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
his senior people would have been shot by prigozhin if he ever got his hands on the government, the oligarchic their money comes from to not from prigozhin. so this was a failed attempt to take down the russian state, pergola xin is a monster of a person by the way, he started his criminal life by choking out some russian woman and stealing her earrings and her boots so this is not exactly the golden boy of the russian armed forces. what are his core complaint? there wasn t enough ammunition coming to his troops, i wonder as we watch this unfold in russia, what is the lesson for u.s., for allies about the type of aid that is still relevant and necessary, and is there a window of opportunity here where it is particularly helpful?
trustworthy. these men are not loyal to vp vvp paramilitary forces and groups. what is this me, do you think, for prigozhin, understanding that there are a lot of questions about this deal, about the conditions of this deal, about whether or not the deal will hold what does it mean for both him as an individual? what does it also mean, though, for his forces? if i was prigozhin, i would be very careful whatever i drank, i would not stand by any windows. his life in danger. and i think he understands that, being exiled in belarus. it could be an olive branch. this is his last to stay alive. but the amount of damage he has done to putin s reputation as a strongman is, you can t un-ring the bell, right? once you ve done it so, i think prigozhin is in a very difficult position in terms of staying alive for the next few days. but for his forces, the wagner
russia? if he does the ladder and vladimir putin or others suspect that he is trying to undermine putin or the kremlin from abroad, then i think it is very possible that is done what is done to other dissidents that he could meet a violent and. richard engel live for us, richard, thank you so much, always a pleasure. joining us now peter nikolas senior white house reporter for nbc news digital, peter we know the president has been briefed throughout the day, we know secretary blinken was on the phone speaking with his colleagues in ukraine, what can you tell us about how soon the white house was aware that the rebellion was brewing in russia? the white house has been monitoring the situation for quite awhile they know that prigozhin was becoming more and more critical of the war in ukraine. that there was a few develop meant between putin and prigozhin, they were not
be a debacle. wagner, this private mercenary army stepped in, filled the breach and at great cost to its mostly convict soldier who were getting pressed into duty given this deal freedom to fight on the front line, a kind of bargain that if you are a condemned prisoner can be tempting. they took this deal, fought hard and they had success where the regular mainstream army did not have success and had failure after failure. that gained wagner popularity. and, prigozhin is a communicator every day, practically, he himself was out on telegram speaking, wearing a jacket, sometimes speaking from the bunkers, speaking in courts