Mystery Over Wagner Chief’s Exile, Russia Downplays Prigozhin’s Return But Unleashes Media Trial

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who last month brokered a deal to end an armed mutiny in Russia, said on July 6 that Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was no longer in Belarus. Lukashenko said on June 27 that Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group whose fighters briefly captured a southern Russian city and marched towards Moscow, had arrived in Belarus as part of the deal that defused the crisis three days earlier. But Lukashenko told reporters on Thursday that Prigozhin was now in St Petersburg, Russia’s second city, or may have moved on to Moscow. “He is not on the territory of Belarus.“ #wagner #prigozhin #lukashenko #russiaukrainewar #mutiny #russia #putin n18oc_world n18oc_crux 0:00 INTRODUCTION 1:42 LUKASHENKO TO DISCUSS WAGNER WITH PUTIN? 2:45 PRIGOZHIN ENDS EXILE IN BELARUS? 4:48 WAGNER BOSS STILL A THREAT TO PUTIN’S AUTHORITY? 7:37 NATO TRACKING WAGNER MOVEMENTS CRUX is your daily video news guide to the big events that are