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We did a story at the insider right after Yaggeny Pogosian's mutiny a few years ago. Remember that, the Wagner operative. And we canvass the opinion of FSB, GRU, SBR, Interior Ministry, expecting to hear, oh, this treasonous act, you know, we must kill and we must put this down. In fact, we found two different responses. Number one, indifference. We don't care.

This guy or the other guy, whatever. Things are terrible here in Russia. This war is going horribly.

Or enthusiasm. We'd much rather progosion than Putin. So Putin has a real crisis on his hands,

because I'm not saying there's going to be a coup tomorrow, but what he has in the ranks,

including of his security apparatus, the Siliviki, disaffection and demoralization. And any intelligence officer can tell

you, when that's starting to hit, you become a leaky ship. And you become very susceptible to

foreign recruitment and to, frankly, penetration, which is how the Ukrainians are going in there

and blowing up Russian generals all the time, which is making Putin very paranoid about a possible coup.

Andrew Weiss joins us now. Andrew, we don't really know what's going on inside Russia,

but we get the sense that he's bulking up security because he knows his security is an issue,

and he's losing, he lost 35,000 troops last month.

I would be a little cautious about the flurry of reports.

Like there's no doubt that things are not going well on the battlefield for Russia.

But, you know, we have to be really cautious that we, you know, frankly don't have

great information or insight into what's happening in the Kremlin these days. It's a black box.

This is not a leaky organization. There's very little information that sort of trickles out into the public realm.

It's a security state. It's run by guys who are, you know, hardcore KGB veterans or FSP officers.

They fight with each other all the time. That's not new. And, you know, last point is they're fighting against

a very formidable foe, Ukraine. And the Ukrainians are great at getting inside the Russians' heads

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