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army troops along the way were neither supporting nor hindering him. they were just watching, watching this army of rebels move toward moscow. so putin, i think, not knowing how he was going to stop this crisis, decided to diffuse it using his friend, president lukashenko of belarus. one point to note that's important today is that leading russian journals are reporting that the investigation of prigozhin continues. supposedly, this was a deal where charges would be dropped against prigozhin and he and his militia soldiers would be free to disperse, to disband. today's news suggests something different, a continuing vendetta by putin against this person who dared to challenge him. i wouldn't want to write a life insurance policy on yevgeny prigozhin today, wherever he is. >> exactly.
the war is going on you kind of don't change presidents until something goes absolutely horrible but the appearance of prigozhin and his victories in fact a lead do this kind of rebellion because clearly that shows that the power is weak so with this rebellion even if it is resolved for now, it is yet another weakening of the president, it doesn't necessarily mean that the power collapses immediately, we don't know but it is yet another crisis that while sort of resolved, in everything, where is putin? where is he talking about this? the belarusian president lukashenko talked about his brokering the agreement. and prigozhin who is being sanctioned by europe is essentially military criminal,
take on the kremlin. you audacious move by those forces to take on the kremlin.— take on the kremlin. you are absolutely — take on the kremlin. you are absolutely right _ take on the kremlin. you are absolutely right and - take on the kremlin. you are l absolutely right and whichever take on the kremlin. you are - absolutely right and whichever way you look at this, everybody comes out of this badly. there are no winners in this. if you reflect back to yesterday morning when president putin broadcasts to the nation, he was clearly rattled and clearly worried. he was talking about the threat from armed mutiny and he even wrote —— he invoked russian history so he saw this is definitely a challenge to his authority and the fact that a group like wagner took control of rostov and then started to advance towards must go really shakes up his authority. and, well, in the end prigozhin backed down or maybe it was part of his original deal. maybe he already this with president lukashenko of belarus and having pushed it as it as far as he could go, he was then going to be granted some form of exile to
the fact is he has made himself in the middle of a very serious war that russia is fighting, he has around him elite people who have worked with him for decades. my instinct is that at this time the system will coagulate around as president and will hang onto him the foreseeable future, unfortunately. in your opinion, is this the most serious challenge to his authority that he has had in his time leading the country? it that he has had in his time leading the country?— the country? it has certainly been an unprecedented _ the country? it has certainly been an unprecedented set _ the country? it has certainly been an unprecedented set of- the country? it has certainly been an unprecedented set of events i the country? it has certainly been l an unprecedented set of events and looks very dangerous. actually, it is missing off quite quickly with lukashenko. and he is not going to do that. in a sense, putin has one. prigozhin has been sent off into exile, not very distant exile but exile. his group is going to be
increasingly friendless. in geneva this morning, russia's foreign minister was about to give a virtual address to the un human rights council when over 100 diplomats from a0 countries turned their backs on him and walked out. outside the room, they unfurled a ukrainian flag. inside, no starker sign of russia's growing isolation as they alone listened to what sergei lavrov had to say. translation: the arrogant philosophy of the west based on superiority, - exclusivity and permissiveness, must come to an end. there is still a country the kremlin can count on, president lukashenko of belarus was filmed here showing off an apparent battle plan. tonight, the british government has wielded the stick against his regime. belarus has been hit with new sanctions for facilitating from its territory the invasion of ukraine. caroline hawley, bbc news. in a moment, we'll talk to our north