After the “March of Justice” by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Belarus and Russia are likely to continue discussing further proceedings with the insurgent.
In this regard, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank point out that, according to research into flight data, Prigozhin’s private jet may have returned to Russia from Belarus on Wednesday (we reported).
This coincides with the statements of Igor Girkin (Strelkov), who was accused of terrorism in Ukraine, according to which the Wagner boss traveled back to Moscow for negotiations with the Russian elite. Girkin is an intelligence officer, Donbass veteran and one of the best-known Russian military bloggers.
The ISW believes Prigozhin may be in Russia for a short time to discuss further details of a deal struck with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
Mass purges under military command
Prigozhin’s rebellion is said to have duly influenced the structure of the Russian military command and provoked “massive purges”. Rumors are circulating among military bloggers that the Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, could hand over command of the troops in Ukraine to the commander of the airborne troops, Mikhail Teplinsky.
Surovikin as a scapegoat?
With regard to currently unconfirmed rumors that Deputy Chief of Staff Sergei Surovikin could be arrested, the following is said: “If the Russian authorities actually arrest him, the Kremlin will most likely use Surovikin and his supporters as scapegoats to publicly explain why the Russian military and internal security services reacted badly to the uprising.”
Source: Krone
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