Russia Closes Case Against Fighters Of The Wagner Group
NDTV
"The criminal case opened over the armed uprising by the private military company Wagner has been closed," the FSB said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies.
Russia's FSB security services announced Tuesday that it was dropping a case against fighters of the Wagner mercenary group accused of staging an armed mutiny to topple the country's military leadership.
"The criminal case opened over the armed uprising by the private military company Wagner has been closed," the FSB said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies.
The FSB explained its decision in the statement saying that participants of the armed insurrection had "ceased their actions directly aimed at committing the crime."
"Taking into account this and other circumstances relevant to the investigation, the investigative authority issued a resolution to terminate the criminal case," it said in the statement.
