Following Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived mutiny, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government find themselves in unchartered territory. The crisis appears to have been averted, for now, but what happens next for Russia and the Wagner Group remains uncertain.
The events, which began on Saturday, appeared to take everyone but the battle-hardened mercenary group by surprise. Wagner forces rapidly took control of Rostov, one of Russia’s largest cities, where they were met with minimal resistance from local security forces and occupied the regional military headquarters.
They continued to march on Moscow before Prigozhin ordered his mercenaries to turn back 200km (124 miles) from the capital. He agreed to go into exile in Belarus after brokering a deal with the country’s President Alexander Lukashenko.
The mutiny appears to be over, but the fate of the mercenary group that has proven so influential in Ukraine, as well as Syria and many African countries, remains to be seen.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports on the fallout from Saturday’s rebellion.
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Its not the problem of the world for wagner uncertain future. The problem now is how to stop the war in ukraine. It is Karma for Russian Regime.
This should NOT HAVE HAPPENED…ALL for a lost cause….
You keep showing bald satan.
They are cheering wagner boss for being a fool in attempting a coup against Putler. They won’t miss him when he is gone.
Al Jazeera in the year 2099: Wagner coup still making progress and Syrian rebels also about to defeat Bashar Al Assad 😂😂😂😂
Wasnt Wagner Hitlers favourite composer?
Rigizin will die
Stupid move for 3 minutes of glory. He’s a dead man walking
Oh my, they even got rid of Prigozhin’s access to wifi
Proghozin, a new Malala of the west, they will give him noble peace prize
Even if you take a cannibal maniac down the street, there will still be several dozen people who will greet him and photograph with him. The objective reality is that no one supported Prigozhin, and when he realized that he had done something stupid motivated only by emotions, he went to negotiate with almost any conditions under which he and the Wagner members would not be killed, that’s all.
It will take weeks to convince Prigozhin to go to any meeting at a floor at building level of four and above.
“The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
🔴Speculation after speculation! Peace is better than war ‼️
Wagner is a Russian product there progozhin slow death.
May be already executed. No more hear from him.
As long as the Chechen army is there nobody will be able to do anything to President Putin and nothing can happen to Russia
So Russia is relying on the Chechen army instead of their own, pathetic.
@weidles keep dreaming
@Nsg Nsgyou don’t seem to comprehend the line of reasoning…are u 6 yrs old?
Gone from being Putin’s personal army of last resort to Putin’s spare parts department.
Not a bad effort all things considered. 😎😎
He will attack Kyiv from Belarus.
The coup is a false flag operation.
the west crying they dog faile
Huh? Take a deep breath and rethink that one champ.
Z.GRISOL YOOO 😂😂😮😮😮😮😮 YOOO IF THE WAR STOP AMERICA IS DEAD AND WE HAVE TO PAY 100TRIL..DUKS😢😮😅😂 OK IF SO EVERYTHING DIE..IN THE NAME OF FEEDOM😢😂BYBYMYSELF WE IN
Uncontrolled power is not power. Wagner will answer for the children he killed. it’s the law of nature
What a coward that man turned out to be, once you start war against Putin never stop because you’re dead either way.
really good at starting wars there bud just saying
The American CIA you mean eh karl?
Since World War II, during a supposed golden age of peace, the United States military has killed or helped kill some 20 million people, overthrown at least 36 governments, interfered in at least 86 foreign elections, attempted to assassinate over 50 foreign leaders, and dropped bombs on people in over 30 countries.
Prigozhin is going to be under surveillance in Belarus until this is blown over and then one night FSBs coming in 3AM and taking him to the gulag 😂
Prigozhin has not been freed, he was told to” go away, we will find you”.
Great reporting as usual, Al Jazeera English. And it’s lucky you’re still allowed in Moscow, when so many aren’t.
Thanks from sunny Vienna, Scott
@Natalya K For instance, DW, Deutsche Welle.
@Scott Wallace It was an answer for RT DE to be banned in Germany. Germany banned it first.
@Natalya K Thanks, I didn’t know that. But having been a follower of Russia Today for several years, it’s not surprising. They went from being interesting views of Russian opinion to being a propaganda mouthpiece of Putin a couple of years ago, and got boring and obviously bought out.
@Scott Wallace I can’t comment on RT as I never watched them. I just happened to read about the ban.)
@Natalya K Thanks for the information. Greetings from sunny Vienna, Scott
I smelled something fishy over there that is so strange i think they took his family away from him so he got no choice to give up and a few days pass everyone’s going to see him but look at his face 👀 he is scared because they going to kill his family’s.
That makes more sense than any thing else so far.
Maybe Wagner will side with Ukraine!??
Nobody has actually seen Prighozin since be left Rostov, he is probably already dead.
