Prosecutor General Krasnov reported to Putin on the criminal case initiated against Prigogine

Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the criminal case against Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of PMC Wagner, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

Krasnov also spoke about the legality of ongoing legal actions in connection with an attempt to organize an armed rebellion.

It was reported that a criminal case was opened against Prigozhin under Article 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact of organizing an armed rebellion. As part of the case, it is planned to give Prigozhin’s actions a proper legal assessment. Article 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that on behalf of Prigozhin, false information about the attack on the Wagner PMC camp was being disseminated in social networks. The Kremlin said that President Vladimir Putin is aware of the situation and that the necessary measures are being taken. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation on Friday evening, June 23, stated that the allegations spread on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin had no basis. The Public Relations Center of the Federal Security Service of Russia, in its message, called on the fighters of a private military company not to follow the orders of the founder of the PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and also to detain him.

One of the commanders of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, General of the Army Sergei Surovikin, addressed the commanders and fighters of the Wagner private military company in connection with the latest statements of its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin. He also called on the “Wagnerites” to stop and recalled that the Kiev regime was waiting for the situation inside Russia to worsen. He urged not to “play into the hands of the enemy in these difficult times for the country.”