Russian Criminal Case On Armed Wagner Rebellion Dismissed

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MOSCOW - On June 27th, Russian Interfax and RT reported that the criminal case on the armed rebellion led by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has now been dismissed.

Interfax states that the reasons for dismissal are, that the "department noted that the materials of the criminal case became the basis for the termination of the criminal case".

It cited the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) as saying, "In the course of the investigation of the criminal case initiated by the Investigative Department of the FSB of the Russian Federation on June 23 this year under Article 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact of an armed rebellion, it was established that on June 24 its participants stopped actions directly aimed at committing a crime".

The FSB added, "Taking into account this and other circumstances relevant to the investigation, on June 27 this year, the investigating authority issued a decision to close the criminal case".

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The criminal case had been opened on June 23rd under Article 279 of the Russian criminal code. Russian media had reported later that agreements were reached that would release the Wagner founder from prosecution on certain conditions.

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