Kremlin Says Wagner Boss Prigozhin Will Be Exiled To Belarus. All Charges Will Be Dropped

"The criminal case against Prigozhin will be dropped, he himself will go to Belarus" - Peskov https://t.co/NkNh9VjSu9 pic.twitter.com/1AYrBj8mxW

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 24, 2023

WNU Editor: I do not think Prigozhin's exile to Belarus is going to last long. But he had no choice. I know that outside of Moscow there is a huge military base with tens of thousands of soldiers present with heavy armor, and this morning they were all ordered out of their base and deployed to destroy Prigozhin's approaching convoy at all costs. And in Rostov where Prigozhin was holed up, a massive Chechen force with Russian special forces were approaching the city to attack and evict him out of the military base that he was in. 

Bottom line. Receiving little if any public support and no support from any Russian military unit Prigozhin had to cut a deal. 

So what is next? 

Prigozhin will be exiled to Belarus, but he will be closely watched and his movements and communications will be severely restricted. 

The Wagner fighters who initially refused to participate in Prigozhin's "march" will sign contracts with the Defense Ministry. 

There will be no changes in the Russian Ministry of Defense as demanded by Prigozhin. 

Belarus President Lukashenko is the big winner in this crisis. 

This is a big wake-up call for Putin. 

The vast majority of Russians understand why this war is being fought, and they support it. But they are not supporting the strategy on how to fight it. My fear is that Putin, in order to placate the growing impatience with the pace of the war, is going to significantly escalate the war that will include the use of strategic bombers as well as expanding what targets the Russian military will be permitted to destroy.

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