but both candidates are claiming victory. and a warning that extreme weather in china will become more frequent and more dangerous. hello. i m carl nasman. we begin in russia where authorities say they ve used dna testing to confirm the head of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgeny prigozhin, was indeed killed in a plane crash on wednesday. they say the identities of the bodies recovered correspond with the flight s passenger list, which included mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tensions with commanders over the war in ukraine. there s been speculation that president putin targeted mr prigozhin in an act of revenge. the kremlin has denied any involvement. our russia editor
candidates are claiming victory. plus, hundreds of people join what s being called the largest search for the loch ness monster in more than 50 years. hello. i m carl nasman. we begin in russia where authorities say they ve used dna testing to confirm the head of the wagner paramilitary group yevgeny prigozhin was killed in a plane that crashed north west of moscow on wednesday. they say the identities of the bodies recovered correspond with the flight s passenger list, which included mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tensions with commanders over the war in ukraine. there s been speculation that president putin targeted mr prigozhin in an act of revenge. the kremlin has denied any involvement.
for the mercenary group? zimbabwe s election results have been declared, but both candidates are claiming victory. and a warning that extreme weather in china will become more frequent and more dangerous. hello. i m carl nasman. we begin in russia where authorities say they ve used dna testing to confirm the head of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgeny prigozhin, was indeed killed in a plane crash on wednesday. they say the identities of the bodies recovered correspond with the flight s passenger list, which included mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tensions with commanders over the war in ukraine. there s been speculation that president putin targeted mr prigozhin in an act of revenge. the kremlin has denied any involvement. our russia editor
the mercenary group? zimbabwe s election results have been declared, but both candidates are claiming victory. plus, hundreds of people join what s being called the largest search for the loch ness monster in more than 50 years. hello. i m carl nasman. we begin in russia where authorities say they ve used dna testing to confirm the head of the wagner paramilitary group yevgeny prigozhin was killed in a plane that crashed north west of moscow on wednesday. they say the identities of the bodies recovered correspond with the flight s passenger list, which included mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tensions with commanders over the war in ukraine. there s been speculation that president putin targeted mr prigozhin in an act of revenge. the kremlin has denied any involvement.
abrupt manner. joining us now, richard haass. great to see you this morning. of course, the kremlin is going to deny what happened last week, but it certainly appears that prigozhin was killed. it seems likely he was done so as a result of the aborted mutiny over the summer. i m curious what your assessment is right now with regard to vladimir putin s grip on power which was challenged back in the wake of the mutiny. what do you think now? first of all, i think you re right. it s hard to imagine that prigozhin is not dead. hard to imagine if he is dead it wasn t done one way or the other by putin s direction. let s assume that for the time being. i think it suggests putin s grip on power is pretty strong. the idea that he was fatally or seriously weakened by the coup, not so much. he still controls the narrative.