Yevgeny Prigozhin is confounding Kremlin-allied elite by starting to dabble in politics. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The “private military company” was at that point largely active in Syria and Africa, where it operated both on behalf of the Russian government and in the service of Mr Prigozhin’s own business interests.
Mr Prigozhin’s ambiguous role in Russia’s domestic politics reflects Mr Putin’s high-stakes balancing act as the Kremlin tries to fire up pro-war hardliners without setting the stage for mass discontent over any future Russian military failures. Two of his Wagner fighters recorded a video in December profanely excoriating General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian military’s general staff, for not providing them with enough ammunition.Norway detains ex-Wagner commander, lawyer denies any plan to deport him to Russia
He blamed Mr Putin’s presidential administration, where, he claimed, many officials “only think about one thing: if only Russia would lose the war as fast as possible, so that the Americans come and work things out.” For Moscow’s political experts, key questions remain unanswered: What does Mr Prigozhin actually want – and how will he fit into Mr Putin’s tightly controlled political system?
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