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he head of the Russian military company Wagner is moving to neighbouring Belarus as part of a deal to end his rebellion.
After Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his mutiny on Saturday, Wagner fighters have reportedly begun to leave the southern city of Rostov-on-Don where their mutiny began. Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops will not be prosecuted, the Kremlin says.
The announcement on Saturday evening followed a statement from the office of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko saying that he had negotiated a deal with Mr Prigozhin after previously discussing the issue with Mr Putin.
Some Wagner Group mercenaries will join the official Russian military, it has been reported.
Traffic restrictions brought in around Moscow remained in place after anti-terror measures were introduced yesterday inthe wake of the Wagner Rebellion.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group in Russia “shows no one is in control” and there is “chaos”.
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Situation in rebellion city Rostov-on-Don ‘calm’
The situation around the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don was calm and street traffic resumed, RIA state news agency said on Sunday after Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenaries left the city.
In a video on the agency’s Telegram messaging app, which it said was taken in the city of Rostov-on-Don, a man was sweeping a street and cars were moving along another street.
Reuters could not independently verify the report.
Late on Saturday, Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, was seen leaving the district military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don after halting a rebellion against Russia’s military establishment.
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