A member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking nonenglish] Yevgeny Prigozhin had reason to be angry. He had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putins war in ukraine. His men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians Armchair Generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking nonenglish] there was a mutiny against Vladimir Putins armed forces. It is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. Vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. He had raised prigozhin and empowered him. Prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. He does not exist without putin. This is a frankensteinlike scenario. Ive been following prigozhins extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the onetime, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. Making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. It is like, we know there is more
a member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking non-english] yevgeny prigozhin had reason to be angry. he had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putin s war in ukraine. his men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians armchair generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking non-english] there was a mutiny against vladimir putin s armed forces. it is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. he had raised prigozhin and empowered him. prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. he does not exist without putin. this is a frankenstein-like scenario. i ve been following prigozhin s extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the one-time, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. it
to know that that is how he left the world. after that, the sledgehammer became a symbol of the wagner group s power, the viciousness, brutality, and their willingness to go to any length to achieve their mission. prigozhin was getting his first taste of real power, and he liked it. syria is proving to be very profitable. for prigozhin, in his boss in the kremlin. he was promised a 25% cut of every oil and gas field in managed to take over. the sprawling gas facilities seemed ripe for the taking. except that there is one obstacle. a small number of elite american soldiers were based at the plant on a counter i.s.i.s. mission. they were heavily armed. the clash between the wagner group and u.s. special forces is almost legendary. it is actually the first time that russia and american forces had clashed since vietnam. an incredible moment in history
each other, and speak the same language. they want me to disinvite putin. putin of russia, he said trump is a genius, it ll be the next leader. i will fight for you. multiple u.s. intelligence agencies have concluded that putin wanted trump to win the 2016 election. intervening directly was a risky proposition, even for the kremlin. prigozhin catered to the boss. he did not just have the wagner group, the private contractors fighting in syria, he had another side business. it was a that prompted disinformation, mostly against russian dissidents. he now turned his keyboard warriors against the united states. he, in some ways, contributed to the kind of narrative but grew up around hillary clinton and donald trump.
billion dollars a year from this country in gold, blood diamonds, and timber. after wagner s takeover, it became the most developed mine in the country. our investigation reveals the amount of gold at the site could be worth up to three billion dollars. after our initial reporting, the united states put sanctions on the company in charge of the mine called midas resources. the treasury department said the midas is connected to prigozhin, and helped finance the operations. gold is almost impossible to trace, and he is good at evading sanctions. you can turn these types of minerals, precious metals, and jams into cash pretty quickly if you know had to do it. if you have a good hustle. he is always had a good hustle. i wanted to go back to see if i could pin him down on what is really happening at the mines. thank you. let me ask you some serious