Russian authorities said on the 24th that the mercenary organization “Wagner Group” (Wagner Group) launched a mutiny. During the period, the capital Moscow launched an “anti-terrorism operation mechanism”. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the cancellation of this mechanism on the 26th.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced on the 26th the cancellation of the “anti-terrorist action mechanism”. (Associated Press file photo)
Sobyanin made the statement on the Telegram app, Reuters reported. According to Russian media, the regional office of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) also said that similar mechanisms in Voronezh and Moscow regions have been cancelled. Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee also said the situation in the country was “stable”.
The mercenary convoy of the Wagner Group (Wagner Group), which launched the mutiny, advanced towards Moscow on the 24th and exchanged fire with security forces. The above-mentioned three regions all launched “anti-terrorism action mechanisms” on the 24th. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group at the time, declared that he would “restore justice” by unplugging Moscow’s top military ranks, but then Prigozhin announced that his fighters had agreed to withdraw to avoid “bloodshed”. The mutiny ended in less than 36 hours.
The Kremlin announced that Prigezin would be sent to Belarus, brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The Moscow authorities said they would drop the “armed insurrection” charges against him and that the Wagner Group fighters would not be prosecuted.
However, the Russian “Kommersant” (Kommersant) quoted unnamed sources on the 26th and reported that Prigozin was still under investigation by the Russian Federal Security Service for allegedly organizing an armed mutiny. “Prigezin’s criminal case has not been dropped,” Agence France-Presse reported.
The Russian Federal Security Service opened a case to investigate Prigozin on the 23rd. Prior to this, Prigozin announced that his fighters would launch a “just march” against the military leadership, accusing these senior military officials of being cowards and obstructing Russia’s operations in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin himself has not been seen in public since the end of the mutiny. Prigozhin was last seen on the 24th when Wagner’s armored convoy left the city of Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia.
Responsible editor: Yu Weining
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2023-06-27 07:01:06
