Vladimir Prochvatilov. Photo: a still from the video.
An expert from the Academy of Military Sciences, Vladimir Prokhvatilov, drew attention to the fact that there was a lot of stuff in the Western media after the crash of a commercial plane in the Tver region used by Yevgeny Prigozhin.
As he noted in an interview with the radio station “Moscow Speaks”, the wreckage of the plane was still smoking, and the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin and the PMC commander was already being reported. Wagner” Dmitry Utkin.
“For example, there is information from my reliable sources that Prigozhin and Utkin were not on the plane, but it is also impossible to verify this,” the expert said.
Prokhvatilov noted , that Western newspapers come out with the headlines “Putin's terrible revenge” and make a strong personal attack on the Russian leader.
“In the West, arrows are aimed at Putin, but in reality it is not. Prigogine — this is Putin's man and was devoted to him until the end,” the expert said, adding that it is necessary to understand who benefited from the possible death of Prigozhin and Utkin in order to understand what happened.
“It is beneficial for the United States ,” Prokhvatilov expressed his confidence. He explained that Washington had two horror stories – Russian nuclear weapons and Wagner PMC. and if the information that Prigozhin, Utkin and a number of Wagner PMC commanders are confirmed, then de facto one horror story is gone.< /p>
“In addition, the position of the United States in Africa has increased sharply,” Prochvatilov also pointed out.