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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday that the criminal case against the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, will be dropped and he will travel to Belarus.
Peskov emphasized that Prigozhin’s guarantee to go to Belarus was the promise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Officials stated that they will not persecute Wagner members who participated in the rebellion because of their merits at the front, adding that Wagner fighters who do not participate in the armed rebellion can sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Noting that Moscow highly appreciated Lukashenko’s mediation efforts, Peskov emphasized that the “special military operation” in Ukraine would continue.
According to Russian state media reports, all of Wagner’s tanks, heavy equipment and fighters left the area near the Southern Military District headquarters.
On Friday, Wagner accused Russian forces of attacking his fighters and then crossed from Ukraine to Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
In response, the Federal Security Service launched a criminal case against them for armed insurgency. Putin described Wagner’s uprising as an act of “treason.”
The leader of the group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that his fighters would advance to Moscow, prompting the Kremlin to increase security measures in various parts of the country.
Prigozhin later claimed that his fighters had decided to turn back to avoid bloodshed when they were about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the Russian capital, Moscow, while Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated that with Putin’s agreement, he had met with the Wagner head and that Prigozhin agreed to a deal. claimed he did. de-escalation agreement
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