Putin and Lukashenko discuss the “Wagner crisis”

According to the statement of the Presidential Press Service of Belarus, Lukashenko conducted telephone diplomacy.

Lukashenko had a telephone conversation with Putin in the morning. Wagner’s crisis was discussed at the meeting.

INTERVIEW WITH NAZARBAYEV

In the second half of the day, Lukashenkov spoke by phone with the former president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev.

During the meeting, the international and regional situation, as well as Belarus-Kazakhstan relations were discussed.

WAGNER’S CRISIS

Yevgeny Prigojin, the founder of the private security company Wagner, accused the Russian military of carrying out an attack against Wagner and threatened to respond, Wagner’s fighters left Ukraine and entered the Rostov border region.

Faced with this situation, the Federal Security Service (FSB) opened a criminal case on the charge of “armed riots”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin described Wagner’s revolt as “treason”.

Prigokhin announced that they would go to Moscow, and the Kremlin administration had increased security measures in many parts of the country.

It was reported that Yevgeny Prigojin yesterday accepted the proposal of the President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, to reduce tensions in Russia.

Prigojin announced that they understood responsibility for the Russian bloodshed and would turn back their convoys and return to the camps according to plan.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitriy Peskov announced that the criminal case against Prigojin would be closed and the rebel leader would go to Belarus. (AA)