disastrous chechen war produced some military generals who at some moment post a significant political threat to putin s prede predecessor yeltsin. and just in case, he wants to keep his military in line. he cannot tolerate a proper competition between his security services. so he cannot put his national guard against the army. or the fsb against the svr because it would be too risky for him. but to use someone like prigozhin. who does have some independent income but at the same time he doesn t have any political apart from the one provided by putin himself. that seems to him as a really good idea. well it works for now. let s see how it is going to end. stay with us. when we come back, i m going to
There has been mixed reaction from the sector to the latest interest rate rise announced today by the Bank of England. MT Finance head of buy-to-let lending Marylen Edwards believes that while a reduction in the base rate would have been welcome news, another increase was necessary at this moment in time to combat