Moscow, June 29 (EFE).- The Kremlin left without comment on Thursday the information about the possible arrest of General Sergei Surovikin for his alleged relationship with the uprising of the Wagner mercenary group last weekend. “No, unfortunately not (I can comment on it). I recommend you contact the Ministry of Defense, it is your prerogative,”... Read More
Moscow, June 29 (EFE).- The Kremlin left without comment on Thursday the information about the possible arrest of General Sergei Surovikin for his alleged relationship with the uprising of the Wagner mercenary group last weekend.
“No, unfortunately not (I can comment on it). I recommend you contact the Ministry of Defense, it is your prerogative,” said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, at his daily press conference.
Asked if Surovikin maintains the confidence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Peskov said that the Kremlin chief is dealing with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov.
“The Commander in Chief works with the Minister of Defense and with the Chief of the General Staff. As regards the structural units within the ministry, I ask them to contact Defense, ”he reiterated.
whereabouts unknown
The Russian newspaper The Moscow Times reported on Wednesday, citing two sources from the Russian Defense Ministry, the arrest of the Russian general for alleged links to the Wagner mutiny.
According to one of the sources, “apparently he (Surovikin) chose the side (of Wagner) and they grabbed him by the balls.”
However, he refused to reveal the whereabouts of the deputy commander of the Russian forces in Ukraine, stating that “it is information that is not discussed here or in internal channels.”
At the moment, the Russian Ministry of Defense has not made a statement in this regard.
The first to raise the alarm about the alleged arrest of Surovikin was the military blogger Vladimir Románov, according to whom the general would be in prison since last Sunday, the day after the rebellion failed.
For his part, the former director of a Russian opposition station has assured that Surovikin “has not communicated with his family for three days.”
Putin tries to gain control of Wagner
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly launched an offensive to gain full control of the private Wagner mercenary group, whose operations in the Middle East and Africa are supported by the Kremlin.
This was stated today by the Wall Street Journal, noting that after the mercenaries’ rebellion failed, Putin began a diplomatic offensive by Syria, the Central African Republic, Mali and other countries in which they operate, to assure their authorities that the Wagner Group it will continue to function as normal, but no longer independently under the leadership of Yevgeny Prigozhin, but managed by the Kremlin.
According to the New York newspaper, the Russian deputy foreign minister flew to Damascus to personally deliver a message to that effect to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Other senior officials from his ministry telephoned the president of the Central African Republic, who pays to have Wagner mercenaries in his personal guard, and a mission from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations was also dispatched to Mali.
Moscow has given Wagner’s men who participated in the rebellion until next Saturday to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense or demobilize.
For years, the Kremlin denied any relationship with Wagner, a group that generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year in Africa and is a crucial source of funding for both maintaining Russia’s influence on the continent and financing operations in Ukraine, according to Western officials quoted by The Wall Street Journal.
However, Putin acknowledged on Tuesday that the group had been funded by the Russian state for at least a year.
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The Kremlin avoids commenting on the possible arrest of General Surovikin
Moscow, June 29 (EFE).- The Kremlin left without comment on Thursday the information about the possible arrest of General Sergei Surovikin for his alleged relationship with the uprising of the Wagner mercenary group last weekend.
“No, unfortunately not (I can comment on it). I recommend you contact the Ministry of Defense, it is your prerogative,” said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, at his daily press conference.
Asked if Surovikin maintains the confidence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Peskov said that the Kremlin chief is dealing with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov.
“The Commander in Chief works with the Minister of Defense and with the Chief of the General Staff. As regards the structural units within the ministry, I ask them to contact Defense, ”he reiterated.
whereabouts unknown
The Russian newspaper The Moscow Times reported on Wednesday, citing two sources from the Russian Defense Ministry, the arrest of the Russian general for alleged links to the Wagner mutiny.
According to one of the sources, “apparently he (Surovikin) chose the side (of Wagner) and they grabbed him by the balls.”
However, he refused to reveal the whereabouts of the deputy commander of the Russian forces in Ukraine, stating that “it is information that is not discussed here or in internal channels.”
At the moment, the Russian Ministry of Defense has not made a statement in this regard.
The first to raise the alarm about the alleged arrest of Surovikin was the military blogger Vladimir Románov, according to whom the general would be in prison since last Sunday, the day after the rebellion failed.
For his part, the former director of a Russian opposition station has assured that Surovikin “has not communicated with his family for three days.”
Putin tries to gain control of Wagner
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly launched an offensive to gain full control of the private Wagner mercenary group, whose operations in the Middle East and Africa are supported by the Kremlin.
This was stated today by the Wall Street Journal, noting that after the mercenaries’ rebellion failed, Putin began a diplomatic offensive by Syria, the Central African Republic, Mali and other countries in which they operate, to assure their authorities that the Wagner Group it will continue to function as normal, but no longer independently under the leadership of Yevgeny Prigozhin, but managed by the Kremlin.
According to the New York newspaper, the Russian deputy foreign minister flew to Damascus to personally deliver a message to that effect to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Other senior officials from his ministry telephoned the president of the Central African Republic, who pays to have Wagner mercenaries in his personal guard, and a mission from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations was also dispatched to Mali.
Moscow has given Wagner’s men who participated in the rebellion until next Saturday to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense or demobilize.
For years, the Kremlin denied any relationship with Wagner, a group that generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year in Africa and is a crucial source of funding for both maintaining Russia’s influence on the continent and financing operations in Ukraine, according to Western officials quoted by The Wall Street Journal.
However, Putin acknowledged on Tuesday that the group had been funded by the Russian state for at least a year.