The head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhinhas asked for support from Belarus this Monday, where he has been since he left Russia after the uprising led by the group of mercenaries he heads, and has assured that “there will be new victories on the front.”
in which supposed his first audio message since he left Russian territory After reaching an agreement with the president, Vladimir Putin, in the midst of increasing tension, has stated that “today more than ever your support is needed“.
“Thank you for that. I want you to understand that our march for justice sought to end traitors and mobilize societyand I think we have achieved it to a large extent,” he said, according to a message broadcast by a Telegram channel related to the Wagner Group and collected by the Meduza news portal.
In this sense, he has expressed his “confidence that everyone can see in the near future the new victories of the group at the front”, although he has not given details of his plans or his exact location.
blocked websites
This same Monday, several Russian websites with advertising for the Wagner leader have been blocked. In them, Prigozhin was presented as a “protector of Russia” with a view to a possible candidacy for the 2024 presidential elections, as denounced by the independent Internet research organization Roskomsvoboda.
“Be ready to support Prigozhin to save Russia!” proclaimed one of the slogans on these now inaccessible pages, which presented Pirighozin as “the new leader of the new Russia.” They also included ultranationalist rhetoric and proclamations such as “shoot without missing, work honestly” in the fight against the “old system”.
These could be web pages launched by Wagner’s own mercenaries to glorify their leader, since he himself has never expressed political ambitions.
Exile to Belarus
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After the revolt of the members of the Wagner Group, Prigozhin made a single statement in which he gave his version of what happened and guaranteed that his intention was not to “bring down the regime“. However, his comments have sparked controversy on several occasions, especially when he accused the Russian oligarchy and the military leadership to “fool” Putin into invading Ukraine.
The Kremlin itself admitted that, as part of an agreement to end the rebellion, Prigozhin could move to Belarussomething that was confirmed by the Belarusian president himself, Alexander Lukashenko.