Participation in the election 2024 in question: after the rebellion of Prigogine of the elite of the Russian Federation "threw" Putin, - NYT

The image of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the eyes of the Russian elite was severely injured after the armed rebellion of the head of mercenaries of PEC "Wagner" by Yevgeny Prigogin and the capture of Rostov, in connection with which his candidacy may not be presented in the elections in 2024 in Russia. This opinion in a comment to The New York Times on June 25 was announced by the editor -in -chief of "The Unviable newspaper" Konstantin Remchukov.

Remchukov believes that the practically complete lack of resistance of the rebellion of Prigogine by Russian power structures is very undermined by the image of the Kremlin's head. Representatives of the elites of the Russian Federation can persuade him after that not participate in the presidential election. "The idea that" Putin, while in power, provides stability and guarantees security, "has suffered a fiasco in the last 24 hours," said the editor -in -chief of "Unmistakable newspapers".

Remchukov emphasized that a month ago he was convinced that Putin would take part in the future elections of the President of Russia, since his right. "Now I see that the elites can no longer feel completely safe, which was well visible on Saturday (June 24, the day of the military rebellion of Prigogine in Russia - ed. ) .

According to a member of the Federal Council of the Jabloko Party Leo Schlosberg, the so-called "Elite Putin" at the time of danger, they rushed not Putin and themselves and their families: the business jet parade lasted a day. "These people - both officials and entrepreneurs - believed that Prigogine would enter Moscow and seize power. They believed that Moscow would be handed over and Putin's power would fall.

The fear of the elite also showed a very important thing: these people know well that states have long been gone , there is only an imitation. No one will protect the imitation, ”he emphasized. On the evening of June 23, the head of the Wagner PEC Yevgeny Prigogin stated that he plans to drop the military leadership of the Russian Federation, due to the fact that, according to him, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was hit from the rear of the Wagner's base.

On June 24, it became known that the military group of Wagner PEC seized control of all the military objects of Voronezh and Rostov, and also intends to go to Moscow. On June 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency statement in connection with the situation around the Wagner PEC. The Kremlin chairman called Prigogine's actions the betrayal of the Motherland in wartime.