Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin may have decided to launch Russian coup after cancer diagnosis because he had ‘nothing to lose’
- Insiders revealed the coup’s chief, 62, underwent ‘years of intensive therapy’
Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin may have decided to launch his sudden revolt in Moscow following his cancer diagnosis because he had ‘nothing to lose’, insiders claimed tonight.
Kremlin insiders revealed the coup’s chief, 62, underwent ‘years of intensive therapy’ for stomach cancer before he entering remission and staged his arm mutiny against his former friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin, 70.
When speaking to his fighters, he reportedly said he ‘went nuts’ when he decided to carry out the attack where he vowed to ‘punish Russia’ after blaming the Kremlin for a missile attack on a Wagner training camp in Bakhmut, Ukraine, which killed dozens.
Alluding to his illness, a former Wagner member suggested the warlord had little to lose, telling The Sun: ‘This is a man with a cut-out stomach and intestines!’.
A raid into his St Petersburg mansion earlier this month found documents revealing his treatment for cancer, along with medical equipment thought to be used to treat the disease.
Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin may have decided to launch his sudden revolt in Moscow following his cancer diagnosis because he had ‘nothing to lose’, insiders claimed tonight
Members of the Wagner Group stormed into Moscow earlier this month as part of an attempted coup
The most recent rumours of Prigozhin’s cancer diagnosis are similar to those suggesting Putin is also undergoing for a serious cancer
The investigators also discovered huge caches of assault weapons and ammunition, stashes of gold bars, a stuffed alligator and a framed photo which is purported to show the severed heads of the exiled private military leader’s enemies.
Images of the raid also include a large closet containing many different wigs of varying styles and colours, from grey to mousy brown.
Photos purporting to show Prigozhin wearing the wigs as part of various disguises were leaked to state-backed Russian Telegram channels.
The quality of some disguises is laughable, leading to speculation that they may have been doctored in an attempt to further discredit the Wagner chief.
But Prigozhin’s supporters declared the leaking of the images may flout Russia’s strict national security laws, suggesting the oligarch was acting as a state agent, given Wagner’s ties to Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU.
The most recent rumours of Prigozhin’s cancer diagnosis are similar to those suggesting Putin is also undergoing for a serious cancer after being seen with a bloated face and trembling legs.
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