Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders to discuss the recently aborted uprising against the Kremlin, a Russian spokesman has confirmed.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on July 10 that the face-to-face meeting took place in the Kremlin on June 29 and lasted roughly three hours. The meeting took place five days after the aborted revolt, which posed the most serious challenge to Mr. Putin since he came to power on the last day of 1999.
“It is true that the president did have this meeting. He invited 35 people to it—all the commanders of the units and the management of the [Wagner private military] company,” Mr. Peskov said in an audio-only recording on July 10. The meeting was first reported by French newspaper Liberation….