Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko mentioned Tuesday he had urged his ally President Vladimir Putin to not kill the pinnacle of the mercenary Wagner group, which final week tried to topple Russia’s high brass.
Lukashenko, a long-time ally of Putin, claimed to have negotiated an finish to the armed riot and has mentioned he’ll absorb exiled rebels and Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
“I said to Putin: we could waste (Prigozhin), no problem. If not on the first try, then on the second. I told him: don’t do this,” Lukashenko mentioned throughout a gathering with safety officers, in line with state media.
Lukashenko earlier confirmed Prigozhin, who led the lethal march on Moscow final week, might be in Belarus on Tuesday, underneath a deal that ended his revolt.
The 68-year-old authoritarian chief has been hit with Western sanctions for cracking down on opposition figures and permitting Russia to assault Ukraine final yr from Belarusian territory.
Kremlin critics have accused Putin of orchestrating the killings of a number of outstanding authorities opposition figures and the near-fatal poisoning of politician Alexei Navalny.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
