What a strange 2a hours. i ve said before that trying to work out what is happening in russian politics is a bit like doing a jigsaw with half the piece is missing. it is very difficult to build up an accurate picture of what is going on, and that applies to this story as well. in the close, machiavellian world of russian politics, you don t exactly know all the details about the agreements that were reached between mr prigozhin and the kremlin and all the parties involved in this, and there are so many questions, more than answers about what has happened in the last day. for example, last night, when mr prigozhin claimed that the defence ministry had launched a missile strike on a wagner camp, he presented no evidence for that and we heard a lot today about wagner companies moving north towards moscow. wagner convoys. there was very little video and social media that came out about them. all we can do is continue to
Security correspondent, looking at the background of this individual. yevgeny prigozhin outside russian military headquarters in rostov on don this morning, boasting his wagner group have taken it without firing a shot. butjust who is this man challenging russia s armed forces, and now its president? prigozhin began as a criminal from st petersburg. after leaving jail, he began selling hotdogs but then graduated to running expensive restaurants. he caught the attention of russia s leader, leading him to be known as putin s chef. he catered to world leaders when they visited, even america s president, but also became rich from lucrative military contracts. then, in the last decade, he branched out, running operations around the world on behalf of the kremlin. that led to the fbi placing him on their most wanted list for allegedly interfering with america s 2016 election. but prigozhin became best known as head of wagner,
Putin regime is, but it shows us how small this core of decision makers is in moscow and the kremlin. small this core of decision-makers is in moscow and the kremlin. people around the world is in moscow and the kremlin. people around the world have is in moscow and the kremlin. people around the world have been - is in moscow and the kremlin. people around the world have been watching| around the world have been watching events unfold today, but of course the russian state controls the media in russia itself. hand on heart, will many russian people even know what has been happening today? russian people i think do know and have been following along. most of the media and videos we have seen over the past 24 hours have been on telegram, which is the main decentralised media place in russia. it is a russian social media network, and is proliferated around the world, and we have seen what some might say is the best of telegram in getting out these kind of civilian videos of things go
Longer in moscow. he knows what he is afraid of because he himself created this threat. and to you, people of russia, the longer your trip stay on ukrainian land, the more devastation they will bring to russia. the longer this person is in the kremlin, the more disaster there will be. live now to general douglas lute former us permanent representative to nato. an extraordinary series of events a rebellion and retreat within 24 hours. what do you think prigozhin was looking to achieve here? well, it s absolutely not clear it has been an extraordinary 24 hours. the notion that a private military company, the wagon or group can reverse course after in ukraine and turn into russia, seize control of
Public. in a late night kremlin conference for journalists, public. in a late night kremlin conference forjournalists, first of all, apparently, it was the need of belarus, alexander lukashenko, who allegedly negotiated this deal because apparently he has known mr prigozhin for some time. according to the deal, all criminal charges against mr prigozhin will be dropped and he will move to belarus. as for the wagner fighters who took part in this mutiny, they will not be charged orface this mutiny, they will not be charged or face any criminal charges because of their front line service, the kremlin said. those are the bare bones of the deal that has been made public. what you have is, in effect, a situation which has turned round completely because, just a few hours ago, there seemed to be a real danger of a confrontation. mr prigozhin was saying he was going all the way, he was furious with the military leadership of russia and things have turned around and he