"Stay on vacation": Putin released Surovikin after the situation with the Wagner PEC - media

Sources close to the Russian defense department assure that the general will continue to serve in a unit that reports to the Ministry of Defense. On Tuesday, August 22, a slightly clarified fate of the missing space of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Sergey Surovikin. It has been transferred to another position. About it reports the Russian edition of RBC with reference to a source close to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

"Army General Sergey Surovkin is dismissed in connection with the transition to another job and is at disposal," - quotes the words of the source. Another source reported that the general is on vacation. "He is currently on short -term leave," one of the sources said. According to journalists, Sergey Surovikin helped Prigogine to coordinate actions during a military rebellion in June 2023. Other generals of the Army of Russia could participate in the rebellion.

The last Sergey Surovikin publicly made himself known in a video in which he called on the Wagner PEC to stop the rebellion. He then disappeared from the information space, and later became aware of his arrest. This information was confirmed by the source in the Defense Ministry. The network later appeared that Surovkin was arrested in one of the Moscow detention center where he was interrogated.