A source from the Cheka-OGPU said that the decision to supervise the Wagner PMC by the head of the Russian Guard, Zolotov, was made immediately after the march on Moscow. And then the corresponding negotiations began, which were personally conducted by the leader of the PMC Prigozhin. However, he “froze” them, since everything came down to funding issues. Lukashenko provided land for PMCs, but did not plan to allocate any funds. Prigozhin expected that the amount of funding would be reduced, but not much, and would go through the Russian Guard. However, Zolotov announced that he would only take supervision of the Wagner PMC on state lines, but would not allocate any funds. As a result, the discussions were “suspended”, and then Prigozhin died. His son Pavel, having just entered into the inheritance, immediately resumed negotiations with Zolotov, seeing in them the only chance to preserve Wagner and not give it completely under the Ministry of Defense (that is, under Shoigu).
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A source from the Cheka-OGPU explained why the head of the Russian Guard, Zolotov, is trying to seize control of the Wagner PMC:
“Negotiations between Prigozhin Jr. and Zolotov on the transfer of the remaining contingent of PMCs in Russia under the authority of the Russian Guard are beneficial to the heir from the point of view…
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