Images filmed in close-up, which shocked as far as Russia: the sordid killing of a member of the Wagner group. Monday, November 14, the boss of the Russian paramilitary group assumed this extrajudicial execution.
“A dog’s death… for a dog” : it is by this sentence thatYevgeni Prigojine, 61, who admitted in September 2022 to having founded this paramilitary organization after years of denial, summarized the few tens of seconds filmed – barely tenable – of the assassination of Evgeni Nuzhin. The man was serving a sentence of more than 25 years in a Russian penitentiary where he had been recruited by the Wagner group in the summer to go fight in Ukraine. Once there, Evgeni Nuzhin quickly defected. He is in the process interviewed by several Ukrainian media, announcing that he wants to fight in the ranks of Ukraine.
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According to the website Gulaguwhich quotes Russian and Ukrainian sources, it seems that it was however “exchange” against Ukrainian prisoners, at the express request of Yevgeni Prigogine, the boss of the Wagner group. A prisoner exchange in order to be executed in Russia in the most brutal way possible: “This punishment is for traitors to the Wagner organization”, thus perorated the Telegram channel “Grey zone” which posted the video of the execution. The group had previously released such videos, showing the construction site mass or hammering of prisoners or “traitors” in Syria, where the Wagner Group has been operating since 2014.
A coup by the Russian paramilitary group that comes just days after claiming that the organization would train militiamen and build fortifications in two regions of Russia bordering Ukraine, after the notable withdrawal of Russian forces from Kherson, in particular. “The private military company Wagner helps and will help the population of the border territories (of Ukraine) to receive training, build facilities, prepare people and organize militias“, thus indicated Friday, November 11, Evguéni Prigojine, quoted by the press service of his company Concord.
According to him, these new activities began in the Russian regions of Belgorod and Kursk, regularly hit in recent months by fire attributed by Moscow to the Ukrainian army. The object is to buildfortified works and militia training centers in the border regions“.”Who wants peace prepares for war. Always be ready to defend your land“, he added. Last week, the head of Wagner had already mentioned this project, assuring that he was going to finance it alone, without help from the Russian state.