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telling russians in an address that it appears to have been recorded before this weekends rebellion, that he remains confident in his plans and ukraine. tomorrow has been declared a non-working day in moscow. but banks and russias stock exchange will be operating as normal. outside of russias borders, including in the u.s., putins grip on power appears to be weekend, if not eroding. >> hes been very strong for three decades. this is the first time the veneer of instability, he just see...

In russia. thats even more of a security risk for europe in the united states. the same reason why, arguably, a reason why asana still alive in syria today. so, what we are talking about, the future of russia. the long term future of russia. trying to see the forest from the trees. six of us from now, a year from now, 3 to 5 years from now, are we going to be talking about these two men? thats what we are all wondering. >> lets not talk about the two men per se, lets talk about the wagner group ...

They say he has let them down, that they were cheering him on as he took the stand and when he abruptly called off this advanced to moscow they said good people wont leave it just like that. they say you set us up. and the reason this matters, ayman, is, as keir it was saying a second ago, president putin has decisions ahead of him of how he deals with prigozhin going forward. does he allow him to sit quietly in belarus or will there be some kind of price to pay for what he did? part of presiden...

Russias overall strategies in places like syria, africa, and ukraine? >> yes, i think evelyn touched on it. the difference between what was going on in ukraine and the rest of the world. we all know wagner from those far off places long before this ukraine more. those of us who covered the counter terrorism efforts across the -- i was thinking in the break, where wagner still exists are places where frankly the united states doesnt. are barely. does the west doesnt, or barely does. in places lik...

Fighters. the wagner group are taking off the line and theyve i somehow. all of that is a weakness. a series of weaknesses on the russian side. and on the ukrainian side, the timing is so, that they have been preparing, as you have been reporting, amen, the ukrainians have been pairing this counteroffensive, waiting for the right time, probing for the right place and now theyve got this disarray on the other side. its an opportune time to take advantage. >> how does this impact, if that, all the...

>> i would say that the personality doesnt matter as much as what the russians wanted it to do. although, in the case of the most recent phase of the wagner groups history in ukraine, theyre the person, and the fact that he was on the ground with his forces and angrily denouncing the russian military for not spending enough ammunition and then accusing them of attacking the forces. he was standing up in the field with his troops. i, mean that is a rare russian leader. we dont see that on the par...

Frankly, even strong russia watchers, guys like -- were saying at the very beginning hes done. but he, this is not going to end well. it will end quickly and i dont think they think it would go the way it did marching to moscow having some deal and leaving the country. im just like the rest of you watching and listening to experts who know more than i do about wagner and russian eternal politics and everybody is saying, you know his future is probably done in russia. the more important question ...

Weve seen more and more wagner was interesting to me it was watching yesterdays events unfold when realizing that there are russians in the streets chairing and bringing food and water to wagner mercenaries. i was trying to imagine could do a magic and a black water mercenary group on its way to washington d.c.. a certain group of americans along the way. because, the government forces were, whatever reason, they are corrupt, its so messy. its so hard to protect. its definitely not as a global s...