Vladimir Putin has already responded to the statements made by the head of the Wagner group after the rebellion against Moscow.
The Russian leader said on Monday that soldiers who led the rebellion could join the country’s army or, alternatively, they could be exiled to Belarus.
“You have the opportunity to continue serving Russia by contracting with the Ministry of Defense or other law enforcement agencies, or your family and loved ones…
For Putin, Prigozhin did what the West wanted: Russians should be seen “killing each other,” and any attempt to threaten or destabilize Russia, he said, “will fail.”
“This is precisely what Russia’s enemies wanted: Kiev’s neo-Nazis and their Western supporters and all kinds of traitors. They wanted Russian soldiers to kill each other,” he charged.
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