Wagner’s founder was able to convince the president that the march of justice was not directed against him.
Western media and a number of Russian experts are independently reporting a possible “revolution from above” in Russia. Its essence is that the leadership of the Ministry of Defense is waiting for a big “shake”, and Sergei Shoigu will leave the post of head of the department. While Yevgeny Prigozhin will find favor with Vladimir Putin. Apparently, he had already managed to convince the president that the “mutiny” was not a “mutiny” at all, but a “march of justice” exclusively against the top of the military department.
The Briefing-1 telegram channel writes that Sergei Shoigu will probably leave the post of Minister of Defense and move to the post of Deputy Prime Minister. He will be responsible for overseeing the Siberian region. In addition, he will be able to realize his dream of building the cities of the future in Siberia.
Meanwhile, a reporter close to the White House pool said Putin and Mishustin discussed Shoigu’s future in a recent meeting. And it seems that the head of government was instructed by the president to work out Shoigu’s ideas and make a special budget for them.
Sad Sergei Shoigu appears more and more in civilian clothes.
Another “signal”: the negotiations with Vietnam’s Deputy Defense Minister Hoang Xuan Tien were led by Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshenko. While there was no representative of the Ministry of Defense. Based on this, several sources named Dmitry Chernyshenko as a likely replacement for Shoigu in the Defense Ministry. He is said to have a good reputation as a system organizer and manager who is not involved in corruption scandals.
True, other sources say that Shoigu himself wants to stay in office until November in order to celebrate his 11 years as head of the Ministry of Defense and become the second longest-serving head of department after Voroshilov in the country’s history. However, according to inside information, ministry employees do not believe their boss will last that long. The atmosphere in many departments is such that it is necessary to look for a new place.
Yevgeny Prigozhin says he never intended to oppose Vladimir Putin. On the contrary, March came to his rescue.
At the same time, a number of sources claim that the final decision on Shoigu has not been made. But it is also played against him by the fact that, according to sociological forecasts, the renewal of the leadership of the Moscow region and the criminal prosecution of corrupt officials in particularly heinous uniforms are able to offset for the Russians the socio-economic consequences. psychological of the armed army of Prigozhin. speech.
At the same time, information is coming that Yevgeny Prigozhin can regain favor with the president. Apparently, the founder of Wagner himself, calling his soldiers and officers to action, repeatedly said that “Putin is aware of the march and even supports him in dismissing Shoigu with Gerasimov and all the evil spirits of the staff “.
Prigozhin said the president should be helped to clean up power, “disperse all traitors and mobilize the country for victory.” They say that in the military department “everyone is corrupt, everyone is stealing the budget, they surrounded Putin and do not give him freedom of action. We will clean this sewer, we will help Putin, he is waiting for us in Moscow.
Flowers in a Wagner tank in Rostov-on-Don. Now Governor Vasily Golubev declares that all this is the work of bogus PMC employees.
Prigozhin also demanded not to respond to provocations during the “March”, he promised to shoot anyone who tried to come into conflict with the authorities or the army:
“Local communities are not our enemies, they are masters in the regions. We don’t touch them. The first thing we do is full contact with governors, mayors, police, security guards. Order must be maintained.”
It is possible that Putin has received independent confirmation of this information and may change his position in relation to Yevgeny Prigozhin. Political scientist Igor Skurlatov writes that “Prigozhin wants to continue fighting in Ukraine, because Belarus will not allocate funds for the maintenance of PMCs. Currently, the “rebel” is trying to persuade (through intermediaries) Putin to forgiveness and swears to atone for his guilt at the front. The President of the Russian Federation thinks.
And the international publication Financial Times even claims that Vladimir Putin has already concluded that “Prigozhin did not seek to overthrow the Russian president when he led a failed uprising last month.”
The conflict between Shoigu and Prigozhin continues to be the occasion for jokes on the Web.
Indirectly, all this is confirmed by the words of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who told reporters about the situation with Yevgeny Prigozhin:
“Yesterday after lunch we spoke with him on the phone and were just discussing the moments of PMC Wagner’s subsequent actions. He told me one thing: “We will work for the good of Russia and fulfill our duty to the end” … What will happen to him next? Well, everything happens in life. But if you think Putin is so malicious and vindictive that he will be ‘killed’ tomorrow… No, that won’t happen.”
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