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Russia’s Rostov-on-Don calm after Prigozhin leaves

cde.news desk 25 June 2023, 09:00 · 1 min read

epa10709136 A servicemen from private military company (PMC) Wagner Group guards the roof of the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, 24 June 2023. Security and armoured vehicles were deployed after Wagner Group's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video that his troops had occupied the building of the headquarters of the Southern Military District, demanding a meeting with Russia’s defense chiefs. EPA-EFE/ARKADY BUDNITSKY

June 25 (Reuters) – The situation around the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don was calm and street traffic resumed, RIA state news agency said on Sunday after Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenaries left the city.

In a video on the agency’s Telegram messaging app, which it said was taken in the city of Rostov-on-Don, a man was sweeping a street and cars were moving along another street.

Reuters could not independently verify the report.

Late on Saturday, Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, was seen leaving the district military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don after halting a rebellion against Russia’s military establishment.