secret services seek foreign intelligence influence during Prigozhin’s rebellion – Kommersant

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russian intelligence services are already investigating whether foreign intelligence services were involved during the events of June 23-24, when Yevgeny Prigozhin announced a “justice march” by PMC Wagner on Moscow.

“I work in a department that does not collect evidence of illegal actions, but we have such structures, and I assure you, they already understand this,” the minister said on RT air in response to a question whether there is evidence of intelligence services intervention Ukraine and Western countries in the events of the rebellion of PMC “Wagner” on June 24.

According to Sergey Lavrov, the leaders of many countries called Vladimir Putin during the mutiny and expressed their support. “There were numerous calls to President Putin, which were used by his colleagues to express solidarity, support, confidence that the situation would be under control, that it would be returned to the constitutional field, as, in fact, it happened,” he said. According to the minister, the leaders of other countries asked not to report these calls publicly.

In addition, according to the minister, US Ambassador Lynn Tracy, in connection with the attempted rebellion, contacted the Russian authorities and stated that this was an internal matter for Russia. She transmitted signals that the United States had nothing to do with the rebellion and hoped for the safety of nuclear weapons, Sergey Lavrov added.

On the evening of June 23, the head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced the start of a “march of justice” against Moscow. He said that 25,000 soldiers were “going to sort it out.” Mercenaries of PMC “Wagner” took control of the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don. President Vladimir Putin called what is happening an armed rebellion. A criminal case was opened against Yevgeny Prigozhin.

On the evening of June 24, the press service of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko reported that he had agreed with Yevgeny Prigozhin on a peaceful solution to the conflict. Wagner fighters went to field camps. The head of the PMC was supposed to leave for Belarus. By data Kommersant, the case of organizing an armed rebellion (Article 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) against Yevgeny Prigozhin continues to be investigated by the FSB Investigation Department.

Details – in the material “Kommersant” “Disarmed rebellion”.

Anastasia Larina