the videos of yevgeny prigozhin and his people using sledge hammers to maim and kill people, so he understands the value, the propaganda value of coming across as a brutal almost uncivilized person because that s another kind of power that i think the russian population certainly at least fears and some cases respects. one analyst says no matter how this turns out the veriliest yevgeny prigozhin has damaged vladimir putin by openly telling the russian people that the ukraine war was started under fraudulent circumstances. brian todd cnn washington. and finally from the wnba phoenix mercury announce s brittney griner will start in vegas. this comes just six months after griner was released from russia as part after prison swap.