Russia's General Surovikin captured by Russian counterintelligence and isolated
Sergey Surovikin, Deputy Commander of the Russian United Grouping of Forces in Ukraine, has been detained by the Russian counterintelligence in connection with the mutiny led by Evgeny Prigozhin.
Source: Russian media outlet Verstka with reference to a source close to law enforcement, and another anonymous source
Details: The source close to law enforcement states that Surovikin was detained by the FSB on suspicion of involvement in organising the mutiny, but so far, he has not been accused of anything.
One more source reported that Surovikin is isolated and has not contacted his family for over two weeks.
Both sources report that General Surovikin is being interrogated.
A lawyer told Verstka that there are a lot of ways to isolate someone from society without accusation. It can be done via an administrative arrest or another case.
Background:
- Earlier, the FSB claimed it had closed the criminal case on the mutiny.l in Russia.
- Yet Surovikin, who was linked to Prigozhin by the Western media many times, has not appeared in public since his address to Wagnerites on 24 June at night, in which he called upon them to lay down their arms.
- Financial Times reported about the detention of Surovikin. The outlet stated that he was in custody but so far, it is not clear if he was accused of conspiracy or detained for interrogation.
- The Bloomberg agency also reported that Surovikin was being interrogated by military prosecutors concerning his ties to Prigozhin for several days. The source of the agency reported that Surovikin was being held "at a certain location" but not in prison.
- Russia denied the information about the detention of Surovikin.
- On 12 July Andrii Kartapolov, head of the Defence Committee of the State Duma of Russia, claimed in response to a journalist’s questions that Surovikin was "on vacation" and "so far not available".
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