Putin calls for Wagner Group thugs swear oath of allegiance to Russia
The Kremlin has referred to as on Wagner Group troops to swear an oath of allegiance to Russia following the dying of their chief.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order on Friday calling for members of the Wagner Group, a personal army agency that assists Moscow’s struggle efforts, to swear an oath of allegiance to the Russian state.
The order reads: “The Executive Order has been signed with the view to shaping spiritual and moral foundations for defending the Russian Federation, its independence and Constitution.
“Under the executive order, the oath to the State Flag of the Russian Federation shall be administered to people joining volunteer units and other persons contributing to fulfilling the objectives of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as other troops, military units and bodies as per the Federal Law On Defence, and taking part in the special military operation;
“Those employed by state enterprises established as per the law setting forth a special legal framework regulating the circulation of arms and security; and persons involved in territorial defence.
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“The executive order contains the text of the oath.”
It comes after Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin allegedly died in a aircraft crash earlier this week.
Prigozhin was reportedly listed as considered one of ten passengers on the non-public jet that plunged into the Earth on its journey from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
The crash killed all 10 passengers, together with a number of high-profile members of Wagner.
Since Prigozhin’s disappearance earlier this week, hypothesis that Wagner might collapse has mounted.
Ukrainian Army Major Vitor Trugebov informed Daily Express US: “If it isn’t staged, it might be coincidence (extremely unlikely) or assassination (very doubtless). If it is assassination, it is like telling all of the Russians ‘that is what occurs when you attempt to transfer tanks to Moscow.”
“In any case, it’s the finish of Wagner undertaking.’
Meanwhile, numerous alleged Wagner Group members have taken to Telegram to vent their fears about the way forward for the mercenary group.
A Russian army blogger presupposed to be a Wagner Group member wrote on Telegram: “It is not yet clear whether Hero of Russia Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin was on board, but if he was, then pack your things, and f*** this whole war we DO NOT NEED.”
Prigozhin based Wagner in 2014 and was exiled to Belarus following the tried mutiny earlier this summer time.
The non-public army group mounted a short-lived armed mutiny in opposition to Russia’s army management in late June after repeatedly bashing the Kremlin for its battle technique.
According to Dr Joana de Deus Pereira, a senior analysis fellow on the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), Prigozhin’s alleged dying will warrant a “certain revamping” of the organisation.
She informed the BBC‘s World Tonight programme: “The organisation will persist in the future probably with another name, but it has already proved it has the capacity to adapt and to morph.
“We have to take a look at Wagner not solely as a single man however as an ecosystem, as a hydra with many many heads and lots of various pursuits in Africa.”
Prigozhin appeared in his first video address since his failed coup just one day before his death which suggested he was in Africa, where Wagner is believed to have thousands of fighters stationed.
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