Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group’s pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24. Photo by Reuters
Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin will move to Belarus under a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to end an armed mutiny, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Lukashenko had offered to mediate, with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s agreement, because he had known Prigozhin personally for around 20 years.
Peskov said the criminal case that had been opened against Prigozhin for armed mutiny would be dropped, and that the Wagner fighters who had taken part in his “march for justice” would not face any action.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his guarantees on Saturday that the head of Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), Yevgeny Prigozhin, will be able to leave Russia for Belarus, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“If you are asking me what’s the guarantees that Prigozhin can go to Belarus – that’s the word of the Russian president,” TASS quoted him as saying.
