Where is Evgeny Prigokhine? After his failed rebellion against Moscow, the leader of the Wagner paramilitary group has given no news since he announced that his men were “returning” to their camps to avoid “a bloodbath.”
After a tense day, as his troops marched towards the Russian capital, Yevgeny Prigojine announced that his “columns” were “turning around”. A few minutes earlier, in a surprise statement this Saturday night, the press service of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had indicated that he had spent the day negotiating with Yevgeny Prigojine, with the approval of the Russian president, finally getting the head of Wagner halted his advance on Moscow.
At the end of the agreement negotiated with Moscow, Evgeny Prigojine will have to live in exile in Belarus, the Kremlin announced, without specifying whether he will bring members of his militia with him. Wagner members will not be legally prosecuted, the Kremlin added.
No news since he left Rostov
Since then, Evgeny Prigokhine has been discreet and no information about his whereabouts has been leaked. According to the Russian television channel RTVI, the latest information about Wagner’s head dates from this Saturday afternoon. A video shows Yevgeny Prigojine leaving the city of Rostov, aboard a black SUV, whose headquarters had been taken over by his troops.
The last audio message from the group leader dates from 8:35 p.m., and corresponds to the order given to his troops to turn back and return to their camps.
“He sends his greetings to everyone and will answer questions when he is in normal communication,” he also responded to his press service at the request of the Russian media.
A response similar to that obtained by CNN, which also tried to contact Evguéni Prigojine. “All questions from him have been sent to Yevgeny Viktorovich [Prigojine]. He sends his greetings to everyone and will answer questions when he has normal communication,” his press service repeated.
At the moment, beyond his departure to Belarus and the abandonment of the process against him and his men, nothing has been leaked about the conditions of the agreement with Moscow. For several months, Yevgeni Prigojine had been in open warfare with the Russian military command, and in particular with Sergueï Choïgou, Minister of Defence, and Valeri Guerassimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces. It remains to be seen if Wagner’s boss managed to get him to resign.
Source: BFM TV
