The leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenary company Yevgeny Prigozhin in a video released early on June 24 claimed he had taken control of military facilities in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, including the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District and a nearby military airfield.
Prigozhin is seen standing outside the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District in a video message released by Telegram channels associated with him.
Prigozhin also demanded access to the highest military leadership of the Russian Federation, or threatened that his forces would "go to Moscow."
After all this, there was a conflict between the Wagner groups and the army.
Experts gave different comments on what happened between Wagner and Government.
Rachel Avraham, CEO of Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy and political analyst said to Ednews that she does not think it will be an uphill struggle in order to divide Russia from within and take Putin down:
“I do not think it's necessarily good for Ukraine because failed, to take down Putin, it will lead Putin even more indolent to come after Ukraine, as well.”
Georgian political analyst Zaal Anjaparidze thinks that after the resolution of the "riot", the fire was extinguished to some extent, but the coals are smoldering:
“Who is behind this will become clear in time. If the uprising turns into a civil war, we could talk about the impact of this event on the Caucasus. Now we can say that the processes in the region will go on as usual.”
Ulviyya Shahin
