the wagner group is of course as we now knew led the mutiny against pugh putin. it also turns out he was not the only one. the russian investigative dossier center that obtained the documents that were then provided to cnn found the release of 30 other senior russian military members were also listed as vips in the group. that is certainly an unsettling prospect for the russian leader who is often quite suspicious and has been on a rather bizarre and very clearly choreographed pr tour in recent days. just today putin was seen drawing a spongebob like like character on a whiteboard complete with ears and hair. the crowd behind him waited in silence and then applauded he signed his work bizarre moment there. joining me now the president
advanced knowledge of yevgeny prigozhin s plans to revolt. he is suspected of helping plan the events of last weekend. officials say there are also signs of other russian generals may have supported the rebellion which raises questions about putin s support inside the top ranks. meanwhile vladimir putin is attempting to portray himself as retaining popular support. you can see him there greeting crowds in a rare public appearance wednesday. he flew to the majority muslim city to mark the holiday where he took a tour, kissed fans and posed for selfies. he is also expected to deliver remarks in about an hour. clare sebastian is live in london with more for us. reporter: this is sort of a pr tour. kremlin trying to reassert his authority.
he didn t think georgian law would allow it. this marks the third known recording of the former president urging officials to push election lies. harry lipman is a former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney general and also host of the talking feds podcast. this is new to us, obviously, the special grand jury had already heard this. our question to you is, what impact do you think yet another piece of video of audio has on fani willis decision on whether or not she will ultimately issue an indictment? yeah, it was one of the most intriguing aspects if you remember, of the emily cores, the foreperson s sort of pr tour. she said there were multiple calls. and everyone was struck. we knew about raffensperger, what are the others? and we also now know about a pressure campaign as with rol rolston, as with the governor. maybe it was by phone, maybe it wasn t. what does it do to fani willis?