Nobody has actually seen Vladimir Putin again after his angry national address on Saturday.
From what I understand is, Russia was using Wagner and Chechen troops to fight for Russia, while the young Russians were fleeing Russia, but the Ukraine’s were signing to fight the Russians. They used to be one country, now killing each other. I don’t blame the young Russians for not wanting to fight their brothers. Stop the WAR Mr. PUTIN.
Yevgeny Prigozhin might be already dead.
Western media are making false news about Russia and wagner
Where does the money come from man………
Mostly Africa.
Prigozhin won’t last more than a few weeks in “exile.”
You see a man who is quick to say: you can trust a fool more than him.
Hahaha it was a joke
The future is more uncertain for Putins mafia regime than Wagner😂😂
The thot plickens. Imagine living their lives, day after day. In a world of endless intrigue – and the stress it must bring -the uneventful seems like Heaven on Earth.
Wagner and putin have made a fool out of NATO. Wagner group took money from Nato for revolt and betrayed them…western biased media is showing what they want….but russians know the truth so they r cheering for wagner.
PUTIN TOLD EVERYONE EVERYTHING ABOUT PRIGOZHIN’S ATTEMPT – it is only that people should understand him.
In his address to the Nation on TV, President Putin told the Russians (and the rest of the World), what is going on and what Russian Federation is going to stop and demolish. Putin stated that THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A REPRISE OF THE YEAR 1917 WHEN FOREIGN AGENTS DESTROYED RUSSIA AND STOLE ITS VICTORY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR!
The ones who know (Russians know) that in 1917 it was Jewish Communists who were those foreign financed, sent, supported agents, and who know that Prigozhin is of the same ethnic (and political) background, were alarmed to stop this armed mutiny of his Wagner organization immdiately. Which they did. Indeed, desired reprise of the year 1917 was not even close to realisation.
People foget Wagner still hss bases and operations ongoing across Africa.
Those bases will be under new management.
Could be a war plan Wagner group to attack from Belarus 🤯
Putin’s world fell apart when Trump lost the 2020 election.
Wagner was only an effective fighting force because they had unlimited meat to throw away.
… as a German Biologist –
the entire World prayed for the End of Wagner
now
you worry about them…
There are rumors that Putin has kidnapped his family and that the reason he stopped.
At the time no one know for sure what went on, but it is not unlikely that his family could have been kidnapped.
Russian send nuclear to Belarus of course Wagner will takes over,,
its like having isis as your elite gaurd.
They’re repositioning in Belarus to attack Ukraine from the north
If prigogin dies soon, he was a traitor.
If he lives, all this was all fixed to move troops.
Long life to the Tsar Vladimirovich !!
😂
I don’t believe Prigozhin made that deal. Why would he? As for lukachenko brokering the deal, nah. Clearly a lit more going on, but we will have to wait and se what is actually going on.
Prigozhin will make the mistake of walking on a slippery floor near an open window on the 36th floor of some Belarus building.
Prigozhin is probably hanging from a basement ceiling with crocodile clips attached to his happy sack.
Americans killed Saddam Hussein and his two sons based on fabricated evidence and many many lies about nuclear weapons and nuclear program
Prigozhin seems very popular among ordinary Russians
Prigozhin spoke the truth in his audio message:Ukraine and Nato didn’t plan to invade Russia, the war is based on a lie
வணக்கம்.
ஆம்,
புடினுக்கெதிரான வெற்றிகரமான போர் நகர்வை எதற்காக சமாதான பேச்சிற்கு உடன்பட்டு தன் மீதும் தம் படைமீதும் வழக்கு போடமாட்டார்கள் என்ற காரணத்திற்காக பின்வாங்கியது நிச்சயமாக அவருடைய எதிர்காலம் நிச்சயற்றதுதான்?????
This is old news man report recent news they left two days ago
What happened to these Russians,why they admired Prigoshin ,a Wagner leader who killed Ukrainians
Putins Wagner army who are rapist , wife beaters , murderers Pimps and 😅 drug addicts
Where are the Wagner forces now? Can they build in Belarus for another attempt on Kiev?
This could be the last throw of the dice by Putin who knows..
Congratulations Mr. Putin; not only have you started a 3-day war that’s now a year and a half old, but your military is coming apart from the inside out. Not to mention that you’re now seen globally as a coward for running away from Wagner. Your legacy is written.
Is it possible that Prigozhin is set up in Belarus by Putin to take control when Lukachenko dies?
