Russian General Sergei Surovikin, believed to have been an ally of now-dead mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin, was spotted in public for the first time since the Wagner Group’s armed uprising in June.
“General Sergei Surovikin is out. Alive, healthy, at home, with his family, in Moscow,” Russian media personality Ksenia Sobchak — rumored to be President Vladimir Putin’s goddaughter — said Monday on Telegram, under a picture allegedly showing the Russian general and his wife Anna Surovikina.
Surovikin, also known as General Armageddon for his scorched-earth military tactics in Chechnya and Syria, has not been seen since Wagner mercenary forces aborted attempt to march on Moscow in June, after reports circulated that he knew of Wagner chief Prigozhin’s planned rebellion.
Surovikin — who had already been removed from his commanding role in Russia’s war on Ukraine — was reportedly placed under house arrest last month and sacked as head of the country’s aerospace forces, according to Russian media.
