i don t think vladimir putin is going to tell me about that at this point, yeah. when it gets to those cheers you just saw. this as the mercenaries were leaving. the residents not applauding the fact that the fighters were departing but the fact that they came in the first place. the wagner group led the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s power in his 23 three rule. prigozhin to leave for belarus that city is now quiet and so is russian president vladimir putin. he has not been seen publicly since delivering an emergency message on saturday where he urged his citizens not to support the wagner group s rebellion. secretary of state anthony blink says this shows cracks in putin s authority. listen. the rising storm of prigozhin inside of russia is something that many people have seen over months now. direct challenges to the military leadership. powerful criticism of russia s conduct of its aggression against ukraine. and now questioning the very premises of the war.
probably don t have to tell you wagner chief very good prigozhin claiming march on this weekend claiming he wanted to blood shed. next guest says doesn t make sense and questioning behind the move. blacklisted russiansecurity 200. arch enemy of vladimir putin ever since. he is the reason by the that begin ski act which was the name of his lawyer killed because of vladimir putin. bill, your reaction to first off this chain of events the biggest threat to vladimir putin since he took power. putin, the reach is he in power and stayed in power for so long is he is seen as a ruthless dictator a strong man.
brian: general keene knows what he is talking about. directly connected to people in the pentagon. when he speaks, understand, he is with the policymakers, and that s the type of respect he garners within the you were reaches of the military. i hope people listen to him because he seems to have the battle plan, too. remember he authored the surge and picked up the phone from his basement and called president bush. keep in mind anybody who says we have been going easy on the russians has not been paying attention. we are pressuring the u.k. banks to stop taking money from the russians, to start divesting yourself from the high priced real estate that the russians are involved in. even tell them to stop investing, tell them to sell their equity in the chelsea soccer team. same thing with europe. while we are doing that their market has dropped 10% 20%, ruble dropped, their steel company has dropped 50%. these last round of sanctions bill browder who was the force behind the that begin sk