The decisive factor was the mediation of the Belarusian President Lukashenko: Belarus will start exiling Prigozhin, who – according to the agreement mentioned by the Kremlin spokesman – will not be tried in Russia
The attempt to seduce the people is over.
Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner group’s mercenaries halted their march on Moscow on Saturday night when they were just 200 kilometers from the capital to avoid shedding “Russian blood,” Prigozhin said.
Wagner’s men have been ordered back to their camps in Ukraine, where they have previously fought alongside regular Russian soldiers.
The mediation of the Belarusian President was crucial in ending the revolt Alexander Lukashenko: Belarus will take in the exiled Prigozhin, who – according to the agreement quoted by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov – will not be tried in Russia.
Peskov himself described this as the “highest goal” of the Russian president Wladimir Putin it was about “avoiding bloodshed and internal disputes with unforeseeable consequences”.
On Saturday, the peaceful advance (even though 15 Russian soldiers died in the end) of the Wagner group was welcomed by the population, especially in Germany Rostov-on-Donthe headquarters of Russian operations in Ukraine.
When they passed, the militiamen received long applause, as evidenced by numerous videos published by Gray Zone, a Telegram channel affiliated with the Wagner Group.
Prigozhin’s enemies
While he slammed Vladimir Putin for calling him a “traitor” and accusing him of “armed rebellion” in his live TV speech on Saturday morning, Prigozhin’s real target was the defense minister Sergei Shoigu and the chief of staff Valery Gerasimovwho wanted to incorporate Wagner into the Russian army as of July 1 and strip Prigozhin of control over them himself.