ChrisO_wikiJan 27, 2023
1/ Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly wants to place one of his mercenary convicts in the Russian lower house, the State Duma, to strengthen his political position. The search is on for someone so terrifying that "all the other deputies will be afraid of him". ⬇️
Show threadChrisO_wikiJan 27, 2023

2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports:

"The other day Wagner veterans were asked who wants to be a deputy. Before Soledar, Prigozhin looked at deputies and politicians like shit (in the private military company they said that he was the second person in Russia after Putin).

Now it is too obvious that butting heads with everyone in a row is not only impossible, but also dangerous: many have a grudge against Prigozhin personally, and there are not many allies.

Show threadChrisO_wikiJan 27, 2023
3/ So the search is on for allies, for ways to strengthen positions and for the possibility of Wagner's entry into the political arena. Consultations have already begun with [Sergey] Mironov and his party, which is interested in the electoral prospects of the 'Musicians'.
Show threadCarlito!Jan 27, 2023

@ChrisO_wiki

IS that sledgehammer purely symbolic or has this guy actually conducted some of the brutal executions? https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sledgehammer-execution-russian-mercenary-who-defected-ukraine-shown-video-2022-11-13/

Video shows sledgehammer execution of Russian mercenary

Russia's Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Sunday that a former mercenary who was filmed being executed by a sledgehammer blow to the head after changing sides in the Ukraine war was a traitor.

Reuters
Show threadChrisO_wikiJan 28, 2023
@carlitoscohones I believe Wagner presented him with it (hence the inscriptions on it).
Show threadCarlito!
@ChrisO_wiki I guess they are embracing it as a sort of symbol. Pretty gross.
Feb 2, 2023 at 12:10amWeb