could get prigozhin in a much weaker position. he allowed him to walk for about two months and now he is dead. i think that sounds a very chilling message to anyone that would go after him in russia. it sends a more stabilising message to those in nato but have to think about how this conflict in ukraine might eventually wind down and end. down and end. ian, vladimir putin really down and end. ian, vladimir putin really relies down and end. ian, vladimir putin really relies on - down and end. ian, vladimir putin really relies on the - putin really relies on the wagner group to fight his wars, particularly when it comes to ukraine. what can we expect next? particularly in this conflict in ukraine? it next? particularly in this conflict in ukraine?- conflict in ukraine? it is really not conflict in ukraine? it is really not true - conflict in ukraine? it is really not true in - conflict in ukraine? it is really not true in terms | conflict in ukraine? it is. really not true in ter
and when released in 1990, he became a hot dog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997 he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders. and to putin himself. and prigozhin s role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014 russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. of that time, he s said a group of patriots was born , which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner s military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing the group of committing. torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings . and then came the war.
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in their defensive positions would need to be fighting an insurrection at home at the same time that he could be really on the back foot in ukraine, exactly the time you wouldn t want to do that. that is no longer something putin has to worry about. there is the question of how wagner is going to behave on the ground in africa. there they are very significant and putin has allowed the wagner leadership to be needing with african leaders over the last several weeks. now that he has been killed, likely directly by the kremlin, there will be a number of leaders in africa that are wondering how much they can trust the kremlin going forward so i think what will happen in those countries, need air for example, mali, libya, there was a very interesting questions but in russia and ukraine i don t think very much is changing. don t think very much is changing- don t think very much is chanauin. ., , ,
he became a hot dog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997 he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders. and to putin himself. and prigozhin s role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014 russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. of that time, he s said a group of patriots was born , which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner s military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing the group of committing. torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings . and then came the war.