{"id":1958042,"date":"2023-06-27T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/criminal-investigation-into-prigozhin-and-soldiers-who-mounted-rebellion-dropped\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T11:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:01:57","slug":"criminal-investigation-into-prigozhin-and-soldiers-who-mounted-rebellion-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/criminal-investigation-into-prigozhin-and-soldiers-who-mounted-rebellion-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation into Prigozhin and rebel soldiers abandoned."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fcriminal-investigation-into-prigozhin-and-soldiers-who-mounted-rebellion-dropped%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=1958042&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>Russian Mercenary Group Investigation Closed<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Russian investigators have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inspector-general-closes-ethics-probe-into-elaine-chao-angering-dems\/\" title=\"Inspector General Closes Ethics Probe Into Elaine Chao, Angering Dems\">formally closed<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-if-youre-looking-for-election-rigging-look-no-further-than-media-treatment-of-hunter-biden-saga\/\" title=\"FNC's Carlson: 'If You're Looking for Election Rigging, Look No Further' Than Media Treatment of Hunter Biden Saga\">criminal investigation<\/a> into mercenary soldier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/who-are-yevgeny-prigozhin-and-wagner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yevgeny Prigozhin<\/a> and his Wagner Group forces after they seized a Russian military headquarters and moved toward Moscow last week in a challenge to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Investigation Ceased<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service (FSB) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsb.ru\/fsb\/press\/message\/single.htm%21id%3D10439759%40fsbMessage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on Tuesday that since Prigozhin and his men had \u201cceased activities directed at committing the crime,\u201d the criminal investigation into them would not be moving forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Case Closed<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTaking into account this and other circumstances relevant to the investigation, on June 27, 2023, the investigating authority issued a decision to close the criminal case,\u201d the FSB statement <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/world\/europe\/russia-dismisses-criminal-charges-against-against-prigozhin-other-wagner-group-members#digital-diary\">continued<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Kremlin <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">had previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/russia-drops-criminal-case-against-prigozhin-soldiers-who-participated-in-mutiny-will-not-be-punished\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">indicated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that the charges would be dropped, but the criminal case was not formally closed until Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The news comes after Putin initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/putin-condemns-wagner-mutiny-as-stab-in-the-back-vows-punishment-for-rebellion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promised<\/a> punitive actions against those who challenged his authority by questioning the war in Ukraine and occupying a key Russian military headquarters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAll those who prepared the rebellion will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-coup-putins-plane-leaves-moscow-amid-armed-rebellion-within-russian-military\/\" title=\"Putin's plane departs Moscow amidst internal military uprising in Russia.\">suffer inevitable punishment<\/a>,\u201d Putin <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> amid the ongoing unrest. \u201cThe armed forces and other government agencies have received the necessary orders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Friday and into Saturday, Prigozhin <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-wagner-prigozhin-9acbdf1eda849692ca0423a4116058d1\">moved<\/a> his forces from Ukraine into the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where they took over a Russian military headquarters. They then started marching toward Moscow before stopping on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a settlement was negotiated between Prigozhin and Belarus\u2019 President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin appeared to take a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/putin-responds-to-rebellion-but-fails-to-address-key-issue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conciliatory approach<\/a> toward the dissatisfied mercenaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey were used without their knowledge, against their brothers-in-arms they used to fight together with to ensure our country\u2019s future,\u201d Putin said. \u201cThis is why, from the very beginning, I made direct orders to take steps to prevent any major bloodshed. This required time. Time to give a chance to those making a mistake to change their minds. To realize that their actions are totally rejected by the people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If convicted of organizing a mutiny, Prigozhin could have faced 20 years in prison. He may <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-prigozhin-wagner-belarus-ed3af6c3985242e69b07b6f9494cf117#:~:text=Russia%20drops%20charges%20against%20Prigozhin%20and%20others%20who%20took%20part%20in%20brief%20rebellion,-A%20feud%20between&#038;text=Russian%20authorities%20said%20Tuesday%20they,any%20of%20the%20other%20participants.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">still be exiled<\/a> from Russia and sent to Belarus. He had accused Russian forces of killing up to 2,000 of his men in a bombing attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, Prigozhin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/prigozhin-issues-first-statement-since-attempted-rebellion-in-russia\">said<\/a> that the rebellion was meant as a protest. \u201cWe stopped at that moment when it became clear that much blood would be spilled,\u201d he said. \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<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian investigators have officially ended the criminal probe on Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group mercenaries. They captured a Russian military base and advanced towards Moscow, posing a threat to President Putin. The Federal Security Service (FSB) stated that Prigozhin and his group have halted their actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1958043,"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-1958042","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\/1958042","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}