emphasizing the west had nothing to do with the russian revolt. matthew chance is inside russia tonight amid this seismic shift. he s there. reporter: this is the last time we saw the wagner leader, departing the russian city he had essentially taken over on the weekend, amid cheers from supporters. [ cheers and applause ]. reporter: now yevgeny prigozhin is speaking out for the first time since agreeing to call off the armed rebellion that shook the correkremlin to core n. an 1minute recording, prigozhin denies aiming to challenge the russian president. translator: the purpose of the march was to prevent the destruction of wagner and the prosecution of those who made a huge number of mistakes in the course of the special military operation due to their unprofessional actions. society demanded this, and all the soldiers who saw us supported us. reporter: on russian state television damage control is already in full swing after a weekend of mayhem. prigozhin s armed re
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good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m katy tur here from new york. and i m chris jansing with special coverage on what is happening inside russia. for the first time, we are still waiting to hear from vladimir putin. now, we haven t heard anything since his former ally and the head of the ruthless mercenary wagner group attempt add revolt, and this new video released by russia, is it new or just something put out by the kremlin? who knows when it was taped. we can t say. and where is the man responsible for the dramatic weekend events, yevgeny prigozhin. right now we still don t know and he hasn t been seen since saturday when he decided to turn his forces back after marching toward the kremlin. and seemingly agreed to live in exile in belarus. so now russia, a country armed with more nuclear weapons than any other nation led by a man desperate to proclaim the old soviet union glory is at a crossroads. and while the world watches, ukraine is acting. ukrainian forces
wagner. they said that the man had attempted to fake his death twice in the past five years, but they said this time was different because the usual protocols from place. reading those interviews that medusa did, that solidify that to me long before the russian state, you know, said that it was prigozhin was on the plane . kimberly, now with prigozhin being, gone despite the failed coup that happened a few months ago, does this open up any type of space for somebody to kind of step into that breach? i think it does. puck ocean was a mastermind in many ways. he wore many hats. he wasn t just a warlord. he was also funneling and writing a criminal enterprise that was running across the middle east and africa. so i think it s going to have to be a multi pronged approach. i don t think it ll be one person who takes over wagner in terms of the military. i think it ll be a multi-pronged approach. whoever tries to fill that gap is going to have to be connected to the russian state. vladimi
after a shocking moment of weakness. the kremlin today releasing this video of president putin being swarmed by his supporters days, of course, after he faced down a mutiny led by his former mercenary chief. perspective from cnn s moscow bureau chief. when you see a video like that that s been put out by the kremlin, what do you think about it? is it completely choreographed? are they just trying to show support for him? reporter: i think there is no question it s choreographed. you have that video just a few days ago by prigozhin being, you know, mobbed with people taking selfies and here is putin who really recently has never gone out into the public and all of a sudden he is being mobbed, the notorious germophobe who doesn t want to catch covid from anyone? i was stunned when i saw it. but, obviously, he feels he has