Talk:Yevgeny Prigozhin

Ghost soldiers in Russia : can someone provide original transcript in order to search a Russian source online ?

There is a video circulating on twitter of Yevgeny Prigozhin (at 0'57"), before his Wagner Group rebellion, making a statement characteristic of the practice of Ghost soldiers, stating :

« In this LPR and RPR there were the Army Corps, which, in case of attack by Ukrainians, were meant to give a response. However, these [Army Corps] didn't exist. In reality, there was a minimal number of solidiers, and a certain number of generals were simply stealing the money. Wikth a salary of 40k, 20k would stay at the [commander], 20k would be given to the soldiers who signed the contract, there was no training, while the generals were simply getting money for these dead soul and the budget were stolen. »

This is quite meaningful, confirming earlier foreign analysis of systemic corruptions, overestimate and lack of human resources and materials. I looked for English journalistic sources citing this Prigozhin statement but found nothing online. Can I cite the videos via the tweet ? Can someone provide Russian transcripts to search a Russian source online ? How should I proceed ? Yug (talk) 🐲 17:34, 25 June 2023 (UTC)