The death of Evgueni Prigojine is still making headlines this morning in French newspapers. “ From the American president to the average Russian citizen, no one is surprised “, tell us Le Figarowho adds that “ in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, the brutal death of a designated “traitor” is only a matter of time. For Evgueni Prigojine and his cronies in the Wagner militia, it took two months to the day after a military coup with hints of a putsch “. That’s what Le Figaro call him “ enlightened putinism “.
The newspaper also projects itself into the future and considers that ” Russian army could replace Wagner’s militiamen in Africa “. Vladimir Putin said it at the top of the Brics: “ Russia intends to deepen ties with African countries and “on is moving towards a replacement of the private sector by the official “, according to a French security source quoted by Le Figaro.
Release, for its part, displays on the front page, a photo of Vladimir Poutine near a window, probably in a plane, and title ironically: “ An accident happened so quickly “. The newspaper also wonders about the future of the paramilitary group and affirms ” that in Africa, Wagner will outlive his creator “.
Since the Prigojine coup on June 24, ” No doubt “, tell us Release“ that the Kremlin has undertaken a reorganization of the Wagner ecosystem. The group may change its name. The army or the intelligence services will control it a little more closely. Other Russian paramilitary companies close to power may take over some of its activities. But the military-mafia network in Africa will endure in one form or another..
“An act of retaliation”
Two other newspapers, the cross And Humanity also make their front page on the death of Prigojine. The cross : “ the death of Yevgeny Progozhin, two months after his mutiny, sends a chilling message to the Russian elites “. ” Russia is turning into a rogue state, whose leader can only survive by eliminating his opponents and instilling fear in his own supporters.”
As for the future of the Russian paramilitaries in Africa, “ Prigojine’s death should not change the situation in the Central African Republic and Mali “. The cross questioned the specialist Thierry Vircoulon, for whom this disappearance could however ” mark a halt “. ” We understand on the spot that to appeal to the Russians is to become dependent on the power struggles in Moscow. »
Finally, on his side,Humanitywonders “ innocently “: “ who benefits from the crash? The newspaper close to the Communist Party quotes first “certain online sites and social networks that evoke a staging orchestrated by the mercenary leader to “evaporate”. A former French ambassador to Russia, mentions among the possible causes of his death, “an act of retaliation by the Russian Air Force, or the FSB”. Finally, he said, “there is a last hypothesis which we do not talk about much and which would implicate kyiv “. We will understand, Humanity does not want to follow the line of other French newspapers and refuses to point the finger at Vladimir Putin, whose name does not even appear in his article.
Settling of scores
Nothing to do with the front page Parisian – Today in France. ” Drug trafficking: the terrible impotence “, headlines the newspaper. “ Three days after the shooting death of a ten-year-old child, an eighteen-year-old young man was also shot dead in the Pissevin district of Nîmes “, in the south of France. The inhabitants tell of a trying daily life: “ the day the little boy was killed », « bullets hit apartments on the 5th and 12th floors”says a father of three young children, it means that even at home, we are not safe”.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin is expected on site this Friday. ” He will be able to show himself in front of the cameras, do we scoff with a dubious pout “, tell Today in France. The inhabitants who do not really trust the police who have arrived as reinforcements. ” You will see, tomorrow, they will be gone “, laments a mother.
” Rubiales takes the door »
Finally inthe team, “Rubiales takes the door”. ” After five days of controversy, the president of the Spanish Football Federation will present his resignation this afternoon, during an extraordinary General Assembly “, tell the team which recalls that Sunday, Luis Rubiales had forcibly kissed, on the mouth, a player of the women’s football team, after the victory of Spain in the final of the World Cup. ” Rubiales thought he could get away with it “, tell us the team, he still had support, in the middle of the week, but it’s over. The Spanish government said it was ready to act. ” Eventually it won’t be necessary », concludes the Team.