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Special coverage of the rebellion and, russia nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has reported extensively on the, wagner group and he has the analysis of how russia got, here based on -- relationship. >> a senior u.s. official tells nbc news, the best way to understand what is happening now in russia, is a mafia power struggle, you got the progression is a mid level, and until recently loyal soldier who has risen through the ranks by doing special tasks for his boss. president putin. first, it was, food promotion owned a chain of restaurants including that new haven in st. petersb...

Certainly created a lot of doubts about the u.s. electoral system, and created a lot of chaos. it created a lot of rage. and outrage that we are still seeing percolating through twitter and social media, and facebook, all the different forms. so this is someone who goes all the way back to the early days with lot of my putin. who has done special tasks for him. one of those tasks was the bot farm, the troll farm, another was creating the wagner group. the wagner group is the world's largest mercenary army at this stage. it was created by prigozhin in order to give putin an off the books force....

>> reporter: a senior u.s. official tells nbc news the best way to understand what's happening now in russia is a mafia power struggle. yevgeny prigozhin is a capo, a mid-level, and until recently, loyal soldier who has risen through the ranks by doing special tasks for his boss, president putin. first it was food. prigozhin owned a chain of restaurants, including the new haven in st. petersburg, which putin and his early team used as a hangout, earning the nickname. "putin's chef." over time he learned to cater to putin's other needs. most americans know prigozhin from the disinformation on t...

Chief Blossman is a Waco native, graduated from Midway High School, and has his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Texas State University.

McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara appointed longtime Wacoan and sheriff’s office veteran Cody Blossman on Tuesday as his new chief deputy.