Prigozhin, who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin, is in Russia and his troops are in their field camps, raising questions about the deal that ended the challenge to Putin's rule. Wagner mercenary boss now in Russia, president of Belarus says:
, but on Thursday he told international reporters that Prigozhin was in St. Petersburg and could also travel to Moscow if he so wishes, while Wagner's troops were in their camps. He did not specify the location of the camps, butfought alongside Russian forces in eastern Ukraine before their revolt and also have bases on Russian territory.
The Kremlin has played down the fact that Prigozhin escaped punishment for his mutiny while other Putin's critics, saying that the deal with the Wagner chief was necessary to avoid massive bloodshed. A photo hanging in the mansion showed a lineup of decapitated heads. In one published image, an oversized souvenir sledgehammer could also be seen with the inscription “for important negotiations.” The sledgehammer has become a symbol of Wagner after reports its troops used the tool to beat defectors to death.
During their short revolt, Prigozhin's mercenaries quickly swept through the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and captured the military headquarters there before marching to within about 200 kilometers of the Russian capital.as a “march of justice” to oust his longtime foes — the Russian defense minister and the country's chief military officer — whose handling of the war in Ukraine he criticized.
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