and if the sfb were as some intelligence officials in the west were getting hints ahead of the plot, why did they not act beforehand, if russian military had an inkling, why did they not act beforehand? why potentially are we seeing this order coming out now. a lot to be answered and all of it undermines putin s grip on power. absolutely. and you posed the key questions that still need to be asked and answered. it s good to see you. thanks for being there. a cnn exclusive this morning, documents show a russian general who has not been seen in public since the insurrection, since the revolt, was a secret vip member of wagner. russian general sergey sur surovikin. there were 30 other names on the list. cnn east matthew chance in moscow this morning. this is quite a stunning report.
i mean, it s a stunning revelation, and it sort of talks to the kind of issue that nick was mentioning in that report from kyiv where he was saying basically what was it that led the russian military to allow this mercenary wagner group to take over a russian city, for instance, with such ease, and there are questions in moscow circulating in the kremlin about the possibility of divided loyalties. this revelation, these documents speak directly to that, because it seems that, you know, general surovikin, the deputy commander, you know, of ukrainian forces, i m sorry, russian forces in ukraine appears to have been since 2018, a vip wagner member. and you mentioned he s not alone. there are 30 other senior russian military and intelligence officials that have also been fanned to be on the list by the dossier, which is a