Days after the end of the rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Wagner, who spent 24 hours and ended with mediation that led to his exile to Belarus, Russian President Vladimir Putin finally commented.
The master of the Kremlin emphasized that he had no doubts about the support of the Russian people for the authorities in connection with the armed rebellion.
Several options
This came in a meeting with the President of the Republic of Dagestan, Sergey Melikhov, who confirmed that there is not a single person in his country who does not support the decisions of the Russian leadership that were taken on June 24 this year, in reference to the authorities’ move last Saturday in response to the Wagner rebellion.
This also came after the Russian president left Wagner’s rebel forces with several options, whether to withdraw to Belarus, which received the exiled Prigozhin, or to sign with the Russian Ministry of Defense and work under the command of the army.
A sudden and short adventure
It is noteworthy that the commander of Wagner had announced last Saturday, surprisingly, that his forces had entered Russian territory and headed towards the capital, Moscow, announcing his refusal to retreat or surrender.
However, after nearly 24 hours, Belarus entered the mediation line between Prigozhin and Moscow, so that sudden and short adventure ended with the “exile” of Wagner’s leader to Belarusian lands.
And let him announce from there that his goal was not to overthrow the Russian government or the rule of President Vladimir Putin, but rather to protect the Wagner Group.
While Putin gave the Wagner operatives the option to either leave for Belarus, join the Russian forces, or return to their homes.
