(Dan Tri) – Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is said to have gone to Belarus after the short uprising in Russia, but his whereabouts in the following two months are unclear.
After postponing the `march for justice` on June 24, Mr. Prigozhin remained mostly silent and rarely appeared in public.
June 24: Agreement reached to end the rebellion
One day after declaring the rebellion, Mr. Prigozhin postponed his march to Moscow.
The Kremlin later reached an agreement with Mr. Prigozhin thanks to the mediation efforts of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Yevgeny Prigozhin and some Wagner soldiers in Ukraine (Photo: Reuters).
June 27: Arrive in Belarus
A special plane linked to Mr. Prigozhin took off from Moscow and landed in Belarus on June 27, Fox News reported.
`The security guarantees that Russian President Vladimir Putin promised yesterday have been provided. I saw that Mr. Prigozhin flew on this plane and he is in Belarus today,` Mr. Lukashenko said on April 27.
June 29: Meeting with Mr. Putin
Five days after the uprising and two days after Mr. Prigozhin arrived in Belarus, leader Wagner appeared again in Moscow for a three-hour meeting with Mr. Putin, TASS reported in July.
A Kremlin spokesman said Mr. Prigozhin and other Wagner commanders pledged allegiance to Mr. Putin during the meeting.
July 4-6: Return to Russia to receive belongings
Russian website Fontanka reported that Mr. Prigozhin arrived in St.
Rifles and ammunition were discovered while the authorities searched Mr. Prigozhin’s house (Photo: Izvestia).
On July 6, Mr. Lukashenko confirmed that Mr. Prigozhin and soldier Wagner were in Russia.
This is also when an anonymous Pentagon official told the New York Times that it appeared that Mr. Prigozhin had mainly remained in Russia since the uprising and often traveled between Moscow and St.
July 14: An image appears of Mr. Prigozhin supposedly returning to Belarus
In mid-July, an image of Mr. Prigozhin appeared on social networks sitting on a bed in a tent.
July 27: Attend an international summit in Russia
Photos emerged in late July showing Mr. Prigozhin present at a Russia-Africa summit hosted by Mr. Putin in St. Petersburg.
The photo is said to be of Mr. Prigozhin shaking hands with Mr. Freddy Mapouka, presidential advisor to the Central African Republic (Photo: Dimitri Sytyi).
August 21: Appears again in video
August 21 was the first time Mr. Prigozhin posted a video recruiting forces for Wagner since the uprising, AP quoted Russian social media channels connected to Mr. Prigozhin.
In the video, Mr. Prigozhin said that Wagner is `hiring really strong people, and is continuing to complete the tasks that have been set and promised to handle.`
He said Wagner is focused on `making Russia greater on all continents, while making Africa even more free`.
Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared in a video posted on August 21 (Photo: Twitter).
August 23: Was on a private jet that crashed in Russia
According to Russian officials, exactly 2 months since the uprising, Mr. Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash in Tver province.
More than 24 hours after the accident, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the victims of the plane crash, emphasizing that Mr. Prigozhin was a talented man but had a cruel fate.