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Russian President Vladimir Putin has long promoted himself as the man who rebuilt the power of the Russian state after the chaos of the 1990s. However, the Wagner Group mutiny highlights why that rings false—not only because it was an armed challenge to Putin’s authority but also because the relationship between the Kremlin leader and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the …
The pro-Kremlin media outlet Izvestia has published photos and videos alleged to have been taken in the mansion and office of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, where searches have been conducted.
According to Russian journalists, on the day of the mutiny of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), Russian President Vladimir Putin was watching the Alye Parusa festival in St Petersburg from aboard a yacht of businessman Yuriy Kovalchuk.
Rumors claimed Putin's top general was arrested in connection to the Wagner group's recent armed rebellion.
Russian General Sergey Surovikin is not currently under arrest and has been released after interrogation, Russian independent website Vazhnyye Istorii (Important Stories) reported on June 29.