how the real reason for this war in l had |e had to do with how the real reason for this war in l had to had to do with how the real reason for this war in l had to do to do with how the real reason for this war in l had to do with o with how the real reason for this war in l had to do with certain money, had to do with certain interest in russia, seeing it interest in russia, seeing it in their best interests financially to actually commit this criminal invasion. the second thing that new knee revealed is that there are a lot of people in russia who were willing to go along with prigozhin, potentially or at least waiting on the sidelines to see how things will unfold. i don t know their to putin are as concrete as we might have brought before. final question, as ou brought before. final question, as you said. brought before. final question, as you said, many brought before. final question, as you said, many questions i as you said, many questions being asked about wagner fighters
amnesty. two months he has been, prigozhin has been able to move around the country. this is not a surprise. how significant has prigozhin and his wagner group been in the war in ukraine? they were among the best fighters, the wagner folks, troops were amongst the best fighters. best paid. they were mercenaries. some, many actually, were convex pulled out of russian prisons and sent into ukraine to their deaths. in their thousands. but they were responsible, they got the credit for finally, after eight months, taking that little town of bakhmut. and otherforces months, taking that little town of bakhmut. and other forces on the ministry of defence were not able to do this and have not able to do this and have not had the same kind of success. the wagner troops have
and dismantle eventually wagner. and dismantle eventually wanner. ., and dismantle eventually wanner. . , ., . wagner. final question. we soke wagner. final question. we spoke to wagner. final question. we spoke to the wagner. final question. we spoke to the former - wagner. final question. we spoke to the former un - spoke to the former un ambassador bill taylor earlier and asked him what president putin stands on all of this in his efforts to consolidate power and he said he has not been able to consolidate power. do you agree? i think that s true. i think that if the kremlin in fact was behind the assassination of prigozhin, i think it has to be worried about further instability because those people who supported prigozhin and support an even tougher course of the war in ukraine will not go away, there are certainly the next few weeks going to complain, criticised the kremlin, so i think this is not a sign that putin has necessarily consolidated his power father but what is mean
the group of committing. torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings . and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but as wagner s death toll grew, so did prigozhin s fury. expressed first in video rants. and then in a short lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the the mutineers and traitors . but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. and we asked why wasn t putin punishing prigozhin? perhaps he was biding his time. earlier i asked us congressman raja krishnamoorthi of illinois, who sits on the permanent select committee on intelligence in the house of representatives, for his take. always great to have you on our show. you sit on the house intelligence committee. what have you heard about this news? as of now i know it s in published reports, namely that
position. so he needed to do something about that and he needed to show that he was taking prigozhin down. that s what today s events are about, whether it is real, whether it s a spectacle, it s about putting putin back in charge. you have that in the past the struggle between progression and putin certainly is not over. if this is confirmed, why do you think we are seeing this happen now? == do you think we are seeing this happen now? happen now? prigozhin. it s important happen now? prigozhin. it s important for happen now? prigozhin. it s important for putin happen now? prigozhin. it s important for putin to - happen now? prigozhin. it s important for putin to wait, - important for putin to wait, choose his timing, choose his moment, and then show that he is the man and commitment. because his claim to power in russia is really that he is the guy who is in charge, he is the guy who is in charge, he is the guy who is in charge, he is the guy who can get things done.