You turned into a dustbin. The founder of the Wagner Group responds to the Washington Post's questions.

You turned into a dustbin.

The founder of the Wagner Group responds to the Washington Post's questions.

Russian businessman Yevgeny Bregogen, founder of the private military company Wagner, commented on the questions posed to him by the Washington Post, which he described as absurd and provocative.

The newspaper asked Bregogen for comment on an alleged "recent" meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which he criticized the administration of the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine for the conflict.

She also asked

whether Prigogen had agreed to record a video in which alleged elements of

1. the Wagner Group complained of
2. shortages of food and other materials
3. and whether the The purpose
4. "obtain additional resources" for the team was the main goal of the movie.

The Prigogen Press

Service published a statement containing the businessman's comment on the newspaper's questions, where Bregokhin asserted that he had not "recently or for some foreseeable time" reached out to Putin, Additionally, The government had not "criticized the command of the Russian armed forces during the fighting in Ukraine the day before. that

I am not authorized to launch either unfavorable, neutral, or positive judgments of the activities of the armed forces and the Russian Minister of Defence,  he continued.

He continued:

 "I have never seen a video in which Wagner soldiers complain of a shortage of food or other items", nor has he received resources from anyone to supply the group.

Begogin called on Washington Post

journalists not to show the appearance of "hysteria bazaar women in kitchens having rumours and speculation", and not to try to "create some kind of information space by asking degrading and ridiculous provocative questions".

Prigogen believed that "most American journalists, especially those from the democratic camp, today suffer from crude, vulgar populism."

"You have become just a dustbin"

he concluded, hoping that the American press would regain "even some objectivity".

The Russian authorities had repeatedly indicated that the "Wagner Group" was a private military company unrelated to the Russian army.

Wagner Group

It is a Russian paramilitary organization.

Some described it as a private military company (or special military contracting agency), whose contractors were said to have been involved in various conflicts, including operations in the Syrian civil war on the Syrian Government's side, as well as from 2014 to 2015

In the war in Donbass, Ukraine, the separatist forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics assisted.

Others see

1. Including reports in The New York Times
2. Wagner is truly an independent unit of
3. the Russian Ministry of Defense

and/or the main intelligence directorate undercover

used by the Russian government in disputes requiring denial, where its forces are trained in Ministry of Defense installations.

It is believed to be owned by businessman Yevgeny Bregogen, who has close links with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine

• According to The Times, when Russia invaded Ukraine

• which began on 24 February 2022

• the Wagner Group transferred more than 400 contractors

from the Central African Republic

in mid to late January on a mission to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Government

Thus paving the way for Russia's assumption of control. The Ukrainian Government received information in this regard early on 26 February

It then announced a 36-hour 

• "strict" curfew to sweep the capital in search of "Russian saboteurs.

• "The Government asserted yesterday that

• its forces had killed 60 saboteurs in Kiev

• who were pretending to be a regional defence unit.

Immediately after the Government's receipt of this information

heavy fighting broke out in western and north-eastern Kiev, where Ukraine allegedly repelled an attack on a military base.

By morning, Ukrainian troops had secured the capital. The United States described Russian troops entering Kiev as "reconnaissance elements".

Two days later, an American official said

there were "some indications" that Wagner was working, but it was not clear where or how many.

By March 3, according to the Times, Zelensky had survived three assassination attempts, two of which were allegedly orchestrated by the Wagner Group.

On 8 March

the Ukrainian military claimed that the first private military contractors from Wagner had been killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion and the first death by name was confirmed on 13 March.