MOSCOW, July 2 The collapse of the USSR and the revolution it would not have happened if in 1917 and 1991 there were people like Russian President Vladimir Putin at the head of the state, said State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin on the Telegram channel.
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“Analyzing the challenges that our country faced earlier, we can draw the following conclusion: if there had been people like Putin at the head of the state in 1917 and 1991, there would have been no revolution and the collapse of the USSR,” — wrote Volodin.
On the night of June 24, the headquarters of the Southern Military District was captured by the Wagner PMC in Rostov-on-Don. The seizure took place after Yevgeny Prigozhin's statements that the Russian Armed Forces allegedly launched missile and bomb attacks on the Wagner camps, although this was denied by both the Ministry of Defense and the Russian FSB. A criminal case was opened against Prigozhin for organizing an armed rebellion. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the actions of the rebels a criminal adventure, a stab in the back of Russia and a betrayal, which led to exorbitant ambitions and personal interests.
Later, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, in agreement with Putin, held talks with Prigozhin, after which Lukashenko's press service reported that the head of the PMC accepted his proposal to stop the Wagner movement in Russia and take further steps to de-escalate. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Prigozhin would leave for Belarus, and the criminal case would be dropped. The Kremlin said that the guarantee of this is the word of the President of Russia. On June 27, Lukashenka confirmed Prigozhin's arrival on Belarusian territory.