Putin said that Wagner PMC was fully financed by the Russian budget. Almost 200 billion were spent on it in a year

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Wagner PMC, founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, was fully funded from the country's budget and the Ministry of Defense. about this He spoke at a meeting with servicemen in the Kremlin's Representative Office.

Putin claims that from May 2022 to May 2023, Russia "paid" PMCs more than 86 billion rubles, which went towards the maintenance of mercenaries, as well as stimulus payments. More than 110 billion were spent on insurance payments. In total, this is almost 200 billion rubles.

At the same time, according to Putin, the Concord company, which includes PMC Wagner, earned 80 billion rubles in a year from supplying food to the army. “I hope that in the course of these works, no one stole anything or, let's say, stole less. But, of course, we will deal with all this,” Putin said.

On June 26, Vladimir Putin addressed the Russians. He acknowledged that during the armed rebellion PMC Wagner killed military pilots. He also suggested that the mercenaries conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense, return to their relatives, or "go to Belarus."

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