them officially under the sway of the russian military. and that was something that, you know, yevgeny prigozhin just didn t like. following that, it was on friday night. there was an attack prigozhin said, on one of the camps of wagner, which he said several of his fighters were killed. and that really sort of pushed the situation to this crisis point. matthew chance in moscow. i appreciate it. new yorker editor david rennic joins us now. david, i don t even know where to begin with you. first of all, what did you make of the speech from vladimir putin today? well, he s incensed. he s furious. he s been unmasked like the wizard of oz when the curtain is stripped back. you know, for years, we ve been talking about or certain people have been talking about vladimir putin as the grand chess master of strategy, who plays the weak hand strong on the world stage like no other, et cetera, et
was motivating this push by prigozhin because he didn t want to see wagner forces dissipating like that? what happens to them now? because, i mean, they do play a role in a number of countries, certainly in africa, that bring in a lot of money, i assume certainly to prigozhin, but i assume also to the kremlin in some way. reporter: yeah, i mean, i think so, yes. i mean, look. i mean, there have been long-standing rivalry between yevgeny prigozhin and the sort of higher ups in russian military, sergei shoigu and valerie ge ras move. but that battle blew up on the surface. and vladimir putin quite publicly backed his defense minister in that standoff and called on wagner fighters, odded them, in fact, to sign contracts with the russian military, in other words, to basically take them away from this private military company status and make
translator: an armed rebellion would have been suppressed in any case. the organizers of the rebellion, despite the loss of adequacy, could not fail to understand this. they understood everything, including that they resorted to criminal acts to divide and weaken the country, which is now confronting a colossal external threat, unprecedented pressure from outside. prigozhin, his whereabouts unknown, spoke out as well today. translator: the purpose of the march was to prevent the destruction of wagner and the prosecution of those who made a huge number of mistakes in the course of special military operation due to their unprofessional actions. society demanded this, and all the soldier who is saw us supported us. and president biden also weighed in. we made clear that we were not involved. we had nothing to do with it. this was part of a struggle within the russian system. new reporting as well tonight on what american intelligence
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