This was reported by the independent Russian media Verstka, according to which several press outlets have received orders to black out the mercenary leader Wagner. The decision was based on the ongoing disagreement with Moscow’s military leaders regarding the conduct of the war in Ukraine
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Evgeny Prigozhin has disappeared from the official Russian media: the head of the Wagner mercenaries would thus have paid for his continuous disagreement with the military leaders of Moscow regarding the conduct of the war in Ukraine. This was revealed by the independent Russian media Verstka, according to which various press organizations have received orders to black out “Putin’s chef”. Prigozhin has been denouncing the failures of the invasion for some time and has engaged in a direct duel with Defense Minister Shoigu, accusing him among other things of not supplying ammunition to his militiamen engaged in Donbass. Now Verstka has made it known that the state media have been instructed not to quote his statements “on non-neutral topics” (WAR IN UKRAINE, SKY TG24 SPECIAL-REAL TIME UPDATES).
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