July 13th 2023.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the Wagner Group, has been missing since his failed coup against Vladimir Putin in late June. Retired General Robert Abrams of the US military told ABC News that he believes Prigozhin is either 'dead or in jail.' He has not been seen in public since then, and there has been speculation as to where he might be.
The Kremlin dropped the charges against Prigozhin and the Wagner forces to avoid 'bloodshed,' and Putin has branded him a 'traitor to the Russian people.' Nevertheless, Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko has said that Prigozhin is not in 'his territory.' Flight tracking data showed a business jet linked to Prigozhin leaving St Petersburg for Moscow, but it is not clear if he was on board.
Lukashenko said that an offer for Wagner to station some of its fighters in Belarus still stands, and Russia has said that the for-hire soldiers can go to Belarus, sign up with its regular armed forces, or demobilise.
Putin allegedly met Prigozhin five days after the failed coup, but Abrams believes this was staged. He said, 'I would be surprised if we actually see proof of life that Putin met with Prigozhin, and I think it's highly staged.'
It is uncertain what happened to Yevgeny Prigozhin, and it appears that he may remain missing for the foreseeable future. The mystery of the failed coup and its leader continues to be a source of speculation, and only time will tell if we ever hear from him again.
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