2023-07-06 08:32:41
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The head of the Russian merceraries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is in St. Petersburg and troops from his Wagner Group remain in the camps where they have been staying since the attempted mutiny once morest Moscow, the Belarusian president said Thursday. .
Alexander Lukashenko helped broker the deal whereby Prigozhin ended his foiled June 24 rebellion in exchange for security guarantees for himself and his soldiers. The pact allowed for the transfer of both Prigozhin and his troops to Belarus.
Lukashenko said last week that Prigozhin was in his country. But speaking to foreign journalists on Thursday, he indicated that the head of the mercenaries was in St. Petersburg while his troops remain in the camps.
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