THE ESSENTIAL
- In the evening, during a televised address announced a few minutes before his speech, Vladimir Putin stated that “attempts at destabilization are doomed to fail.” read the article
- In the same speech, the Kremlin chief offered Wagner’s fighters to join the army or leave for Belarus.
- For his part, Yevgeny Prigojine, in a long audio message, his first speech since Saturday, assured that the objective of the rebellion was not to overthrow Russian power. read the article
Putin offers three options to Wagner’s mercenaries
During this same speech on Monday night, Vladimir Putin left three options to the mercenaries of the Wagner group who were actors in the riot.
Thus, he offered them to join the regular army, “return to their families and loved ones” or “go to Belarus”, an allied country where their boss Evguéni Prigojine will go into exile.
On this subject, the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, “very soon” will deliver a speech, announced a Telegram channel close to the presidency, without specifying a date.
Putin says he gave the order ‘to avoid bloodshed’
Rich day for Vladimir Putin. After a first speech at noon, the Russian president spoke again at the beginning of the evening.
Praising the “resilience” of the Russian people, Putin claimed to have given the order “to prevent the bloodshed” he claimed Ukraine and the West wanted during this aborted rebellion.
“Since the beginning of the events, measures were taken on my direct instructions in order to avoid great bloodshed,” he said.
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Source: BFM TV
