Exiled Russian opponent Mikhail Khodorkovsky today called for supporting the leader of the Wagner group in his rebellion against the Russian military command, claiming that the real enemy is not in Kiev, but in Moscow.
“Prigozhin’s rebellion, despite its weakness and lack of preparation, is the strongest blow to Putin’s reputation so far,” the businessman, who was the richest man in Russia until his exile, wrote on Telegram.
For Khodorkovsky, the Russian army “was ruined by the hands of bandits close” to Russian President Vladimir Putin and “cannot defeat” Ukraine.
“What we can do to help our country now is to help people listen to Prigozhin” and “convince those who will be sent to stop him that we now have a common enemy,” he stressed.
According to the former oil tycoon in exile, the time has come to help and, if necessary, fight back.
The businessman was arrested in 2003 and found guilty of several economic crimes, sentenced to 14 years in prison and imprisoned in Siberia, until he was pardoned by Putin in 2013.
The head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, today claimed the occupation of Rostov, a key city in southern Russia for the war in Ukraine, and called for a rebellion against the Russian military command, which he accused of attacking its fighters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the paramilitary group’s action a rebellion, saying it was a “deadly threat” to the Russian state and treason, guaranteeing a “civil war” would not ensue.
Source: TSF
