A senior Russian general had advance knowledge of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans to rebel against Russia’s military leadership, which has prompted questions about what support the mercenary leader had inside the top ranks.
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If Surovikin was involved in last weekend’s events, it would be the latest sign of the infighting that has characterized Russia’s military leadership since the start of Putin’s war in Ukraine and could signal a wider fracture between supporters of Prigozhin and Putin’s two senior military advisers: Sergei Shoigu, the minister of defense, and Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of general staff.
Senior American officials suggest that an alliance between Surovikin and Prigozhin could explain why Prigozhin is still alive, despite seizing a major Russian military hub and ordering an armed march on Moscow. But one former official called that message akin to “a hostage video.” Surovikin’s body language suggested he was uncomfortable denouncing a former ally, one who shared his view of the Russian military leadership, the former official said.
Independent experts, and U.S. and allied officials said that Prigozhin seemed to believe that large parts of Russia’s army would rally to his side as his convoy moved on Moscow.
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