Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder and employee of the Wagner gangster group, commented on the order of the Russian Ministry of Defense and said that his employees would not sign an agreement on the Ministry of Defense.
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Those orders and decrees that Shoigu forms apply to employees of the Ministry of Defense and to military personnel, his press service quotes Prigozhin’s statement.
The Wagner PPK will not sign any contracts with Shoigu, Prigozhin continued. “The Wagner PPK coordinates its actions with the generals right, left, with unit commanders, has deep experience and a highly effective structure.”
Putin’s cook and founder of a private military company also once again criticized the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, saying that “most military units do not have such efficiency, precisely because Shoigu cannot normally manage military formations.”
Chairman of the human rights organization “Citizen. Army. Right”, as recognized in Russia as a “foreign agent”, Sergey Krivenko spoke in January 2023 about the likely legalization of the Wagner PPK.
Now they are acting in direct violation of the law “On Defense” and fall under Article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on illegal armed groups, the BBC quotes him. — Given the founder’s conflict [ПВК «Вагнера”] Yevgeny Prigozhin with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, the military can use the appearance in the law of the concept of “volunteer formations” as an opportunity to put the activities of the PIK, not related to the recruitment of prisoners in colonies, under their control.
On June 11, it became known that all Russian volunteer detachments are required to sign a contract with the RF Ministry of Defense before July 1.
This was announced by Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov at a conference call. The corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoyga.
The Russian authorities have repeatedly called private military companies “volunteer detachments”, so the decision of the military department may primarily refer to the Wagner PPK, which fought for Bakhmut for several months. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense does not mention the name of the Wagner PPK (or other military companies) in its reports.
Volunteers will be able to enter into individual contracts either with volunteer units or directly from the Ministry of Defense as contracted military personnel.
The Russian Ministry of Defense notes that the conclusion of contracts “will provide volunteer formations with the necessary legal status.”
The conclusion by citizens of contracts with the state is, first of all, the distribution to them, as well as to their family members, of social protection and support measures established by the state,” said Pankov.
The order of the Ministry of Defense itself was not published.
Under current Russian law, PECs are prohibited.
Source: Racurs
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