2023-06-24 22:24:53
The head of the Wagner group of Russian mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, “he will go to Belarus”the Kremlin announced today when commenting on the details of the agreement with the man who led an armed rebellion against the Russian military leadership for the last 24 hours.
“The criminal case that was opened to him will be closed and he (Prigozhin) will go to Belarus”said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov.
Peskov, quoted by the TASS agency, added that the other “wagnerity” who took part in the riot due to their “merits at the front.”
Meanwhile, the fighters who rebelled will be able to sign contracts with the Defense Ministry, he said.
Prigozhin announced hours ago the return of his fighters to the permanent bases to “avoid bloodshed” in Russia.
“The time has come when blood can be shed. Therefore, realizing full responsibility for Russian blood being shed by one of the parties, our columns turn around and return to our bases according to plan,” he stated in an audio message on his Telegram channel.
Prigozhin said that the Russian military elites, against whom he had rebelled, “they wanted to disintegrate Wagner”and explained that for this reason he announced the “march for justice”, during which, in 24 hours, he advanced to reach 200 kilometers from Moscow after taking the southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
The head of the Wagner Group made this announcement after the press service of the President of Belarus, Alexandr Lukashneko, stated that the president had mediated between Moscow and Prigozhin, with the permission of the Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin.
According to the Kremlin, it was a “personal initiative” of Lukashenkowho has known Prigozhin for 20 years.
According to the Belarusian press, Putin and Lukashenko spoke again by phone on Saturday night and the Kremlin chief thanked his Belarusian counterpart for negotiating with the Wagner leader.
“The Belarusian president informed the Russian president in detail about the outcome of the negotiations with the Wagner leadership” and Putin thanked him for the “work done”reported the Pul Pervogo channel, linked to the Belarusian Presidency.
At the same time, Wagner’s forces began to withdraw from Rostov-on-Don.
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