Andrey Gurulev, a member of the State Duma Defense Committee, admitted in 2014 that he led the operations of the private military company Wagner. He said this on the broadcast of the TV channel “Russia 1”.
According to the parliamentarian, when the PMC was newly created, the company’s first manifestations of warfare were in its area of responsibility, including its leadership.
On the evening of June 23, Wagner PMC head Yevgeny Prigozhin said that Russian Defense Ministry forces allegedly attacked the rear camps of his PMC and his fighters were advancing towards Russia in a “march for justice”. Charges in the Department of Defense refutedThe 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. spoke With an appeal that the PMC president called his actions “backstabbing.”
In the evening of the same day, the press service of the President of Belarus reported About the negotiations between Alexander Lukashenko and Prigozhin. After the results of the negotiations, the head of the PMC “Wagner” declarationthat he had decided to reverse his columns and send them back to field camps.