Yevgeny Prigozhin was spotted traveling by private jet to St. Petersburg to get back some of the weapons that Russian security officials confiscated on June 24.
The plane carrying the leader of the private military group Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin was seen moving back and forth between Belarus and Russia’s two largest cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg, local news agency Fontanka reported on July 5.
Thanks to the agreement to end the rebellion with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as a mediator, all charges against Prigozhin were dropped. Boss Wagner was returned to the weapons seized after police raided his office and mansion in St. Petersburg on June 24.
Reporters discovered the car carrying boss Wagner to the St. Petersburg of the General Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in Liteiny, city center on the evening of July 4. Prigozhin and his aides loaded weapons into the vehicle, including several rifles and pistols, including a custom Glock with Prigozhin’s name engraved as a gift from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, when relations between the two were still smooth.
Last weekend, local authorities returned Prigozhin 10 billion rubles ($110 million) in cash. This is the amount of money police discovered in two small trucks parked at luxury hotels on Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg. Boss Wagner is said to have sent a private driver to collect this money.
The Kremlin confirmed the charges against Prigozhin had been dropped but did not comment on the assets and cash confiscated from him.
Wagner‘s 24-hour rebellion ended on the evening of June 24 after Prigozhin reached an agreement with the Kremlin through the President of Belarus. Prigozhin then left Russia for Belarus, where Wagner fighters are likely to rally with him.
The Telegram channel affiliated with Wagner, Gray Zone, on July 3 announced the construction of one of the group’s three barracks located near the village of Osipovichi, Mogilev region, Belarus, adding that some units of this force had arrested and start training again.
President Lukashenko said on June 27 that there was no intention for Wagner to open a recruitment center in the country but welcomed them to share their combat experience with Belarusian soldiers.
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