Peskov said that the criminal case of military mutiny will be closed, and Prigozhin will “go” to Belarus

The criminal case of a military mutiny initiated against Yevgeny Prigozhin will be terminated, and the founder of Wagner PMC will “leave” for Belarus. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov in an interview with reporters.

“You ask me what will happen to Prigogine personally. The criminal case will be dropped against him, and he himself will go to Belarus, - Interfax quotes him as saying. “If you ask what kind of guarantee that Prigozhin will be able to leave for Belarus, this is the word of the President of Russia.”

According to a Kremlin spokesman, Wagner PMC mercenaries who participated in the rebellion will not be prosecuted according to the law "taking into account their merits at the front." The fighters will return to their camps, and some of them, if they wish, will sign contracts with the RF Ministry of Defense. “In the end, we managed to resolve this situation without further losses, without increasing the level of tension,” he said.

Peskov confirmed that Alexander Lukashenko indeed, at the request of the President of the Russian Federation, held talks with the head of the PMC Wagner, as a result of which Prigozhin agreed to stop the military rebellion.

“You will probably ask me why President Lukashenko. The fact is that Alexander Grigorievich has long been personally acquainted with Prigogine, for about 20 years. It was his personal initiative proposal, which was agreed with President Putin,” Peskov said, adding that the Kremlin “is grateful to Lukashenka for these efforts.”

He also noted that Saturday's rebellion would not affect the course of the "special military operation", and Vladimir Putin did not plan new appeals to the Russians and did not change his attitude towards Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, due to dissatisfaction with whom Prigogine raised a rebellion. Where exactly is now the head of PMC Wagner, the Kremlin does not know.