Lhe world geopolitical news has focused on Russia and belarus. Against the backdrop of the war Ukraine and the riot of wagner groupVladimir Putin has delivered a speech addressed to his citizens and to the rest of the world.
“The enemies of Russia, who wanted the country to drown in a bloody civil war, miscalculated. Any attempt at a mutiny is going to fail”, the Russian president asserted in relation to the military march initiated by the wagner group last weekend. In this sense, putin has offered the mercenaries to join the Russian army or to go to belarus.
“Today they have the opportunity to continue serving Russia by signing a contract with the Ministry of DefenceReturn with your family and friends. Or those who want can go to belarus“, has underlined Vladimir Putin addressing his nation through television.
Putin points to the West
Vladimir Putin has not hesitated to speak directly about West when referring to the riot that has lived Russia in the last hours: “It was precisely this fratricide that the enemies of Russia: both the neo-Nazis of kyiv like their western patrons and all kinds of national traitors. They wanted Russian soldiers to kill each other.”
The Russian president, in his speech, also thanked his citizens for the “patriotism” during the riot signed by the wagner group. For his part, in recent statements, the leader of the mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhinhas assured that his objective was not “to overthrow the country”, but “not to allow the destruction of the wagner group“.
putin has asserted that his intention was to avoid a “bloodshed” by “direct instructions”. In any case, he has warned that if the soldiers of the wagner group they would have moved on moscow they would have been “crushed” by Russian military forces.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden.
Joe Biden: “We are not involved in this”
He President of the United States, Joe Biden, has assured that his country has had nothing to do with the insurrection of the mercenaries during the past weekend. “We made it clear that we were not involved, that we had nothing to do with this,” said the American leader. In addition, he already transferred to his closest associates that it was something that should be made very clear even for Russia: “We have to make sure we don’t give putin no excuse to blame this on the NATO“.
Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group.
The march to Moscow of the Wagner group
He wagner groupa paramilitary organization, is led by Yevgeny Prigozhin. These mercenaries started a march that came to less than 400 kilometers from Moscow. they controlled the city rostov-on-don and the June 24 They stopped their advance. The images of the tanks and military personnel of the wagner group in the streets they have gone around the world.
The mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenkowas finally key to stopping a conflict that has had the world waiting for Russia. The spokesman for KremlinPeskov, stated that the criminal case against Prigozhin archived and advanced that the leader of the mercenaries would go to live in belarus.
