of strength. a mutiny on his watch is embarrassing. but is it damaging? foeradimir putin, will there be political fallout ahead of next year s election? he definitely looks weaker. all elite groups will begin to think about the presidency 202a. should they rely, as they did even one week before, this military coup, on vladimir putin? or should they think about someone new? but there s no sign yet that someone new in the kremlin is mr putin s plan. vladimir putin is determined to show that he is in charge, in control in the kremlin, and he has the russian state media to help him paint that picture. the trouble is, the dramatic events of the last couple of days have raised questions about how in control the russian authorities are of the situation here.
sorts of troubles, both internationally and domestically. it is a total disaster for putin. this last 48 hours is really the worst thing that i have ever seen happen to him immediately 23 that he has been in power. thank you for being with us. thank you for being with us. thank you. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskiy discussed this weekend s turmoil in russia in phone calls with us president biden, canadian prime minister trudeau and poland s president duda. the trio of leaders affirmed their continued support for ukraine and discuss the situation in russia. in a statement, president zelensky called for global pressure to be exerted on russia and said that he and biden had also discussed further expanding defence cooperation with an emphasis on long range weapons. translation: we have, of course, talked translation: we have, of course, talked about - translation: we have, of course, talked about the i course, talked about the fighting on the frontline and active movements. i hav
a threat to russia, which has, as you know, been part of putin s narrative. these create more cracks in the russian facade. and bbc s exclusive interview with christine dawood, the wife and mother of the father and son who died in the titan sub disaster. i m helena humphrey. good to have you with us. we start tonight in russia where many questions remain unanswered a day after the wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin abandoned his short lived rebellion against the kremlin. currently, the whereabouts of both prigozhin and russian president vladimir putin are unknown. the wagner chief was thought to be heading into exile in belarus after agreeing to end his advance on moscow. well, the rebellion and subsequent retreat surprised many, and is being seen as the most
serious challenge to president putin s grip on power in over 20 years. speaking about the events earlier, us secretary of state anthony blinken said the revolt had laid bare real cracks in mr putin s authority. i think we re in the midst of a moving picture. we haven t seen the last act. we re watching it very closely and carefully. but just step back for a second and put this in context. 16 months ago, russian forces were on the doorstep of kyiv in ukraine, thinking they d take the city in a matter of days, thinking they would erase ukraine from the map as an independent country. now, over this weekend, they ve had to defend moscow, russia s capital, against mercenaries of putin s own making. prigozhin himself in this entire incident has raised profound questions about the very premises for russia s aggression against ukraine in the first place, saying that ukraine or nato did not pose a threat to russia, which is part of putin s narrative, and it was a direct challenge to putin s aut
person who was integrally involved in the whole invasion of ukraine. i think that he is probably too important a person to disappear, and what he did was unforgivable, but at the same time, if they got rid of him, they don t have anyone else like him. in fact, his alagna mercenary group was the only fighting ruby ukrainians had respect for. anyone else in the russian military ukrainians laugh out as they killed the wagner. so, ithink laugh out as they killed the wagner. so, i think we are a long way from seeing prigozhin quietly disappear into the sunset. i don t think that will happen in any way, shape or form. how does he behave towards putin? that is an important question but i am sure he will remain a player in russia. ~ ., sure he will remain a player in russia. ~ . ., russia. what about further opposition? russia. what about further opposition? i russia. what about further opposition? ijust - russia. what about further opposition? i just wonder, | opposition? i just wond