Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday said Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the private Russian paramilitary unit of mercenaries Wagner Group, was in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. The whereabouts of has been a topic of speculation since he ended his short-lived mutiny on June 24. Lukashenko brokered a deal to end Wagner’s armed rebellion in Russia. Under the agreement, Prigozhin was set to move to Belarus, and Lukashenko confirmed on June 27 that the Wagner chief had arrived in his country.
Wagner Group’s Prigozhin is in Russia, says Belarusian leader Lukashenko | DW News
