this is our special coverage out of russia. the head of wagner group, the leader released a statement. therefore, realizing all the responsibilities for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides we turn our columns and move in the opposite field of the camps. officials claim their president had reached a deal with the wagner boss to halt his troops. earlier, he said his private army seizeded control of russian military facilities in it two critical cities. that is half way on the road to moscow. president putin called the actions a betrayal and stab notice back to the russian people. and he warned anyone who followed pergosian will pay a price. these are bulldogs and gangsters and the fight is way out into the open. it is a very serious one. we have full coverage of the breaking news. we have cnn chief international security correspondent with us nick paton walsh, national security reporter natasha bertrand. nick, i guess the question now is not onl
terrorist efforts will face punishment and will answer to the law and to our people. reporter: he may now be something of a nemesis to vladimir putin, but it was his decades-long relationship with the russian president that allowed prigozhin to establish his own militia, the wagner group. wagner served as a private army, doing controversial jobs that ve knot even russia s military could do. prigozhin, a former prisoner himself and a self-styled hard man from st. petersburg used wagner to operate around the world. cnn has tracked wagner mercenaries to the central aftery can republican, sudan, luby, mozambique, and syria. along the way, he s enriched himself. wagner fighters allegedly smashed a feet and hands of a syrian prisoner in 2017. the man reportedly died after his ordeal. the images are incredibly
from st. petersburg used wagner to operate around the world. cnn has tracked wagner mer mercenaries to sudan, libya, mozambique, ukraine and syria. along the way, prigozhin enriched himself. rights grouped have accused wagner of horrific violence, like this of wagner fighters allegedly smashing the feet and hands of a syrian prisoner with a sledge hammer in 2017. the man reportedly died after his ordeal. the images are incredibly disturbing, like so many others attributed to his group. for many years prigozhin denied the existence of wagner, its work best done in secret. prigozhin and wagner set up the notorious russian troll farm used to spread disinformation around the 2016 u.s. presidential election. when his fighters took to the battlefield in eastern ukraine and began winning battles, prigozhin seemed to want the spotlight.
world, now yevgeny prigozhin is a wanted man in russia as well. he s often group of fight serz pitted against the russian military leadership and prigozhin is suddenly moscow s public enemy number one. vladimir putin calling for prigozhin s group to lay down their arms. translator: all those who deliberate choose the path of treachery, who prepare an armed mutiny and chose the path of blackmail and terrorist methods will face punishment and answer to the law and to our people. reporter: he may now be something of a nemesis to vladimir putin but it was his decade s long relationship with the russian president that allowed prigozhin to establish his own militia, the wagner group. wagner served as a private army doing controversial jobs that often not even russia s military could do. prigozhin, a former prisoner himself and self-styled hard man from st. petersberg used wagner.
answer to the law and to our people. reporter: he may be something of a nuclear weapon sis to vladimir putin nemesis to vladimir putin, but it was his decades old relationship with the russian president that allowed prigozhin to establish his own militia, the wagner group. wagner served as a private army doing controversial jobs that often not even russia s military could do. prigozhin, former prison himself and self-styled hard man from st. petersburg, used wagner to operate around the world. cnn has tracked wagner mercenaries to the central african republic, sudan, libya, mozambique, ukraine, and to syria. along the way, prigozhin enriched himself. rights group have accused wagner of horrific violence like this wagner fighters allegedly smashing the feet and hands of a syrian prisoner with a sledgehammer in 2017. the man reportedly died after his ordeal. the images are incredibly disturbing like so many others attributed to his group.