For a semi-official Russian account of what happened in Rostov when Prigozhin was there last Saturday, read this piece published yesterday in Vzglyad. This reports Shoigu’s presence in the city at the time; the advance knowledge at the General Staff of Prigozhin’s threats, intentions, plans, and force capacities.
The inventory of the initial official searches of Prigozhin’s St Petersburg offices and vehicles uncovered five kilogrammes of cocaine, about Rb4 billion in cash, gold bullion bars, barrels of US dollars, several false passports, pistols, and records of offshore transactions in the Central African Republic and elsewhere. Prigozhin, speaking before Putin made public his comment on stealing, confirmed the cash and told Fontanka, a St. Petersburg publication, he saw “nothing terrible”
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