"Lukashenko saved from war": Putin did not participate in negotiations with Prigogin - the media
About it reports the edition "Medusa" with reference to sources close to the Kremlin and the Government of the Russian Federation. According to a source close to the Kremlin, the authorities interacted with Prigogin during the evening on June 23, after his statement about the beginning of the March of Justice. Negotiations are expected in different formats.
"The military leadership, the staff of the Presidential Administration, the Rosgvardia leadership and the officials close to him tried to communicate with him. But his actions were not very clear what to talk about at all," the source said. The sources related to the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation claim that in about the middle of June 24, Yevgeny Prigogine tried to contact the Kremlin on his own.
According to them, he even "tried to call Putin, but the president did not want to talk to him. " The report states that Evgeny Prigogin probably realized that he "crossed the border" and that "the prospects of the movement of his columns are incomprehensible. " Until now, mercenaries were already relatively close to the Oka River, where the Russian army and Rosgvardia decided to create the first line of defense against the Wagnets.
After a noticeable change in the mood of Prigogine, the Kremlin's management allegedly decided not to go to a "bloody clash". According to them, the final negotiations were conducted by a large group of officials, including the head of the Presidential Administration Anton Vayno, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Mykola Patrushev and Russia's ambassador in Belarus Boris Grislov.
Self -proclaimed President of Belarus Oleksandr Lukashenko performed by the frontman of this group of negotiators. According to him, Yevgeny Prigogin insisted on the participation of the "first persons" in the negotiations. Due to the fact that President Putin did not want to contact the founder of the PEC, the negotiations had to choose from a limited number of options. "The prison needed a decent confident to get out of the game. Lukashenko spoke.
He loves PR and understands the benefit - so he agreed," - says Medusa. In his opinion, the "benefit" for Lukashenko is obvious: it was publicly become a person who "saved Russia at least from the Civil War, and at least from great blood. " The interlocutors close to the Kremlin, at the same time, recognize that the rebellion weakened Putin's position. "He could not go to Prigogine, but yesterday [after the television] was nowhere.
He is a" king "," first ", but a tin-Mukh, when he should-interfere with, not force himself to shine the facade of Lukashenko and talk to the security forces" , - said the source. We will remind, the press service of Prigogine informed that as of June 25, the head of "Wagneriv" is not available for communication. The Storm Z Fighters recorded an appeal to Prigogine, in which it was called "inhuman" for the termination of the rebellion.