Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed he had offered Wagner chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin “full security” before his presumed death last week.
on Saturday, and he also urged the country to return to the Black Sea Grain Initiative after it pulled out last month.:
Russians mourning the Wagner Group leader’s presumed death have set up memorials in nearly two dozen cities across the country and in occupied Ukraine in recent days — a sign of the commander’s lingering popularity and a potential challenge for President Vladimir Putin, who is currently facing divisions within the elite and in the military, Robyn Dixon writes.
“Prigozhin, despite declaring loyalty to Putin, put his regime in jeopardy and showed his weakness for which he received the inevitable punishment. I think the elites understood this signal very well,” said Dmitry Kolezev, a Russian analyst and independent journalist who left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. “At the same time, there is a broader audience of military activists, supporters of the Wagner PMC and Wagner veterans, among whom there is a cult of Prigozhin,” he added.
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