Russian police raid Wagner boss's premises in St. Petersburg, state media reports

Russian state media have shown video purported to be of a police raid of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s office and residence in Saint Petersburg, stepping up an apparent propaganda campaign against the Wagner mercenary boss.

News of the raid came as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced Thursday that Prigozhin was in St. Petersburg, and not Belarus. Lukashenko previously said he brokered a deal to end Prigozhin's attempted insurrection last month, convincing Russian President Vladimir Putin not to "destroy" the Wagner group and arranging for Prigozhin to move to Belarus.

The footage -- described by presenters as "scandalous" -- shows what is described as a stash of gold, money and wigs, along with weapons and several passports apparently belonging to Prigozhin under different aliases.