russia. is a threat of violence now posing a major challenge. this is to the authority of president vladimir putin. the kremlin says all necessary measures are being taken and neither russian security service has opened a criminal case into what they say is a call for armed rebellion. the wagner chief has long been at odds with russians military command. accusing them repeatedly of mishandling the conflict. the recent weeks have seen tensions escalate after the kremlin ordered all russian mercenaries to sign contracts with the defense ministry in a move seen as a crackdown on wagner. in the hours before the alleged strike on the wagner camp prigozhin stepped up his war of words accusing the defense ministry of tricking the
defense ministry in a move seen as a crack down on wagner. in the hours before the alleged strike on the wagner camp prigozhin stepped up his war of words accusing the defense ministry of tricking the country into an unprovoked invasion. back in february last year. on february 24th nothing extraordinary happened. the ministry of defense was trying to deceive the public and to deceive the president and say that there was insane aggression on the part of ukraine and that they were going to attack us together with nato. the war was not needed in order to return russian citizens to our bosom and not needed in order to do militarize and enough to fight and de- nazify is a dangerous criticism that may be plunging the country into turmoil. ivan watson has been monitoring the dramatic
violence now posing a major challenge to the authority of president putin. the kremlin says all necessary measures are being taken, and now the russian security service has opened a criminal case into what they say is a call for armed rebellion. patience with prigozhin has finally run out. he s long been at russia s military command, accusing them of repeatedly of mishandling the conflict. the recent weeks have seen tensions escalate after the kremlin ordered all russian mercenaries to sign contracts with the defense ministry in a move seen as a crackdown on wagner. in the hours before the alleged strike on the wagner camp prigozhin stepped up his war of words, accusing the defense ministry of tricking the country into an unprovoked invasion back