{"id":1957926,"date":"2023-06-27T07:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T11:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prigozhin-issues-first-statement-since-attempted-rebellion-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T07:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T11:40:54","slug":"prigozhin-issues-first-statement-since-attempted-rebellion-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prigozhin-issues-first-statement-since-attempted-rebellion-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Prigozhin&#8217;s First Statement After Failed Rebellion in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprigozhin-issues-first-statement-since-attempted-rebellion-in-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1957926&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Yevgeny Prigozhin Breaks Silence After Armed Mutiny in Russia<\/h2>\n<p>In a bold and defiant statement, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss or potential former boss of the Wagner paramilitary group, addressed the recent rebellion that threatened to throw Russia into upheaval. Prigozhin&#8217;s statement, uploaded to one of his Telegram pages, clarified the group&#8217;s intentions and shed light on their actions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt was not our goal to overthrow the regime,\u201d Prigozhin claimed. \u201cWe started our march because of an injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stopped at that moment, when it became clear that much blood would be spilled,\u201d Prigozhin continued. \u201cThat\u2019s why we believe that the demonstration of what we were planning to do was enough. Our decision to turn back had two factors: we didn\u2019t want to spill Russian blood. Secondly, we marched as a demonstration of our protest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prigozhin also expressed his soldiers&#8217; resistance to signing contracts with the Russian government and hinted at the possibility of operating in Belarus. This statement comes amidst speculation that the Wagner group may be facing its end, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prigozhin-issues-first-statement-since-attempted-rebellion-in-russia\/\" title=\"Prigozhin's First Statement After Failed Rebellion in Russia\">order requiring private mercenary groups<\/a> to sign government contracts.<\/p>\n<p>The Wagner paramilitary group, designated as a Transnational Criminal Organization by the U.S. government, has long been accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-biden-should-back-referring-accused-israeli-officials-to-international-criminal-court\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar: Biden Should Back Referring Accused Israeli Officials To International Criminal Court\">committing war crimes<\/a>. Prigozhin himself has a controversial past, having served nearly a decade in prison for various offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his troubled history, Prigozhin&#8217;s catering business, Concord Catering, received lucrative contracts from the Russian government, which allegedly served as a means for money laundering. With these funds, Prigozhin established Wagner, a group that has been involved in conflicts worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Experts describe Wagner as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-are-yevgeny-prigozhin-and-wagner\/\" title=\"Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin and Wagner?\">state-backed paramilitary cartel<\/a>,&#8221; responsible for heinous acts such as massacres, rape, and resource exploitation in unstable countries. The group&#8217;s actions ultimately benefit the Russian government, as the resources they acquire are funneled back to the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-intel-chairman-prigozhin-had-a-number-of-accomplices-inside-russia\">House Intel Chairman: Prigozhin Had \u2018A Number Of Accomplices\u2019 Inside Russia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687949742079000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0ITvohyycD4HRoKM4oQHK4\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yevgeny Prigozhin, the potential ex-leader of Wagner paramilitary group, released his first statement since the rebellion. He denied aiming to overthrow the regime, causing upheaval in Russia. Prigozhin&#8217;s audio statement was uploaded to a platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1957927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1957926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1957926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1957926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1957926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1957926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}