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a good sunday evening to you. i m jim sciutto, and this is cnn s special live coverage of the extraordinary events this weekend out of russia. moscow s red square blocked off again today after the brief but stunning insurrection that s gripped the world, could perhaps weaken vladimir putin s grip on his country. we should note it s far too soon to know. so much we don t know about what led wagner mercenary group leader yevgeny prigozhin to launch a march on moscow and what convinced him to abruptly call it off. and then, it s said, go into exile. u.s. secretary of state tony blinken today called the whole series of events extraordinary, believes it indicates that cracks are emerging in putin s rule. the very latest now from cnn s sam kiley live from london. sam, we re watching russia closely, ukraine, also events in belarus. any developments to indicate to us what s actually happening right now? reporter: well, jim, i think the most stunning development so far is an a ....
to victory with up to 44 percent of the vote, across ukraine, there s been intense speculation about how events in russia will affect the counteroffensive currently under way. the bbc s mayenijones is in kyiv. like millions of people around the world, ukrainians followed this weekend s events in russia closely. for a brief moment it seemed like president putin s iron grip on russian politics might be coming to an end, but as many people here in kyiv wake up on sunday morning, they still don t know what to make of it all. translation: we hoped things would advance, . that prigozhin will change his mind and join the ukrainians. but money does miracles. he was obviously paid off. he has basically surrendered. translation: for me, both prigozhin and putin are war criminals. they bomb peaceful cities while people are sleeping. for example, yesterday everyone was talking about prigozhin when ukraine was hit by missiles. i m not interested in him. he is a criminal. translati ....
sk crisis in russia. i m michael smerconish. putin warns those involved in the mercenary group will be punished. p prigozhin says they killed a, quote, huge amount of his men. a long-time ally of the kremlin, he claimed troops had taken control of facilities in the russian cities of voronezh and rostov-on-don without firing a shot. one general called it a coup d etat, but prigozhin deniesoco. there was an announced a criminal investigation of prigozhin and they were to stop and detain their leader. in an address to the nation, putin said this. translator: i repeat, any internal turmoil is a mortal threat to our statehood, to us as a nation. this is a blow to russia, to our people. so our actions to defend the fatherland against such a threat will be severe. all those who deliberately chose the path of treachery, who prepared a mutiny, who chose blackmail and terrorist methods will face punishment. joining me to discuss is retired u.s. attorney alexander vindman, o ....
the last day or so has seen an extraordinary turn of events in russia. the russian president vladimir putin has survived an immediate threat to his power after the leader of the wagner mercenary group agreed to end his mutiny against the russian army. yevgeny prigozhin called off his wagner troops march to moscow late saturday night after negotiations with putin s ally and belarus leader alexander lukashenko. he also agreed to leave russia for belarus, and the kremlin has said it will not pursue punishment against him or wagnerfighters. but there are many questions unanswered about what s happened. to help unpack some of these i m joined now by a panel of experts. joining me live are vitaly shevchenko, who is from bbc monitoring, jade mcglynn is a researcher at the war studies department at king 5 college london. she s also the author of memory makers: the politics of the past in russia and russia 5 war. she joins us from oxfordshire. justin crump is a military vetera ....
for what happened in new york in a courtroom today. and that is a latin term. it s bonkers. tonight, on laura coates live . i have been waiting to talk to you guys about this all day. what a day in court today. donald trump clashing with the judge, loudly talking during e. jean carroll s testimony, loud enough, by the, way to be heard at least two rows away, claiming its you ve heard these phrases before it s a witch hunt. and it really is a con job. unquote. shaking his head, throwing his hands up in the air oh, wait, i do that to. pulling his hands up in the air it was quite a performance. and it s one that didn t fool the judge, not even for a millisecond, or maybe a new york minute, i guess you say. because here is something you don t usually here in the courtroom. the judge saying that he hopes he won t have to kick trump out of court. and then trump responding, quote, i would love it. the judge, i know you would. of course, he likely would. his goal is ac ....