According to Russian Field data, support for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner PMC, dwindled by more than half after an unsuccessful attempt at rebellion. “Kommersant”. The study showed that 69% of respondents were confident that PMCs had no chance of successfully overthrowing the government. The vast majority of respondents are satisfied with how the dispute was resolved.
After the events of June 23-24, support for Yevgeny Prigozhin fell sharply. Before that, if their activities during the SVO were rated positively by 55% of the respondents, after a few days this figure dropped to 29%, and the dissatisfied rate increased from 14% to 39%. Studies were conducted through telephone surveys among a representative sample of respondents in June.
At the beginning of 2023, until June, the level of support for Yevgeny Prigozhin during the SVO increased from 41% to 55%. The rate of those who are unaware of their activities decreased from 31% to 17%. The highest support for a businessman was recorded among men aged 45-59 who learned about SVO from Telegram channels and found the operation successful. Those who saw the NWO as a failure and would have welcomed the peace talks gave a negative assessment.
But after the revolt, the situation changed dramatically. Now only 29% of respondents report a positive attitude towards Yevgeny Prigozhin, while 39% express a negative opinion (7% do not know about him and 25% have difficulty responding). Television played a role in changing attitudes towards it: only 20% of those who see television as the main source of information think positively, 52% think negatively. Among those who prefer Telegram channels, those who support Yevgeny Prigozhin are still more (32% versus 40%), and online media readers are roughly evenly divided.
While 42% of the respondents think that the Russian society does not support Yevgeny Prigozhin’s actions during the uprising, 21% are of the opposite opinion. 14% believe people are indifferent, and 22% find it difficult to respond.
On the evening of June 23, the head of the Wagner PMC, 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, President Vladimir Putin, the forces of PMC “Wagner” closed the administrative buildings in Rostov-on-Don and began to advance 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.
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