Friday, June 23, 2023

Russia's FSB Opens Criminal Probe Into Wagner Chief Prigozhin's Call For An 'Armed Mutiny'

 

The Guardian: Russia investigates Wagner chief for ‘armed mutiny’ after call for attack on military  

FSB opens criminal case after Yevgeny Prigozhin accuses Russia’s military of rocket attack and says ‘evil’ leadership must be stopped 

Russia’s FSB security service has opened a criminal case for armed mutiny against Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin after the mercenary chief accused the Russian military of targeting his forces and vowed to “destroy” his rivals. 

In an extraordinary series of audio clips released late on Friday, Prigozhin claimed that a Russian rocket attack had killed scores of his fighters, vowing to take “revenge” and “stop the evil brought by the military leadership of the country”. 

“Those who destroyed today our guys, who destroyed tens, tens of thousands of lives of Russian soldiers will be punished. I’m asking: no one resist,” Prigozhin said.  

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WNU Editor: Yevgeny Prigozhin is clearly frustrated with the state of the war. He wants to unleash the full strength of the Russian military on Ukraine instead of the piece-meal approach that the Kremlin is using. He is not sympathetic with the cautious nature that the Russian ministry of Defense is following, and he wants a change in the Russian military leadership.  But his rhetoric has gone too far, and there will be consequences. 

As to the big question .... will the Wagner chief's comments impact the war? My answer is it will not. 

Yevgeny Prigozhin is not a military commander, as such his calls for the military to support him will be mostly ignored. But politically he has caused a stir, and I predict it will be very hard for him to recover. 

Russia's FSB Opens Criminal Probe Into Wagner Chief Prigozhin's Call For An 'Armed Mutiny' 

 Live: Russia tightens security as Wagner chief accused of mutiny -- BBC 

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia accuses Wagner chief of trying to start a ‘civil conflict’ – latest updates -- The Guardian 

Wagner chief vows revenge on Moscow: what we know so far -- The Guardian  

Moscow accuses Wagner head of mutiny, he says his forces enter Russia -- Reuters  

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner chief blames war on defence minister -- BBC  

Wagner chief accuses Moscow of lying to public about Ukraine -- The Guardian  

Wagner leader Prigozhin says his forces have entered Russian city of Rostov facing no resistance -- AP  

Wagner mercenaries march on Moscow to target 'evil' military top brass: Putin on alert as Prigozhin crosses into Russia saying 'we'll destroy anything, we'll go all the way' - Kremlin says he's inciting CIVIL WAR and deploys troops as chaos spirals -- Daily Mail  

Amid infighting among Putin’s lieutenants, head of mercenary force appears to take a step too far -- AP  

Russian authorities launch criminal probe into Wagner Group over threats to oust defense minister -- Politico  

Russia's FSB opens criminal probe into Wagner chief Prigozhin for 'armed mutiny' -- France 24  

Russia investigating Wagner chief over comments -- CNN  

Wagner mercenary boss faces arrest over 'incitement to armed rebellion' -- Washington Post  

Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Wagner Chief on Charges of Mutiny -- WSJ  

Who is the head of the mercenary group calling for an armed rebellion in Russia? -- AP  

Yevgeny Prigozhin: the hotdog seller who rose to the top of Putin’s war machine -- The Guardian  

Prigozhin: Russia's mercenary supremo turned firebrand critic -- France 24  

Yevgeny Prigozhin: From Putin's chef to Wagner founder -- BBC 

News From Russia 

Wagner PMC 'armed coup' attempt in Russia: all the latest news -- RT Prigozhin 

Charged With 'Inciting Armed Revolt' After Vowing to Stop 'Evil' Military Leadership -- Moscow Times  

Prigozhin’s statements call for civil conflict, stab in back of Russian Armed Forces — FSB -- TASS  

FSB opens criminal case after Wagner boss calls for ‘armed rebellion’ -- RT  

Criminal case opened against Wagner head amid threat of escalating confrontation — FSB -- TASS  

Putin has been briefed on situation with Prigozhin, measures are being taken — Kremlin -- TASS 

Putin Briefed on Prigozhin's Armed Coup Attempt — Kremlin -- Sputnik  

Russia’s Prosecutor General reports on armed mutiny case to Putin — Spokesman -- TASS  

Wagner chief spreading misinformation – MOD -- RT  

Biden notified about situation around Wagner PMC — report -- TASS  

Sergey Surovikin calls on Wagner PMC to resolve problems peacefully, not to aid enemy -- TASS

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Still can’t believe this is happening. But he seen the flaws first hand, can’t entirely wright him off

Anonymous said...

Normally I would agree that Prigozhin will lose. But that he is not already dead is telling. I am hearing unverified reports that Rostov on Don has fallen without a fight, and that military units are defecting to him. Is it true Putin has not addressed the nation in alive address yet? There is something strange going on.

Chris

Anonymous said...

I cannot wright him off either.

Neat Trick that, wrighting someone off.

Anonymous said...

Unverified reports are that Wagner PMC is now in Voronezh and that more Russian military units have joined the revolt. Voronezh is about half way to Moscow to where Wagner started.

Wagner only has around 20k troops. They cannot be doing this by themselves. This is increasingly looking like the colonel's revolt in Egypt. Senior political leaders in Moscow are probably in league with Prigozhin and agreed to the coup. I think there is now a 50/50 chance that the senior Russian military leadership will be liquidated and Putin killed and hanging upside down from a lamp post.

Prigozhin can still very well lose, but it increasingly looks like this is a well planned coup with lots of support. If Putin cannot turn this around in the next 24 hours, he may very well lose power and his life.

Chris

Anonymous said...

WNU eating his words already. New record for him.

Anonymous said...

This was his worst commentary in all of his blogs history

Anonymous said...

LOL WNUnright as usual. Fuckin trolls eat shit again.

Anonymous said...

WNU, I hope your friends and family are OK. I think they must be your priority, understandably.

Anonymous said...

It's surreal. Woke up to this and was like--"What a plot-twist _this_ is."

Anonymous said...

exactly i didn't see where he was wrong but wdik