Yevgeny Prigozhin's decision to stop the rebellion he had raised was preceded by threats from agents of the Russian special services against the families of the Wagner PMC leaders. According to The Telegraph, citing sources in the British intelligence services, British intelligence found out about this. Whose specific families were threatened is not specified.
In addition, the sources of the newspaper said that 8,000 Wagner fighters took part in the march on Moscow, and not 25,000, as Prigozhin stated. British intelligence agencies believe that with such forces, the mercenaries had no chance of capturing the Russian capital.
According to The Telegraph sources, now Vladimir Putin will try to integrate Wagner PMC mercenaries into the structure of the Russian army and remove its leaders from command.
On June 23, Yevgeny Prigozhin announced that the Wagner PMC was marching on Moscow. By the evening of the next day, the column of mercenaries reached the Lipetsk region, after which Prigozhin announced that the rebellion was ending, and his fighters were returning to field camps.
Later, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the criminal case on organizing an armed rebellion (Article 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), initiated against Prigozhin, would be terminated, and he himself "would go to Belarus." On Monday, June 26, sources from Kommersant and several Russian agencies reported that the case had not been closed and that the investigative department of the FSB of Russia was continuing to investigate it. Where Prigozhin is now is unknown.
