Yevgeny Prigozhin to leave for Belarus, Kremlin says he will not be prosecuted

The head of the Wagner mercenary rebels is to leave for Belarus after calling off his troops' advance on Moscow.

Wagner fighters have reportedly begun to leave the southern city of Rostov-on-Don where their mutiny began. Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops will not be prosecuted, the Kremlin says.

Prigozhin had called for a rebellion against the Russian army - and his forces had captured Rostov, a major military post.

President Vladimir Putin decried Prigozhin's actions as "treason" in a national TV address on Saturday.