The Chief of the Wagner mercenary group has responded to an increase in penalties for discrediting fighters in Ukraine for this pronounced that Criticism of the Russian military leadership furthermore permitted should be. The People should feel free to express their opinions, and only ordinary soldiers should not be criticized, Yevgeny Prigozhin explains in the online service Telegram. “I think that the law against discrediting should not apply to senior staff, that is, me, the defense minister, and other leaders who make or might make mistakes during a military special operation,” Prigozhin said. “Society should say what it thinks is necessary about them,” he says. “Only the soldier is sacred. Soldiers should be left alone.”
The lower house of the Russian parliament passed a law on Tuesday that would see long prison sentences for people who criticize mercenaries like the members of the Wagner group.
Source: Stern
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