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Wigs and the pictures of the guns and his house and the pictures of people he had murdered, it is just phenomenal that he has gone from a very charismatic figure that is next to putin to being continually harassed and people breaking into his core, searching his apartment, and yet not saying anything about him. i will also follow what jill is it about lukashenko. he is as much of a liar as putin. i had to laugh, when he said mr. putin would never do anything like hurt prigozhin. he probably woul...

Hardened rebellious mercenary group into your country? are you concerned that that would have to stabilized belarus? i mean, the russians thought it was safe to have him but they were wrong. [speaking non-english] >> translator: this is not a situation where obvious living wagner a helping hand. this was reached in a process of negotiation. you know what was at stake. i made this decision at that time and i would stick to it. but i dont think that would rise up and turn his gun against belarusia...

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia, Belarus's president said on Thursday, despite a deal with the Kremlin for him to move to Belarus following his failed insurrection last month.

The Belarusian president told international reporters Thursday that the mercenary leader was in St. Petersburg and Wagner’s troops still were at their camps

Whilst Lukashenko refrained from disclosing the exact whereabouts of the camps housing the Wagner troops, it is widely known that they previously operated in Ukraine, fighting alongside Russian forces.

Political turmoil has rocked Russia. Warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, took control of a southern Russian military ou

The chief of the Wagner private army that staged an aborted rebellion against the Kremlin’s military leadership last month is back in Russia, according to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

So putin knows prigozhin has a lot of popularity thanks to the kremlin support when they were run through a meat grinder in bakhmut and targeting him for kill as hes done with other enemies, but hes trying at this point i think to let the media portray prigozhin in a not so positive light, maybe as a precursor to some action like that. >> bill: the president of belarus says hes not there. lukashenko is his name, and talking about mediating the war. >> i will do it if the warring sides, russia an...

One of international news organizations invited to the presidential palace here in minsk, the capital of belarus to question the autocrat, president lukashenko to find out a little bit more. he surprised us with the answer because remember, hes the one who did the deal to end the insurrection with the agreement that yevgeny prigozhin would come here to belarus. now he says hes not here. he says hes a free man in russia, and even suggests that prigozhin and his fighters may never come here as you...

Yevgeny prigozhin. it depends who you ask. according to the kremlin, hes in belarus. but according to belarus, hes in russia. according to social media hes in disguise. joining me from minsk in belarus, is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons to try to sort it all out. heres what lukashenko, the president of belarus said about prigozhins whereabouts today. >> translator: yevgeny prigozhin, he is located in st. petersburg. where is he this morning? he could have gone to moscow ...