a kremlin spokesman says today s events were tragic but a criminal case against the wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin will be dropped and other fighters will not be prosecuted. we ve learned that the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, helped mediate between moscow and wagner. earlier in an audio message posted on the social media site telegram, prigozhin said, the time had come to stand down. take a listen to this english translation. translation: they wanted to disband the wagner. - onjune 23rd, we went out on a justice march. within a day, we were just 200 kilometres away from moscow. during that time, we did not spill a single drop of blood of our fighters. now the moment has come when the blood can be spilt. therefore, understanding all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be spilt on one of the sides, we re turning our comms back and leaving in the opposite direction to the field camps, according to the plan.
happens next. we still don t know what mr prigozhin will do in belarus, but the president of belarus, but the president of belarus must feel very satisfied indeed that he has been able to play this role of a crisis mediator, a role he has often tried to play and failed to succeed when it came to the crisis in ukraine. i failed to succeed when it came to the crisis in ukraine. the crisis in ukraine. i want to ick u- the crisis in ukraine. i want to pick up on the crisis in ukraine. i want to pick up on something - the crisis in ukraine. i want to pick up on something you - the crisis in ukraine. i want to - pick up on something you mentioned a moment ago. vladimir putin is well known for not tolerating descent, and as you mention, strong words from him earlier on the day, and it seems a complete 180 u turn, and yevgeny prigozhin allowed to go to belarus with all charges dropped. is he really off the hook, do you think? , , , , ~ , think? this is very, very early hours. think? this is
dissent, orany president who does not tolerate any dissent, or any opposition. the very fact that a man who had been very close to president putin, remember the rise and rise of mr prigozhin, who started off as a hot dog seller, who started off as a hot dog seller, who rose to become a caterer to the kremlin, with very lucrative contract catering to president putin and his cronies who grew very powerful, and went on to command this private army. it has been said that when he criticised the russian military leadership, including the defence minister general shoigu and general gerasimov, the chief of the general staff, general gerasimov, the chief of the generalstaff, he general gerasimov, the chief of the general staff, he was doing it with tacit approvalfrom president general staff, he was doing it with tacit approval from president putin. he had been very careful not to criticise the russian president directly. we saw today for the first time that he did criticise him in public, and o
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but battles like the one in bakhmut have led to growing tension between prigozhin and the regular russian military leadership. he angrily accused its leaders, like the defence minister shoigu and military chief gerasimov, of using his men as cannon fodder and denying them vital supplies. prigozhin claimed russia s soldiers had been let down by their leaders and his attacks on them became increasingly outspoken. it was clear one side or other would have to move, bringing what had been a simmering crisis to the boil. where does all of this leave the wagner group? is it the end for them? it wagner group? is it the end for them? . . , wagner group? is it the end for them? . ., , ~ them? it certainly looks like it. the tension them? it certainly looks like it. the tension between them? it certainly looks like it. the tension between wagner i them? it certainly looks like it. l the tension between wagner and them? it certainly looks like it. - the tension between wagner and the russian m