It can be argued that elements of virtually every one of Russia’s security services were complicit in Prigozhin's move – or at the very least apathetic to it.
Private military company Wagner has kept operating within the grey zone as a shadow instrument of State policy, giving the Russian Army a perfect alibi to invoke deniability.
Prigozhin halted what he called was 'march of justice' on Moscow from the southern city of Rostov-on-Don within 200 kilometres of the capital after Lukashenko's intervention.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the mercenary group Wagner fighting in Ukraine, agreed to end his march towards Moscow after a deal was brokered by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.
The private military company helped Russia in the war against Ukraine that began in 2022. However, this weekend, it attempted an ‘armed mutiny’ against Moscow, but has since retreated.
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