yesterday. but still so many questions about the wagner group s descent into russia. it ended almost as quickly as it began. yevgeny prigozhin s mercenaries got within 120 miles of moscow, the only to turn back to the races after a deal was brokered to prevent the armed rebellion. a spokesperson for the kremlin saying the wagner group leader will avoid prosecution and be exiled in belarus. his troops will be given the option to join russian military forces. prigozhin seen leaving russia last night as crowds cheered him on. meanwhile, new reporting revealing that u.s. spy agencies had indications, quote unquote, days earlier that prigozhin has been stockpiling weapons with plans to take on russian defense officials. i m obviously not going to comment on intelligence matters. what i can say is this, i think it s been no secret that many people over many months and that these tensions were rising, they were brewing. prigozhin was already saying extraordinary things about russi
saving off-ramp. and those are many of the analogies, rattling the corner, that s another one, right? i don t claim to know that i know what putin will do in any situation in ukraine, but what we just saw on the last 48 hours is he was tested, he said these guys were criminals, they were traitors and would be dealt with. you are showing the video right. now he was very tough in his rhetoric. five hours later, when he has the opportunity to escalate and to use force against the wagner mercenary s coming to moscow, which everyone expected, by the way, in russia, he chose to negotiate instead. i m not saying that is a bad thing. i think it is great. it is proverbial to a civil war, but i think it really undermines this argument that if we do this, we do that, he s going to escalate. well, maybe and maybe not. and maybe some leaders, and we know this in history, of course, including our own american history, that leader shoes to negotiate not when they are at