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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer

What does the future hold for Prigozhin and Wagner after the mutiny?

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s armed rebellion was over in less than 24 hours, but the disarray it caused was an unexpected morale-booster for Ukraine.
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s armed rebellion was over in less than 24 hours, but the disarray it caused was an unexpected morale-booster for Ukraine. Photograph: AP

What next for Yevgeny Prigozhin?

The Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday that the Wagner head had agreed to leave Russia for Belarus as part of a deal to end his armed revolt, while charges against him for organising the rebellion would be dropped. Peskov added that Vladimir Putin and the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko had guaranteed Prigozhin’s personal safety.

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