Yevgeny Prigozhin proposed to mobilize “those who did not hold a machine gun” in the last turn

Businessman and founder of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin spoke about the mobilization at the request of the Dni.ru publication, which asked who, in his opinion, was the first to be subject to it. Comment posted on VKontakte by the press service of Concorde (Yevgeny Prigozhin’s company that publishes news about him).

First of all, in his opinion, they should call on those “who have received benefits from the Ministry of Defense and from their country all their lives – contract servicemen transferred to the reserve”: “Especially those who dishonorably terminated the contract after February 24. As well as representatives of state structures and law enforcement agencies. “And last but not least, to mobilize those who have never held a machine gun in their hands, including those who completed a year of military service and fired three rounds,” Mr. Prigozhin believes. And specialists in strategically important professions, in his opinion, do not need to be called at all, for example, programmers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization on 21 September. Yesterday, September 29, he discussed with the members of the Security Council how it is going and demanded that all mistakes be corrected. Mr. Putin recalled that citizens from the reserve who have served in the military and have “in-demand military specialties” and relevant experience are subject to conscription.

Maria Fedotova