stopped his advance on moscow and apparently pulled at least some fighters out of rostov-on-don. they had made to it within 120 miles of the capital when they suddenly decided to turn around. the kremlin saying they have putin s word he can go safely to belarus free from prosecution. you can see him being cheered by the folks. they even went to shake his hand. prigozhin saying he made the deal because he didn t want to shed russian blood. translator: therefore, russian blood would be shed from one of the sites we turn our column around and turn in the opposite direction according to the plan. we also see here some of his departing fighters who seem to get some cheers from residents as they stood on top of the tanks. so we have full team coverage for you over the next hour. our team of correspondents and guests. i start with nic robertson. so prigozhin has been seething at russian leadership. he s been saying for months, attacking the defense minister shoigu and others. he
because of an insurrection led by the leader of the wagner mercenaries that ended nearly as soon as it started. an apparent clash between wagner and russian troops which was followed by a fire at that oil refinery you see on your screen there. under the deal done, the kremlin says wagner troops will not face any legal action, but they ll sign new contracts with russia s defense ministry while moscow will drop its charges against prig prigozhin, who will go to belarus. wagner s leader says he agreed to that in order to avoid bloodshed. translator: therefore, realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps, according to the plan. the kremlin says it doesn t know where prigozhin is right now. what you see there is video of people cheering as he left ross stor-on-don where his troops seized military facilities on saturday. officials now tell c
for you over the next hour. our team of correspondents and guests. i start with nic robertson. so prigozhin has been seething at russian leadership. he s been saying for months, attacking the defense minister shoigu and others. he claimed that russian forces had attacked his men, intentionally tried to kill wagner forces. we don t know if that s true or not and that s what ostensibly led him to invade the russian cities, rostov-on-don started advancing on moscow. do we know anything about why he would make this deal? he said he wouldn t want to shed russian blood. he seemed pretty blood thirsty before. i think there is a calculation here, or an evaluation that says he overreached. there wasn t the readiness in russia to support him to overthrow shoigu and gerasimov, his deputy to overthrow putin.
threatening. yeah, yeah, indeed. paula good to see you, my friend. paula newton there in ottawa. well, for several long hours yevgeny prigozhin seemed determined to march on moscow in that armed mutiny of his. prigozhin, of course, abruptly ended the rebellion and agreed to leave russia in a deal brokered by the president of belarus. the kremlin announced there will be no criminal charges against him. now many are wondering why did prigozhin agree to the deal. here s more now from cnn s nic robertson. reporter: i think there s a calculation here an evaluation that says he overreached. there wasn t the readiness in russia to support him to overthrow shoigu and less still to overthrow putin, overreach there, perhaps overreacted. he s seen as somebody who can get incredibly emotional, so potentially if his troops were