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The head of the feared group of Russian mercenaries Wagner has called for the son-in-law of the Russian defense minister to be raped or “given with the sledgehammer.”
Wagner’s boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, threatened that his men would bring Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s son-in-law, 33-year-old Alexey Stolyarov, so he could be trained to go fight in Ukraine.
Prigozhin said the fitness influencer could be ‘raped’ or face the notorious ‘hammer’ execution Wagner has used to kill defectors, as the bitter rift between Vladimir Putin’s top military cronies spirals out of control.
Wagner’s boss, like General Shoigu, is a close crony of Putin’s, but the two men hate each other.
Prigozhin demanded that Stolyarov, who avoided conscription and is an associate of Shoigu’s daughter Ksenia Shoigu, 32, be trained for war.
Wagner’s boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, threatened that his men would bring in Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s son-in-law, Alexey Stolyarov, 33, so he could be trained to go fight in Ukraine.
Prigozhin demanded that Stolyarov (right), who avoided conscription and is a partner of Shoigu’s (center) daughter Ksenia Shoigu (left), 32, should be trained for war.
“I can give instructions on what needs to be done: it is necessary to catch Stolyarov and bring it to him,” Prigozhin said.
I will train him for six weeks. I’ll help him improve by sending him into combat operations. before that may be [raped].’
Prigozhin also ranted that “we should take a sledgehammer and treat it in an adult way, humor aside.”
At least one convicted murderer, Yevgeny Nuzhin, 55, was beaten to death with a sledgehammer for leaving Wagner’s front lines, and there have been reports that there have been more examples.
Prigozhin has raged against the defense minister, especially over the slow supply of ammunition and weapons to his forces, which are made up of volunteers and convicts released to fight for Putin. He has labeled such failures as betrayal.
Prigozhin is believed to want General Shoigu sacked amid rumors that he himself wants the job of defense minister.
He has also attacked Ksenia Shoigu for enjoying a vacation in Dubai while the war in Ukraine continues. She was also seen with Stolyarov on a Black Sea beach.
Meanwhile, Stolyarov was recently spotted hiking in Africa, even though his father-in-law has forced many a man his age to fight and die in the Ukraine.
At least one convicted murderer, Yevgeny Nuzhin, 55, (pictured) was beaten to death with a sledgehammer for leaving Wagner’s front lines, and there have been reports of other examples.
The influencer, who has 4.2 million subscribers on YouTube and three-quarters of a million on Instagram, was hit by a wave of backlash to his African adventure.
Stolyarov claimed that Prigozhin was wrongly attacking him for “liking” an opposition social media post that read: “Precisely one year has passed since Putin and his entourage unleashed a senseless and bloody war.”
The YouTuber said he was also falsely accused of labeling a woman ‘Z trash’ and telling her to go to war.
“I didn’t like it at all and I didn’t write anything to anyone,” Stolyarov said.
‘Please keep your own head on your shoulders and don’t allow yourself to be manipulated with the help of Photoshop. A hug to all.
Prigozhin’s attack on Shoigu’s son-in-law is clearly aimed at hurting the defense minister.
Prigozhin, nicknamed “Putin’s chef” who once provided catering services to the Kremlin, accused Shoigu last week of starving his fighters in Ukraine of ammunition, which he said amounts to an attempt to “destroy” the force.
Prigozhin said out loud that Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov are giving orders “right and left” not to supply Wagner with ammunition or air transport. The company has been involved in heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Nicknamed ‘Putin’s chef’ (pictured together) who once provided catering services to the Kremlin, Prigozhin accused Shoigu last week of depriving his fighters in Ukraine of ammunition, which he said amounts to an attempt to ‘ destroy the force
This “can be compared to high treason at the very moment when Wagner is fighting for Bakhmut, losing hundreds of his fighters every day,” Prigozhin said.
Millionaire Prigozhin and his fighters have claimed for weeks that the military does not provide them with enough ammunition. Wagner’s drive to seize Bakhmut, a town in Ukraine’s partially occupied eastern Donetsk region, has stalled and turned into a grueling battle.
Shoigu then delivered weapons and ammunition to Wagner after Prigozhin’s tirade.
However, the episode shows the poisonous war relations between the commanders Putin relies on for military success.