he said he had known mr prigozhin a long time, since the early 1990s. he called him a man with a difficult fate who had made mistakes, but who was talented. but president putin has previously called the wagner mutiny a stab in the back, and betrayal he cannot abide. if the crash was an act of revenge, then what is the message? this is a clear message to elites — you must be loyal or you must express double loyalty, even. this is a message to ordinary people — look, you can survive this period but you must be quiet. there is no need in supporting somebody else. only putin is your president, your autocrat, your person to admire. in other words, don't cross the kremlin. the world of russian politics, though, is a murky one.
don't cross the kremlin. to anybody who may be planning, thinking of an insurrection or a coup, don't do it, because you see what the results are. ,, ., , , because you see what the results are. ,, , ., ~ _, gcse results were out today for hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland. the proportion getting top grades has fallen from last year but is still higher than before the pandemic. pass rates in england, wales and northern ireland are down for a second year running. 68.2% of exams were marked at grade 4 — that's a c grade. in wales and northern ireland the drop is slightly smaller. in england, nearly 27% of this year's results were grade 7 or above, but regions varied. in london, it was 28.4%. in the north east of england, i7.6%. over 390,000 certficates were awarded to students studying btecs and vocational technical
then what is the message? this is a clear message to elites. you must be loyal or you must express double loyalty, even. and this is a message to ordinary people. look, you can survive this period, but you must be quiet. there is no need in supporting somebody else. only putin is your president, your autocrat, your person to admire. in other words, don't cross the kremlin. the world of russian politics, though, is a murky one. some here suspect a hoax. there's talk of a second wagner plane that landed safely. but outside wagner offices in st petersburg, there's now a shrine. people here are in mourning for a mercenary chief they believe has been killed. steve rosenberg, bbc news.
in other words, don't cross the kremlin. the world of russian politics, though, is a murky one. some here suspect a hoax. there is talk of a second wagner plane that landed safely. but outside wagner offices, in st petersburg, there is now a shrine. people here are in mourning for a mercenary chief they believe has been killed. steve rosenberg, bbc news. if prigozhin is indeed dead, he willjoin a long list of vladimir putin's enemies who met their deaths in mysterious circumstances. like these two — the former politician—turned businessman pavel antov and the oil boss ravil maganov, who both died last year. they had openly criticised russia's war in ukraine, and both reportedly fell to their deaths from windows. this man, boris berezovsky — another putin critic who fled to the uk —
pleased. people are talking about president putin as the man who may be getting revenge here because it sends a very strong message to anyone else in russia who may be planning some kind of armed insurrection or some coup. this is a message to wagner loyalists. don't cross the kremlin. don't even think about raising arms because it's going to end badly.— going to end badly. there is of course all _ going to end badly. there is of course all sorts _ going to end badly. there is of course all sorts of— going to end badly. there is of course all sorts of regulation l going to end badly. there is of - course all sorts of regulation about why this plane came down, and we just heard from a spokesperson for the pentagon who have been looking at it. have a listen to what he said. ., ., ,, ,, , ., said. our initial assessment is that it's likely yevgeny _ said. our initial assessment is that it's likely yevgeny prigozhin - said. our initial assessment is that it's likely yevgeny prigozhin was i it's likely yevgeny prigozhin was kiiied~ _ it's likely yevgeny prigozhin was killed. we are continuing to assess the situation. we don't have any information to indicate right now the press — information to indicate right now the press reporting stating that there _ the press reporting stating that there was some type of surface—to—air missile that took down _ surface—to—air missile that took down a — surface—to—air missile that took down a plane. we assess that
what message does that send? this is a clear message to elites. you must be loyal or you must express double loyalty, even. and this is a message to ordinary people. look, you can survive this period, but you must be quiet. there is no need in supporting somebody else. only putin is your president, your autocrat, your person to admire. in other words, don't cross the kremlin. the world of russian politics, though, is a murky one. some here suspect a hoax. there's talk of a second wagner plane that landed safely. but outside wagner offices in st petersburg, there's now a shrine. people here are in mourning for a mercenary chief they believe has been killed. steve is with me now. it took president putin 2a hours to talk