Russian authorities announce the dropping of charges against the paramilitary group

The Russian authorities announced on Tuesday, June 27, to drop their charges against the paramilitary group Wagner, led by Evgueni Prigojine. “It has been established” that the participants in the brief mutiny “have ceased their actions aimed directly at committing a crime”, said the security services (FSB) quoted by Russian news agencies. Given these circumstances, “the abandonment of the proceedings has been decided”as planned under an agreement reached through Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

“Preparations are underway for the transfer of heavy military equipment from Wagner to active units of the armed forces” Russians, the Russian Defense Ministry also announced on Tuesday. The day before, Vladimir Poutine had proposed to the members of the group having taken part in the brief rebellion to sign a contract with the regular army, to “to return to their families and loved ones” or to go to Belarus.

Two days after calling on his fighters to march on Moscow, Yevgeny Prigojine assured Monday that he had launched this operation to save his organization, and not to seize power. Wagner’s boss also claimed that his attempt had brought to light the “serious security issues” in Russia. According to him, his men were able to seize the army headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and several other military sites without much resistance.