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After Prigozhin's death, Putin orders Wagner's fighters to sign an oath of allegiance to Russia

2023-08-26 12:33:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

After Prigozhin's death, Putin orders Wagner's fighters to sign an

President Vladimir Putin has ordered Wagner fighters to sign an oath of loyalty to the Russian state following the deadly accident that reportedly killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group.

Putin signed the decree making the change effective immediately Friday after the Kremlin said Prigozhin was killed on his orders, claims the Russian president called an absolute lie.

Russia's aviation authority said Prigozhin was aboard a private plane that crashed Wednesday night northwest of Moscow with no survivors, two months after he led a failed rebellion against army chiefs. .

President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the families of those killed in the accident on Thursday, where he also spoke of Prigozhin.

Putin's introduction of a mandatory oath for employees of Wagner and other private military contractors was a clear move to bring such groups under tighter state control.

The decree, published on the Kremlin's website, compels anyone performing work on behalf of the military or supporting what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine to formally swear allegiance to Russia.

Described in the decree as a step to forge the spiritual and moral foundations of Russia's defense, the wording of the oath includes a line in which those who take it promise to scrupulously follow the orders of commanders and senior leaders./ CNA





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