The Wall Street Journal has made a big revelation regarding the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Wagner Group, who had declared rebellion against Vladimir Putin.
The WSJ quoted Western intelligence and Russian intelligence officials as saying that Putin had ordered the country’s Security Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, considered his right-hand man, to assassinate Prigozhin.
Let us tell you that Wagner Group was an important part of the Russian Army. Especially during the Ukraine War, Prigozhin’s Wagner Group was a major supporter of the Russian army.
Meanwhile, the distance between the Russian Defense Minister and Prigozhin started increasing. After this Prigozhin even declared rebellion.
In the midst of the rebellion, when Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus invited Prigozhin to his country, the rebellion in Russia ended. After this the news came that Prigozhin had died in a plane crash. Let us tell you that the rhetoric between Yevgeny and Pragzhin had increased a lot.
The report said that the Defense Minister was not happy with the growing power of the Wagner Group and felt insecure. After this the Wagner Group started the ‘Justice March’ which shook the Kremlin’s foundation.
The President of Belarus broke its deal with Russia to allow Prigozhin and his soldiers to enter his country.
Only after this, an accident happened with Prigozhin and he along with the top commander died. Defense Secretary Patrushev was against criticism from the Wagner Group, the report said.
After the rebellion, both Patrushev and Putin turned against Prigozhin. Patrushev has also been working with Putin for a long time. He is considered the second most powerful person in Russia. The chief of Wagner Group was posing a big challenge for him.