2023-09-15 18:37:22
Russian general Sergei Surovikin, one of the emblematic commanders of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, sacked due to his links with the Wagner groupreappeared following months of absence in Algeria, during an official visit.
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In these images, published Tuesday on the Facebook account of the great mosque of Oran, but appearing in Russian media on Friday, we can see Mr. Sourovikine, also known as “General Armageddon”in beige civilian clothing alongside Russian officers in military uniform and the imam of this mosque, Abou Abdallah Zebar.
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“A high-level Russian delegation visited the Abdelhamid Ben Badis Grand Mosque, and was received by the Director of Religious Affairs and the Imam of the Grand Mosque,” she said in a message accompanying these photos.
The purpose of Mr. Sourovikin’s visit to Algeria was not specified and Moscow has not communicated on this subject.
Speculation regarding the fate of Sergei Surovikin has been rife since his disappearance from public space following the abortive rebellion of the Wagner group in June.
According to several Russian media, he was dismissed from his post as commander-in-chief of the aerospace forces in August, two months following the Wagner mutiny, which he was considered close to, but which he did not support.
During Wagner’s 24-hour revolt which shook Russian power, Mr. Surovikin called on the mutineers to “stop” and return to their barracks “before it is too late”. But the general was nevertheless considered close to his leader, Yevgeni Prigojine, who died in a plane crash in August.
Mr. Surovikin was one of the main commanders of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
A veteran of the Soviet war in Afghanistan and the second Chechen war in the 2000s, Mr. Surovikin also participated in the brutal Russian campaign in Syria in 2015.
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