Prigozhin agrees to stop his march and move to Belarus

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 25 Jun 2023 by Alex Teddy
On June 24 the head of Wagner ended his ''march for justice'' and said he would leave Russia in return for charges against him being dropped. He said he made the deal to avoid bloodshed. The President of Belarus brokered the deal. Wagner was said by many media to have caused the most serious challenge to Putin's rule in 23 years. However, the extent of the real threat was not clear. Wagner troops appeared unchallenged in their protest, while no confirmed lives were lost directly from their actions.  It has been reported that Wagner, like other private military companies (PMC), are backed and even curated by Russian officials within military intelligence. Certainly here is discord in various camps in Russia over the way the war is being conducted and the leadership under Minister Sergey Shoigu. It is suggested that the Wagner-Prigozhin initiative on June 24 could represent a fomenting of that wider disagreement - and was thus appeased by the Kremlin in order to allow change elsewhere. The proposed relocation of Evgeny Prigozhin and Wagner to Belarus has caused leaders in bordering countries to voice concern over security as a result—Ukraine in particular, while Poland and Lithuania have both done so, too. 

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