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Jet linked to Prigozhin arrives in Belarus following mutiny

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The Wagner mercenary chief had said he was going there under a deal brokered by the Belarus President. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MINSK - A jet linked to Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin arrived in Belarus from Russia on Tuesday, potentially carrying him to exile three days after he ledFlight tracking website Flightradar24 showed an Embraer Legacy 600 jet – bearing identification codes that match a plane linked to Prigozhin in United States sanctions documents – descending to landing altitude near the Belarus capital Minsk.

But details of his proposed journey into exile were not made public, and his whereabouts remained unconfirmed for three days. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address on Monday night that the mutiny leaders had betrayed their motherland, although he did not mention Prigozhin by name. Prigozhin, 62, a former Putin ally whose Wagner group mercenaries have fought the bloodiest battles of the Ukraine war, said his fighters had halted their campaign on Saturday to avert bloodshed after nearly reaching Moscow.

 

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