but even if the threat is over and it s not at all clear that saturday s turn around was, in fact, the end, what did the flash of descent do to russia itself, not the government or security services but the people. what message did russians get over the weekend? what did they see when yevgeny prigozhin s tanks move toward the capital? what did they feel when his troops reportedly shot down several russian helicopters? that s according to ukraine s air force. what did they hear when vladimir putin called prigozhin a traitor and compared his threat to 1917. we re going to ask masha gessen of the new york. the russia public saw something extraordinary, a choice, it will something that changes russia even if it doesn t alter putin s control in the short term. let s get our reporting and the news from russian tv that vladimir putin will speak tonight. joining me now from moscow is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons. so keir, this news that he s going to speak,
As well as offering them in places such as barbers shops and mosques. you re live with bbc news. let s get more now on our breaking news this hour, and a private funeralfor the head of the wagner mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin has taken place in st petersburg, according to his press service. with me is our russia editor at bbc monitoring, vitaly shevchenko. this is what has been announced by various accounts and social media linked to wagner. they say a private ceremony has taken place at a ceremony has taken place at a ceremony in st petersburg, that is yet for any prigozhin s home city. yevgeny prigozhin. that is where
Hundreds more flights have been cancelled after problems with the uk s air traffic control system. an uk s air traffic control system. an in . uest uk s air traffic control system. an inquest has. seen from space, hurricane italia raises towards the florida coast and residents are bracing themselves for damage. hello, i m nancy kacungira, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the head of the wagner mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin has been buried in st petersburg, according to his press service. prigozhin, who led wagner fighters in a mutiny injune, was one of ten people on board a private plane that crashed in russia s tver region last week.
After his plane crashed last week. pakistan s former prime minister imran khan is granted bail by the country s high court but it s unclear if he will be freed from jail. an inquest in the uk hears the cause of the death of 10 year old sara sharif is likely to be unnatural . hello, i m nancy kacungira, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start with some breaking news. the head of the wagner mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin has been buried in st petersburg, according to his press service. prigozhin, who led wagner fighters in a mutiny injune, was one of ten people on board a private plane that crashed in russia s tver region last week. no video or stills of the grave have emerged yet. russia s tass state run news agency says it was relatives
Cancelled after problems with the uk s air traffic control system. than uk s air traffic control system. an in . uest uk s air traffic control system. an inquest has. seen from space, hurricane italia raises towards the florida coast and residents are bracing themselves for damage. hello, i m nancy kacungira, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the head of the wagner mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin has been buried in st petersburg, according to his press service. prigozhin, who led wagner fighters in a mutiny injune, was one of ten people on board a private plane that crashed in russia s tver region last week.