DISINFO: There is a foreign trace in Prigozhin's uprising
SUMMARY
The West has long known about the impending rebellion of the head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The CIA knew about his plans in detail two weeks before the events, but the information was so secret that Washington could not share it at the intelligence level with anyone in NATO except the UK.
This could mean that the rebellion was initiated from outside.
This is a very well-thought-out psychological plan, which should force Moscow to start searching for moles, start searching for those generals who should have been in this plan.
RESPONSE
Conspiracy claim promoted by pro-Kremlin media, aiming to explain away the Wagner's group attempted coup d'Etat in Russia. See more on the "Always blame the West" pro-Kremlin disinformation trend.
Putin assumed that the Wagner PMC was financed by the Russian State. Wagner participated in Russia's hybrid war in Donbass since 2014 denying any involvement of the Russian State and was also used for the full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The foreign trail in any activity of Wagner group is a conspiracy. See our account: Prigozhin and glossing over Russian fragility and cracks in military power.
As the HRVP Josep Borrell said: "the most important conclusion is that the war against Ukraine launched by Putin, and the monster that Putin created with Wagner, the monster is biting him now. The monster is acting against his creator. The political system is showing its fragilities and the military power is cracking. So, this is an important consequence of the war in Ukraine".
The head of Wagner, Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, is wanted by the FBI for "his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful functions of the Federal Election Commission, the United States Department of Justice, and the United States Department of State. This occurred in Washington, D.C., from early 2014 to February 16, 2018".
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