as reported by the independent Internet research organization Roskomsvoboda.
»¡Be prepared to support Prigozhin to save Russia!’, proclaimed one of the slogans on these pages, now inaccessible, in which Prigozhin presented himself as ‘the new leader of the new Russia’. They also included ultra-nationalist rhetoric and proclamations such as “shoot without error, work honestly” in the fight against the “old system”.
It could be web pages launched by Wagner’s own mercenaries to glorify their leader, as he himself has expressed having political ambitions.
Exile in Belarus
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After the revolt of the members of the Wagner Group, Prigojin made a single statement in which he gave his version of what happened and guaranteed that his intention was not to “bring down the regime». However, his comments have sparked controversy on several occasions, especially when he accused the Russian oligarchy and the military leadership to “trick” Putin into invading Ukraine.
The Kremlin itself admitted that, as part of a deal to end the rebellion, Prigojin could move to Belarussomething that was confirmed by the Belarusian president himself, Aleksandr Lukashenko.
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