"I hope no one stole": Wagner PVC was completely held at the expense of the state - Putin

According to Vladimir Putin, since May 2022, the Wagner PEC received 86 billion rubles, and the company "Concord" - 80 billion rubles. The head of the Wagner PEC and the owner of Concord, Yevhen Prigogin, received 168 billion rubles from the Russian state. This was reported by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the Defense Ministry.

"The maintenance of the whole" Wagner group "was fully provided by the state - from the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget we fully financed this group," he said. From May 2022 to May 2023, the authorities paid more than 86 billion rubles to a private military company, and the head of state said. At the same time, a year's owner of Koncord earned 80 billion rubles through the "military", providing products and providing food organization in the army.

In addition, Putin said that Wagner PEC was funded by the state and received 86 billion rubles since May 2022. "I hope that no one has stolen or stole nothing, but we will deal with it all," Putin said. We will remind that the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin made a statement that the military stopped the civil war in the Russian Federation. According to the head of the aggressor state, servicemen and security forces proved faithfulness to the people and the military oath.