wagner group of mercenaries which really was allowed to escalate to a point in which it represented a direct challenge to vladimir putin s authority. he had a man, essentially authority. he had a man, essentially a creature of his creation, once a loyal ally, a creature of his creation, once a loyalally, now a creature of his creation, once a loyal ally, now turning against him, threatening his own power, essentially, although it is hard to say exactly how this could have played out add to these troops carried on their march to moscow. the thing is that for vladimir putin at the moment this is a crisis averted, i don t think it is a crisis resolved. we don t know yet the future of the two men who he wanted removed from their posts, thatis wanted removed from their posts, that is the defence minister and the chief of staff. men that yevgeny prigozhin wanted removed. very powerful men in russian politics and for the moment they remain in their posts. we don t know what prigozhin is go
meanwhile, the close ally of the russian president says it was not a good idea for the wagner chief to plan a march to moscow as a putin has strong support in the capital. they expected some fighting in the city. there is a number of ticketed trips to moscow at almost zero. a lot of people decided to leave the capital. so, it is good news. at the same time, that some kind of negotiations should be. both sides appeared to be come to moscow with the fact that they can get. no chance. the popularity now is about 80%
can t withstand a lot of pressures. we have the evidence of course now, with putin s forces being able to get that close to moscow. that s something that shouldn t have happened by any stretch of the imagination but it did and we know they have to be defending their homeland. it s such an embarrassment for putin, i don t know if we have really wrapped our minds around it as much as we will in the coming days. it s mind-boggling to think that they got that close. colonel, great to talk to you. here s another question at this hour, where is yevgeny prigozhin, the mercenary chief hasn t been heard from since calling off his march to moscow and agreed to go to the lewis. you are live in the cnn newsroom. mymy most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health.
stability not a prescription for long tenure in power for putin. because traditionally russia has reacted to military defeats with revolutions. and that s something he has to be very concerned about. you are telling the truth about the pretext of this invasion and the big about so much. after another quick break, congressman joaquin castro of the house foreign affairs committee on the role of congress in the wake of the weekend s march to moscow. and next hour, how the russians view their president right now, a report from moscow. report from moscow i think i can hear the mooing. breyers natural vanilla is made with 100% grade a milk and cream. and only sustainably farmed vanilla. better starts with breyers.
prigozhin, everything with regards to the reasons why they invited ukraine is not correct, he s claiming that the russian ministry of defense is actually bombing and killing his own people and of course i think most significantly and probably most worrisome for the kremlin is, this problem is that we are going to march, 25,000 armed guys were going to march to moscow, that sounds very much like a coup. and i think that is why you have got what you see going on the streets of moscow, it is certainly why the fsb is involved. one of the most capable internal security services, and i would and probably a direct link to putin. he would have been the one that said fsb, got to do something. this is really i think in a different league than some of the stuff we have seen from prigozhin previously. they have said putin is being kept updated. we haven t actually heard from the russian leader but jill, we are seeing on the streets,