After Prigogine's rebellion, Putin will not stop the war with Ukraine, but repression in the Russian Federation will increase - WP

According to journalists, recognizing Putin that the Russian state funded the Wagner PEC can have negative consequences for the regime. The probable response of Russian President Vladimir Putin to differences within Russia will be an increase in repression. Moreover, it will not stop the war against Ukraine. This was stated by political scientist Andriy Kolesnikov from the Carnegie Foundation in a comment to The Washington Post.

"It is likely that Putin's suspicion of internal enemies and repression against innasters will intensify-although they were constantly intensified without any reason," Kolesnikov said. According to him, the desire of the Kremlin head will not cool the war against Ukraine. The Russian elite, despite the understanding that the system is weak, will still consolidate around Putin for fear of him.

Kolesnikov also noted that when a full -scale war against Ukraine began, most Russians accepted it passively. They believed that the Kremlin would not involve wide sections of the population, but in September 2022, Putin announced the beginning of the so -called partial mobilization. Thousands of poorly trained, poorly equipped mobilized were killed. "But Putin is important for people to perceive war as something inevitable. But such inevitability should not invade every house.

That is why power emphasizes the fact that it is still sufficiently live force that is replenished The conformists succeed that they do not notice heavy human losses, "the expert said. The material also states that during a meeting with high -ranking military personnel in the Kremlin, Putin directly recognized the Russian state with the Wagner PEC Yevgeny Prigogine. He said that about $ 1 billion was paid by mercenaries.

The publication writes that recognizing this can have unpleasant consequences for Putin, as this is a clear example of the price of war with Ukraine. The disclosure of the information can be particularly devastating after Prigogine's repeated accusations that the Russian military leadership minimizes the number of losses. In addition, the media reported that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation detained four commanders of the Wagner PEC in Syria.