Prigozhin says convoys returning to bases

<p>Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said he gave the order to return convoys headed to Moscow back to their bases in order to avoid bloodshed.</p><p>Belarus President Lukashenko, acting with Putin, said he spoke to Prigozhin and put an agreement on the table that would guarantee the safety of Wagner fighters.</p><p aria-level="2" data-attr role="heading">To me, this sounds more like a deescalation than a solution. Perhaps Prigozhin thought that other wings of the Russian military would join him or maybe he's just playing for time. Until the weapons are laid down, this looks more like a standoff. It's hard to imagine there's any way to return to last week's status quo in Russia, whatever that is.</p><p>At the moment , I'd say the risks of a weekend regime change in Russia just plummeted but it's still only Saturday.</p>

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.