DON’T FORGET Gen. Yevgeny PRIGOZHINI IS NOW 100km from KIEV 🇷🇺🏁🔥 he may COMMAND his BOYS to March into KIEV after Saturday’s Attempt to March into Moscow, he was nearing 200Km from MOSCOW❗❌🇷🇺🔥 PRIGOZHINI FUTURE is bright, he is now sent to Belarus for NEW MOBILIZATION there & neighborhood, ANYTIME HE’S COMING TO KIEV wait for him🇷🇺🏁🔥🔥💀💀 another special MILITARY operation PMC Wagner, RUSSIA MILITARY HURRAH! HURRAY 🔥🇷🇺🇷🇺
Very soon he will be landed in Alaska jail…..
Classic case of Frankenstein’s Monster , US made ISIS Russia gave Wagner , the world is screwed 🤩
Wishful thinking, there’s 4 possibilities.
1) It was a genuine coup and Prygozhn’s ego got the better of him. It failed.
2) It was a CIA inspired coup and they flipped Prygozhn, in which case, well done, but it failed.
3) It was a Russian Psyop to get Wagner stationed on the Belarus border close to Kiev for the next phase of the invasion. Doubtful
4) It was genuine political and patriotic frustration on the part of the Wagner group to remove key political and military leaders who are widley seen as holding up and prolonging the war. It seems to have succeeded, as there’s going to be changes at the very top of the leadership hierarchy.
I tend to go with the latter.
Wagner should know Don’t ‘Bite the Hand That Feeds You’
What about the prisoners ? Did they complete their contract?
Once Pootin calls you a traitor, your life is over. 😅
NATO should now see these dudes as a military target
progozin realized that neither putin or his generals would be in moscow so he cut a deal, but it’s too late he humiliated putin and now he will be hunted down, so he has gone into hiding, he wont go to, or stay in belarus, they could kill him for putin or hand him over !!!
wagner were not that good they just wasted countless lives to get a few meters at a time ???
Well, when you hire soldiers on rent then they leave you stranded 😅
Now Putin may absorb all wagner by putting them on his payroll
Wagner PRIGOZHIN / WaXner 💀 brave Pri G OriZins
Putin 2021 / demands legislator would allow him + 2 years
over 💀paid >|< Debt / (👈 2 presidents
Special military operation 😀😀😂 and it was special 😂😂😂
The Wagner group were cheered because they are abandoning their mission to Moscow.
Nato celebration was very short 🙂
There’s nothing uncertain about it. Prigozhin will be killed.
Mo” If you x.x.x chrisans you can enter paradise with your five beautiful wives!!
JE” I am sons god” I died for you my beloved christans show love and peace
Mo” SERIOUSLY you going to believe that fake tree hugger message .. good luck getting free ticket to heaven
PUTIN” MY BELOVED CHECHENS!! NOW THAT WAGNER IS OLD NEWS YOU CAN X ALL THE INFIDELS U WANT!!!
Real question is will Russia still fund wagner mercs payroll n supply them weapon’s. Or did we just witness a guy and his entire company get fired n shown d door. . What’s a merc army without payroll n weapons ? ( a bunch of marks waiting to be made into cannon fodder)
Poland amd slovakia in batleof Bakmut lounch rockets,time toRevange
There is a lot of question has not been answered by Wagner’s
That is pure BS!
Vladimir Putin is a master of disguise and is fooling the west and some commentators as easily as fooling a small child with lollipops… 🤣🤣🤣
This was all just a theatrical performance designed to confuse the Anglo-Saxons and convey a message of chaos in Russia… Simple as that… And it’s working like a dream… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The fact that it looks so real just goes to show that Vladimir Putin is a genius deserving of not just one but several Academy Awards for Dramaturgy and Special Effects for his beautifully crafted and implemented play!
What’s hard to believe is that a man like Prigizin would embark on an open adventure to overthrow the Russian leadership in the Kremlin and go so far as to take over from Vladimir Putin and, if that wasn’t enough, surrender faster than the French in WWII.
You have to be very, very naive to think that Prigozin or anyone else with their right mind, after fighting as they fought and conquered Barkmut, would embark on a bluff of this size, with a small contingent and that, almost certainly, would cost their lives and of the mercenaries!
Vladimir Putin is much smarter, wiser and more prepared than all Western leaders… COMBINED!
Still betting on BRICS??? BRICS currency is now BrICS currency! Putin devaluating BrICS , Just the tip of the iceberg! Are BrICS trolls listening ! Xi needs more money for propaganda!!!!! One to throw the BriCS in the Himalayan border!!!! So many Wagners in Somalia, might move to South Africa in August? To ask for a raise! With BrICs currency!
Wagner’s future?? America & NATO covet Wagner ! 🙏 including the commando of member Nato who used to work for Wagner saying that Wagner is very fair and because of that Prigozhin has been very successful in managing tens of thousands of professional mercenaries 👍🙏! If the commando of a NATO country in Europe hires Wagner for Wagner, then it is not excluded that there are also Americans who work for Wagner 😬