moscow was not to oust putin. here in washington, president joe biden says the united states and the west had nothing to do with the wagner rebellion. now cnn now learning that the u.s. had detailed intelligence on the plans for the mutiny but kept it secret for most of its allies. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer s off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com anywhere . putin going public just a short time ago blasting the rebels as traitors as he attempted to show russia and the world that he is still in control. cnn s ben wedeman has been covering it all and what it could mean for the war in ukraine. reporter: tonight, vladimir putin lashes out at those who led an armed rebellion against him. an armed rebellion would ve been suppressed in any case. the organizers of the rebellion could not fail to understand this. they unde
this has been one of the most confusing and dramatic moments and recent russian history. we are very much still finding out how this armed rebellion came together. what the u.s. knew about it, what the fallout will be for russia and ukraine. frankly, the rest of the globe. on friday, the standoff began when the leader of a russian private military group posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram. messages that under mind jet ross is justification for the war in ukraine and called for our march for justice. against the russian military. the man who posted these messages, the name you have certainly heard a lot through the past few days, yevgeny prigozhin. he is the leader of the russian private mercenary army known as the wagner group. a group that has been on the frontlines of russia s war in ukraine. now the wagner mercenaries are known to be some of the most brutal forces fighting in ukraine. they have recruited fighters in russian prisons, they have s
he called the country a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. that is ever truer at this moment. president biden came out a short time ago to deny that there was any u.s. involvement in the attempted coup over the weekend. we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west or nato. we made clear that we were not involved. we had nothing to do with it. this is part of a struggle within the russian system. martha: whatever will happen next, we know that this is just the beginning. there will be shifts that come in this very volatile situation. it could change ultimately the world that we live in. geo politics and how it shakes out. we have not seen putin, as i just mentioned. we re told that there may be a statement coming from him shortly, whether it s live or a press statement. we re not sure yet. we ll stay on top of that. there s his rival who at one time was the caterer and they were good friends. they worked his way up with this wagner group. he basically rocke
bases. russian ally and neighbor in belarus helped broker a deal with prigozhin, to escalate the situation. prigozhin agreed to leave russia for asylum batters, but not before getting a heroes sendoff from russian residents. [crowd chanting] [sound of gunfire] nbc news correspondent ali arouzi joins me now, live from london. ali, thank you for being here. the situation in russia has changed dramatically in the last 24 hours, what s happening there now? jonathan, it has been an extraordinary 24 hours of mayhem, mutiny. and as quickly as all of this began, it ended. in a nutshell, where are we? the wagner group probably will be incorporated into the russian defense ministry, prigozhin is in exile in neighboring belarus, and vladimir putin is still in power, considerably weaker. and it is really extraordinary what unfolded in russia. very extraordinary how it all started. look at the beginning of the day, vladimir putin made that statement on television, visibly angry, calli
stopping their march to moscow court hello everyone i m eric shawn this is fox s live. hi arthel. arthel: hi eric hello everyone i am arthel neville but according to reuters the kremlin confirming reports, eric, the belarusian president help mediate with wagner. a major part of the deal the kremlin s and criminal case against prigozhin will be dropped and other fighters will not be prosecuted. so a deal or no deal today stunning developments represent the first major challenge to putin s decades long grip on power. before this latest twist their republican presidential candidate nikki haley spoke with fox news earlier today. she called the rebellion a chance to turn the tide and russia s war on ukraine, listen. brexit is extraordinary to see what is happening. we really need to make sure we are to paying attention. there is an opportunity here put you know putin has been caught flat-footed. clearly they didn t did not see this coming with their intelligence. this is the time