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because of an insurrection led by the leader of the wagner mercenaries that ended nearly as soon as it started. an apparent clash between wagner and russian troops which was followed by a fire at that oil refinery you see on your screen there. under the deal done, the kremlin says wagner troops will not face any legal action, but they ll sign new contracts with russia s defense ministry while moscow will drop its charges against prig prigozhin, who will go to belarus. wagner s leader says he agreed to that in order to avoid bloodshed. translator: therefore, realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps, according to the plan. the kremlin says it doesn t know where prigozhin is right now. what you see there is video of people cheering as he left ross stor-on-don where his troops seized military facilities on saturday. officials now ....
Now. what you see there is video of people cheering as he left ross stor-on-don where his troops seized military facilities on saturday. officials now tell cnn the u.s. intelligence believes prigozhin was planning to challenge russia s military leadership for a while, while washington did not see any change in russia s nuclear posture despite all the turmoil. ivan watson monitoring the developments in russia. he joins me now from hong kong. an extraordinary day by any measure. where do things stand now in terms of prigozhin and his future? reporter: well, prigozhin himself has been conspicuously silent. he s a bit of a loudmouth who s all over social media normally. since his final audio message where he announced he was turning his troops around, that they had accomplished their plan, we haven t really heard from him. and even the kremlin says that it does not know where he is right now. ....
He was last seen leaving ross stor-on-don in a vehicle, pausing briefly to shake hands with people, then driving away. and while this showdown may have been defused for now, the threat to putin s regime may be far from over. the wagner leader showed just how easily he could take over a major russian military installation and city and then send columns of troops racing towards moscow. some wagner mercenaries were halfway to the capital when prigozhin abruptly ordered them back. a personal appeal by the president of belarus, a close putin ally, is credited with persuading prigozhin to call off his rebellion. meanwhile, the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, says that the russian president is, quote, very afraid following wagner s chief s insurrection. he also claimed that putin had left moscow, adding the russian president s own actions were to blame for the situation facing him. meanwhile, an adviser to ....