Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, will move to neighboring Belarus as part of a deal to end what appeared to be an armed coup led by Prigozhin against Russia’s military leadership, according to the Kremlin.
Prigozhin, who has been a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin for roughly 20 years, had earlier agreed to end what he described as a “march for justice” to topple Moscow’s military leadership after mediation by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
