Putin Gathers Security Chiefs | Prigozhin’s Mutiny | The Billions in Wagner Group Budget
Russian President Vladimir Putin gathered more than 2,500 personnel from the Ministry of Defense, the Russian National Guard, the Federal Security Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Federal Protective Service (FSO), who suppressed Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion on June 23-24, 2023, at Cathedral Square in the Kremlin. Putin announced that the security forces had stopped the civil war and revealed that the Wagner PMC was entirely financed by the Russian budget. The company received tens of billions of rubles. The head of the Russian National Guard, Viktor Zolotov, announced the service would acquire heavy weapons, including tanks and long-range artillery. #LenTV24