"Otherwise cannot be": Putin will have to act under the pressure of Prigogine - Grozev
The journalist and head of Bellingcat investigative project, Christ Grozev, told this in an interview with Glavcom, published on January 19, the journalist and head of the investigative project of Bellingcat. "I think that a new confrontation in the Kremlin is emerging in our eyes. This time between Putin and Prigogin," Groziev commented.
According to him, the release of Sergei Surovikin from the post of commander of a united group of Russian troops in Ukraine is only the first stage of this process. The investigator is convinced that the Kremlin's head will have to act under a constantly high pressure of Prigogine, behind which thousands of mercenaries committed to him already stand.
"Otherwise, it cannot be when more than 20,000 armed thugs behind Prigogine's back consider their leader to be the best than the Russian guarantor himself," the journalist emphasizes. According to Groziev, today you can see the ambitions of a businessman who dreams of snatching his piece of true power. And for that he will require the Russian president to clean people on his way.
According to the investigator, earlier Putin tried to appease Prigogine, giving him the opportunity to create something like another political force, a loyal Kremlin. However, it seemed not enough for the businessman. "Through the same prism, it is worth considering what happened recently when suddenly the Russian Defense Ministry decided to retreat from the previously declared victory in Soledar.
Although earlier the Russian military leadership said that this" victory "belongs only to them and no other," - The journalist explains. At the same time, Prigogine tried to prove in different ways that the promotion of Russians is the achievement of exclusively "Wagnerists". Today, a businessman can no longer retreat because he also depends on his mercenaries who are waiting for him for specific actions.