a member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking non-english] yevgeny prigozhin had reason to be angry. he had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putin s war in ukraine. his men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians armchair generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking non-english] there was a mutiny against vladimir putin s armed forces. it is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. he had raised prigozhin and empowered him. prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. he does not exist without putin. this is a frankenstein-like scenario. i ve been following prigozhin s extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the one-time, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. it
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he says the wagner leader made serious mistakes in his life as the pentagon calls the death his assassination. does anyone doubt it? fox news senior strategic analyst retired four star general jack keane. they taped it. they blew up this plane. they seem to want to send a message with this what looks to be an assassination. what s that message? well, certainly no surprise here. i think prigozhin s fate was sealed as of june the 23rd when he conducted a mutiny against vladimir putin regime. and despite the fact that, you know, they worked out some kind of an agreement, i think everyone looking at this knowing putin s history of dealing with his opponents, the fate was sealed. i think the message clearly, you know, putin was severely criticized at the time. one for tolerating prition s criticism, which began last year, based on the conduct of the operation by the way prigozhin was nota public figur.
a hangout for putin s inner circle. soon, putin would make prigozhin his personal caterer, earning him the nickname putin s chef. the best indicator that putin trusted prigozhin is that prigozhin served food for him. knowing putin s paranoia, he could not have had anybody in charge of his diet. i think what prigozhin achieved in all of those years, that is greatly undercounted or not really understood very well is that he was always discreet. it was a very trusted agent, somebody who could be relied upon to do well, to deliver, be discreet. putin quickly climbed through the ranks until he became president of russia. prigozhin was now an insider, trusted by putin, but he wanted his own seat at the table. so putin gave prigozhin a