The mutinous leader of Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force is no longer in Belarus and it is unclear if his fighters will move there, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says, raising questions about the deal that ended last month's revolt. Subscribe: [ Ссылка ]
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Mr Lukashenko said on June 27 that Yevgeny Prigozhin had arrived in Belarus as part of a deal he brokered to defuse the crisis that saw Wagner fighters briefly capture the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and then march towards Moscow.
But he told reporters on Thursday that Mr Prigozhin was now in St Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, or might have moved on to Moscow.
"He is not on the territory of Belarus," Mr Lukashenko added at a news conference in Minsk.
He also said the question of whether Wagner units would relocate to Belarus had not been resolved, and would depend on decisions taken by Russia and the mercenary force.
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