Prigozhin says Russia pardons 5,000 ex-criminals after fighting in Ukraine | – #Prigozhin #Russia #pardons #excriminals #fighting #Ukraine
MOSCOW, March 25 (Reuters) – More than 5,000 ex-criminals on Saturday ended their contracts to fight against Ukraine in Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, after Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin pardon was done.
In the beginning Russia Wagner Group, made up of battle-hardened veterans of the armed forces last year Russia after his army suffered a series of humiliating defeats Ukraine played a bigger role in the war.
Prigozhin came out of the shadows and recruited thousands of men from prisons, offering them a chance at freedom in exchange for serving in the most dangerous battles in Ukraine offer did
“After more than 5,000 people have completed their contracts with Wagner pardon was released by decree”, – the president Prigozhin, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, said in an audio clip posted on Telegram.
Prigogine said that after Wagner’s service pardon only 0.31% of those crime began to create, according to him, this figure is one of the standard indicators 10–20 times less.
Prigozhin, sometimes called “Putin’s chef” because of his extensive catering business, is now a high-ranking military the most powerful of Putin’s allies, who control private armies employing officers, ex-spies and convicts.
The United States presents Prigogine as an oligarch and to him USA attempts to interfere in elections and Russia imposed sanctions for spreading disinformation about him all over the world.
Prigozhin, who spent nine years in prison for robbery and other crimes during the Soviet era before starting the business in the 1990s USA admitted to meddling in his election and for the first time admitted his role in the creation of Wagner.
Having fought in Libya, Syria, the Central African Republic and Mali, Wagner presents itself as the world’s most militant mercenary group.
he USA and private of its allies around the world military pointing to his use of contractors, he rejects Western criticism of what he sometimes sees as rigid methods and strict discipline.
Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge +79856400243 Editing by Giles Elgood
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2023-03-25 16:31:49
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