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| German intelligence intercepted a telephone conversation between Lukashenko and Prigozhin - media |
| 2023-07-09 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The German Federal Intelligence Service may have intercepted a telephone conversation between Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Wagner PMC owner Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 24 during an attempted armed rebellion, German broadcasters, members of the ARD media group, reported. German intelligence must have been aware of the attempted armed rebellion in Russia in advance and followed the negotiations between Lukashenka and Prigozhin, according to the Tagesschau publication. It is alleged that German intelligence officers learned directly about Lukashenka's mediating role. At the same time, the representative of the intelligence service itself did not comment on the sources of obtaining data on the negotiations. A week before the incident, intelligence tried to get information from partners. Having failed to achieve success, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was not informed in time about the upcoming events in Russia. The department only before the start of the rebellion passed information to the German government, according to the journalists' investigation. As IA Regnum reported, on June 24, PMC Wagner, founded by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, tried to stage an armed rebellion in Russia. PMC fighters on heavy equipment arrived in Rostov-on-Don, and then some of them headed towards Moscow in a column. President of Belarus Lukashenko, in agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, held talks with Prigozhin. The parties agreed that armed fighters would stop moving across Russian territory, and further steps would be taken to de-escalate tensions. The PMC column stopped the movement, the military left Rostov-on-Don. The PMC fighters were offered to conclude a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense, return to their families or go to Belarus. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that all Russian political forces have already spoken out about the armed rebellion. Moscow does not care about Western concerns on this issue, the minister added. |
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