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Risk Posed by Mercenary Leader Prompts Belarus’s Lukashenko To Rein In Wagner Group

A group of experienced mercenaries at Lukashenko’s doorstep doesn’t bode well for Europe’s longest-serving dictator.

Prigozhin Press Service via AP, file
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group, speaks while holding a Russian flag in front of his forces at Bakhmut, Ukraine. Prigozhin Press Service via AP, file
CALEB LARSON
CALEB LARSON

The Belarusian strongman, Aleksandr Lukashenko, is setting the stage for a confrontation with the Wagner group, laying down ground rules for the Russian fighters during their sojourn in his country — their new home-in-exile.

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CALEB LARSON
CALEB LARSON

Mr. Larson is a multimedia journalist based at Berlin. He covers the intersection of conflict and politics, focusing on American foreign policy, European security, and German society.

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