Russian oligarch Prigozhin granted immunity in Belarus after mutiny charges dropped.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner Group, has escaped prosecution for his abortive armed rebellion against the Kremlin and is in Belarus, according to the country's president. Russian authorities have closed a criminal investigation into the uprising and are pressing no armed rebellion charge against Prigozhin or his followers. Meanwhile, preparations were underway for Wagner's troops to hand over their heavy weapons to Russia's military. The series of stunning events in recent days constitutes the gravest threat so far to Putin’s grip on power amid the 16-month-old war in Ukraine.