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After brief exile in Belarus, Wagner boss in Russia: Lukashenko

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen leaving the headquarters of the Southern Military District as his fighters pulled out of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023 [File: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters]

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who last month brokered a deal to end Wagner’s mutiny in Russia, has said that its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was no longer in Belarus.

Lukashenko said on June 27 that Prigozhin, whose fighters briefly captured a southern Russian city and marched towards Moscow, had arrived in Belarus as part of the June 24 deal that defused the crisis.

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