As mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin spoke today about the uprising his Wagner group staged last weekend, he remains deafeningly silent on the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Russia correspondent Joost Bosman, Putin has no idea how to deal with the situation.
And according to him, this applies to all Russian authorities. “I think they want to forget this pretty decent incident as quickly as possible,” Bosman says. “Also to let Russian citizens know that there was actually nothing wrong.”
“I think they want to forget this pretty decent incident as quickly as possible.”
This is also the message that Putin had yesterday in a short speech, according to Bosman. Putin said, among other things, that “the special military operation in Ukraine was his full priority” and that “he got up and fell asleep”.
Answer
Bosman thinks Putin will still respond to Prigozhin’s words, although he is far from sure. “The point is that Prigozhin didn’t actually say anything new – the biggest news was that he did say something,” Bosman says. “He’s been under the radar for two days and there were already people who doubted he was alive. It seems to be so, but its exact whereabouts are unknown.” According to Bosman, Prigozhin has already been spotted in Minsk, although these reports cannot be independently confirmed. Bosman also believes it is possible that Prigozhin’s audio message may have been released in consultation with the Kremlin. “You shouldn’t rule anything out in Russia, but that too remains speculative.”
Master class
In his message, Prigozhin also claims that he held a “master class” with his advance towards Moscow. He believes the first stage of the war in February 2022 should have looked like this. “By this he means that if all Russian soldiers had been well trained like Wagner’s troops, Kiev would have been conquered within 24 hours and the Russian army would have reached Uzhhorod as well,” Bosman continues. This is what he claims him. The fact is that the Russian army was not very well trained, and this is still needed after the meal.”
western involvement
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced today that he will launch an investigation into possible Western involvement in the mutiny. According to Bosman, this fits perfectly into the framework that Russia has been using for some time already. “They say that the West – and especially the United States – continues to be involved in the struggle,” he concludes. “Now they would also be behind the mutiny and would have incited Wagner to start the revolt. It all fits together with the idea that they are not in conflict with Ukraine, but rather with NATO and the United States.’
Source: BNR
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