An alleged audio recording of Lukashenka and Prigozhin (Wagner) during the mutiny in 2023 has surfaced on Russian Telegram. Here is a thread with the transcription of it.
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Lukashenka: So, I haven’t spoken with him yet. His entire entourage is in chaos. They’re already pleading with me, asking for help: "Just a little more. Just a little more. Wait a moment. We’re almost there, almost there". You know the situation⤵️
*continues: But our press service made a statement, maybe harmful for us, that I spoke with the president this morning, saying we’ll do everything for a peaceful resolution. I offered to talk to you, to try and negotiate and so on⤵️
*continues: And yes, we held several rounds of talks and came up with a completely acceptable, bloodless solution to the issue. I’m somewhat provoking the Russian side—they might have other options, you know? Like, maybe eliminating Prigozhin. That’s one option. Maybe others.⤵️
Prigozhin reacts: No, eliminating Prigozhin… That would cost so many lives, it would be a disaster ('mama do not cry")!
Lukashenka: Exactly! Exactly! That’s the point! Because, yes, you could eliminate someone, but how many tens of thousands of people would also be killed? Yes, "we can block some bridge, close it, meet... — And so what? At best, it would be the National Guard. But the rest? ⤵️
*continues: The rest - police and mobilized people. They’re untrained people! It would be like 1941. You can’t go down that path. So, in about 15 minutes, Eismant (press-secretary of Lukashenka) is preparing a press release. ⤵️
*continues: I think Putin will support these proposals. But if this is a better option for you in this situation, we can just follow our plan: to come to Belarus, settle on our training grounds. ⤵️
*continues: I’ll say we had agreements for combat coordination, for rest, and so on. And I’ll express my discontent to Putin (will express my "fe!").
Prigozhin: And you’ll get money from him for the expenses, right?⤵️
Lukashenka: Listen, we’ll figure it out, even if he loses his mind and doesn’t give the money... we will find...
Prigozhin (joking): Let the Poles pay, so we don’t go after them!
Lukashenka: Maybe that too (jokiing). We’ll sort it out. There’s a problem, but it’s a small one.
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