Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin not to "wipe out" Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin during Saturday's short-lived rebellion ...

Though Putin denounced the uprising as "treason" and threatened retribution, Prigozhin was offered a deal to leave Russia under the protection of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.

But a lot of words went back and forth. Here is a look at the past several days with a focus on comments by key figures — Prigozhin, Putin and Lukashenko — as well as by Ukraine President ...

There are contradictory interests between Yevgeny Prigozhin, Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin wants to maintain control over Wagner as an autonomous and independent entity but ...

On Monday, Prigozhin said in a voice message that ... He is by no means a peacemaker.” Lukashenko and Putin have a habit of scratching each other’s backs. After a popular uprising in Belarus ...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko claims he convinced Russian leader Vladimir Putin not to “destroy” the Wagner group and its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, talking up his role in halting the ...

Lukashenko made candid comments about Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin while meeting with national and foreign media on July 6. Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow on May 25 ...

But on Thursday, Lukashenko said that it was Putin who was Prigozhin’s longtime friend, who knew him “much better than I do and knows him longer than I do, about 30 years.” Neither leader ...

Lukashenko – a longtime ally of the Russian President – also claimed he convinced Putin not to “destroy” Wagner and Prigozhin, talking up his role in halting the weekend rebellion.