The mercenary group is in the process of rebasing to Belarus after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin called off an attempted mutiny against the Russian defence ministry last month.
Putin s right hand man has embarked on a three-day visit to the repressive state, where he will participate in celebrations commemorating the 70th anniversary of the 1953 Korean War armistice
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Tough new controls will also stop evasion of the draft, with men once on a conscription list banned from fleeing abroad, as many have done since the war.