Will Putin publicly claim Surovikin was Prigozhin’s accomplice by the end of 2023?
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@Schwabilismus translation

General Sergey Surovikin, deputy commander of the united group of Russian troops in Ukraine, has been arrested. This information was reported to The Moscow Times by two sources close to the Defense Ministry's apparatus. Officially, the department has not commented on this information in any way.

"The story with him there was not OK. For the authorities. I cannot say anything else," commented one of the sources on the reason for the arrest.

"In the context of Prigozhin. Apparently he [Surovikin] picked [Prigozhin's] side during the mutiny and got grabbed by the balls," said a second source. When asked where the general is now, he replied: "This information is not commented upon even through the internal channels.

Rumors about the arrest of Surovikin were earlier published by the military blogger Vladimir Romanov. According to him, the general was arrested on June 25 - the day after the rebellion of the "Wagner" PMC, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin. According to his information, Surovikin is in the pre-detention center Lefortovo.

According to The Moscow Times source, it is not clear whether Surovikin was aware of Prigozhin's mutiny. "He did not behave particularly obediently when he was tasked to read the text on camera and to collapse, he was too defiant to the leadership," the source said. Because of this, he said, there could have been the impression that Surovikin was part of the "Prigozhin coalition."

The holder of the highest general rank in the Russian army, Surovikin "has not been in touch with his family for three days," writes former Ekho Moskvy chief Alexei Venediktov. His security guards don't answer either.

Surovikin knew in advance about Yevgeny Prigozhin's plans to launch an armed insurgency against Russia's military leadership, The New York Times previously reported, citing U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence.

They said they are now trying to find out whether Surovikin helped plan the mutiny, which turned into a march on Moscow and became the most serious threat to President Vladimir Putin's regime in his 23 years in power.

@Schwabilismus Thanks for translating!! This sounds nuts!!

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