to victory with up to 44 percent of the vote, across ukraine, there s been intense speculation about how events in russia will affect the counteroffensive currently under way. the bbc s mayenijones is in kyiv. like millions of people around the world, ukrainians followed this weekend s events in russia closely. for a brief moment it seemed like president putin s iron grip on russian politics might be coming to an end, but as many people here in kyiv wake up on sunday morning, they still don t know what to make of it all. translation: we hoped things would advance, . that prigozhin will change his mind and join the ukrainians. but money does miracles. he was obviously paid off. he has basically surrendered. translation: for me, both prigozhin and putin are war criminals. they bomb peaceful cities while people are sleeping. for example, yesterday everyone was talking about prigozhin when ukraine was hit by missiles. i m not interested in him. he is a criminal. translation: ev
the last day or so has seen an extraordinary turn of events in russia. the russian president vladimir putin has survived an immediate threat to his power after the leader of the wagner mercenary group agreed to end his mutiny against the russian army. yevgeny prigozhin called off his wagner troops march to moscow late saturday night after negotiations with putin s ally and belarus leader alexander lukashenko. he also agreed to leave russia for belarus, and the kremlin has said it will not pursue punishment against him or wagnerfighters. but there are many questions unanswered about what s happened. to help unpack some of these i m joined now by a panel of experts. joining me live are vitaly shevchenko, who is from bbc monitoring, jade mcglynn is a researcher at the war studies department at king 5 college london. she s also the author of memory makers: the politics of the past in russia and russia 5 war. she joins us from oxfordshire. justin crump is a military veteran and
Well, the last day or so has seen an extraordinary turn of events in russia. the russian president vladimir putin has survived an immediate threat to his power after the leader of the wagner mercenary group agreed to end his mutiny against the russian army. yevgeny prigozhin called off his wagner troops march to moscow late saturday night after negotiatings with putin s ally and belarus s leader, alexander lukashenko. he also agreed to leave russia for belarus, and the kremlin have said it will not pursue punishment against him or his wagnerfighters. but there are many questions that are unanswered about what happened. well, to unpack some of them, i m joined now by a panel of experts. joining me live are vitaly shevchenko, who is from bbc monitoring in the newsroom with me in london. meanwhile, jade mcglynn is a researcher at the war studies department at king s college london.
Seen reports from officials where wagner troops were purportedly located yesterday, saying they have left, the mayor of rostov was on tv saying the damage caused to the roads in the city by the tanks, the marks on the roads would be repaired within a couple of days, and this is all being on their 24 hour rolling news channel. the other news channels have just been with the usual weekend schedules, showing entertainment programmes and films. the other key message we are seeing on russian state tv, we are seeing the some news broadcasts actually from the evening, it has been shown in moscow yet, it s been shown in the far east of the country, which is several hours ahead, with a key presenter, and he tried to spin this by saying the country had demonstrated its unity, that the whole country had come out in support of putin and no one had
Jade is also the author of memory makers, the politics of the past in russia and russia s war. she joins us from oxfordshire. and justin crump is a military veteran and chief executive of risk intelligence firm sibylline. thank you all so much forjoining us. vitaly, i want to start with you first, please. a key question we are getting from viewers here bbc news is, just remind us exactly what is happening in russia right now. well, there is a certain sense of things de escalating and tensions easing in russia. we are seeing reports from various regions in south western russia of restrictions being lifted, particularly restrictions on traffic, the roads being reopened and in rostov, which is the biggest, the main city taken by wagner yesterday, the only thing that reminds local residents of the dramatic events