It seems Batman from Minsk was truly instrumental
The reason for the whole shit show seemed to be the intent of MOD to disband or absorb Wagner PMC into the Russian Army.
Some of the Lukashenko takes. Google translated
"I ask: "Where is he?"
"In Rostov."
I say, "Okay. A thin word is better than any war. Do not rush. I'll try to contact him."
He once again says: "It's useless."
I say, "Okay, wait." Somewhere we talked, probably for half an hour.
Then he informed me that he was at the front. I remember his words: "You know, but at the front, oddly enough, it's better than it's ever been."
I say, "You see, not everything is so sad."
At 11 o'clock… I had to find these phones as well…
I say, "How can I contact him? Give me the phone."
He says: "Most likely, the FSB has a phone."
We have clarified. By the middle of the day, we have installed as many as three channels through which we can talk to Rostov."
Another important thing from Lukashenka.
An important role in the negotiations with Prigozhin was played by deputy Defense Minister Yevkurov and FSB Director Bortnikov.
He also noted that Prigozhin was influenced by the leaders of his combat detachments.
"At 11.00 he (Prigozhin) instantly picked up the phone.
That is, Yevkurov called him, gave him the phone: "Here, the President of Belarus is calling, will you talk?" — "I will be with Alexander Grigoryevich."
''I can hear them talking. Picked up the phone. The conversation is euphoria. Evgeny is completely euphoric.
We talked for the first round for 30 minutes in a dirty language
Exclusively. There were 10 times more swear words (I analyzed them later) than normal vocabulary. Of course, he apologized as he started telling me obscene words."
"The guys are straight from the front. They saw thousands of their dead guys. The guys are very offended, especially the commanders. And, as I understood, they were very influential (I reckoned it beforehand) on Prigozhin himself.
Yes, he is such a, you know, heroic guy, but he was pressured and influenced very much, by those who led the assault squads and saw these deaths. And in this situation, having jumped out of there to Rostov, in such a half-mad state of mind, I am having this dialogue with him"
"I say, 'Zhenya, no one will give you either Shoigu (Defense minster) or Gerasimov(Chef of General staff), especially in this situation. You know Putin as well as I do. Secondly, he's not going to meet you !! — he won't talk on the phone because of this situation." ...Silence....
"But we want justice! They want to strangle us! We will go to Moscow!" , I say, "Halfway through, they'll just crush you like a bug. Despite the fact that the troops (Putin told me about this for a long time) are distracted on the appropriate front." Think about it, I say. "No" is such a euphoria."
"It took me a long time to convince him. And at the end i said, "You know, you can do whatever you want. But don't take offense with me. The Belorussian brigade is prepared for transfer to Moscow. And, as in the 1941, you read books, an educated, intelligent person, we will defend Moscow. Because this situation is not only concerning Russia.
This is not only because this is our Fatherland. And because God forbid, this turmoil would have spread, and the prerequisites for this were enormous, we(Belarus) were next."