Wagner boss pictured half-naked amid suspense about his future

By India Today News Desk: Amid uncertainty over the way forward for the Wagner Group after its failed mutiny in Russia, a photograph of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in his underwear, waving at a digital camera, surfaced on-line. It was taken on June 12, 11 days earlier than Prigozhin introduced his armed mutiny towards the navy management, prompting Vladimir Putin to deem him a traitor, The Independent reported.

The semi-nude {photograph} of Prigozhin, sitting on a small mattress in a big tent was leaked on-line within the midst of a marketing campaign within the Russian media to discredit the mutineer.
The semi-nude {photograph} of Prigozhin, sitting on a small mattress in a big tent, was leaked on-line.

Last week, six images had been leaked to the media that appeared to indicate Prigozhin in a collection of weird disguises, carrying ill-fitting wigs and pretend beards, the report stated.

The {photograph} of Prigozhin in his underwear surfaced hours after President Vladimir Putin selected “real commander” Andrei Troshev to steer the Wagner Group. Putin, whose grip on energy was questioned through the transient Wagner march to Moscow, insisted that Wagner by no means really existed as a authorized entity underneath Russian legislation.

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Wagner fighters performed a key function within the Russian military’s advance into jap Ukraine and had been the driving drive within the seize in May of town of Bakhmut after months of battles. But Prigozhin always accused the navy of failing to again his males and Wagner fighters, sad with the navy management, took management of the southern metropolis of Rostov-on-Don on June 23 and commenced transferring in direction of Moscow.

They halted their advance the subsequent day after being supplied a deal underneath which they may resettle in Belarus, together with Prigozhin. Any notion of urgent expenses towards Prigozhin was dropped.

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There have been no public sightings of Prigozhin since he departed the southern Russian metropolis of Rostov on June 24.

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Recently, Former US General Robert Abrams informed ABC News that Prigozhin is probably going lifeless or in jail.

“My personal assessment is that I doubt we’ll see Prigozhin ever again publicly. I think he’ll either be put in hiding, or sent to prison, or dealt with some other way, but I doubt we’ll ever see him again,” Abrams was quoted as saying.