Putin plans to liquidate Prigozhin and promises amnesty to his militants: Russian media

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin plans to eliminate Yevgeny Prigozhin in order to suppress the uprising of militants from the private military company Wagner.

According to the Russian publication Vazhnie Istorii, citing its sources, the Kremlin leader is going to pardon the Wagner men to prevent them from rebelling after the murder of their leader.

"A source close to the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces said that President Putin wants to avoid problems with the Wagner PMC in Moscow and task the security forces with eliminating the head of the mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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According to our interlocutor, the Russian Armed Forces do not have serious forces that could block Prigozhin's passage to Moscow. Now the backbone of the groups is being assembled from all the units not engaged at the frontline: Chechen formations, the Russian National Guard, the Interior Ministry and the FSB," the report says.

A source in the coentar said that Putin does not need a "big shootout," so the number one task is to eliminate Prigozhin and tear off the backbone of Wagner by promising amnesty.

As a reminder, the founder of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, accused the Russian regular army of a missile attack on the rear camps of his mercenaries. The Russian Ministry of Defense considers this statement a provocation. Prigozhin promised to "punish" those who attacked the rear camps of the private military company. On June 24, Prigozhin's militants seized administrative buildings in Rostov and moved to Voronezh. Prigozhin promised that Wagner's men would reach Moscow and take over.

In his address to Russians on June 24, the Russian president said that the actions of the Wagnerites were aimed at dividing society .

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