Leak of Prigozhin's Diaries Reveals Chief Wagner's Close Ties to the Kremlin

Yevgeny Prigozhin was condemned as a traitor by the Russian President Photo: Reuters

Yevgeny Prigozhin documented hundreds of appointments to top Russian government officials in the decade a calendar that testifies to Chief Wagner's deep access to the Kremlin.

Although the leader of the uprising last month in Russia only mentioned Vladimir Putin twice, he maintained regular contact with military leaders and regional governors.

Putin has called his former mercenary leader a traitor, but analysts say it may be difficult for the Russian leader to purge the government of Prigozhin's contacts.

The 2021 calendar was first revealed by Business Insider. earlier this year, which said it was important to re-evaluate after Prigozhin's failed coup.

If Putin intends to purge the ranks of potential Wagner supporters, he has nothing better to do,» the report said. .

A calendar found and deciphered by anti-Kremlin hackers and news organizations lists 17,824 meetings in the 10-year period to the end of November 2021, according to the news site.

Although only two entries referred to events from Putin, namely a meeting with the Russian leader and other ministers at a military base in 2015 and a press conference at a shopping center in Moscow in 2018, there were other references to meetings with the “president” and 73 meetings with the presidential head. employees.

Prigozhin's calendar also notes that he had 14 meetings with Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council and former president, and 33 meetings with Alexei Dyumin, one of Putin's former bodyguards and now governor Tula region.

The calendar notes that Prigozhin had meetings with the head of the Russian army, Valery Gerasimov, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, before they quarreled.

Prigozhin accused them of incompetence, because of which, according to him, thousands of Russian soldiers died in vain.