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Fighters of Wagner group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. /Reuters
Units of Russia's Wagner private military group are leaving the territory of the Voronezh region in regular mode and without incident, the Governor of the Voronezh Region Alexander Gusev said on social media, as Russia appears to have stabilized the situation after Wagner was accused of attempting to launch an armed rebellion.
At the same time, in Russia's Rostov region, all transport restrictions have been lifted, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing local officials.
"Bus and railway stations are working in normal mode. Tickets are on sale, all destinations are on schedule," Sergey Tyurin, deputy minister of regional policy and mass communications for the Rostov region was quoted as saying.
On late Saturday, a compromise was reached between Moscow and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group, through the mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
The Wagner group is a private military company that made its name known to the world by fighting Ukraine. It pioneered a prolonged Russian campaign to seize the city of Bakhmut that was hotly contested with Ukrainian forces.
The Kremlin said Prigozhin and his troops will not be prosecuted despite being accused of armed mutiny and Prigozhin agreed to leave Russia for Belarus and called off his troops' advance to Moscow.
Previously, Prigozhin vowed to topple Russian military leadership, whom he accused of launching strikes on his Wagner fighters. Russian Defense Ministry has denied the accusation.
President Vladimir Putin had decried Prigozhin's actions as "treason" in a national TV address on Saturday.
(With input from agencies)
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