Byzantine character of the way that russian intelligence operates, the ruthlessness, relentless drive for success of vladimir putin. i think the main question is what impact, if any, you think this incident will have on the war there. i think we have to be careful of wishful thinking here. as we see it, of course it looks like, hey, there s a shakeup, and putin s weak and so forth. but in reality, this may make putin stronger. he has surfaced people who were potentially disloyal. we don t know if they were or not, the generals who were fired. he s gotten rid of a rival. he s shown he s an iron leader. he s not afraid to use force. he s not afriaid to kill in support of the russian state. and despite the outpouring of grief that we saw in st. petersburg, you know, there are people who will feel that
Him for a while in bellaruse and then putin saw him, but it was the character, the ruthlessness, relentless drive and success of vladimir putin. i think the question for perhaps the united states and ukraine is what impact, if any, you think this incident will have on the war there. reporter:. i think we have to be careful of wishful thinking. as we see it, hey, there is a shakeup and putin is weak and so forth. but in reality, this may make putin stronger. he has surfaced people who were potentially disloyal. we don t know if they were or not, the generals that were fired. he has gotten rid of a rival. he has shown he is an iron leader. he is not afraid to use force. he is not afraid to kill in