The investigation in the case of the armed rebellion of the Wagner PMC, initiated by the FSB of Russia on June 23, was terminated in connection with the cessation of criminal actions. This was reported on Tuesday at the Center for Public Relations (COOs) of the FSB of the Russian Federation.
“During the investigation of the criminal case instituted by the Investigative Department of the FSB of the Russian Federation on June 23 under Article 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact of an armed rebellion, it was established that its participants stopped on June 24 directly aimed at the commission of the crime. Taking into account this and other respects and other On June 27, a decision was issued to investigate the circumstances on the termination of the criminal case, ”the report said.
June 23, the founder of the private military company Wagner, Evgeny Prigozhin, accused the Russian Ministry of Defense of blows on the positions of his company and stated that 25 thousand people were going to “understand”.
On the morning of June 24, he said that the Wagner PMC controls the military facilities of the city of Rostov-on-Don.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation called Prigozhin the words “information provocation” and rejected the accusations of strikes on the positions of PMCs.
President Vladimir Putin, in an appeal to the Russians, called the actions of Evgeny Prigozhin “rebellion and adventure.”
According to the president, “those who raised the rebellion betrayed Russia.” Vladimir Putin assured that those who participated in the preparation of the rebellion will “bear the inevitable punishment.” He emphasized that “the armed forces and state bodies received the necessary orders.”
The FSB of Russia opened a criminal case. The Center for Public Relations (COOs) of the FSB made a statement in which he described the statements of Evgeny Prigozhin as a crime and betrayal and called on the fighters of the Wagner PMC to take measures to detain it.
Later, in agreement with Vladimir Putin, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held negotiations with Prigozhin, following which PMCs deployed columns and returned to field camps.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov later clarified that the criminal case against Prigozhin, as well as the participants of the rebellion, taking into account their front-line merits, will be terminated. Prigogine himself “will go to Belarus.”