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a good sunday evening to you. im jim sciutto, and this is cnns special live coverage of the extraordinary yet short-lived uprising in russia that has left much of the world asking exactly how this happened and what could happen next. is putins leadership under threat? is this an opportunity for ukraine to repel russias ongoing invasion? we do have new developments tonight, including reaction from the biden administration. but first video has emerged on social media which shows the cras...

inside eastern ukraine where the war is playing out. horrors striking a city center as a top russian investigative reporter has new details for us about the phone calls leading up to the insurrection against putin. that reporter is my guest. and my full explosive interview with the ukrainian foreign minister, why he thinks the threat to putin is far from over, and his fears of an attack on europes largest nuclear power plant. plus, a wagner commander speaks out to cnn about yevgeny...

Experts weigh in on what the mercenary leader's apparent death will mean for the Russian state and Wagner's operations abroad.

So, prigozhin is just the first one who dared. but i have no doubts that others will follow one way or another. >> do you think that vladimir putin is fully in command and in power in moscow right now? >> well, thats a tricky question. formerly, formally yes. but parts saw that he can be challenged and that some decisions can be taken without his clearance. so what he is probably trying to do now is to reassert his control over the system. i doubt he will succeed, but thats my assessment. what w...

How did Prigozhin’s rebellion get as far as it did? And how will its aftermath affect Putin’s hold on power and the war in Ukraine?

How did Prigozhin’s rebellion get as far as it did? And how will its aftermath affect Putin’s hold on power and the war in Ukraine?

The Russian Federation's faltering invasion of Ukraine is revealing deep political rifts at home and concerns about what's to come.

Money wars in Belarus Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka addresses the opening of the Slavianski Bazaar cultural festival in Vitebsk on July 16. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA/TASS via REUTERS) In addition to enacting a harsh crackdown on civil society activists and independent journalists, Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka is now also going after their money. Since the beginning of this year, Belarusian law enforcement have raided journalists’ homes or offices 107 times according to the Belar...

Western sanctions against Belarus are finally beginning to target dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s enablers in Russia. When the United States, the European Union, Canada, and the United Kingdom announced a new round of sanctions against the Minsk regime this week, one name in particular stood out: Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev, the largest single foreign investor in Belarus. Gutseriyev was included on the EU’s list of sanctioned individuals. A longtime friend of Lukashenka, Guts...

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on May 29. (Sergei Ilyin/Russian Presidential Press Office/TASS via REUTERS) The axis of autocrats in Eastern Europe continues to solidify as Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka bends over backwards to please his patrons and masters in the Kremlin. In the wake of last month’s summit meeting with Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Lukashenka has made two announcements that effectively indicate he is prepared to r...