– Yevgeny Prigozhinthe boss of the Russian mercenary army Wagner, had withdrawn from the front last weekend and drove into the city of Rostov on Saturday evening. He had summoned to a “armed insurrection” and even went to Moscow with his troops.
– Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the Wagner chief of “betrayal that feels like one knife in the back”, but according to Prigozhin, Putin was seriously mistaken.
– In Moscow harsh measures were taken to stop the advance of the mercenaries, who were advancing at lightning speed. Russian soldiers posted machine guns and the mayor asked the inhabitants “to to stay at home as much as possible”.
– In the end, Wagner’s troops – who were barely 200 kilometers from Moscow – the city never reached. Yevgeny Prigozhin went after a day of tensions agree around the advance of his troops to stop. In exchange, he would move to Belarus and no one will be prosecuted for mutiny.
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