Belarus leader welcomes Wagner boss Prigozhin into exile
BBC reported that the leader of Russia’s 24-hour mutiny, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has arrived in Belarus, three days after his Wagner mercenary group’s rebellion came to an end 200km (125 miles) south of Moscow.
“Yes, indeed, he’s in Belarus today,” leader Alexander Lukashenko announced, claiming credit for arranging his exile.
Prigozhin’s whereabouts had been a mystery since he was filmed driving off in southern Russia on Saturday night. His private jet was tracked flying into the Belarus capital Minsk on Tuesday.
Under the deal that brought an end to the mutiny, Prigozhin has been promised guaranteed security and the Russian criminal case against Wagner has been dropped. Moscow is preparing to transfer the mercenaries’ heavy weapons into the regular military and the fighters have been told they can either sign regular army contracts, go home or head to Belarus.
