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The RIA agency reported today, Thursday, citing a high-ranking deputy, that Russia informed the head of the Wagner Private Military Group Yevgeny Prigozhin that he would be denied funding if his fighters did not sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense.

Andrei Kartapolov, head of the defense committee in the Russian parliament, said today, Thursday, that the founder of the Wagner Special Forces, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been informed that the Russian Defense Ministry intends to stop funding the Wagner group. , in the event that its members do not enter into contracts with it.

Kartapolov told reporters that Prigozhin did not comply with the decision of the Russian Defense Ministry on contracts.

He added that he was informed that Wagner would not participate in the Russian special operation in Ukraine.

private military companies

The head of the RF State Duma Committee on Defense earlier said that the council is currently preparing a bill on the activities of private military companies in Russia.

Kartapolov added that it is necessary to pass a law regulating the work of private military companies in the Russian Federation.

These statements were made against the backdrop of a crisis between the armed Wagen movement and the Russian army, after the fighters of the armed group fought on the side of the Russian army against Ukraine.

A special military movement recently announced its insurgency against Russian forces, took control of a number of cities and towns in the Russian Federation and began to move towards the capital, Moscow, until the President of Belarus intervened as an intermediary between the two sides and reached an agreement to end the uprising of the armed group .