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Catered to vladimir putin as well and then became close aerd closer to the russian president and started building this big empire which began propaganda indianapolis substitutions and meddled in the 20167 u.s. election. yevgeny prigozhin was one of those sanctioned by the u.s. for meddling in the 2016 election. but he then built that empire, including wag anywhere private military company. he s the head of it. it s one of those things where we ve seen that company rise meteorically over the past couple of years. i was in syria, i think, in 2014 or 2015 when we first saw wagner appear on the scene there. they were essentially doing base protection, some of the things private military companies do, but then continuously got caught in the fight as well. he then branched out into the oil business that the assad regime had taken backing getting ....
When you see the optics of prigozhin declaring that his 25,000 troops as he says are crossing ore from ukraine into russia demanding to meet with the military leadership, although, he does deny this is an attempt to carry out a military coup, but what do you see happening next? i think what you ll see, if putin can maintain some of his forces, you will see some kind of battle between the wagner group and the russian military. what s interesting is when you look at what happened on social media, it appears as if at least around the rostov region in the southeast basically of ukraine, that there has been no real resistance to the wagner group. they have not stopped the personnel carriers, they ve not ....
president putin calls the move a betrayal and a stab in the back to the russian people and he says those who follow him will pay the price. translator: all those who deliberately closed pa october of trechly, armed mutiny, blackmail and terrorist methods will face inevitable punishment and will answer both to the law and to our people. we re following all of this with our reporters and analysts around the world. let s start with the latest on what s happening in russia now. nick payton is following this now. it s a direct threat to his grip on power for 23 years. at this stage we re checking to see if the wagner forces you heard about seen on the streets, ....
The fact they re taking this issue very, very seriously. now the question becomes what happens today. we know that president duda in poland said he would be talking to his allies. that would include, per charges president biden. we asked what will happen today, will he talk to allies, and how will he stay tuned on this particularly developing procedure. let s talk to colonel cedric leighton. thanks so much for joining us this morning. it s stunning and stoord to see this leader of the wagner group who was instru money tall in the war in ukraine, challenging russia s military leadership, vocally calling it out, saying things like it s incompetent, and now yevgeny prigozhin is refusing to surrender. how would you describe what s ....
Putting out, knowing just how fast-moving this situation is and how things could change in an instant. they ve been careful. but last night we know president biden was briefed on the situation unfoldingening and russia we ve been asked if they ll be briefed again. we know the national security council put out a statement. they said we are monitoring the situation and will be consulting with allies and partners on these developments. you can see there on the screen there. obviously this holds a lot of implications for president biden but also where he s worked for the last few months and years to hold russia s feet to the fire in support of ukraine. in as early as january, we know they were talking about this from the podium that the u.s. officials had identified some type of internal struggle happening between the wagner group and russia and they were monitoring any intelligence from that point at least very closely, just a real window into ....