July 6, 2023

Having led an armed rebellion in Russia that sent shockwaves across the world, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was meant to relocate to Belarus as part of a deal brokered by the ex-Soviet nation’s president, Alexander Lukashenko.

Both Lukashenko and Prigozhin have for years held strong ties with President Vladimir Putin.

But last month’s mutiny threw the top mercenary’s relations with the Russian leader into question and, so it seemed, he was exiled.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/6/analyst-uneasy-ceasefire-between-wagner-russia-after-mutiny