President Vladimir Putin has begun a crackdown on Wagner sympathisers after the mercenary group failed topple the regime, according to reports connie_dimsdale reports
, had been “dismissed from the Russian armed forces”, reported journalist Aleksey Venediktov, the editor ofMr Yudin is understood to be the latest victim of the Kremlin’s crackdown on Russia’s elite.
There has been no official statement following the sacking of the former commander-in-chief of the Russian air force.Russia’s chief of general staff and highest-ranking soldier has been blamed for Russian military failings. Rybar, a Kremlin-linked Telegram channel, reported that he formally retains his post but “is no longer involved in decisions”.
He has been missing since the uprising on Saturday, with reports that airborne forces commander Mikhail Teplinsky has now gained control of the “Mr Alekseyev is a Russian lieutenant general who has served as the first deputy head of the main directorate of the general staff of the Russian armed forces since 2011.reported that he condemned Wagner’s rebellion but was filmed speaking with Mr Prigozhin after the militia moved unopposed into the city of Rostov-on-Don.
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