President Alexander Lukashenko helped dealer a deal underneath which Prigozhin ended his abortive mutiny on June 24 in trade for safety ensures for himself and his troopers.
The deal allowed Prigozhin and his troops to maneuver to Belarus.
Lukashenko stated final week that Prigozhin was in Belarus.
He advised worldwide reporters on Thursday that the mercenary chief is in St Petersburg and Wagner troops nonetheless have been at their camps.
He didn’t specify the situation of the camps, however Prigozhin’s mercenaries fought alongside Russian forces in Ukraine earlier than their revolt.
The rise up noticed them rapidly sweep over the southern Russian metropolis of Rostov-on-Don and seize navy headquarters there earlier than marching on the Russian capital in what Prigozhin described as a “march of justice” to oust the Russian defence minister and the General Staff chief.
Prigozhin claimed his troops had come inside 200 kilometres of Moscow when he ordered them to cease the advance underneath the deal brokered by Lukashenko.
The abortive rise up represented the most important menace to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his greater than 20 years in energy and uncovered the Kremlin’s weak point.
Lukashenko’s assertion adopted Russian media stories that claimed that Prigozhin was noticed in St Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest metropolis. His presence was seen as a part of agreements that allowed him to finalise his affairs there.
Source: www.9news.com.au
