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a good sunday evening to you. i'm jim sciutto, and this is cnn's special live coverage of the extraordinary events this weekend out of russia. moscow's red square blocked off again today after the brief but stunning insurrection that's gripped the world, could perhaps weaken vladimir putin's grip on his country. we should note it's far too soon to know. so much we don't know about what led wagner mercenary group leader yevgeny prigozhin to launch a march on moscow and what convinced him to abruptly call it off. and then, it's said, go into exile. u.s. secretary of state tony blinken ...

Likely to get away with it. i'm not so sure that he's going to disappear into exile in belarus or that he's going to get killed because, look, putin clearly wanted him dead, and he couldn't deliver on that. that is a major sign of weakness, and i think the way that prigozhin survived, he wasn't led out in handcuffs. he left with his force, with his weapons, with his equipment intact while crowds were cheering him, and some of them were even hugging his soldiers in wagner. that was remarkable. he overnight propelled himself to the top of the russian political system. he was not that well known ...

I want you to know we share this pain. of course, we will be doing everything so that you don't feel forgotten. >> it's been said that women and quit a few took to the streets in protest after mobilization was announced this fall. could ultimately prove to be real trouble for the government if their sons, boyfriends or husbands die. the majority have not questioned the war so much as questioning why their sons have been sent unprepared without food or equipment. this activist group confronted putin, laid out a challenge to him on social media earlier this week saying vladimir putin, are you a ...

They point to the fact that the president confronted putin at a meeting at the g-20 summit back in september right before the election. and it's also important to point out that donald trump himself has been very skeptical of russia's involvement. he suggested that maybe china was responsible or maybe a man in husband pajamas could have involved. and ochg president obama was also concerned that if he took too dramatic of action that it may look like he was trying to help hillary clinton in the election. >> all right. thank you. we'll bring in our political analyst for the washington post, jo...

Revenue increases on the wealthy ax and the republicans rejected that offer. the left is happy that it is off of the table, and obama can say, i compromised and you were not willing to compromise, so i don't know how this is going to be of benefit to the republican s. and now to putin and the olympics. and viviana, a big showcase here, and he has been successful with the games, and so as they wind down, is putin a winner in this or not? >> well, with the international criticism and the spotlight not just on the olympics, but the moving parts there and as well as what is happening in the ukra...