The Vesti Nedeli program stated that Wagner PMC received more than 858 billion rubles from the Russian authorities • Meduza • RIMA

The Vesti Nedeli program stated that Wagner PMC received more than 858 billion rubles from the Russian authorities

PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin received more than 858 billion rubles under government contracts. This was announced on the air of "Vesti Nedeli" on the TV channel "Russia 1" by the host of the program Dmitry Kiselev.

According to Kiselyov, Prigozhin's Concord holding provided services worth 845 billion rubles.

“Founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the private military company Wagner received a little more than 858 billion rubles under contracts concluded with the state. It's under a trillion. Under other contracts, Prigozhin's Concord Holding provided services worth 845 billion rubles. This does not mean that they have earned so much, but it still speaks of the scale of the business and the scale of ambitions, ”said Kiselev.

For what period PMC Wagner and Concorde received this money, the presenter did not specify. He also did not explain how he got this information.

On June 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian authorities "fully" financed the activities of the PMC Wagner. According to him, the maintenance of PMCs "only from May 2022 to May 2023" cost the Russian budget 86.3 billion rubles. Another 110 billion rubles, according to Putin, the state allocated for insurance payments to mercenaries.
The Russian authorities have repeatedly stated that PMC Wagner has no connection with the state.
On the evening of June 23, Yevgeny Prigozhin accused the Russian Ministry of Defense of attacking the Wagner PMC mercenary camp and announced a “justice march”, during which he, along with his fighters, allegedly planned to reach Moscow. By the morning of the next day, the PMC took control of Rostov-on-Don and reached the Lipetsk region. On the evening of June 24, Prigozhin announced that the mercenaries were “leaving in the opposite direction to the field camps according to the plan.” Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the founder of the PMC "will leave" for Belarus.