The head of the Wagner mercenary group has been pictured by Reuters news agency apparently leaving the city of Rostov-on-Don, which his fighters took control of earlier today.
Yevgeny Prigozhin was driving away from the district military headquarters in the city, the agency says.
According to Russian state media, Progozhin is to leave Russia for Belarus and all charges against him and his Wagner forces will be dropped by authorities to avoid "bloodshed".
All restrictions previously imposed on Russia's motorways have been lifted by the Federal Road Agency following the retreat of Wagner forces, Russia's Tass news agency reports.
Sections of roads had been blocked along the route to Moscow from southern Russia over the last 24 hours, including in the Rostov, Lipetsk, Voronezh and Tula regions.
(BBC)
