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
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out the mercenary leader. russian president, vladimir putin, offered his, quote, sincere condolences after the crash. saying the mercenary led a complicated life and, quote, made some serious mistakes. the kremlin, on friday, denied having anything to do with that, but president biden responded to the incident saying, quote, there s not much that happens in russia that putin is not behind. joining me now is russian and ukrainian history expert, kimberly saint julian-varnon. kimberly, is nice to have you on the show. we ve got the breaking news, just within the hour before you appeared on the show. confirming that prigozhin s death by way of genetic testing. what is your initial reaction to this breaking news? i guess my initial reaction is that it s not that breaking a. and i figured it was yevgeny prigozhin. there have been interviews that independent journalism group out of russia did, they talk to mercenaries warren wagner, or mercenaries that used to be in
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