Tver governor urged Prigozhin to follow the example of Boris Pugo

The governor of the Tver region, Igor Rudenya, said that there are many real patriots and supporters of the President of Russia in the Wagner PMC, they should change their minds, and the founder of the military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, should follow the example of “the same traitor to the country” – a member of the State Emergency Committee Boris Pugo, who in 1991 Mr. committed suicide. Governor’s statement published Telegram channel Pool69 close to the government.

Rudenya noted that among the PMC fighters there are also residents of the Tver region. According to him, some commanders deceived them, led them along the path of betraying the country and participating in an armed rebellion. He urged the participants of “Wagner” to come to their senses and stop illegal actions and “fratricidal crime.”

“The treacherous rebellions never achieved their goals. Yevgeny Prigozhin, after such a betrayal against Russia and its people, there is only one way, if he is a man, to follow the example of Boris Pugo, a member of the State Emergency Committee, a traitor to the country,” said the head of the region.

On June 23, Yevgeny Prigozhin accused the “military leadership” of shelling the Wagner PMC camp, which he founded. Relevant statements were circulated on social networks associated with the businessman. The Ministry of Defense stated that this information is not true.

Almost immediately after that, the FSB opened a criminal case on the fact of calling for an armed rebellion, later the Prosecutor General’s Office announced that the case against Prigozhin had been initiated under Art. 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee has introduced a counter-terrorist operation regime in Moscow, the Moscow region, and the Voronezh region.

President Vladimir Putin made a video message in which he stated that the actions of the Wagner PMC are a betrayal. In Rostov-on-Don, the situation is difficult, “the work of civil and military authorities is actually blocked.” “The one who organized and prepared the military rebellion, who raised arms against his comrades-in-arms, betrayed Russia,” the president said.

Earlier, the president was supported by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and other government officials.