 And outside Africa, the Russian mercenary leader has said his forces had not intended to overthrow Russia's government and had demonstrated the weaknesses in Russian security. And the first public remarks released since he was last seen on Saturday night, as he withdrew from a city occupied by his men, if any pre-gaussian said his fighters had called off their campaign to avert bloodshed. He said the group went as a demonstration of protest not to overthrow the government of the country. Pre-gaussan shocked the world by leading the armed mutiny only to abruptly call it warf as his fighters approached the capital Kremlin. Find out about fresh news updates.