What take care of Prigozhin stopped Russia coup; Did Putin flee Moscow? | World News

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 go away for Belarus and all the costs in opposition to him and his fighters will probably be dropped. Not many particulars of the deal that quelled the coup had been out there but it surely 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 may very well 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

Prison case opened in opposition to Prigozhin for his rise up could be dropped.

Wagner fighters who took half within the rise up will not face any motion.

Prigozhin demanded the elimination of defence minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the final employees Valery Gerasimov. Kremlin has not spoken a phrase on that demand.

Kremlin watchers usually are not satisfied that these are the one circumstances of the deal. NBC News's Richard Engel tweeted, "Possibly he (Progozhin) will get to maintain his African empire and function his pirate state from overseas? Murky mafia-style politics and I think they don't seem to be over."

Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov stated, "Mafia is as mafi does. No matter deal was reached immediately, blood has been spilled and Putin's phantasm of invincibility is gone. He and his cronies tasted actual concern. Moscow was threatened."

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 radar about 150 kilometres from Putin's official residence lower than half an hour later. Kremlin nonetheless denied that Putin fled Moscow.