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The Russian leader has seen off this latest challenge to his authority, but Yevgeny Prigozhin has uncovered growing vulnerability at the top.
Shows up at the table, particularly the russian air force. would they come and support his troops as they went towards moscow, that did not have, been putin maintained a minimal level of control. i think putin made a smart move exiling prigozhin, but i would say again, he now will follow the motto of the middle ages, never forgive, never forget, prigozhin i think is going to face vengeance at some point. >> i want to pick up on what you just said, and president putin's minimal level of control, given the reputation of russia, given putin's global reputation for being a strong man, should prigo...
Much more victorious than he was because by now, it is resolved. prigozhin is not going to go into the sunset, and belarus, africa, in syria, or anywhere else. >> i was going to ask about prigozhin, and what we expect, it sounds like you think so. to hear from him more. that he's not just disappearing into the sunset. what will that look like? >> well, i think in some ways, both putin and prigozhin won, but also our weekend. because prigozhin wanted to take -- because putin was, according to prigozhin, not nationalistic enough. it wasn't the bloodshed that prigozhin was offering. and putin did...
Maybe putin will negotiate not when he's winning, not when he is given a gift of territory in ukraine, but when he's losing, as he just said yesterday. >> now given, that obviously there are is a range of assistance and military equipment that is being provided by different countries around the world. some more ambitious and aggressive than others. there is a nato meeting coming up in just a couple of weeks, do you anticipate any of these conversations change in about the kinds of assistance, the kind of military equipment that is going to be provided given putin's last 48 hours? >> i don't th...
House was declassifying information in order to call out russia's actions. that was a strategic move. notably, that was on the move that was made about the intelligence that prigozhin was planning something. now, reports have suggested that it's because they didn't want putin to blame them for a coup. which makes sense to me. but what did you make of that decision about the intelligence, and not sharing it? >> i think that's right. jen, you saw in the last 24 to 36 hours, president biden refrained from commenting much on this. and i do think that's in part because they didn't want to be seen t...