The army coup in Russia helmed by warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin got here to a sudden halt after a deal was brokered between Moscow and the Wagner mercenary. Prigozhin will now depart for Belarus and all the fees in opposition to him and his fighters will probably be dropped. Not many particulars of the deal that quelled the coup had been accessible nevertheless it was brokered by Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus president and Putin’s ally.
The place are Prigozhin and his troops now
Prigozhin’s troops on Saturday invaded Rostov-on-Don. His troops would have reached Moscow in 24 hours however he introduced that he was withdrawing his troops as Russian blood might be shed. From Rostov, his troops moved by way of Lipetsk.
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What’s the deal that Moscow agreed to cease Prigozhin
Legal case opened in opposition to Prigozhin for his insurrection could be dropped.
Wagner fighters who took half within the insurrection will not face any motion.
Prigozhin demanded the elimination of defence minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the final workers Valery Gerasimov. Kremlin has not spoken a phrase on that demand.
Has Putin fled Moscow?
Because the Wagner troops had been approaching Moscow on Saturday earlier than the truce was agreed, one of many a number of planes that Putin makes use of took off from Moscow at 2.15pm native time. Experiences stated, it went off radat about 150 kilometres from Putin’s official residence lower than half an hour later. Kremlin nevertheless denied that Putin fled Moscow.