Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin — the man behind Russia’s mercenary rebellion — has appeared to hint that his fighters will soon return to the front lines of the war in Ukraine, as mystery continues to swirl over their fate.
Monday’s message is an “utterly self-serving narrative to engage in some self-rehabilitation” for Prigozhin, said Rajan Menon, director of the grand strategy program at Defense Priorities, a Washington-based think tank.
“So the result of the revolt is that he stands to lose it all. They’re going after his assets. There’s a question of what happens to the Wagner group. He’s an exile in Belarus… and I think he is now trying to put out a narrative that rivals that of the government.” But 10 days after the crisis, it remains unclear how many fighters have joined or are preparing to join Prigozhin in supposed exile in Belarus, and how many could return to the front lines in Ukraine.“Not as it was once constituted, and certainly not under Prigozhin’s leadership,” he said.
Prigozhin has not been seen in public since the rebellion, which ended in an apparent deal for him to accept exile in Belarus.The polling center said a positive attitude toward Prigozhin’s activities was more often expressed by men and respondents aged 30-44, while among the elderly there was an extremely high proportion of negative assessments.A similar survey by the independent Levada Centre
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