The developments in Russia are rapid as, as reported by the country’s media, Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus, has taken on the role of mediator in order to stop the Wagner rebellion. The relevant information was transmitted by the Tass and Ria Novosti agencies. In fact, Ria Novosti reports that after a communication he had with the Belarusian president, Evgeny Prigozhin accepted the offer made to him to stop the movement of the mercenary military group Wagner, which he leads.
According to the Russian media, the Belarusian president also proposed to take further measures to de-escalate the tension. It should be noted that Lukashenko was the first of Putin’s close allies contacted by the Russian president. Thus, the president of Belarus is said to have assumed a mediating role and to have managed to convince the leader of the Wagner paramilitary organization in order to stop the tension between him and Putin.
The statement of the press service of the Belarusian presidency in detail:
“This morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin informed his Belarusian counterpart about the situation in southern Russia with the private military company Wagner. The heads of state agreed on joint actions.
During the further development of the agreements, the President of Belarus, after further clarifying the situation through his own channels, in agreement with the President of Russia, held talks with the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Negotiations continued throughout the day. As a result, they came to an agreement on the inadmissibility of unleashing a bloody massacre on the territory of Russia. Yevgeny Prigozhin accepted the proposal of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to stop the movement of the Wagner company’s armed forces to Russia and to take further measures to de-escalate the tension.
At the moment, on the table, there is a completely profitable and acceptable option to resolve the situation, with security guarantees for Wagner PMC fighters.
As mentioned earlier, also today the President of Belarus held two meetings with the country’s power bloc on this situation.”
