>On 25 August, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, who brokered a deal between Putin and Prigozhin to relocate Wagner forces to Belarus in exchange for ending the Wagner Group rebellion, announced that the group would continue to stay in the country and denied reports of its departure.[46] He also said he could not "imagine" Putin being responsible for Prigozhin's supposed death, calling the supposed assassination to be "too rough and unprofessional"

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