Joe Biden says ‘not shocked’ by Wagner chief’s doable demise
US President Joe Biden Wednesday stated he was not shocked by stories that Russian Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin could have died in a airplane crash. Biden stated not a lot occurs within the nation that President Vladimir Putin shouldn’t be behind, Reuters reported.
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Wagner Commander Dmitry Utkin had been on board the airplane that crashed north of Moscow, Russian Civil Aviation Authority stated.
There was no affirmation that Prigozhin was bodily on board.
“I don’t know for a reality what occurred, however I’m not shocked,” Reuters reported quoting Biden.
“There may be not a lot that occurs in Russia that Putin shouldn’t be behind, however I don’t know sufficient to know the reply,” he added.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted social media platform X
“…It’s apparent that Putin doesn’t forgive anybody for his personal bestial terror…. The demonstrative elimination of Prigozhin and the Wagner command two months after the coup try is a sign from Putin to Russia’s elites forward of the 2024 elections. ‘Beware! Disloyalty equals demise'”
British lawmaker Alicia Kearns and chair of parliament’s International Affairs Committee stated, “The pace at which the Russian Govt has confirmed Yevgeny Prigozhin was on a airplane that crashed on a flight from Moscow to St Petersburg ought to inform us every part we have to know. Experiences Russian Air Defence shot down the airplane suggests Putin is sending a really loud message.”
“Regardless of any presumptions whether or not or not Prigozhin was killed by Putin in accordance with his order or his airplane was destroyed on account of an inter-agency conflict inside the Russian elite, this occasion demonstrates that the Russian elite shouldn’t be united, that the contradictions inside the Kremlin are rising, that the coordination between totally different branches inside the Russian management is de facto dangerous. In the long run, if Vladimir Putin is so highly effective, why didn’t he arrest Prigozhin?” reported Reuters quoting Pavel Luzin, an professional with the Heart for European Coverage Evaluation and a US thinktank.
Prigozhin spearheaded a mutiny in opposition to Russia’s prime military brass on June 23-24 which Putin stated might have tipped Russia into civil battle.
(With inputs from businesses)
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Up to date: 24 Aug 2023, 02:06 AM IST
