MOSCOW, June 25 Music producer Iosif Prigozhin believes that memes with him help people cope with stress. He spoke about this in an interview.
“It’s impossible to live without humor. If you don’t look at some things at least through the window of humor, then you can completely go crazy. Probably, humor and memes helped to ease this tension in which everyone was. <…> This is some kind of our national feature: when it’s bad, people often throw out such energy in the form of jokes,” the agency’s interlocutor said in response to a question about how he feels about memes with his participation, in which he is confused with Yevgeny Prigozhin.
At the same time, the producer admitted that these jokes did not seem funny to him.
«It's not even laughter through tears. It was a big worry. And the fact that I was kind of looped in this situation — I don't even know how to react. This is what kind of — a new role, reminiscent of some kind of feature film. Some kind of spike in which I exist lately, «Prigozhin shared.
According to him, yesterday was a difficult day for his family.
«God forbid this social, internal split or explosion — it, of course, would lead to irreparable consequences. <…> It would seem that we are all one, and at the same time (happened. — Note . ed.) this is the situation,» the businessman noted, emphasizing that the principles of the rule of law should be the key priority of the domestic policy of any state.
The producer also explained the confusion with his namesake Yevgeny Prigozhin. In his opinion, people are accustomed to a certain hero, «the husband of the singer Valeria.»
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"He is also a producer, presenter and public figure. They are used to it, they do not understand (that we are different people. — Approx. ed.). Many write to me directly: «Yosya, that's enough, stop!» Well, that's just bullshit. What do you say about this? They don’t understand,” the businessman shared his observation.
On the night of June 24, Wagner forces captured the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don. This happened against the backdrop of statements by Yevgeny Prigozhin about allegedly inflicted by the armed forces missile and bomb attacks on the camps of the group — this was denied by both the Ministry of Defense and the FSB.
President Vladimir Putin called the actions of the Wagnerites a criminal adventure, a criminal case was opened against the head of the PMC for organizing an armed rebellion.
Later, the press service of the President of Belarus reported that Alexander Lukashenko held talks with Prigozhin and he accepted his proposal to stop the movement of Wagner through Russia and take further steps to de-escalate.
In the evening, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said, that the head of the PMC «will go to Belarus», the criminal case against him will be stopped. The guarantee that Prigozhin will be able to do this is the word of the President of Russia, the official added.
Attempted armed rebellion. Chronicle of eventsJune 24, 13:16