After the mercenary boss staged a brief insurrection in Russia, the leader of Belarus said his country had taken him in, but now says the Wagner leader was in St. Petersburg and then “maybe he went to Moscow.”
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Who Is Aleksandr Lukashenko?
The brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary force last month has given Belarus’s autocratic leader Aleksandr G. Lukashenko an opening to upend his subservient relationship with Moscow.
Who Is Aleksandr Lukashenko?
The brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary force last month has given Belarus’s autocratic leader Aleksandr G. Lukashenko an opening to upend his subservient relationship with Moscow.
Russia Dismisses Rebellion as ‘Minor’ and Dismantles Prigozhin’s Wagner Empire
Foreign Minister Sergei V. Lavrov of Russia warned the Western countries helping Ukraine not to think that the Wagner group’s mutiny had undermined Moscow’s power.
Images Show Construction at a Belarus Military Base. Is It Wagner’s New Home?
The images reveal a possible location for the mercenaries who were given the option of relocating to Belarus after the group’s failed rebellion against President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
Putin Casts Rebellion as Proof of Russian Solidity as Belarus Takes Prigozhin In
Belarus said it had taken in the mercenary boss Yevgeny V. Prigozhin and might welcome his Wagner troops, while Russia dropped a criminal investigation of him for the weekend uprising.
Your Wednesday Briefing: Wagner Chief in Exile
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After Wagner Mutiny, Russians Note Absence of Kremlin Leaders
Neither Vladimir V. Putin nor the leader of the Wagner mercenary group made public appearances on Sunday, a day after an armed rebellion shook the nation.
Belarus President Lukashenko Emerges as a Winner in Russia-Wagner Clash
The strongman leader of Belarus, a dependable ally of Vladimir Putin’s, may see a chance to rebrand himself as a statesman.
Rebel Wagner Forces, Threatening Moscow, Abruptly Stand Down
The mercenary group had seized the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, the center of Moscow’s military operations in Ukraine, posing a grave threat to President Vladimir Putin’s government.