A van full of boxes of money was found parked this Saturday (24) near what was supposed to be the office of Wagner’s boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, at the Hotel Trezzini in St. Petersburg (Russia).
According to the Russian investigative newspaper Fontanka, the sum of money discovered in an apparent search by the authorities totaled 4 billion rubles, or approximately R$230 million.
Fontanka posted a photo on his Telegram channel of boxes on the ground next to a van guarded by a police officer.
It is unclear who ordered the search, but Prigozhin confirmed media reports in an audio message on one of his Telegram channels. The leader of the mercenaries said that the money he saved in a van and two buses was allocated for salaries, as well as for the payment of so-called “Cargo 200” compensation to the families of fallen fighters.
“For 10 years, PMC Wagner has always operated in cash”, he said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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