telegraph channel Baza announced the arrest of political scientist Mikhail Serenko in Volgograd in connection with the PMC Wagner case on the evening of June 24, following the agreement reached between the presidents of the Russian Federation and Belarus.
The man told the channel officers that they confiscated his hard drive, phone, and then took him for a very brief interrogation, and was then released. During interrogation, Serenko told the security forces that he had a sharply negative attitude towards the Wagner PMC and supported only the RF Armed Forces. During communication with the investigators, he heard that the riot case was not closed.
“Apparently, the security services were so annoyed with what was happening and they decided to play it safe – they over-controlled people,” the political scientist concluded.
Previously, State Duma deputy Vlasov from the Liberal Democratic Party knowledgeable About calls in case of PMC “Wagner”.
On the evening of June 23, Wagner PMC head Yevgeny Prigozhin said that Russian Defense Ministry forces allegedly attacked the rear camps of his private military company, and his fighters were advancing towards Russia with a “march for justice”. . at the Ministry of Defense accusations deniedThe Prosecutor General’s Office filed a lawsuit against Prigozhin for organizing an armed riot.
On the morning of June 24, the forces of the PMC “Wagner” closed the administrative buildings in Rostov-on-Don, and President Vladimir Putin began to move towards Moscow. objected, where he described the actions of the head of the PMC as a “stab in the back” and warned Prigozhin and his subordinates of the consequences. Supported by the State Duma, the Federation Council and the heads of a number of regions, the Chechen “Akhmat” forces were sent to Rostov.
In the evening, the press service of the President of Belarus briefed on the negotiations. Alexander Lukashenko and Prigozhin, as a result of which the parties agreed on “an acceptable solution to the situation with a guarantee of security for the company’s fighters.” PMC head ‘Wagner’ accused of rioting declarationthat he had decided to reverse his columns and send them back to field camps.