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The fleeting mutiny that the Wagner mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin fought over the weekend with Russian President Vladimir Putin, “It showed a crack in the Russian
The fleeting mutiny that the Wagner mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin fought over the weekend with Russian President Vladimir Putin, “It showed a crack in the Russian regime.”
So he assured Living Aristegui Dr. Humberto Beck, Research Fellow at the Center for International Studies (CEI) at the College of Mexico (Colmex), who stressed that Prigozhin displayed great power and was able to question the legitimacy or authority of Putin, who thereafter he will no longer be seen as a ruler in complete control of society and the Russian state.
He pointed out that the leader of the Wagner group was one of the few who succeeded openly criticize how the war was waged in Ukraine without repression.
“He has a very important power in institution Russian and, above all, through social networks, through video, through this network called Telegram, has direct contact with most of the population which Putin chose not to have,” he said.
The academician noted that there is the ambiguity of Prigogine’s fate after the uprising. While some people say it is only a matter of time before he is assassinated, for months he has also been seen as a possible successor to the Russian president.
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In this sense, it is not known what will happen to him after it was agreed that he would be given an amnesty for rebellion and that he will go into exile in Belarus.
On the other hand, now the fighters of the Wagner group – which number in the thousands – could be integrated into the Russian army, andagainst the will of its founder. For Beck, these are the forces that have played a key role in Russia’s offensive in Ukraine and have generally been central to Putin’s strategy in recent years.
This is because, being a private army, can be used indirectly and deny the involvement of official Russian troops, for example, in events in Ukraine or even in other parts of the world.
“This strength has been especially important in recent months in Ukraine, because The Russian Army really showed itself to be a very unprepared army for the war. Instead, these are private informal Wagner units that have the latest combat experience and knowledge about the war,” he said.
Although at first glance it seems that the integration of this group into the Russian army strengthens Putin’s power, “it would be reckless to want to read this in a general sense.” “I think we can say with certainty that the Putin regime, despite the fact that he achieved a short-term dispute by suppressing this attempted armed rebellion, It looks like a more or less empty regime,” he said.
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Beck describes what happened over the weekend as “a fleeting armed uprising,” “a riot that lasted only a few hours.” with “very important implications for the Putin regime and probably for a future war in Ukraine.”
“While the case was resolved in less than 48 hours through amnesty and judicial pardon, it shows that Putin no longer has a monopoly on force on his territoryeven someone who was his close ally can, if he wants to threaten, take power,” he said.
About the story with Yevgeny Prigozhin, he said that he was a character from Putin’s first circle, former convict, gradually approaching the nearest circle the Russian president, and in this way he acquired enormous economic power and, in addition, ensured that the president enjoyed great confidence in him.
“It was the creation of a private military company called Wagner, which is a private army, a trading company whose business is to wage war. And the Putin government was the main customer for this private military contractor Wagner.”
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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