According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian military and security services “succeeded in stopping a civil war” during the mercenary group’s 24-hour armed uprising.
The Russian Ministry of Defense is preparing the transfer of heavy military equipment that was in the hands of Wagner Group mercenaries to regular Russian troops, the department led by Sergei Shoigu reported Tuesday.
Russia takes this step after the Russian President, Vladimir Putingiven last night three outlets to the mercenaries who rebelled against the military leadership for 24 hours over the weekend: return home, go into exile in Belarus or sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense or other national security agencies.
In practice, this means the dismantling of the Wagner Group as it was known since it was founded in 2014 after the outbreak of the conflict in Donbas, in eastern Ukraine.
He agreement reached last Saturday between the Kremlin and the head of the Wagnerites, Yevgeny Prigozhinstipulates that neither the mercenaries nor their leader will face criminal charges for armed insurrection and that the 62-year-old businessman from St. Petersburg would go into exile in Belarus.
In return they had to give up his rebellionin which they had taken the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and marched in columns up to 200 kilometers from the gates of Moscow.
As stated today by the Russian President, the military and security services of Russia “they managed to stop a civil war” during the 24-hour armed uprising of the group of Russian mercenaries.
Source: EITB
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