people weren t happy about the idea there was going to be bloodshed in the country, more bloodshed but also very concerned as well about what the coming weeks, months will bring as vladimir putin tries to re-establish his authority after it took a severe denting following that military takeover attempt. whatever it was. at the weekend. i went down to red square, you know, to try and sort of gauge what people s general views are on the street, take a listen see what they had to say. i ve come to the center of the russian capital to try to get a sense of how this city feels in the aftermath of that attempted military uprising of the weekend. tell you, it feels pretty relaxed here here a lot of russians, tourists here taking photographs of these iconic sites. i was trying to get into red square actually which is just
along with at least 30 other senior russian military and intelligence officials. the dosser says also vip wagner members. wagner hasn t answered cnn s request for a response. it is unclear what vip membership entails, if there s any financial benefit. but he does imply an overly close relationship between the russian military and the mercenaries. they fail to prevent from staging a military uprising at the weekend. even allowing wagner fighters to take over an entire russian city with virtually no resistance. it all raises suspicions in the
kremlin says the wagner chief was exiled to belarus, but he hasn t been seen there yet. russian state media says before the insurrection, prigozhin sell his troops were no longer allowed to fight in ukraine. reporter: general siriviki niismt, general armageddon as he s known because of his ruthless traffic he developed in syria, and various cities there, he s nowhere to be seen. he handling seen since pealing to the wagner group, where it looked like more like a hostage video, to not proceed with the military uprising. since then, he hasn t been in touch. he was known he is known to
vip wagner members. wagner hasn t answered cnn s request for a response. it s unclear what vip membership entails, if there s any financial benefit. it does imply an overly close relationship between the russian military and the mercenaries they failed to prevent from staging a military uprising at the weekend. even allowing wagner fighters to take over an entire russian city with virtually no resistance. it all raises suspicions in the kremlin of divided loyalty. the general, whose whereabouts remain unknown, is one of
and this may be the kremlin s way of sort of pulling back some of its authority and popularity. so matthew, we also understand that russian authorities are finally now confirming that there were russian military casuals from saturday s revolt. this wasn t some sort of bloodless thing. what are they saying? reporter: well, i mean, that confirmation has been around for a couple of days in the sense that just yesterday vladimir putin remember at a very formal military ceremony in the kremlin held a minute of silence for those who have been killed by wagner forces as they attempted to military uprising. but today the governor of the region in russia confirmed that two aircraft had been brought down by wagner forces during that military uprising, an it tack helicopter and a illusion 22 transport signals plane. didn t confirm how many people