come again. -sorry, what was that? introducing the next generation 10g network only from xfinity. hello i m alicia menendez the future starts now. with ali meridian thank you for joining our coverage as the world watches a crisis unfold in russia it has been a while 24 hours testing vladimir putin s hold on power. the kremlin now protecting the world and it reached a deal with the leader of a mercenary group that has gone rogue. prigozhin the leader of the mercenary group ordered his forces to return to their bases abandoning an armed rebellion that had them heading towards moscow the new video showing prigozhin greeted with cheers as he left the city of hours ago. that is where he had taken control of the key russian military facility an act of retaliation after russia s military launched a missile strike on wagner group camps, the kremlin has said that prigozhin would quote go to belarus and wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted, nbc news has not independently confi
and the consequences for the rest of the world. kremlin spokesperson says, the leader of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, will not face charges for actions russian president vladimir putin described as treason just hours ago. spokesperson also saying, prigozhin will head to neighboring belarus, with wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted. this comes after prigozhin ordered his forces to turn back, return to their bases, abandoning an armed rebellion that had them heading toward moscow. we are looking at new video into us taken from the city of rostov near the ukrainian border. as all these new developments come in and we get these new images, the question remains, how do we get here this fast? the wagner group was what russia calls a, quote, private military company. over the u.s. calls the group a proxy force that had been fighting on russia s behalf in ukraine. on friday, prigozhin accused russia s defense minister, ordering a rocket strike on wagner s camps
so, what should we take from what putin said? it is a question i asked historian kimberly this evening. kimberly, and pack those comments for us a little bit. we know he was alluding to the russian revolution. what else we need to know here? particularly his discussion of the russian revolution in the sense of betrayal. the idea that if the russian revolution didn t happen and if this betrayal didn t happen russia could have been but also incredible destruction that the russian civil war cause for russia between 1918 and 1920. so, i think this is what he is alluding to. not only is it the fact that it is betrayal. it is the fact that millions of people could die, but also it could harm russia on a global scale. and so i want to read you this today from the new york times, kimberly st. julian-varnon. by drawing a parallel with the turmoil of 1917, mr. putin has already acknowledged the unraveling of what was supposed to be his greatest achievement,
today, lateral putin reminded the russian people of russia s civil war a century ago. saying, quote, we will not let this happen again. but we know putin and his people, masters of propaganda. what was putin saying between the lines in today s address? joining us now, kimberly saint julian-varnon, she s a historian and ph.d. candidate at the university of pennsylvania. kimberly, unpack putin s comments for us a bit. we know he was alluding to the russian revolution. what else do we need to know? the key about putin s comments, particularly his discussion of the russian revolution, is the sense of betrayal. this is an idea that if the russian revolution didn t happen, if this betrayal didn t happen, russia could ve been victorious during the world war i, but also the incredible distraction that the russians civil war caused. russia, between 1918 and 1920. so, i think this is what he s alluding to. not only is it the fact that it is betrayal, it s the fact that millions of people could