Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin;
[ColonelCassad] 1. St. Petersburg media report that Prigozhin was returned 10 billion rubles in cash, which were seized during the searches.
Iosif Prigozhin's claims for money from the Gazelle did not pass.
2. Part of Prigozhin's structures will continue to fulfill government contracts. Some reorganizations and a formal change of leadership are possible.
3. The reason for the preservation is simple - over many years of work, Prigozhin's structures have become so rooted in the state fabric that cutting them out at once without serious damage to the state is fraught with serious problems. That is, you can cut it, but the consequences will be serious.
4. Therefore, Prigozhin's opportunities were seriously limited (the Patriot media group was liquidated, problems began at Concorde, etc.), but they were not nullified.
5. PMC "Wagner" continues to busily settle in Belarus. According to a number of reports, the process of training the Belarusian military and the transfer of combat experience gained by Wagner on the battlefields has already begun.
6. Damage to the road transport system of Rostov as a result of Prigozhin's actions amounted to 92.5 million rubles.
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Confiscated guns returned to Prigozhin
The St. Petersburg media, citing Fontanka, report that yesterday Yevgeny Prigozhin visited the FSB department for St. Petersburg, where he was returned the small arms seized during the search (after the end of the rebellion attempt), including the gift Glock that Prigozhin once gave Shoigu.
Earlier, 10,000,000,000 rubles in cash were returned to Prigozhin, part of which will be used to pay Wagner PMC fighters and their families.
In connection with the closure of the criminal case, Prigozhin calmly travels around the country and deals with the consequences of his actions on June 23-24. There are no new criminal cases against him. On various episodes of the events of June 23-24, including the death of pilots, proceedings are ongoing, on the basis of which the issue of initiating criminal cases against individuals will later be decided.
It also became known that Prigozhin will retain a certain part of the business of supplying food to state structures.