Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who last month brokered a deal to end an armed mutiny in Russia, says Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is no longer in Belarus.
But he told reporters on Thursday: "As for Prigozhin, he's in St Petersburg. He is not on the territory of Belarus."
Mr Lukashenko added that an offer for Mr Prigozhin's Wagner Group to station some of its fighters in Belarus — a prospect that has alarmed neighbouring NATO countries — still stands. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says an offer to the Wagner Group to station soldiers in his country still stands.
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