Wagner’s Rebellion: Yevgeny Prigojine’s U-turn

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T. Cuny, J. Laurent-Kaysen, T. de Barbeyrac, M. Barrois, Ph. Goldmann – France 3

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Yevgeni Prigojine’s rebellion did not last more than a day. The mercenaries withdrew from Russia as quickly as they entered it. This tension will leave traces.

Acclaimed by some of the inhabitants of Rostov (Russia), thee head of Wagner, Yevgeni Prigozhin, has decidedto everyone’s surprise, to put an end to hisbellion against Russian power. In the middle of the night, the troops by Wagner returned to their vehicles. On the morning of Sunday, June 25, calm had apparently returned to the city.

The day before, Wagner’s troops had covered a large part of Russia in a few hours, heading for Moscow. While they were less than 400 km from the capital, the head of the militiae To announced that they were turning around in a voicemail. Aware of our responsibility for the shedding of Russian blood, we are pushing back our columns and returning to the field camps”said Evgeni Prigozhin.

Moscow still in shock

AT Moscow, anti-terrorism measures remain in place. The head of the American diplomacy Antony Blinken reacted, and described the situation as“extraordinary”. Yevgeni Prigojine would be in the direction of Belarus. Russia dropped all charges judicial against him and his men.


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