https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-66026851

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The terms of the deal done to end the Wagner mutiny are now emerging and it looks like the mercenary group is being disbanded.

Russia’s defence ministry says preparations are under way for Wagner heavy weapons and hardware to be handed over.

This follows Vladimir Putin's confirmation that Wagner members, who he said were mostly true patriots who had been misled into a criminal adventure, could choose to join the regular military, return to their families, or go to Belarus.

Meanwhile, Russia’s Security Service, the FSB, has said that those who were part of the insurrection will not face prosecution. The case has been closed.

That is staggering, in a country where opposition activists are serving long prison sentences just for speaking out against the war on Ukraine.

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It's only "staggering" to those in the west who have drunk their own Kool Aid, believed the demonisation, propaganda and lies, they have indulged in.

Of course it makes no sense to them, doesn't fit with the reality they had simply invented and chose to believe.

It's no surprise those who deny Putin is a brilliant strategist can't comprehend what he's done, can't fathom why, assert he's only shown weakness, while most Russians see it as a sign of his strength.