Russian State Duma Event: Connection to Prigozhin and ‘Wagner’ Mercenary Group

On June 23, when Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the “Wagner” mercenary group, was already preparing to give the order to his fighters to start a rebellion and go to Moscow to overthrow the Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu and the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, a seemingly insignificant event also took place in the Russian State Duma.

On this day around 17 Several dozen people gathered in the small meeting hall of the State Duma. First, the audience was shown the speech of the leader of the “Just Russia” party, Sergei Mironov. After that, several MPs and functionaries of the party gave speeches in person. They criticized the authorities for insufficient support for the Russian army in its invasion of Ukraine and called for additional funds to be raised for the army, including by offering citizens to buy government bonds or introducing a state monopoly on the sale of alcohol.

The event took place at a time when “Just Russia” was perceived as a party openly sympathetic to both Prigozhin and “Wagner”. The party had tried several times to legalize “private military companies” by submitting relevant bills to the parliament. Mironov bragged that he was friends with Prigozhin and took a picture with a hammer given to him by Prigozhin. It should be recalled that the sledgehammer is one of the symbols of Wagner’s cruelty. It became so after a video came to light showing how “Wagnerians” hit a militant of the group captured in Ukraine with a hammer.

2023-12-06 22:02:00
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