Putin was afraid: in the Russian Federation explained why Prigogine was killed - the media

About it writes the edition of The Moscow Times. The publication talked with a number of people close to the Russian authorities and were secreted about the situation around the death of Prigogine. Among them is an exit, an employee of special services, "Wagner". The anonymous interlocutor from the power structures has his own conclusions about the plane crash.

In particular, he does not believe that the incident is involved by extraneous forces: "I do not believe in the military trail of Ukraine and the West. " He also explained why he thinks: because the "competent security system", created by the Kremlin's mercenary, had to work against such threats. The anonymous states that the cause of the plane crash is the "decision" of the decision of the Russian authorities. It is especially wrong because it is accepted during the war.

His opinion was substantiated by analyst Oleg Ignatov of International Crisis Group. Ignatov claims that the decision to eliminate Prigogine was made emotionally and seems to be Putin personally. Putin allegedly noticed that Wagner PEC owner gained popularity from potential voters. In particular, he was noted for his "charismatic" and the ability to speak the "truth".

"The problem of Putin is that his image of the darkened and stopped responding to Russia's request for a strong and decisive leader," the analyst said. Meanwhile, Wagnervets explained the details of the functioning of Prigogine's business empire in Africa. In his opinion, he was earned by three components: Wagner's military force, an extensive network of propaganda resources and "informal agreements with militarized units".

In addition, cases in Africa were resolved thanks to "charisma, punching and contact system. " The Kremlin will not be able to reproduce the success of Prigogine, I Ignatov's analyst. The reasons are the fact that the Wagnerians suspect the Kremlin in the murder of Prigogine, so they will simply refuse to act in conjunction with representatives of the authorities.

Another reason was called an anonymous official who worked in special services: in his opinion, Putin is afraid of a new rebellion and "Russian special services are working on his prevention. " Prigogine is a Russian entrepreneur who owned a group of Concord and Wagner PECs. The main activities are propaganda media and troll factories, supply of food to the Russian army, paramilitary activity in Africa and Syria, control over mineral deposits in Africa.

At the time of possible death, the man was 62 years old and most of his life did not touch politics - he was engaged only in business, according to Roszmi. Since the beginning of the invasion of the Russian Federation in 2022, the mercenaries of the Wagner PEC appeared on the battlefield in Ukraine. When the Russians approached Bakhmut, Prigogine began to open "Wagner centers", communicate with governors and comment on the actions of the Russian military command.

For example, he blamed the Defense Minister Shoig of the fact that he does not give the mercenaries of shells. Valery Gerasimov, the head of the General Staff - suspected incompetence. It also got to Putin, who was called "Didugan". In June 2023, Prigogine and Wagnerivtsi staged a rebellion, during which the column of mercenaries moved to Moscow. Then Putin called him a traitor, but Alexander Lukashenko still agreed to stop the rebellion.

Prigogine continued to comment on events occasionally until the plane crashed on August 23: the names of all PVC executives were in the list of passengers. We remind you that in Finland arrested the mercenary from the group "Rusich", close to the Wagner PEC. The detention was conducted by the Migration Service - it seems that the Russian was so hurried that he had violated the rules of stay.