International•6 Jul ’23 10:24•Edited on 6 Jul ’23 11:00Author: BNR Webredactie
The boss of the mercenary army Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin is not in Belarus, as agreed with Belarusian President Lukashenko. Lukashenko himself reports this. According to the president, Prigozhin is currently in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. Why he is there and not in Belarus is unknown.
The boss of the mercenary army Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin is not in Belarus, as agreed with Belarusian President Lukashenko. This is reported by Lukaenko himself. According to the president, Prigozhin is currently in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. Why he is there and not in Belarus is unknown. (AP / Associated Press)
Lukashenko also reports that the Wagner soldiers are in their ‘permanent encampments’. It is unclear where they are located. The Belarusian president does offer Wagner Group to station some of the mercenaries in Belarus. “I don’t expect Wagner soldiers to ever take up arms to fight Belarus,” Lukashenko said.
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The statements about Prigozhin come at a special time. Russian state media report that the house of the Wagner boss has been investigated by the Russian authorities. Various wigs and photos of disguises were said to have been found there. Images of the disguises are frequently shared on social media.
Since the Wagner Rebellion, Prigozhin has been highly undesirable in Russia, in the Kremlin’s view. Prigozhin halted his march to Moscow after talks with the Belarusian president. The two would then have agreed that Prigozhin may stay in Belarus, without being pursued legally. The requirement was that he stop his advance on Moscow. At the end of June, Lukashenko announced that the boss of the mercenary army Wagner Group had arrived in his country. As yet, there was no evidence that Prigozhin would actually be in Belarus. Now it appears that he is in Saint Petersburg, according to Lukashenko.
2023-07-06 08:24:54
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