Deposed Russian general Sergei Surovikin was pictured on Monday for the first time since he disappeared more than two months ago after a brief rebellion by the Wagner Group.
“General Sergei Surovikin is out. Alive, healthy, at home, with his family, in Moscow,” Russian media personality Ksenia Sobchak wrote as she shared a photo of the alleged once-powerful military leader known as “General Armageddon.”
“Photo taken today,” Sobchak wrote in the caption of the photo, which shows a man in sunglasses and a hat walking with a woman who looks like Surovikin’s wife, Anna.
Surovikin – who once led the Russian army in its war on Ukraine – disappeared shortly after he was widely rumored to have had inside knowledge of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s brief uprising in June.
He was then fired from his post late last month hours before Prigozhin and his top deputy were killed in a plane explosion.
A recently published photo shows a man in sunglasses and a hat walking with a woman who resembles Surovikin’s wife, Anna. via REUTERS
The authenticity of the photo could not be immediately verified. However, other reports also suggested it was proof that nothing untoward had befallen the fallen leader.
“General Surovikin is at home with his family. He is on vacation and ready for the Ministry of Defense,” Russian independent journalist Alexei Venediktov wrote on his channel, without visual evidence.
A new photo appears to show Russian General Sergei Surovikin, who has not been seen in public since a brief uprising by Wagner’s mercenary group in June.AP
Surovikin briefly led Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and became known as the “Armageddon General” for his brutal military tactics in Syria.
He had released a hostage-style video urging Wagner fighters to lay down their weapons as they marched towards Moscow to oust another top general, but has not been seen since.
Surovikin was fired amid an apparent effort by the Kremlin to rid the leadership of Russia’s military of anyone too close to Prigozhin, who has praised him as “a man who is not afraid of responsibility.”
After the uprising, his daughter told reporters that her father had not been arrested, saying “nothing happened to him.”
Weeks later, a leading member of parliament said the general was “resting” amid reports he was “in one of the resorts of the Caucasus.”
With Postal wire
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