‘Putin will not spare the rebels…’, former CIA chief warns – Wagner chief Prigozhin should stay away from open windows

New Delhi. David Petraeus, retired general of the US Army and former head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has warned Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s private army Wagner, to be careful. He said that there is a need to ‘be very careful around open windows’. Indeed, Yevgeny Prigozhin was involved in an uprising against the Russian government led by Vladimir Putin over the weekend. However, the rebellion was quelled within a day after Wagner mercenaries marched into the Russian city of Rostov.

Former CIA chief David Petraeus said Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘lost his nerve’ by calling off an insurgency launched against Russian military leaders. Petraeus said during a program on the American news channel CNN, Prigozhin saved his life, but lost his Wagner Group. He should be very careful about open windows in his new environment in Belarus where he is moving. Retired General Petraeus said that no one should forget how Putin’s opponents have died after falling from windows in the last few days. The circumstances in which he died were quite mysterious.

Russian army will take ‘revenge’ action, expressed apprehension
The head of Wagner’s private army, Yevgeny Prigozhin, escalated his feud with Russia’s military top brass on Friday over differences over how the war in Ukraine is being waged. Prigozhin released a series of audio recordings on Telegram, accusing Russia’s military leadership of killing his army. The head of the Wagner group ordered his troops to march towards Moscow in “revenge”.

The rebellion ended suddenly on Saturday
In a video, the Wagner chief said the “evil” of Russia’s military leadership “must be stopped” and that his Wagner Private Army would lead a ‘march for justice’ against the Russian military. However, the mutiny ended abruptly on Saturday, with Prigozhin announcing that his troops would return to base to avoid “Russian bloodshed”. In an audio message, Prigozhin said the fighters would be returning to their base because of the potential risks of violence and loss of life.

Will drop charges against Yevgeny Prigozhin
Rebel Russian mercenary commanders moved into neighboring Belarus as part of a deal to defuse a crisis that represented the most significant challenge to President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that charges against Yevgeny Prigozhin for raising an armed rebellion would be dropped and that soldiers who joined him, and fighters from his Wagner group who did not take part in the rebellion, would not be prosecuted. He will be offered the contract. Prigozhin’s whereabouts are still unknown and he has not commented since announcing that his forces were withdrawing to avoid bloodshed.

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Tags: CIA, Russia, Vladimir Putin