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challenge to russian president vladimir putin s iron grip on the country. this weekend, one of his closest allies yevgeny prigozhin leader of the wagner mercenary group turned against him, staging a 24-hour revolt. prigozhin mobilized his army of soldiers for hire to march on moscow and suddenly he turned around and called it. off and be sears kier simmons is in moscow with the latest. years in russia tonight, state television is not showing these stunning images. russians cheering for the leader of this week s aborted rebellion. his soldiers as they leave the city of rostov-on-don. their mutiny is bringing the country to the brink of chaos less than 24 hours ago when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the wagner group had a march to moscow and response to what he called an attack on his fighters. tanks and mercenary troops took to the streets, moving within 120 miles of the russian capital. before unprecedented deal with president putin, it was brokered by another presiden
he s a leader of the wagner group, which are soldiers for hire, violent mercenaries with reputation for ruthless violence. they have fought for russia in ukraine and in conflicts across central africa in the middle east. saturday, prigozhin stage in our midst mutiny leading his mercenaries on a march that threatened to reach moscow coming within about 120 miles of the capitol. the crisis ended when prigozhin agreed to pull back his forces in a deal it allowed him to leave russia and avoid arrest. well rebellion appear to be aimed at ousting russia s military leaders, they dealt a massive brew blow to putin strongman image. we ve seen more cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go and when they get there but certainly we have also have new questions that putin is going to be addressing in the weeks and months ahead. this is a challenge coming from within to putin and that s where his focus has been. it s going to unfold over weeks and
welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip. and coming up this morning, rebellion in russia gives way to a retreat. a mercenary leader is heading for exile. vladimir putin is in power. but his grip on the russian government appears weaker tan ever. plus is russia s nuclear arsenal still secure. we re ask a member of the house intelligence committee next. and donald trump casted himself as a crusader who delivered a shift on abortion but what he won t say might be just as important. up first for us, vladimir putin stared down a mortal threat and strikes a deal to save his skin. they reacted to a world wind weekend in russia and i rebellion aimed directly at the heart of moscow. do you believe this is the beginning of end for vladimir putin? i don t want to speculate about that. we ve seen this aggression against ukraine become a strategic failure across the board. russia is now distracted that putin has to worry about what is going on inside of russia as much
ayman mohyeldin here with alicia menendez. it is 11 i am in new york, six a.m. in moscow, where kremlin officials are no doubt waking up on edge this morning, unsure of what the day might bring. just hours ago yevgeny prigozhin ordered his forces to halt their march on to the capital city and return to their bases. it was a stunning about face, considering how quickly provisions trips were advancing towards moscow, and an armed rebellion against the russian government. however, we have learned shortly after that russian ally and neighbor in belarus had negotiated a deal to de-escalate the situation. kremlin spokesperson dimitri peskov provided some details of the compromise that included russia s criminal case against prigozhin would be closed and he would be allowed to go and remain in belarus. moreover, wagner fighters who had participated in the advancement will not be prosecuted. and late this evening, some new reporting from the washington post is shedding more light o