funding links to tru, always se arate funding links to tru, always separate from _ funding links to tru, always separate from the _ funding links to tru, always separate from the russian l funding links to tru, always - separate from the russian state, but very closely aligned. it seemed that that relationship may be irreparably damaged. is this the end of the wagner group? it is damaged. is this the end of the wagner grown?— damaged. is this the end of the wagner group? it is tough to say, because the _ wagner group? it is tough to say, because the information - wagner group? it is tough to say, - because the information environment is really hard to say. what is actually going on, there is a bit of a fog of war in the last day. from what we do seem to know, prigozhin is going to belarus, and wagner fighters are being absorbed into the ministry of defence forces headed back down south to ukraine. that would seem to me that wagner could be on the out, and that doesn't mean that all the private military companies are on the out either. even though private military companies are technically illegal in russia, we have seen a proliferation of them in the past 12 months or so. the russian president, vladimir putin, keeps a very tight circle around him. there are very few who have direct access to the president.