According to many sources, Prigozhin's successor could be 61-year-old Andrei Troshev, better known as "Sedoy" ("Sit").
Exactly 18 months since the start of the war in Ukraine and a day after the alleged death of Wagner's leader👇
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who, according to Russian media, died in a plane crash in the Russian region of Tver, there is already widespread speculation in Russia about his successor.
As the newspaper Kommersant writes, even earlier, five days after the failed rebellion of the Wagner 👇
group, Putin met with Prigozhin and a number of senior Wagner fighters, and in the context of uncertainty about the future of the Wagner group, Putin proposed that they be commanded by a senior commander named Andrey Troshev instead of Yevgeny Prigozhin. 👇
Putin then offered Wagner's fighters several options for continuing their work, including the possibility of continuing to fight under Troshev. According to European Union sanctions documents, Andrei Troshev goes by the nickname "Sedoy" (Sit), 👇
and is a retired colonel who holds the position of executive director of the Wagner Group.
He was born in April 1953 in Leningrad, today's Saint Petersburg, Putin's hometown, in the former Soviet Union, where he graduated from the Artillery Academy. 👇
European Union documents detail Troshev's role as "chief of staff" in the Wagner Group's operations in Syria, where the group supported the Syrian government under Bashar al-Assad.
"Andrei Troshev directly participated in the Wagner Group's military operations in Syria." 👇
He particularly stood out in the Deir ez-Zor area. "His key contribution to Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian regime," the documents said.
Troshev was closely associated with several prominent figures in the Wagner Group, including founder Dimitriy Utkin (who reportedly died 👇
on the plane with Prigozhin). A veteran of many wars, Troshev was in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War and distinguished himself in the North Caucasus, particularly in the Chechen War, while serving in the Russian military.
He was also the commander of SOBR, 👇
the special rapid response unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. For his services, Troshev was twice awarded the Order of the Red Star for services in Afghanistan. 👇
In 2016, he received Russia's highest honor, "Hero of Russia," for leading the attack on Palmyra in Syria against Islamic State terrorists.
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🇩🇪🔥🇪🇺‼️Berliner Zeitung: An era has ended - The time when Europe could rule the world is over‼️
The expansion of BRICS and moving away from the dollar speaks of the unwillingness of the countries of that alliance to obey the rules dictated by the West, writes 👇
the German newspaper "Berliner Zeitung".
"The era when Europe could rule the world has long passed," the newspaper points out and states that in Asian geopolitical institutes such as those in Hanoi, Vientiane and Phnom Penh, the European Union is not perceived as 👇
an independent world political player, but as an "addition" to Washington.
The author of the article also recalled the words of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, who said that it is time to start using local currencies and alternative payment 👇
🇺🇲🔥‼️ALARM - The collapse of American dominance: A fateful decision was made in BRICS‼️
The West has serious cause for alarm. His dominant position has never been more precarious.
At the summit of BRICS heads of state held in Johannesburg, 👇
a decision was made to expand the association. After the discussion, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa were joined by Saudi Arabia, Iran, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates. 👇
On the one hand, there is nothing surprising in this, in the past six months there have been many conversations on this topic. On the other hand, there were many rumors on the Internet that New Delhi and Brazil were against the new members. 👇
🇺🇲🇪🇺🇺🇦💥🇷🇺‼️After the delivery of the F-16, a real war with Russia will follow‼️
The transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine represents a slap in the face of the USA to all initiators of peace negotiations and agreements. 👇
They were simply shown their place in the struggle of Americans for their interests. This was stated by the Russian politician, Sergei Markov.
"The transfer of F-16s to Ukraine is a gateway to the supply of various other Western weapons systems." 👇
Because many types of rockets and glide bombs and other weapons systems could not be delivered to the Ukrainian army, because they cannot be used on the Soviet MiG and Su aircraft that are now in Ukraine.
🇷🇺‼️Grew up with Putin in St. Petersburg: Who was Yevgeny Prigozhin?‼️
Russian officials have confirmed that the leader of Wagner, who was behind the uprising in June, was on the plane that crashed in the Tver region. 👇
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group that launched an armed rebellion in June, was on board a private plane that crashed in the Tver region near Moscow, killing all 10 people on board, Russian officials said. 👇
Rosaviatsia, the Russian aviation authority, announced that Prigozhin was one of the passengers listed in the manifest that was on the Embraer business jet that crashed tonight.
The cause of the plane crash is still unclear, but Prigozhin's long-standing feud with the 👇
🇺🇦💥🇷🇺‼️Continuation of the war is the only option for Zelenski‼️
Tension in Ukrainian society is growing due to the return of a large number of veterans from the front.
Oleg Tsarev, a former member of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, spoke about this in a statement to the media👇
"I constantly communicate with someone from the Ukrainian side and follow the mood. The frontliners are coming back, but there is no work. There they received high enough military salaries, although not as high as in Russia, and now they have no work. 👇
They perceive themselves as heroes, and when there is no work and there are high demands, it makes the situation very difficult. They come disgraced - we fought, and in Kiev they stole and made money from bribes. All this causes very strong tension," said Tsarev. 👇