'Exiled' Wagner Boss Returns to Russia and Gets His Weapons Back

Source: Daily Beast

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‘Exiled’ Wagner Boss Returns to Russia and Gets His Weapons Back

The arsenal includes a Glock reportedly presented to him by the same defense minister he hoped to capture in the attempted insurrection.

Allison Quinn
News Editor
Published Jul. 05, 2023 7:40AM EDT

The Russian mercenary boss who got off unscathed after staging an armed uprising against the country’s military leadership has returned to St. Petersburg to collect an arsenal of weapons confiscated from him by the security services.

Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was spotted Tuesday arriving at an FSB office in St. Petersburg along with his security team, local news outlet Fontanka reports. He had reportedly been invited to collect several weapons seized by security services in the wake of his attempted insurrection last month.

Authorities handed over two Saiga rifles, a Mannlicher rifle, and several other firearms, according to Fontanka. The lot reportedly also included a Glock pistol gifted to the foul-mouthed mercenary boss by none other than Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, whom Prigozhin had allegedly hoped to capture in his armed uprising and march on Rostov.

Prigozhin was also reportedly given back 10 billion rubles (more than $100 million) that law enforcement had found during a raid on one of his vehicles.

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