WAGNER FIGHTERS COULD SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OR GO BACK TO YOUR FAMILIES, SAYS PUTIN

Mon 26 June 2023:

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday evening said Wagner chief Yeveniy Prigozhin’s uprising was “doomed to fail” and that the revolt left the country “united.”

Addressing the nation in a televised speech on Monday evening for the first time since Prigozhin halted his march on Moscow, Putin said that “the armed rebellion would have been suppressed in any case.”

“The organisers of the rebellion understood this,” he said, without mentioning the name of the mercenary head Prigozhin.

“Any blackmail or way to bring confusion to Russia is doomed to failure.

“I made steps to avoid large bloodshed. This needed time including letting those who made a mistake change their mind and see the consequences this will lead to,” the president added.

Putin appeared to suggest that the Wagner group would be shut down, saying that the mercenary group’s fighters had the choice to sign a contract with the ministry of defence. Putin added he would honour his promise to allow Wagner fighters to relocate to Belarus if they wanted.

“The majority of Wagner commanders and fighters are patriots. They were used covertly against their brothers-in-arms,” he said.

Any attempt to blackmail us and spur internal chaos are doomed – Putin

Vladimir Putin addressed the nation in his first speech since the end of the Wagner insurrection over the weekend.

The president thanked the Russian people for their unity, patriotism and patience. pic.twitter.com/1E9UQ8NH1R

— RT (@RT_com) June 26, 2023

Putin addressed the nation in his first speech since the end of the Wagner insurrection. The Russian leader stressed that the mutineers betrayed their country, and those they dragged into the mutiny. pic.twitter.com/GTiJ0ot0OI

— RT (@RT_com) June 26, 2023

Rebellion organisers will be ‘brought to justice’ says Putin

Russian president Vladimir Putin has said organisers of the attempted Wagner rebellion will be “brought to justice” calling their actions “criminal activity which is aimed at weakening the country,” in a blistering, seemingly pre-recorded televised address.

He also said that the “armed rebellion would have been suppressed anyway” and said that “any blackmail and attempts to organize an internal mutiny will end in defeat.”

Putin thanks Russians for support against Wagner mutiny

President Putin expressed his gratitude to the Russian security forces and population for opposing the weekend mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group, in an address broadcast on state television.

“I thank all the soldiers and intelligence service staff who stood in the way of the mutineers,” Putin said. He added that everything possible had been done on his orders to avoid bloodshed. “That needed time,” he said. “The armed mutiny would also have been put down in this way.”

He also thanked his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko for mediating with Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is now thought to be in Belarus after calling off the group’s advance on Moscow.

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