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A Russian government agency is opening a criminal investigation into Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin after he called for an armed uprising on Friday aimed at removing the country’s defense minister.
In a series of video and audio recordings, Prigozhin angrily accused Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of ordering a missile strike on the private military contractor’s field camps where the group fights in Ukraine on behalf of Russia.
“This is not a military coup, but a march of justice,” Prigozhin declared.
The Russian Defense Ministry denied carrying out the missile strike.
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Founder of the private mercenary group Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves a cemetery for the burial of a Russian military blogger who was killed in a bombing at a cafe in St. Petersburg, in Moscow, Russia, April 8, 2023. (Reuters/Yulia Morozova/File Photo)
According to the state news agency Taas, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, part of the Federal Security Services, will open a criminal investigation into allegations of incitement to armed insurrection. The report states that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been kept informed of the situation.
This is an evolving story.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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