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Saturday, June 24, 2023
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Saturday, June 24, 2023
Kremlin: Wagner chief to leave for Belarus, case against him to be closed
FILE - Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. (AP Photo, file)
MOSCOW — The Kremlin says that Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin will leave for Belarus and a criminal case against him will be dropped.
Members of the Wagner paramilitary force who joined what Moscow called an “armed rebellion” will not be prosecuted, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov adds. “We have always respected their heroic deeds at the front.”
