MOSCOW, July 10 (Reuters) – The Kremlin stated on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 29, 5 days after the group marched in the direction of Moscow in a short-lived riot.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov instructed reporters that Putin invited 35 folks to the assembly, together with unit commanders, and that it lasted three hours. The Wagner commanders instructed Putin they have been his troopers and would proceed to battle for him, Peskov stated.
The temporary mutiny led by Prigozhin, through which Wagner fighters took management of the southern metropolis of Rostov, confronted Putin with the gravest problem to his maintain on energy since taking on as Russia’s paramount chief on the final day of 1999.
It was defused in a deal brokered by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Putin has since thanked his military and safety companies for averting chaos and civil conflict.
Prigozhin has stated the mutiny was not aimed toward overthrowing the federal government however at “bringing to justice” the military and defence chiefs for what he known as their blunders and unprofessional actions in Ukraine.
Prigozhin was meant to go away for Belarus beneath the phrases of the deal however Lukashenko stated final week he was again in Russia and that Wagner fighters had not but taken up a proposal to relocate to Belarus, elevating questions concerning the implementation of the settlement. (Reporting by Reuters, writing by Caleb Davis and Mark Trevelyan)