Inside his grand palace, Lukashenko speaks out on Putin, Prigozhin and the Wagner mutiny

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Alexander Lukashenko repeated his claim today that there were no heroes in the remarkably speedy resolution of Prigozhin's mutiny, thanks at least in part to his own mediation efforts. But the Belarusian leader is certainly capitalising on the huge media interest generated by the whole affair, inviting select journalists to the grand, marble-drenched Palace of Independence in the centre of Minsk for a morning Q&A, up close and personal with the president. Not something Vladimir Putin has chosen to do, instead hosting Dagestani kids in the Kremlin and generally trying to make it seem as though the whole nasty episode...