Accused of trying to overthrow Russian authorities himself, Alexei Navalny was stunned that Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who sent columns of fighters and tanks rolling toward Moscow, had escaped insurrection charges, thanks to a deal with President Vladimir Putin.
. The State Department said the attack was carried out by the Russian state. The Kremlin denied that as well.In Putin’s weekend deal with Prigozhin, he agreed to drop insurgency charges against the Wagner leader if he moved to Belarus and took along any Wagner fighters who did not want to either sign contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry or go home.
As Russia’s war against Ukraine drags on, Putin has cracked down mercilessly on critics of his government and opponents of the war.in a closed trial in April and sentenced to 25 years in prison for opposing the war and speaking about Russian massacres of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha. Other opposition figures have received terms of more than seven years.In the wake of the mutiny, the crackdown on critical voices appeared to be intensifying.
It was not the Russian opposition, the ACF or the West that shot down helicopters and brought the nation to the brink of civil war, Navalny pointed out, adding that Prigozhin also threatened Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
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