Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is either already dead or is going to meet a sticky end in Belarus after his mercenary group attempted mutiny in Russia over the weekend, it has been claimed.
Unless Prigozhin has a deep network of support in the upper echelons of Russia’s power structure, then he will be killed in short order, according to Russia expert and political scientist Nicolas Gosset of the Royal Higher Institute for Defence (IRSD).
‘I have not seen any photos suggesting that there were 25,000 Wagner troops on their way to Moscow. If [the attempted coup] failed, then Prigozhin is dead. Either he is already dead or a hot cup of polonium tea awaits him in Minsk,’ Gosset told Belgian outlet La Libre.
‘The other option is that Prigozhin has high-level support from one or more individuals in the very highest echelons of Russian power who disagree with the trajectory of the war. Either because they want more, or because they consider it suicidal and need to stop.’
Gosset claimed that…
