The well-known Russian opposition businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky, The richest man in Russia until his conviction and exile, regretted today that with the failure of the Wagner uprising the opportunity for a change of government in Russia was lost, but he called to be ready for new revolts.
“Thought with a cool head: yesterday a revolutionary situation took place. An uprising in Moscow could have changed power. We let the situation slip, this is a minus. But the regime weakened as a result of that, this is a plus,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
According to Khodorkovsky, “more situations like this will arise.” “And you have to be ready for themhe urged.
After declaring themselves in absentia, the Wagner Group crossed the Russian border, occupied the city of Rostov on the Don and sent four columns on a “march of justice” towards Moscow, as the head of the mercenaries called it, Yevgeny Prigozhinin order to replace the Russian military leadership, which he blames for the failures of the Russian Army in Ukraine.
The Russian President, Vladimir Putindescribed the revolt as “treason” and only thanks to the mediation of his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenkoan agreement was reached with Prigozhin that put an end to the uprising.