capable of forgiveness? and putin said, yes, i canfigure capable of forgiveness? and putin said, yes, i can figure but not everything. the follow up was, what can you not forgive? and the answer was treachery and i wonder if yevgeny prigozhin ever watch that interview. yevgeny prigozhin spent almost a decade building the wagner group and it played a central role in russia s war effort in ukraine untiljune and the short lived mutiny against russian military leaders. our security correspondent frank gardener looks at what the future looks like for the mercenary group now. the last public sighting of yevgeny prigozhin, posted this week on wagner s telegram channel. somewhere in africa, presumed to be mali, part of its international presence. the wagner group is popular in parts of west africa. it has ousted western forces there and built up lucrative alliances with undemocratic governments. in the central african republic,
about the crash. what did you make of his words? we about the crash. what did you make of his words? about the crash. what did you make of his words? we had this mixture of condolences. of his words? we had this mixture of condolences, some of his words? we had this mixture of condolences, some criticism but - of his words? we had this mixture ofl condolences, some criticism but also compliments. he called yevgeny prigozhin a talented man, a talented businessman, someone who strove to secure, achieve things for himself but also the common cause but this does not change the fact that many people in russia will have concluded, will believe that this was an act of revenge by the kremlin. i think president putin will be quite happy for people to believe that because it sends a strong message to wagner loyalists, anyone in russia may be planning, plotting a military insurrection. one, do not do it and two, look what happens if you do do it. i have been thinking back to an interview pre
us pentagon says there is no indication - us pentagon says there is no indication that - us pentagon says there is no indication that a - us pentagon says there is no indication that a surface - - us pentagon says there is no indication that a surface to - - us pentagon says there is no indication that a surface to air - indication that a surface to air missile brought down the plane thought to be carrying yevgeny prigozhin. the wagner mercenary leader was on the passenger list for the private jet that crashed yesterday though still no official confirmation of his death. president putin finally breaks his silence and offers condolences to his family but says prigozhin made serious mistakes. translation: i ve known i mr prigozhin for a long time, since the start of the 19905. he was a man with a difficult fate. also on the programme tonight tight security and trump supporters in the us state of georgia. japan starts releasing treated radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear
today, the kremlin leader broke his silence on the plane crash. he said he had known mr prigozhin a long time, since the early 19905. he called him a man with a complicated fate, who had made serious mistakes, but who was talented. but president putin has previously called the wagner mutiny a stab in the back, and betrayal he cannot abide. but was it a bomb, was it sabotage? there has been international speculation about the cause of the crash. our initial assessment is that it is likely prigozhin was killed, we are continuing to assess the situation. we don t have any information to indicate right now the press reporting, stating there was some kind of surface to air missile that took down the plane. we assess that information to be inaccurate. but if this was an act of revenge,
i ll be talking to our russia editor, steve rosenberg, but first his report on today s events. in a field 60 miles from moscow, the wreckage of a plane. the private jet on which the russian authorities say yevgeny prigozhin was travelling. it had been caught on camera, falling from the sky. we are told that all seven passengers and three crew on board were killed. but it s the fate of mr prigozhin which has been the centre of attention. for years, the kremlin s mr fix it, his mercenary group had fought in ukraine. but two months ago it mutinied. wagner took over the city of rostov and moved on towards moscow. it was an unprecedented challenge to the kremlin. so, is yevgeni prigozhin s reported demise in an air disaster president putin s revenge?