Criminal case against Prigozhin to be dropped — Kremlin

A criminal case against Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) founder Yevgeny Prigozhin will be dropped, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, Report informs via TASS.

"You will ask me what will happen to Prigozhin himself. A criminal case against him will be dropped, while he will go to Belarus," the Kremlin official said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin guarantees that Prigozhin will be able to leave Russia for Belarus.

"As for the rest of the fighters, no one will persecute them, taking into account their merits at the front. We have always respected their exploits," he said.