A barrage of “planted leaks” from Evgeny Prigozhin’s camp came ahead of the uprising,
the official said

READ HERE: Western nations must have helped businessman Evgeny Prigozhin organize his brief insurrection last week, according to Viktor Zolotov, commander of the National Guard of Russia.

Speaking to journalists on Tuesday on the sidelines of a ceremony at the Kremlin awarding decorations, the senior official expressed certainty that the mutiny “was inspired by Western special services, because, as they said, they knew about it several weeks ahead of time.”