Prigozhin spoke about the service of the son of Dmitry Peskov in the PMC “Wagner” on forged documents

Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said he hired Nikolai Peskov, the 33-year-old son of Russian President Dmitry Peskov’s press secretary, to serve in a private military company on “forged documents.” Nikolai Peskov himself said that during his service he received the medal “For Courage”.

For the first time about the service of Nikolai Peskov in PMC “Wagner” became known from an interview published on April 21 by Yevgeny Prigozhin to RIA FAN war correspondent Alexander Simonov. Today, April 22, Yevgeny Prigozhin spoke in more detail about the service of Nikolai Peskov. He said that Dmitry Peskov turned to him “for advice” in the summer of 2022.

“His son was about to go to war, and it was useless to dissuade him. I did not advise him to go to the Ministry of Defense, insofar as he would sit there at the headquarters, or go to meat. Therefore, according to forged documents, I took him to me, changing the last name, first name and patronymic, ”said Mr. Prigozhin in an audio message published in Telegram channel his press office.

According to Yevgeny Prigozhin, Nikolai Peskov underwent a three-week training in Molkino as a navigator. “After that, when he left for Lugansk, it was necessary to expand the consolidated artillery battalion, he was appointed as a member of the calculation for the Hurricane (multiple launch rocket system. – ”b”),” said the founder of the Wagner PMC . On Hurricane, according to him, the son of the Kremlin representative was in charge of the transport-loading vehicle. “Their car worked very well,” Mr. Prigozhin added.

“He spent time there, worked, or rather, minute by minute, as they say, from bell to bell, showing courage and heroism, exactly the same as everyone else. None of the members of the ”Hurricane” crew knew that his dad was someone,” Yevgeny Prigozhin assured.

According to Yevgeny Prigozhin, Nikolai Peskov was distinguished from others only by his knowledge of the English language, and also by the fact that he “looked too smart.” After six months of service in the ranks of the Wagner PMC, the son of the press secretary was released on vacation, where he is to this day.

Nikolai Peskov himself in a published today interview Military commissar Alexander Kots said that he asked his father to help him “correctly contact” the Wagner PMC, since at that time there was not much information about the private military company (he does not specify the time period in question). Nikolai Peskov said that the decision to participate in the special operation was his own initiative in order to “help everyone who was there.” He explained the choice in favor of Wagner PMCs “by their exploits in Syria.”

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has not yet commented on the information about his son’s service in PMC Wagner.

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Lusine Balasyan