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A member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking nonenglish] Yevgeny Prigozhin had reason to be angry. He had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putins war in ukraine. His men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians Armchair Generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking nonenglish] there was a mutiny against Vladimir Putins armed forces. It is more like a fight between gangs, which is ...

a member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking non-english] yevgeny prigozhin had reason to be angry. he had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putins war in ukraine. his men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians armchair generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking non-english] >> there was a mutiny against vladimir putins armed forces. >> it is more like a fight betwee...

A hangout for putins inner circle. soon, putin would make prigozhin his personal caterer, earning him the nickname putins chef. >> the best indicator that putin trusted prigozhin is that prigozhin served food for him. knowing putins paranoia, he could not have had anybody in charge of his diet. >> i think what prigozhin achieved in all of those years, that is greatly undercounted or not really understood very well is that he was always discreet. it was a very trusted agent, somebody who could be...

Putin trusted prigozhin is that prigozhin served food for him. knowing putins paranoia, he could not have had anybody in charge of his diet. >> i think what prigozhin achieved in all of those years, that is greatly undercounted or not really understood very well is that he was always discreet. it was a very trusted agent, somebody who could be relied upon to do well, to deliver, be discreet. >> putin quickly climbed through the ranks until he became president of russia. prigozhin was now an insi...

People, some of whom even speak their own language. >> right. to your point of bitterness and putins bitterness and maybe tapping into some bitterness among his population, i wonder how this sort of amps that up, katty. this is from the a.p. president zelenskyy has formally submitted ukraines answers to a questionnaire from the european union, the first step in his campaign to obtain accelerated eu membership. the european commission president said when presenting the questions to zelenskyy in e...

Have a very different concept of time, but this will be a big battle and as weve been reporting, youve been reporting, it will be a much more conventional style battle than this slaughtering of innocence weve seen so far. >> theres no indication that those features will diminish as the brutality has been rewarded in russia, the soldiers who carried out the atrocities in bucha have been recognized by putin himself. im sure that doesnt tell you anything new, but what should the rest of us take fro...

Rewarded back in mother russia. putin awarded honors to the same russian army brigade that ukraine has accused of committing -- war crimes. at war with one another. one calls what happened in bucha a genocide, which it clearly was. the other rewards the soldiers who carried it out. its where we start the hour. joining us now, npr white house correspondent live from central ukraine. we have some of the pictures youve taken from your twitter feed, and i want to start by putting up this one. this i...

Do they view him as more isolated, perhaps because of some of the pandemic practices and traditions hes put into place? do they view the defeats as having a correlation to the atrocities that have been carried out by russian soldiers in ukraine? >> yeah, everyones seen the pictures of putin sitting at the end of his table without people. weve seen it over the last couple of years, him being very isolated during covid. there were reports that he didnt leave his dacha at all during covid. you had ...

The last couple of years, putin had got more bitter. that was the word he used. more bitter. and you certainly hear that in his speeches, rights? you hear this sense of victimhood that is even more pronounced now than it used to be, the sense that its russia thats under attack from the rest, that he is the leader of a country that is being oppressed and harassed by nato. and this european diplomat felt that it was personal, that putin has become more bitter and i guess if that is the way youre f...

It was 2013 when he seemed to address an intense admiration for the russian strong man. >> hes put himself -- a lot of people would say hes put himself at the forefront of the world as a leader. hes done an amazing job of showing certain leadership our people have not been able to match. >> he would echo those sentiments for years to come. >> putin has an 80% popularity in this country. hes so outsmarting the united states that all of a sudden the people in russia like him. run but a very smart ...