By: The opinion Posted Jun 24, 2023, 18:54 pm EDT
The former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev warned that if the rebellion of the Wagner group is successful and it comes to take power, nuclear weapons are at risk of falling into the hands of banditswhich would represent a existential threat to the whole world.
“Human history has yet to see the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons under the control of bandits. Obviously, such a crisis will not be limited to a single country. The world will be brought to the brink of annihilation.”warned Medvedev, who is vice president of the Security Council.
“We are very aware of the consequences of a coup in the largest nuclear power”Medvedev specified, according to what was published by the official TASS agency.
But he assured that the government of President Putin will not allow the advance of the Wagner group, which accuses the Russian army of attacking its people.
“We will not allow events to follow such a scenario. No matter how strongly the criminally insane and their followers wish to see it materialize,” he emphasized.
The rebellion of the Wagner group
The Wagner group, which was key in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is led byr Yevgeny Prigozhinwho announced the capture of the city of Rostov and stated that “The civil war has begun”.
For Dmitri Medvedev, the Wagner group rebellion was well orchestrated and planned.
“The development of current events shows that the actions of those who organized the military rebellion fully fit into the scheme of a well thought out and orchestrated coup”stressed the former Russian president.
Despite the fact that the leader of the Wagner group threatened to head to Moscow with more than 25,000 militants, to avoid bloodshed, he said.
Veygeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group will move to Belarus after reaching an agreement with President Alexander Lukashenko to stop the march of mercenaries towards Moscow, the Kremlin announced.
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