this is our special coverage out of russia. the head of wagner group, the leader released a statement. therefore, realizing all the responsibilities for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides we turn our columns and move in the opposite field of the camps. officials claim their president had reached a deal with the wagner boss to halt his troops. earlier, he said his private army seizeded control of russian military facilities in it two critical cities. that is half way on the road to moscow. president putin called the actions a betrayal and stab notice back to the russian people. and he warned anyone who followed pergosian will pay a price. these are bulldogs and gangsters and the fight is way out into the open. it is a very serious one. we have full coverage of the breaking news. we have cnn chief international security correspondent with us nick paton walsh, national security reporter natasha bertrand. nick, i guess the question now is not onl
very, very thinly still stick together and almost falling part. but i would also imagine it might strengthen putin s hand a little bit because exactly that. i mean, he was able to somehow do something like that, turning proout vladimir putin around. and that will be good enough for now to keep the power. i think that is basically what he is doing with all his words and all his actions. so, just go back a little bit in history and see if it s relevant at all to what is happening in the kremlin right now. you said when a leader is challenged in this way, even though he gets out of it and, you no hknow, people could see there are chifrpnks in the armo. it could strengthen them. do you that i is a possibility? what are the historic references