OK, if Yevgeny Prigozhin really took a post-mutiny meeting with Putin, then my understanding of the recent events in Russia has hit a new low.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin after the failed Wagner group mutiny last month, the Kremlin says.

Prigozhin, who heads the mercenary group, was among 35 Wagner commanders invited to the meeting in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added.

This is extremely difficult to believe.