we can t have these conversations without you, so i know you are juggling a lot of things. but thank you very much for making some time to talk to us. we re grateful. e time to talk to us we re grateful . ,. . it to the to th according to russian state media, the criminal case against yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner group, a private mercenary army in russia critical to russia s ability to wage war in ukraine, will be dropped. that s what they re saying at least. and he will be an exile in belarus. so far, it is not clear if you will actually give up leadership or commands of the wagner group. but he sent a voice note signaling that his forces would stand down. that order comes after a day of putin back negotiations with prigozhin to avoid russian losses inside russian territory. with promises of safety guarantees for the wagner fighters. until just a few hours ago, wagner forces were marching toward moscow. appearing to be ready to wage an armed result against
humiliate putin on the world stage? i think the biggest takeaway is that putin comes out of this crisis much weaker than he was before. this has been building, we ve talked about it before. i think this war in general has weakened putin s rule inside, and most certainly is standing around the world. think about what we just witnessed. two armed forces that used to be loyal to putin, threatening to go to war with each other. and then who comes to save mr. putin? luka sanca. the guy who is supposed to be subordinate to mr. putin. and you re playing it right now, i ve watched that clip many, many times. i watch mr. putin for many decades now. he called prigozhin a traitor. and he called him a traitor to all of the russian people. think about it at president biden getting on television in front of the oval office, talking about osama bin laden