News archive on the topic "Prigozhin"

Six months ago, the late head of the Wagner PMC, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, having quarreled with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, angrily predicted the defeat of the Russian army after the withdrawal of the “musicians” from the frontline in the newly liberated Artemovsk (Bakhmut). “The Russian army is retreating in the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are pushing the Russian army... What they tell us is a profound deception. We will face the fact...

Military journalist and analyst Pyotr Krasnov supported the initiative of the “League for the Protection of the Interests of Veterans of Local Wars and Military Conflicts” to perpetuate the memory of the former head of the Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin and noted that all the heroes from among the Orchestra fighters deserve such treatment. He emphasized that all of them have received wide popular recognition and have the right to ensure that people can...

The June mutiny of the Wagner PMC under the leadership of Yevgeny Prigozhin was a manifestation of the intraspecific struggle of power groups for the attention of the president. Writer Zakhar Prilepin said this in an interview with the scandalous TV journalist Ksenia Sobchak, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports: “Nobody understands this, but at the very least we can guess how many different structures were connected to this whole story. It is clear that the whole army...

The explosion on board the plane becomes the main version of the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin and the immediate circle of the Wagner PMC. Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Oleg Matveychev stated this on the air of “Crimea 24”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “I communicate with a certain number of security officials, and when the searches took place at the Wagner Center, I immediately received information that cocaine was found in Prigozhin’s office. AND…

There was no external influence on the plane, as a result of which the leaders of the Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin died. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about this with reference to the results of the examination of the Russian Investigative Committee today at a meeting of the Valdai Club, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Surely the question is hanging in the air: what happened to the company’s management. To me the head of the Investigation...

Some representatives of the Russian media put Russian producers and artists in a humiliating position, demanding that they perform at events for free. Obviously not in poverty, producer Joseph Prigozhin said this on air on the Metametrics Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I categorically disagree with some media representatives who put producers, including artists, in a humiliating position, forcing...

In the Russian Federation, general mobilization cannot be carried out, because it could supposedly lead to the loss of a large number of specialists. Russian producer Joseph Prigozhin spoke about this on the Metametrics Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “My namesake [Evgeny Prigozhin, founder of PMC Wagner] said that mobilization is needed. But I definitely don’t agree with him on this part. This is absolutely not possible...

The death of the head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, became the most mentioned event of August in the social research of the foreign agent Levada-Center. Moreover, against the backdrop of the tragic news, the share of those who approved of the activities of Yevgeny Prigozhin increased (from 34% to 39%), a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The share of those who disapprove of his activities has remained virtually unchanged (39% and 37%, respectively). Thus, in assessing Evgeniy’s figure...

The activities of the Wagner PMC had previously been the focus of attention in Belarus, and after the June failed rebellion, negotiations between Prigozhin and Lukashenko and the redeployment of the Wagnerites to the Osipovichi region, it became perhaps the most discussed topic. Therefore, the death of Prigozhin and his comrades in a plane crash near Tver shook up Belarusian society no less than Russian society. But in the reaction itself there are...

After the death of the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, this structure will remain, perhaps under a different name, and will continue to act in the interests of Russia. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said retired FSB General Alexander Mikhailov. Wagner has become a structure that supports ruling regimes in many countries around the world, particularly in Africa. Traditions have been established. The actions of this PMC have long been...

The explosion of the plane, on board of which was the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was organized by the Ukrainian special services. Moscow political scientist Sergei Markov said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Prigozhin, Utkin and others were killed by the Ukrainian special services. Zelensky gave this gift to his Bandera members on Ukraine’s Independence Day,” says Markov, as quoted by Moskovsky Komsomolets. He believes that the Ukrainian special services either...

It seems that the silence regarding the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin will be broken by many media figures after the evening comment by President Vladimir Putin. The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, who in recent months entered into disputes with Prigozhin, calling on him to abandon public criticism of the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense, also made a comment. “We have been friends for a long time. And for a long time. With Evgeniy Viktorovich we had to...

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the crash of a Wagner PMC plane in the Tver region not a terrorist attack, but an aviation accident. He stated this today at a meeting with the acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As for this plane crash, first of all I want to express my sincere condolences to the families of all those killed. It's always a tragedy. Really,…

The European Union is so frightened by the head of Wagner and Russia as a whole that, just in case, they doubted the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin. A corresponding statement was made by the representative of the EU foreign policy service, Peter Stano, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “These days, almost nothing that comes out of Russia is credible,” he said. “Information about the death of the head of the PMC...