for ukraine to have a robust security line along nato s eastern flank. we will have to see how much pressure the russian regime places on it. wagner is in venezuela, and this type of russian influence has really been destabilizing around the world. so we should look for opportunity to see where we can strengthen security in sub-saharan africa, potentially in latin america. it is a moment to have a candid conversation with our chinese workers. they have some tough decisions to make about what their partnership looks like in the future. you mentioned the march
yeltsin, or rafael gorbachev, the perpetrators of those who served long prison sentences. none of these people that were involved in this potential coup, this potential civil war, only 200 miles from the russian capital, are facing any punishment. not at this point, anyways. that makes putin look weak. he had to do a u-turn for all the statements he made in the morning by the afternoon, saying that, actually, prigozhin can go scot-free, despite the biggest challenge to his leadership in over two decades. the next days, hours, weeks, they re still going to be critical. they re critical to see what s prigozhin s next move, is how loyal the wagner group will be, he and putin standing within his own circles in moscow. what s going to do about his defense secretary that prigozhin have projected so much of his air towards. quite frankly, chris, a lot of
nichols that this story is far from over. what are you watching for? it has been such a chaotic 24 hours. what are you watching for, ambassador, in the next 24 hours? well, it s true we don t know the full terms of this deal. and it is true that putin is weaker as a result of this. but it s also true that this seems to be a boil that has been building since basically october of last year. when prigozhin begin to go seriously after grimaces mo and shoigu, the chief general and minister of defense. and perhaps this tension has been glanced with this crisis. but again, putin is soon to be not quite the strong one. he is still alive, prigozhin still alive, and we don t know what the final dispute will be. there is the diplomatic piece of this, i wonder, given the wagner group has proven to be among russia s strongest forces in this war effort and ukraine, what happens if the