Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was seen in a video released Monday in what was his first public appearance since a mercenary revolt demanded his removal.
made his first public appearance on Monday since a mercenary revolt demanded his removal on Friday.
He is the first of these leaders to appear publicly since the revolt as Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, also a target of Prigozhin's, have not been seen or heard from in public since the uprising. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been absent from the public's view as well.
It remains unclear what would ultimately happen to Prigozhin and his forces, and public details of the deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko are limited. It is unclear where Prigozhin has been since he drove out of Rostov-on-Don in an SUV on Saturday.
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