He wants to drive Russians into absolute isolation and promises to punish everyone who dares to use video hosting.
The founder of the “Wagner” PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced the closure of the popular YouTube site for citizens of the Russian Federation.
According to him, the punishment for using video hosting will affect all Russians, Prigozhin is quoted by his personal press service.
“And now I will tell you one thing in secret. No matter how hard the scumbags who pretend to participate, but in fact, hinder us in special operations, who wear Russian flags on May 9, but place relatives abroad and go to Dubai to play golf, YouTube will be shut down soon. And those who are actively using YouTube will in turn be found out and face the deserved punishment after it is banned,” he said.
It is interesting that when talking about some “relatives abroad” who are “going to Dubai to play golf”, Prigozhin almost directly “ran into” the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu and his daughter Ksenia. Earlier, she and her husband, blogger Oleksiy Stolyarov, showed how they have fun in Dubai.
Another person from Putin’s system, “United Russia” deputy Denys Dolzhenko from the Legislative Assembly of the Vologda region, was also overtaken by a flurry of indignation. The husband went to the Emirate to rest on New Year’s Eve and posted several pictures from there. One of them was a joint photo with Ksenia Shoigu.
Under the photo, Dolzhenko indicated the geotag “Vologda”, but the mass media quickly identified the sign and location of the Louis Féraud boutique, which is not in Vologda, but is located in The Dubai Mall, from the photo. On January 17, Dolzhenko was expelled from the “United Russia” faction.
Prigozhin’s role in Putin’s entourage
The founder of the private military company “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin still remains the favorite of the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and his direct political “heir”.
British intelligence believes that the recent appointment of the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov to the post of head of the so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine may be interpreted by some as a kind of reduction of Prigozhin’s role.
However, the significance of Putin’s chef in the Kremlin’s court intrigues cannot be discounted, given his leadership of Wagner PMC.
