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The top Russian military leader who is believed to have known in advance about the weekend’s mutiny has been arrested — and security services have him “by the balls,” according to a local report.
The Kremlin on Thursday again refused to discuss the whereabouts of Gen. Sergei Surovikin, 56, who has not been seen since the weekend revolt by his close ally, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
However, two sources close to Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed to the Moscow Times that the one-time military leader of the Ukraine war has been arrested, with one saying his situation is “not OK.”
“Apparently, he [Surovikin] chose Prigozhin’s side during the uprising, and they’ve gotten him by the balls,” one of the sources said.
The interrogation of the general — who remained a deputy commander of Russian forces in Ukraine — is so sensitive that defense department officials “are not even commenting on this information through our internal channels,” one of the sources told the Moscow paper.
Veteran Russian journalist Alexei Venediktov said that Surovikin “has not been in touch with his family for three days,” according to the Financial Times (FT).
