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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 like a mafia state. Vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. He had raised prig...

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 putin's 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 putin's armed forces. >> it is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. >> vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off gu...

A hangout for putin's inner circle. soon, putin would make prigozhin his personal caterer, earning him the nickname putin's chef. >> the best indicator that putin trusted prigozhin is that prigozhin served food for him. knowing putin's 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 unti...

Putin trusted prigozhin is that prigozhin served food for him. knowing putin's 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 insider, trusted by putin, but he wanted his own seat at the table. so putin gave prigozhin a contract....

People, some of whom even speak their own language. >> right. to your point of bitterness and putin's 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 ukraine's 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 early april that a preliminary decision on ukraine's candidacy could come in weeks. what impact wil...