Several sources of the Cheka-OGPU immediately confirmed the information that after fleeing Rostov and the rapid advance of the Wagner PMC to Moscow, Sergei Shoigu was actually isolated by the FSO; he was not allowed anywhere under the pretext of personal safety. In reality, Shoigu was at that moment the object of negotiations between Prigozhin and Lukashenko. It was because of Shoigu’s person that Prigozhin initially interrupted the negotiations (Putin refused to hand over his defense minister). However, the situation became more and more difficult every hour, the column was rapidly approaching Moscow. As a result, Putin actually fulfilled all of Prigozhin’s demands, defending Shoigu. But even then he was not taken out of isolation, since Deputy Director of the FSB of the Russian Federation Korolev personally gave the go-ahead for an urgent revision of all materials on the Ministry of Defense (the question regarding Deputy Minister Tsalikov is still open, by the way). Dyumin also convinced Putin of the need to “remove” Shoigu. But Putin decided differently – to make Shoigu almost a hero who defeated Prigozhin.
The source believes that the point here is that Shoigu is extremely dangerous in the event of his resignation, due to his awareness, the huge number of people devoted to him in leadership positions and the presence of leverage over processes in the Kremlin. “This is not the harmless Medvedev or Surkov, whose silence and inaction can be bought with money, this is more serious. Putin is not ready for such a conflict now,” our interlocutor believes.
The source believes that the point here is that Shoigu is extremely dangerous in the event of his resignation, due to his awareness, the huge number of people devoted to him in leadership positions and the presence of leverage over processes in the Kremlin. “This is not the harmless Medvedev or Surkov, whose silence and inaction can be bought with money, this is more serious. Putin is not ready for such a conflict now,” our interlocutor believes.
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