The Kremlin has announced that they are dropping the criminal case brought against Yevgeny Prigozhin. Prigozhin is the owner of the feared paramilitary Wagner group in Russia. He had accused Russia of attacking its forces in Ukraine, and had threatened to overthrow the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

In less than 24 hour, Prigozhin’s forces crossed the border from Ukraine to Rostov-on Don in southern Russia. They seized the Russian military headquarters before moving hundreds of miles up north towards Moscow.

The mutiny was stopped by the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Prigozhin allegedly stated in a message sent to his Telegram that he ordered his troops to reverse their course and stop marching as the Russian military deployed heavy assets on the streets of Moscow to try to stop him.

Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, said that the notorious Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB), formerly the KGB dropped its criminal charges against Prigozhin. He also stated that the soldiers who took part in the revolt would not face prosecution due to their involvement in fighting in Ukraine.