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vowing to punish Wagner fighters marching toward Moscow and occupying cities along the way – before a sudden deal with Belarus seemed to defuse the crisis as rapidly as it emerged.
Prigozhin then led his troops into Rostov-on-Don and claimed to have taken control of key military facilities in the Voronezh region, where there was an apparent clash between Wagner units and Russian forces.But that did little to appease Moscow, with a top security official calling Prigozhin's actions a "staged coup d'état," according to Russian state media.
Then almost as suddenly as it began, the short-lived mutiny fizzled out with the Belarus deal seeming putting out the fire – at least for now.Much remains unclear, such as what will happen to Prigozhin's role within Wagner and the Ukraine war, and whether all his fighters will be contracted to Russia's military.Prigozhin himself has provided little detail about his agreement to halt the advance on Moscow.
It's possible we could see Prigozhin "get killed in Belarus," she added – but it's a tough dilemma for Moscow because as long as Prigozhin "has some type of support, he is a threat, regardless of where he is."Multiple experts told CNN that while the Russian president survived the stand-off,That could pose a risk if there are skeptics or rivals within Moscow who see an opportunity to undermine Putin's position.
But Russian-backed separatist movements in Ukraine in 2014 set the foundation for Prigozhin's transformation into a warlord.
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