A screen grab captured from a video shows Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin making a speech after Headquarters of the Southern Military District surrounded by fighters of the paramilitary Wagner group in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023.
(Photo by Wagner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Wagner Group mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is currently in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko told reporters Thursday, despite supposedly being exiled to Belarus.
On June 27, Lukashenko apparently confirmed that Prigozhin had arrived in Belarus per the terms of a deal with the Kremlin that saw him avoid prosecution for leading Wagner in an aborted mutiny.
Lukashenko did not confirm whether Prigozhin had actually been in Belarus since the coup, and his whereabouts have been somewhat of a mystery.
The deal reportedly granted him exile in Belarus and immunity from prosecution.
Persons:
Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko, Prigozhin, Chris Weafer
Organizations:
Southern Military, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Wagner Group, Kremlin, CNBC
Locations:
Rostov, Don, Russia, Russian, St . Petersburg, Belarusian, Belarus, Moscow, Ukraine