24 agos 2023 anni - Teller Report: Prigozhin's likely successor

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Experts and analysts: this is the figure chosen by Putin to succeed Prigozhin to the leadership of Wagner
8/24/2023

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According to the Russian newspaper Kommersant, Putin had proposed Andrei Trushev as Wagner's new leader during a meeting with the leaders of this group days after the end of Prigozhin's rebellion last June.

Experts and analysts predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin will choose a pro-Kremlin figure at the head of the Wagner Group. Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner's leader, was killed in the crash of his plane on Wednesday. Political analyst: Putin will look for a reliable alternative that adheres to red lines. Former U.S. elite forces officer Sean McFett said Putin wants Wagner to work for him to extend the group's arms in Africa. The guest of the program is also the author of the book "The New Mercenary... Private armies and what they mean for the international system"

Experts and analysts who spoke to the program "Scenarios" predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin will choose a pro-Kremlin figure at the head of the Wagner Group, succeeding its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in the crash of his plane.

Experts and analysts who spoke to the program "Scenarios" predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin will choose a pro-Kremlin figure at the head of the Wagner Group to succeed its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash north of Moscow on Wednesday.

Political analyst Yevgeny Sidorov described Wagner's future as uncertain after the killing of its leader, and said that the Russian leadership will look for a reliable alternative that adheres to red lines so that the story of Prigozhin and his rebellion is not repeated, referring to the armed rebellion led by the Wagner leader last June.


According to Sidorov, the current situation imposes on Putin the appointment of a new leader of the group with the same qualities as his predecessor, to continue tasks in Africa or Ukraine, stressing that Andrei Troshev, who puts forward his name to be the alternative, is not alone on the list and there are other candidates, including military leaders serving in the regular army, meaning that they have a close relationship with the Kremlin and are loyal to the president.

For Dr. Ziad Majed, a professor of political science at the American University of Paris, Troshev, a former Russian army colonel and one of Wagner's most prominent founders, seems to be the qualified figure for Prigozhin's successor, because of his track record and because he will be best able to invest in Wagner's missions.

According to the Russian newspaper Kommersant, Putin had proposed Trushev as Wagner's new leader during a meeting with the leaders of this group days after the end of Prigozhin's rebellion last June.

Speaking to the episode (2023/8/24) of the program "Scenarios", Dr. Majid said that anyone who will inherit what is left of the Wagner Group will realize that it is in danger, and that he must comply with certain red lines and not deviate from the dictates of the Kremlin and his master, as well as the Russian intelligence services.

Sean McFett, a former U.S. elite forces officer and professor at the National Defense College, said Putin wants Wagner to work for him to extend the group's arms in Africa.

Geopolitical implications
The guest of the program - who is also the author of the book "The New Mercenary... Private armies and what they mean for the international system" – that the death of the Wagner commander has geopolitical repercussions in Africa and Europe.

He said that this group was an important tool for Russia to extract natural resources such as natural gas and gold from African countries to fuel the war in Ukraine, and revealed that Prigozhin was sending Sudanese gold to Moscow, but he did not rule out that the relationship of these countries with Russia would be affected in the absence of Prigozhin, especially as he was weaving his relations with people and not with institutions in those countries, as the spokesman explains.


On Washington's position on the current developments, the former officer in the US elite forces stressed that the United States - especially the Department of Defense - does not like to work in the Sahel and Horn of Africa, and therefore does not want to enter into conflict in Africa because of Wagner.

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