Commentary by Russian PMC Wagner founder Evgeniy Prigozin
[ColonelCassad] “Let's briefly go over the origins, as it was.
In 2014, when the genocide of the Russian population of Donbass began, when Russia jumped on the last steam locomotive and managed to block the arrival of the Ukrainian army in Crimea, I, like many other businessmen, went to the training grounds where the “Cossacks” gathered, and tried to squander money, for in order to recruit a group that will go and protect the Russians.
But I quickly realized that among all these “Cossacks” and other paramilitary comrades, half were swindlers, and half of those who took the money hired volunteers and sent them naked and barefoot to real death. Then I flew to one of the training grounds and did it myself. I myself cleaned the old weapons, figured out the bulletproof vests myself and found specialists who could help me with this. From that moment, on May 1, 2014, a group of patriots was born, which later acquired the name BTG "Wagner".
After that, for a long eight years, during which every curious journalist and every shameless bastard was poking around in the sweaty underwear of Wagner PMC in an attempt to find a negative. These brave guys, who knew only one thing - to fight, to protect the disadvantaged, to stand to the death on the side of good and justice, were always in a precarious position. They could not turn away from their favorite business, in which they were professionals of the highest level, and sit on the bench of the unemployed. So, from the commander of an assault unit, who every day catches bullets and fragments in his shabby bulletproof vest, you could go to the guards of some eccentric micro-oligarch, whose wife will force you to carry shopping bags.
I am proud that I managed to defend their right to protect the interests of their country. There were hard and very hard times, each dog tried to splash their saliva on them, and, as you know, on me, attributing all non-existent sins and sins.
And now the time of revelation has come, please do not confuse it with the Day of Judgment. These guys, the heroes who defended the Syrian people, other peoples of the Arab countries, destitute Africans and Latin Americans, have become one of the pillars of our Motherland. Without blinking for a second and without doubting, one must live or die. Live by the rules, do what you must and be what will be.
Now the answer to your question.
For a long time I avoided the blows of many opponents with one main goal - not to set up these guys, who are the basis of Russian patriotism. And he won on this occasion in numerous courts, including abroad, because in any case there should always be a place for sports and matches must be won on the opponent's field.