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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 he's done with other enemies, but he's 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 he's not there. lukashenko is his name, and talking about mediating the war. >> i will do it if the warring sides, russia and ukraine in this case ask for it, not only just the west. if they see a role for me in that, of ...

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, he's the one who did the deal to end the insurrection with the agreement that yevgeny prigozhin would come here to belarus. now he says he's not here. he says he's a free man in russia, and even suggests that prigozhin and his fighters may never come here as you can imagine, we try to get more detail. take a listen. >>. >> thank you very much for the conver...

Yevgeny prigozhin. it depends who you ask. according to the kremlin, he's in belarus. but according to belarus, he's in russia. according to social media he's in disguise. joining me from minsk in belarus, is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons to try to sort it all out. here's what lukashenko, the president of belarus said about prigozhin's whereabouts today. >> translator: yevgeny prigozhin, he is located in st. petersburg. where is he this morning? he could have gone to moscow or somewhere else but he's not on the territory of belarus. >> forgive me, keir, i'm very confu...