Prigozhin said he settled the conflict with the leadership of Chechnya – Kommersant

The founder of the private military company (PMC) “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin said that he phoned the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. According to him, they agreed to “release the conflict on the brakes.” Earlier Chechen politicians and military reacted strongly to the words of Yevgeny Prigozhin that he did not know the location of the Akhmat fighters and their capabilities.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said that the commanders of the PMC “Wagner” after the statement of the Chechen politicians were “shaking and sausage”, which could lead to conflicts “of any level.” “Believe me, in a showdown between Akhmat and Wagner PMC, the winner would be obvious, but quite a lot of blood would be shed,” said Yevgeny Prigozhin, his answer is published press office.

According to him, this conflict “opened a Pandora’s box.” “Quite wisely, Ramzan did that he called me on the same day, we talked with him, and everything went on the brakes, as you can see,” he said. Yevgeny Prigozhin said that before that no one had spoken insultingly about Akhmat.

“Of course, the statements that were, they are quite provocative, it was clear that they were trying to offend me and bring me to the rhetoric of the 90s – so to speak, come to the arrow, let’s talk like a man. Why was I silent? Any inter-ethnic conflicts in Russia are then extinguished for a very long time,” Mr. Prigogine said. He added that if “such antics” continue, then he will not go to the shooters, because he “hit them in the 90s.”

According to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the conflict could have been provoked by “one of the towers of the Kremlin”, because shortly before that, the head of the PMC turned to the prosecutor’s office because of the mistakes of the Ministry of Defense. He noted that in the appeal of the State Duma deputy from Chechnya Adam Delimkhanov, criticism of the founder of the PMC against the Ministry of Defense was mentioned. In particular, Adam Delimkhanov saidthat it was also difficult for Akhmat at first, but the problems were solved together with the Ministry of Defense.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said that he would continue to criticize the Ministry of Defense – because, according to him, the PMC did not receive shells, which led to numerous casualties. In addition, according to Mr. Prigozhin, the Ministry of Defense allowed the surrender of already occupied lands and allows it to seize the Belgorod region. “People are dying in Belgorod. The Ministry of Defense cannot do anything, because it does not exist, it is in chaos,” he said. In this regard, he promised to continue criticizing the Ministry of Defense.

“As for adults, serious decisions, if necessary, then, of course, we will defend our interests, not without the blessing of the Russians, if there is suddenly further offensive language,” Mr. Prigozhin noted.

June 1 Adam Delimkhanov, as well as the speaker of the Chechen parliament Magomed Daudov and the commander of the Akhmat special forces Apty Alaudinov spoke with criticism of Evgeny Prigozhin. The reason for the conflict was the answer of Mr. Prigozhin to the question of whether the Akhmat forces are really capable of taking control of the DPR. He spoke about this the day before, May 31. “I can’t comment on where the Akhmatovites will be, I’m not immersed in these details, all units keep them a secret. This is a normal situation during the war,” he replied.

Anastasia Larina