Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first speech after the Wagner rebellion. The president’s speech was broadcast live on Rossiya 24 during the special issue.
“Vladimir Putin is expected to make a statement from the Kremlin this evening,” said the channel’s host.
He also referred to the words of the President’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, that “without exaggeration, these statements will determine the fate of Russia.”
The same quote was broadcast on his channel by TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov and the host of the program “Moscow”. Kremlin. Putin” Pavel Zarubin. Both posts were later removed.
According to The Bell (the organization is included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice), in fact Peskov did not say such words, the quote was posted on the anonymous BRIEF Telegram channel. Dmitry Peskov admitted in a conversation with the broadcast that this quote is “of course fake”.
“There was no such statement. Unprofessional for many…” Peskov told RIA Novosti.
The BRIEF Telegram channel soon wrote that the quote was taken from another anonymous Telegram channel, Staraya Ploshchad. On this channel, they said they were quoting a media post about show business – StarHit.
what did Putin say
Putin said that any “blackmail” and attempts to “regulate domestic unrest” will never succeed.
“An armed rebellion is still suppressed,” said the president. According to him, the entire society, as well as parties and religious organizations, took a “strong position” in support of the constitutional order.
Putin accused the organizers of “betraying the country” and also “betraying those who were with them”. He added that the vast majority of PMC “Wagner” employees were Russian patriots and were “used in the dark” during the revolt. Yevgeny Prigozhin did not give his name.
Putin noted the courage of the pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces who died during the attacks of the PMC Wagner (there was no official report on this matter before – approx. socialbites.ca) – their courage, according to him, “saved Russia.” He thanked all the military and intelligence officers who “stand in front of the rebels”.
In addition, Putin said that he is trying to prevent bloodshed. He also thanked the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko for his contribution to resolving the conflict with the leadership of the PMC.
Finally, Putin invited the Wagnerists to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense or other power structures.
“This is exactly the result – fratricide – that Russia’s enemies, both the neo-Nazis in Kiev, their Western patrons, and all kinds of national traitors want. They wanted Russian soldiers to kill each other so that military personnel and civilians die, eventually Russia loses, and our society is divided, drowned in bloody internal strife, ”said Vladimir Putin.
response across the ocean
The exact location of Yevgeny Prigozhin is no longer known – according to rumors, he is somewhere in the Mogilev region of Belarus. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the US would seek his extradition if the founder of Wagner PMC comes to a country with an extradition treaty.
The United States does not have an extradition treaty with Belarus.
Miller also noted that the American administration did not contact the Belarusian authorities regarding the attempted uprising in Russia. According to him, Washington wants “the Wagner PMC to cease to exist.”
Lukashenka’s address
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will speak to reporters on Tuesday, June 27. ONT state channel watchdog Igor Tur said the emergency call was not planned.
“Lukashenka is almost credited with today’s kind of “emergency call to the nation.” And certainly nothing urgent happens in Belarus for Lukashenko to go on the air in the evening,” said Tur.
Therefore, he commented on the message on the unofficial channel of the press service of Lukashenka “Pool of the First”.
“The first will tell everything, answer everything. Very soon! Follow the agenda!” – says the broadcast, which was broadcast simultaneously with the announcement of the speech of Vladimir Putin.
interview with Shoigu
After Putin’s speech on Channel One, they also showed a meeting of the president with the heads of law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation.
According to Dmitry Peskov, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, FSB director Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, head of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov, FSO director Dmitry Kochnev and the head of the presidential administration Anton Vaino are attending the meeting.
From the public part of the meeting on the Kremlin website shouldHe said that the attendees of the meeting met “to talk about the tasks we face as a result of the analysis of the events taking place in the country”.