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The FSB told Vucic to say this, presumably – I think he is clearly indicating that on purpose when he talks about being sent messages by “foreign intelligence.” There isn’t really anyone else that could refer to, and the fact that he’s saying it in such a way indicates he wants people to know who he’s talking about.
This is to say: when he talks about “foreign intelligence,” he is talking about Western intelligence, but when he says that “foreign services” told him about this, he has to be referring to Russian intelligence (unless he’s implying he’s got connections in the West, which wouldn’t make much sense).
RT:
Foreign intelligence services likely played a role in the failed Wagner PMC coup attempt in Russia on Saturday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has claimed. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the mutineers as traitors whose actions could play into the hands of Moscow’s adversaries.
In an interview with Serbia’s Pink TV channel on Sunday, Vucic stressed that Belgrade does not support coups in other countries as a matter of principle.
“We didn’t support it in Turkey or Russia, we wouldn’t support it in America, either,” the official explained, adding that governments should only be “changed in elections by the will of the citizens.”
The Serbian head of state went on to say: “I don’t want to say who was involved from the outside, but have no doubts.”
Vucic cited “foreign services,” without, however, going into further detail or providing any proof.
He said the masterminds behind the failed coup attempt had devised a sly tactic which included attacking the Russian president without saying directly that the effort was actually directed at him.
Prigozhin definitely never said Putin’s name, and he is now saying he never meant to target Putin.
However, I don’t know who else he would be targeting when he sent his men to march on Moscow.
Putin is the head of state.
The official also claimed that some of the grievances voiced by the mutineers, especially those involving allegations of corruption, were legitimate. However, whatever these may be, they are still not a “reason to stab your country in the back,” he emphasized.
The Serbian president added that some forces, which he stopped short of specifying, had “had high expectations” of the Wagner PMC insurrection.
Vucic praised Putin’s handling of the crisis, saying that it was ended thanks to his “sharp and strong reaction.”
So basically: he’s saying that the FSB told him to announce that they have information that Prigozhin was working with the West – and also that Prigozhin had some valid complaints.
It’s a weird message.
I don’t see any conclusions that can be drawn from this. But it seems like it is worth noting.
Vucic is probably half in the loop.
Based on Putin’s statements yesterday, it doesn’t look like Putin believes Prigozhin was working with anyone outside of Russia – or, at least, he doesn’t want to say that publicly for whatever reason.
He actually strongly indicated the opposite, saying that Wagner people are patriots, and he is going easy on them.
Related: Putin Gives Short Speech Following Wagner Coup, Outlines Path for the Fighters Involved
All things being equal, it seems like there is a decent chance he was. It is certainly something that the US would have supported, and we all watched the US media cheering him on.
But it also could have been completely organic, the result of Prigozhin being drunk. The quickness with which he surrendered indicates that he’d sobered up and changed his mind.
The other possibility is that Lukashenko offered him a very good deal. He is saying that he’s going to be allowed to keep working in Belarus.
Related: Prigozhin Says He was Not Trying to Do a Coup, Just a Coup-Like Staff Shuffle
It’s also possible that the “coup” was viewed by Moscow as more of a protest than an actual attempt to overthrow the government.
It’s interesting that Putin is leaning on Lukashenko to do his deals, and we now have the president of Serbia making statements that could be very important to understanding the views of Moscow on the events.
With Vucic, it’s also possible that none of this means anything, and he just said this stuff for some other reason entirely.
