yesterday is the torn up tarmac in central parts of the city. that s because of all the tanks that drove up and down those streets yesterday. tomorrow is still going to be a day off in moscow, but by and large things seem to be getting back to normal, and looking at state television, for example, it seems to be business as usual. at least that s the impression that the kremlin s media machine wants to give to its viewers. with regards to the kremlin s media machine, it s always portrayed vladimir putin as a man of power, as a man in control, and also of stability. so, justin, people are then asking, why did the wagner group turn against russia, turn against, at the end of the day, the person who created the group, or certainly at least gave it its power? that s a great question. the, ithink, problems
of those questions is, was this real? was this possibly a ploy? this question is being asked both by supporters of vladimir putin and his special military operation and opponents of the kremlin, and one reason for that is because, for many years, what has been happening in russia has been shrouded in secrecy, and time and again, what russian media and officials told their audiences in russia, it turned out to be, well, untrue. let s pick up on that ploy potential that you touched on, there, because that s what a lot of our viewers and readers of the website have been asking. could this be employed to redeploy prigozhin and his wagner forces into belarus so they could then potentially have another attempt at a lightning strike on kyiv, which lies to the south of the belarusian border? we know we have seen in recent weeks and months that those
joined the mutineers, even describe this as a test of maturity which he said the country had passed with flying colours. we said the country had passed with flying coloure said the country had passed with flying colours. we will talk about what some flying colours. we will talk about what some of flying colours. we will talk about what some of the flying colours. we will talk about what some of the elite flying colours. we will talk about what some of the elite have - flying colours. we will talk about| what some of the elite have been saying and why it is really important what they say matters to president putin, the very quickly, what about accounts belonging to wagner? are they still up and running? wagner? are they still up and runnina ? , ., wagner? are they still up and runnina ? , . , ., running? they are up and running, and i think running? they are up and running, and i think they running? they are up and running, and i think they are running? they are up and runn
wagner fighters have been incredibly effective. it took a long time for them to succeed and bakhmut, but they eventually did it. could this be a part of a longer term tactic, do you think? well, it s the most extraordinary way to achieve that outcome. it s the most convoluted possible way, and i think some of the supporters of vladimir putin as this 3d master chess player, which is a reputation i think that has not survived certainly the last 18 months, are trying to argue this is a very complicated way of having a purge and then moving these people to belarus. i mean, you could do it much more secretly and quietly enjoy much less attention to that move in other ways. plus, at the moment, it s completely unclear where the wagner group fighters are actually going. there is no indication they are going to belarus, it s just that that s what prigozhin has been offered. though whether or not he s even gone there is a separate issue, or going there. he is rather disappeared at the moment. s
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