from the u.s. on the tragedy. we ll be right back. we ll be right back. hey, everyone. welcome to msnbc special coverage of the rebellion in russia. i am ayman mohyeldin in new york. more than 24 hours after a russian mercenary chief ordered his forces to end the revolt and retweet from their march toward moscow, many questions still remain about vladimir putin s grip on power, about the future of the war in ukraine, and about the impact of this crisis on stability across that region, as well as elsewhere around the world. here is what we know at this hour. russian mercenaries in the wagner group have withdrawn from the russian cities on the orders of its chief, yevgeny prigozhin, who declared an end to his rebellion yesterday. now, according to russian state media, prigozhin meanwhile, now headed to belarus, whose president, alexander lukashenko, helped negotiate that de-escalation. as for vladimir putin and the ongoing war in ukraine, the russian leader expressed co
leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china. my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. really happy to be here. president xi of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan, but that he will never promise to give up the option to use force. just sum up briefly the mood for us, the reaction to that possibly new threat. well, there s a familiar message. we ve been hearing that for quite some time. of course, we have to prepare ourselves to face the authoritarian expansionism, but that has been the case for as long as i can remember. so people have not been at all worried by this renewed threat? not especially worried. of course, we ve been seeing renewed interest in, for example, countering
my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. really happy to be here. president xi of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan, but that he will never promise to give up the option to use force. just sum up briefly the mood for us, the reaction to that possibly new threat. well, there s a familiar message. we ve been hearing that for quite some time. of course, we have to prepare ourselves to face the authoritarian expansionism, but that has been the case for as long as i can remember. so people have not been at all worried by this renewed threat? not especially worried. of course, we ve been seeing renewed interest in, for example, countering disinformation, cybersecurity attacks and so on. but i think the overall mood is quite calm. ok, because china has claime
he s somebody who s been on the radar of the fbi for years, both for what he s done overseas, and certainly what he s tried to do here in the united states with u.s. politics, and interfering in our elections. how much of a threat is he to latimer putin now? how dangerous of a man is he generally? what do we know about him? well, ayman, that s a great question. i mean, certainly, prigozhin is known to u.s. law enforcement and the u.s. intelligence community here in the night states, including his involvement with the disinformation attacks on the 2016 elections. he s wanted right now by the fbi, and there s a reward of up to $350,000 for information leading to his arrest because of his attacks on democracy, on the part of vladimir putin and russia. make no mistake about it, he s certainly not a friend of the u.s. [inaudible] it looks like we have lost our connection with peter strzok. we will try to reestablish that and continue that conversation.