Russian press say Putin's goons 'interrogating' 'General Armageddon'

‘They’ve grabbed him by the b***s!’ Russia’s General Armageddon ‘is being interrogated in notorious Moscow prison’ following US claims he supported Wagner’s failed mutiny

• General Surovikin, 56, is the second-in-command of the Russian armed forces
• US intelligence said a top Russian general had prior knowledge of Wagner plan

DAILY MAIL

Vladimir Putin’s goons are ‘interrogating’ a Russian officer known as ‘General Armageddon’ in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo prison after America claimed he had supported Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed Wagner mutiny, Russian press is reporting.

General Sergei Surovikin was possibly under interrogation over a plot to oust the Kmrelin’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu and had advance knowledge of the armed revolt which threatened Putin‘s regime at the weekend, reports say.

Surovikin, 56, is the second-in-command of the Russian armed forces. He has known links to ‘coup leader’ Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary army chief whose soldiers marched on Moscow on Saturday, coming within 120 miles of the capital.

US officials briefed on American intelligence said a top Russian general had advance knowledge of Prigozhin’s plans to rebel against Shoigu and chief of the armed forces General Valery Gerasimov over failings in the war against Ukraine, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

The Moscow Times later reported that sources within the Defence Department said Surovikin had been arrested following the Wagner mutiny. If he was indeed involved, the feared general could face a treason charge and up to 20 years jail.

‘Apparently he [Surovikin] chose the side [of Prigozhin during the rebellion] and they grabbed him by the balls,’ a source told the Moscow Times.