Fearing another uprising like that of Wagner s mercenaries, Putin called on anyone working on behalf of the military or supporting operations in Ukraine to take an oath of allegiance.
encompasses the removal of those who run afoul of putin. in other words, usually people trip and fall out of windows, and a plane crash seems like an assassination. yeah, it s pretty spectacular. putin has to send a message to hold on to power. he was weaken add couple months ago by this wagner rebellion. when you had the armed troops marching within 120 miles of moscow and the fact that putin was not able to stop wagner by force, that made him look all of a sudden vulnerable. the fact that prigozhin got away with this act of insurrection and managed to make it to belarus furthered the image that putin was somehow weak. and now i think this is his spectacular payback to show, no, this is a guy you can t mess around with. this is how he keeps power in this gangster state that he has constructed in russia. maybe the very fact that it took a long time as what farther of the signal that putin was sending, eventually it will come around. this is what the cia director
tonight, president biden is pointsing a finger at vladimir putin, suggesting that the russian leader may be behind the fiery plane crash that apparently has killed the leader of the failed wagner rebellion, yevgeny prigozhin, listen. indictment is a travesty. it s an attack on we re going to get that clip and play it for you, stand by. in the meantime, i want to discuss what s going on, the u.s. response specifically with the former director of european affairs for the national security council, retired lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. thanks very much for joining us. president biden implied, implied pretty seriously though, that putin may be behind this deadly crash. first of all, do you agree? wolf, thanks for having me on. i d be willing to bet putin is behind this.
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