Russia launches criminal probe against Prigozhin

Russia launches criminal probe against Prigozhin

A criminal case has been opened against the Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin amid the seriousness of the situation and a threat of escalating confrontation in Russia, Federal Security Service’s Public Relations Center said, as per reports.

“Amid the seriousness of the situation and the threat of escalation of confrontation in the Russian Federation the FSB has opened a criminal case into the fact of a call for an armed rebellion on the part of Yevgeny Prigozhin,” it said.