Hundreds of people under investigation: the Russian elite is very afraid of purges after the rebellion

It is reported that some representatives of the Russian elite have rushed to demonstrate their loyalty to President Vladimir Putin. In Moscow, Paranoia was supported by the special services. Analysts and representatives of the elite have stated that the Kremlin needed answers about how the situation came out of control, especially given that some Russian authorities knew in advance about the plans of the "Wagner".

"There will definitely be questions about all in this vertical of the military and special services - who cooperated with Prigogin, faced Prigogin, looked after Prigogin, or what he did? Whose reaction was timely and whose reaction is untimely?" - said Russian journalist Konstantin Remchukov.

Remchukov said that the greatest question was why no one reacted to the more hysterical public criticism of the Russian military command a few weeks before the uprising, which clearly violated the rigid Russian laws that prohibit the discrediting of the military. According to a businessman from St. Petersburg, one of the former associates close to Prigogine, "disappeared at the bottom of the sea" in the hope that no one will interrogate him.

A political consultant related to the Kremlin, Serhiy Markov, stated that the investigation of the rebellion has far -reaching consequences. "I am sure that there are at least a few hundred people under investigation. The goal is to get information about who actually participated or did not participate," he said. The publication writes that the Kremlin is trying to consolidate the narrative that Russian society has united around Putin.

But there are questions about why the Russian president could not control the situation on the eve of the rebellion. His refusal to communicate with Prigogin, apparently, was one of the factors. We will remind that the Kremlin lowered the methodology deputies how to comment on the rebellion of Prigogine. The methodology states that during the rebellion, the Russians showed their unity with the President and the army, which played an important role in the suppression of the rebellion.