{"id":2457,"date":"2023-08-23T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=2457"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"cichanouskaja-welcomes-reports-of-wagner-boss-death","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/2457\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja welcomes reports of Wagner boss death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 23,&nbsp;<em>BPN.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has welcomed reports that the head of Wagner Group, a Kremlin-linked private military contractor, died in a plane crash in Russia tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said Belarusians will not miss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who she described as &#8220;a murderer.&#8221; &#8220;We are waiting for the removal of the Wagner grouping from Belarus, which would reduce the threat to our country and its neighbors,&#8221; she said in a statement, sent to&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>&nbsp;by her aide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition leader added that Prigozhin&#8217;s death demonstrated the true value of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s &#8220;security guarantees.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A long-standing feud between the warlord and Russia&#8217;s military brass resulted in his mercenaries taking over a military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and marching on Moscow in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Official reports suggested that \u0141uka\u0161enka brokered a deal allowing the Wagner Group owner to go into exile in Belarus because he eventually called off the uprising. The Kremlin said he will not be prosecuted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian strongman confirmed Prigozhin&#8217;s arrival in the country on June 27, but Belarus watchers assumed that he will not stay there permanently. Earlier this week, the mercenary chief&nbsp;shared a video suggesting that he was in an unnamed African country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland estimates that Wagner Group may have 5,000 troops in Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 23,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has welcomed reports that the head of Wagner Group, a Kremlin-linked private military contractor, died in a plane crash in Russia tonight. 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