threatening. >> yeah, yeah, indeed. paula good to see you, my friend. paula newton there in ottawa. well, for several long hours yevgeny prigozhin seemed determined to march on moscow in that armed mutiny of his. prigozhin, of course, abruptly ended the rebellion and agreed to leave russia in a deal brokered by the president of belarus. the kremlin announced there will be no criminal charges against him. now many are wondering why did prigozhin agree to the deal. here's more now from cnn's nic robertson. >> reporter: i think there's a calculation here an evaluation that says he overreached. there wasn't the readiness in russia to support him to overthrow shoigu and less still to overthrow putin, overreach there, perhaps overreacted. he's seen as somebody who can get incredibly emotional, so potentially if his troops were