Yevgeny Prigozhin. Photo: A still from the video.
CNN published material on the attempted uprising of Yevgeny Prigozhin and PMC Wagner, which took place a day earlier in Russia. The article says that Russia faced a very high threat of armed insurgency, but as a result of an agreement brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the crisis ended as quickly as it began. However, experts warn that this crisis may have consequences in the future, and Yevgeny Prigozhin himself, who got to Belarus unharmed, could draw a target on his back.
For now, the author notes, it remains unclear what will happen to the role of Prigozhin in the PMC “Wagner”, as well as in the Ukrainian conflict. At the same time, the opinion of experts who believe that the danger for Prigozhin has not passed is given.
“Putin does not forgive traitors. Even if Putin said, “Prigozhin, go to Belarus,” he's still a traitor, and I don't think Putin will ever forgive that,” said a Russia expert, CNN's Moscow bureau chief.
Maybe we'll see. how Prigozhin “will be killed in Belarus”, she added, adding that this is a “difficult dilemma for Moscow”. , the press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, said that the criminal proceedings against Yevgeny Prigozhin will be dropped and he will go to Belarus. “If you are asking what is the guarantee that Prigozhin will be able to go to Belarus, that is the word of the President of Russia,” Peskov added.
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