Will the true Prigozhin please come up? Wagner boss in Belarus. There's a twist | World News

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was reportedly exiled to Belarus after his mercenary group’s momentary mutiny in opposition to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Later evaluations suggested that the mercenary group’s boss was seen in Russia’s St. Petersburg. Nonetheless, an unnamed Pentagon official knowledgeable The New York Cases that Yevgeny Prigozhin was really in Russia after his failed coup strive. He may need employed a physique double to make it appear as if he fled Russia, the official knowledgeable NYT.

Not one of many Wagner troops had been despatched to Belarus, and most are nonetheless in jap Ukraine, the official claimed. This comes as Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko knowledgeable reporters that it was unclear if the Wagner fighters would come to Belarus after he beforehand provided them a desert navy base inside the nation.

“As for Prigozhin, he's in St Petersburg. He’s not on the territory of Belarus,” he talked about.

Responding to Alexander Lukashenko’s remarks, the Kremlin talked about it was “not following” Prigozhin’s actions.

“No, we don’t observe his actions, we’ve received neither the flexibleness nor the desire to take motion,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov talked about.

So the place is Yevgeny Prigozhin?

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s whereabouts keep a thriller, BBC reported. Wagner chief’s personal jet flew to Belarus in late June nevertheless returned to Russia the similar night time, the report claimed together with that it found various flights between St Petersburg and Moscow, although it couldn’t be confirmed if Prigozhin was on board.

Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a coup in opposition to Kremlin on June 24 after making various public statements in opposition to prime Russian defence officers. The mercenary group took administration of Rostov-on-Don nevertheless didn’t proceed extra saying that they wished to stay away from “shedding Russian blood”.

Vladimir Putin accused Wagner group of treason nevertheless Lukashenko claimed to have intervened inside the matter and negotiated a peace deal between the perimeters.