Prigogine accused the Russian elites of obstructing complete mobilization in Russia - isw

Analysts have stated that Prigogine is created in St. Petersburg Center of the Wagner PEC, the local authorities do not inform. According to him, they should not interfere with the work of its grouping. Russian Presidential Association Vladimir Putin and the Chairman of the Wagner PEC Yevgeny Prigogin tries to increase his status in Russia, criticizing the local elites. He said he had opened the center of his PEC in St.

Petersburg on November 4, analysts from the American Institute for War Study (ISW) write. The new report states that on October 31, Prigogine demands that the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia to initiate a criminal case on the organization by the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglogov "Criminal Community" in the city. According to Prigogine, Beglova's criminal network intends to plunder the state budget and enrich corrupt officials.

Analysts have suggested that Wagner PEC is criticizing local officials to increase their reputation. This approach is expected to work because the popularity of Prigogine in the city is increasing. However, Prigogine himself told Russian journalists that he was not going to create a party and engage in politics. "My task is to fulfill my duty to the Motherland," said the mercenaries chairman.

"He states himself as political power, using his popular status and his connection with Wagner to criticize opponents in elite circles and to institutionalize his own power," the ISW report said. Yes, Prigogine began to criticize the Russian elites because they live in a state of comfort and do not allow to carry out full mobilization in Russia. He said that the children of the elite should go to fight with Ukraine.

As for the Wagner PEC center, according to Prigogine, it will be a complex of buildings for the placement of candidates, instructors and various specialists. Analysts say that Prigogin noted that he did not inform the local administration of St. Petersburg about the creation of the Center, since local self-government is not a sufficiently representative structure to interfere with the work of the PEC. Earlier, Focus reported that Ramzan Kadyrov declared mobilization in Chechnya.