Wagner group accused of stoking ‘anarchy’ on Russia’s frontlines

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Kremlin commander claimed the mercenaries had kidnapped and tortured his soldiers during battle for Bakhmut

has been accused of stoking “anarchy” on Russia’s frontlines after one of the Kremlin’s military commanders claimed Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries had kidnapped and tortured his soldiers during the battle for Bakhmut.

, have already shown that the infighting in the Russian ranks had moved beyond words into physical clashes and ambushes.infighting between Prigozhin and the Russian military Venevitin, whose identity relatives have previously confirmed to the Guardian, claimed that his soldiers had been systematically kidnapped, abused, and sometimes subjected to sexual violence, using a slang for prison rape. He also claimed that Wagner had stolen two T-80 tanks, four machine guns, as well as a truck and an armoured fighting vehicle.

Prigozhin, in public comments, rejected the accusations, calling them “absolutely total nonsense”. He had previously said that his mercenaries had detained Venevitin, interrogated him, and then handed him over to authorities. Investigators have not confirmed that Venevitin is under investigation or has even been detained.

But Venevitin was the first military commander to be taken captive by the group. He said he had been detained by Wagner while on active duty, held in a basement, beaten, doused with petrol and subjected to three mock executions, before he was put on camera and told to apologise.

 

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