Khodorkovsky, the organization held a meeting with the author of the material on the PMC Wagner

Meeting with the journalists “Fontanka” Denis Korotkov has conducted the St. Petersburg branch of the movement “open Russia”, writes Anna Plotnikova online “voice of America”. AT 2017 Korotkov year published a series of materials about the involvement of Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigogine to the activities of private military companies Wagner, to take part in the fighting on the territory of Ukraine and Syria.

article “Bit in the Syrian war business” Denis Korotkov says, what “Wagner” - call sign of lieutenant colonel Dmitry Utkin. Among his colleagues have security staff Prigogine. Korotkov told about, fighters PMC Wagner, not officially including in the staffing of the Russian army, for participation in hostilities were awarded military orders and medals, and on the, that Wagner's group fighting ultra-Petersburg Alexey Milchakov (call letters “Fritz”, “Serb”), known predilection for symbolism of the Third Reich and habit to be photographed against the bodies of slain enemies.

Speaking at the office of the St. Petersburg branch “open Russia”, journalist told, that he had the opportunity to talk with many people, somehow knew Utkin (“Wagner”), and with a number of parties, associated with Eugene Prigogine. According to Korotkov, to 95 percent of what he heard was going “In garbage”, but gradually, by comparing the names, dates and facts, he began to emerge a picture, described in a series of materials, published on the website “Fontanka”.

Cover for PMC Wagner

After the speech, Denis Korotkov and his answers to the questions of those, who came to St. Petersburg office “open Russia”, the journalist interviewed correspondent of Russian service “voice of America”.

Asked to comment on a phrase from the article “Russian nationalists on the Syrian contract” About, that PMCs Wagner “presumably could be financed by Russian businessman Evgeny Prigogine”, Denis Korotkov said: “As far as, December 2016 year between a limited liability company "Euro Polis" and the Syrian government agencies was contracted, according to which the commercial company pledged to conduct military operations for the liberation of the oil infrastructure, their protection and defense for a fee and a share of the oil production. As our investigation, "Euro Polis" - a structure, which is currently on the composition of its members to the General Director associated with structures Eugene Prigogine”.

“We guess, that "Euro Polis" is merely a screen to cover up the actions of the so-called PMC Wagner, which, certainly, not a private military company”, - said Denis Korotkov.

He also said, he has reason to believe the results of investigative journalism carried them, that associated with Prigogine business structures occupy a significant market sector of the military government orders almost monopoly position.

“Life - an unpredictable thing”

After the publication of the investigations on the activities of private military company Wagner in Ukraine and Syria, and the links of the PMC soldiers with business structures “Kremlin chefs” in Denis Korotkov address started receiving numerous anonymous threats, and in the social networks of his Petersburg address it has been published in open access.

In recent years, several well-known Russian journalists have been forced to go abroad because of fears, that threats against them can turn into real acts of violence. In this regard, Denis Korotkov says: “At the moment I can not imagine the circumstances, which would have forced me to leave Russia. But life - something unpredictable”.

Threats against him, According to journalist, do to help “well-functioning system of Internet trolls”. The battle of the social networks according to the interlocutor “voice of America”, no real danger is not for him, and telephone calls with death threats Koprotkov not received. However, the journalist adds: “But do not rule, that can be taken any action organizers or leaders of the same group Wagner, eg. But as long as I'm alive and kicking, and hope, that will continue in the same way”.

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