Prigogine planned to "buy" NATO weapons: ordered F-35 fighter in conversation with Politico

According to journalists, Prigogine was looking for a way to buy a fighter of the fifth generation Lockheed Martin F-35 shortly before the June rebellion. Yevgeny Prigogin, the owner of Wagner PEC and former associate of Russian President Putin, had a list of military equipment he would like to buy. The Russian spoke about it in an audio commentary, which he provided on June 19 by Politico.

Journalist Douglas Baswin with Politico tried to communicate with the "commander" about the Russian sniper rifle Orsis T-5000, the ammunition for which was allegedly bought from American companies. Prigogine ignored the issue of the publication. Instead, he stated that he had a special order for Americans: I would like to get a Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter. The man hinted that Victor Booth could help in the equipment: "I have already communicated with him - he is ready to take all the supply.

" Booth is a citizen of the Russian Federation who has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for weapons trade in the United States. In particular, it was involved in the supply of weapons to Africa, while using an entire armed aircraft. In December 2022, the offender was exchanged for American baseball player Britney Grener, detained in Moscow on February 17, 2022.

Wagner PEC has thought through the logistics of obtaining a fighter: will attract certain contacts of Victor But and receive a F-35 aircraft through a new Zealand with the possibility of refueling in Hawaii. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a 5th-generation fighter used by the US and Britain's armed forces. Unit cost - from $ 83 to $ 108 million. The publication noted that the comment of Prigogine was like a joke and irony.

In the meantime, as many previous appeals, the students noted the profanity he uses. As a result, Prigogine never answered how he buys ammunition for Russian rifles. He only noted that he did not have a shortage of ammunition - he gets them directly on the battlefield. After that, the Russian listed what weapon I would like to get: Farewell, stated by the Politico edition, the Russian promised to give the journalist a personal sniper rifle.

We would like to remind you that on June 24-25, Yevgeny Prigogin rebellious against the Russian general: he declared a "march of justice" and moved to Moscow.

The "march" lasted for a short time - on June 26, it became known about the arrangements that the Wagner PEC owner went: he refuses to shift the Shoigu, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, goes to Belarus, and his mercenaries decide whether they are moving with him or with him, or him remain in the army of the Russian Federation.