Yevgeny Prigozhin together with the leaders of "Wagner" met with Vladimir Putin. Putin's security forces were present at the negotiations in the Kremlin.
This was reported by the French newspaper Libération.
According to the publication's sources, Prigozhin came to the Kremlin as early as July 1, and he was accompanied to the meetings by the leaders of the group. This meeting was also attended by the head of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, who is very loyal to the president, and the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin.
Updated. The Kremlin confirmed the meeting between Putin and Prigozhin after the Wagner mutiny
According to the press secretary of the Russian dictator Dmytro Peskov, Putin's meeting with Prigozhin took place on June 29 and lasted almost three hours. 35 people attended it. Including all commanders and leadership of the PMK.
"Putin gave an assessment of the company's actions at the front, and also gave an assessment of the event (mutiny of the Wagnerites - ed.) on June 24. He listened to the explanations of the commanders and offered them further options for employment," Peskov added.
Prigozhin's Rebellion
Yevhen Prigozhin, the founder of the "Wagner" mercenary group, led a military mutiny at the end of June.
On June 24, Wagner fighters quickly took control of Rostov-on-Don and marched toward Moscow, leaving Putin with the most serious challenge to his power since 1999.
People welcomed Prigozhin's mercenaries in Rostov. Putin himself and his entourage fled Moscow. The security forces were either silent or made ambiguous statements.
The rebellion was suppressed as a result of an agreement brokered by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.
Since then, various information has been received about Prigozhin's whereabouts. On June 6, Lukashenko said that Prigozhin is not in Belarus, because he "is in St. Petersburg, maybe he went to Moscow."
Data from the independent "Levada Center" show that Prigozhin's mutiny did not affect Putin's rating. According to an open-ended question (respondents were asked to name a few politicians they trust the most), in June the level of trust in Putin did not change and amounted to 42%.
Among the significant changes, sociologists note a decrease in Yevgeny Prigozhin's rating from 4% to 2% (who is now on the verge of dropping out of the top ten most popular politicians).
