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Challenge to russian president Vladimir Putins iron grip on the country. This weekend, one of his closest allies Yevgeny Prigozhin leader of the Wagner Mercenary group turned against him, staging a 24hour revolt. Prigozhin mobilized his army of soldiers for hire to March On Moscow and suddenly he turned around and called it. Off and be Sears Kier Simmons is in moscow with the latest. Years in russia tonight, State Television is not showing these stunning images. Russians cheering for the leader of this weeks aborted rebellion. His soldiers as they leave the city of rostovondon. Their mutiny is...

challenge to russian president vladimir putin's iron grip on the country. this weekend, one of his closest allies yevgeny prigozhin leader of the wagner mercenary group turned against him, staging a 24-hour revolt. prigozhin mobilized his army of soldiers for hire to march on moscow and suddenly he turned around and called it. off and be sears kier simmons is in moscow with the latest. years >> in russia tonight, state television is not showing these stunning images. russians cheering for the leader of this week's aborted rebellion. his soldiers as they leave the city of rostov-on-do...

inside russia. right now vladimir putin is still in charge. in fact, he might have just spoken for the first time since the attempted rebellion over the weekend. we'll tell you what he said and why there are questions about when and where this new video of putin the kremlin released this morning has come from. it has been a confusing and volatile 72 hours. longtime ally yevgeny prigozhin began and quickly called off an attempt to overtake the military leaders. how close did he get? why suddenly did he turn around? putin is known for viciously crushing dissent. why exactly did he let ...

When he dials up china or saudi arabia now they've seen him blink or seen at least a shred of weakness. do you think they will be de there to take his call? >> i think they will because the whole premise behind these great state leaders has always been that nobody in the outside world has a say what goes on inside. that's why they can exist as autocrats and dictators. that's how they hold the security council close. so anything that looks like meddling instead of russia china's going to oppose. now are they going to come to his aid and save him? are they going to come to help out with the war?...

Backed away into a confrontation that might have resulted in a civil war. >> what's so surprising to hear about putin blinking, we've never heard or seen him blink before, not in this way. we know he crushes dissent, violently when necessary, without any consideration for who he's dealing with a lot of the time. you see the video of prigozhin taking selfies with russians. i can't imagine that he's watching that video and thinking that he appears stronger because of that. why did he let prigozhin go? i'm sure you're asking your sources that. >> reporter: i'm asking myself the same question. i t...