In a televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said, "From the very beginning of the events, steps were taken on my direct instruction to avoid serious bloodshed."
Wagner Group fighters who seized Rostov s military headquarters in Russia returned to their field camps after a deal brokered by Belarus, which saw charges against Wagner s chief dropped.
Russian President Putin told Wagner Group s chief to go to Belarus after a deal to end an armed uprising, but former CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty says he remains a traitor and a threat.