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YEREVAN, JUNE 24, ARMENPRESS. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military organization, refused to surrender and lay down his arms, ARMENPRESS reports, his voice message was distributed by Prigogine's news service.

"Regarding the betrayal of the motherland, the president (President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin – ed.) made a terrible mistake. We are the patriots of our motherland. All Wagner fighters have fought and will fight. And we will not come with confession at the request of the president, FSB or anyone else. We do not want the country to continue living in corruption, deception and bureaucracy," Prigozhin said.