Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko mentioned on Friday that he had warned the leaders of Russia’s non-public navy group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, of potential threats to their lives.
President Putin initially vowed to crush Prigozhin’s insurrection in June, however hours later a deal was reached that allowed Prigozhin and a few of his fighters to maneuver to Belarus.
Lukashenko, who helped dealer the deal shortly after the mutiny, mentioned he persuaded Putin to not “eradicate” Prigozhin, who was on the passenger listing for a non-public jet that crashed on Wednesday north of Moscow.
A gathering between Putin and Lukchenko final July
On Friday, Lukashenko mentioned Prigozhin had on two events dominated out considerations raised by the Belarusian president about potential threats to his life.
Lukashenko added that he had warned Prigozhin in the course of the insurrection that he would “die” if he continued advancing in direction of Moscow, and Prigozhin replied, “I do not care.. I’ll die.”
Lukashenko went on to say that he warned Prigozhin and Utkin once more when he met them.
It’s reported that Utkin contributed to the institution of Wagner with Prigozhin and was additionally on the passenger listing of the airplane that crashed.
It was not clear from Lukashenko’s remarks, reported by state information company Belta, when the dialog passed off.
Lukashenko, an outdated acquaintance of Prigozhin and a detailed ally of Russia, mentioned Putin had nothing to do with the airplane crash.
He added, “I do know Putin, he isn’t in his treacherous nature, very calm, very gradual… I am unable to think about that Putin did it, that Putin is accountable. It is a very ruthless and unprofessional job.”
For its half, the Kremlin mentioned at the moment, Friday, that Western insinuations that Prigozhin was killed on his orders are a “pure lie”, however it refuses to substantiate his dying definitively, indicating the necessity to look ahead to the outcomes of the investigation.
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