Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the criminal case against Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner PMC, will be dropped. TASS.
“The criminal case against him will be dropped, and he will go to Belarus,” he said.
According to Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin assured that Prigozhin could go to Belarus.
Kremlin spokesman also noted that the incident will not affect the course of special operations in any way and will continue.
About Prigozhin earlier excited criminal case on the fact of organizing an armed rebellion.
On the evening of June 23, messages appeared on the Telegram channel, which allegedly attacked the rear camps of fighters of the private military company of the Ministry of Defense. at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declarationthat these messages and videos are an informational provocation.
On June 24, the PMC “Wagner” detachments entered Rostov-on-Don and took up positions near the headquarters of the Southern Military District.
Later that day, Prigogine announcedPMC fighters abandon their positions in the city and return to their original positions.
This happened after the press service of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced the negotiations with Prigozhin, as a result of which the parties agreed on “an acceptable way to resolve the situation with a guarantee of security for the fighters of the company.”