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Hello, I'm Crouper Bardy and welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

We're bringing people together to discuss the key events around the world.

This time, it's conversations about the recent drama in Russia when Putin's grip on his country appeared to be challenged.

I'm mindful of the ongoing bloodshed in Ukraine, but it's been quite a week in Russia.

President Putin raised fears of a civil war before it was dramatically averted.

Although it can be a challenge to get Russians there to talk to you, that's what we've been doing, starting with those events of the 24-hour mutiny.

We knew it would be stopped because to even allow that a bloodshed would have started in Moscow is just something incomprehensible.

This is something I would not allow even for a second in my mind because it's just something that would not happen. Clearly we were right.

Before we get into the conversations, let's have a quick catch up, which is start with one of the main characters, Yavgeny Pregozhin, the founder and leader of the Wagner Paramilitary Group.

He'd become a key tool of President Putin's desire to reimpose Russian influence across the globe, and his fighters are playing a significant role in Ukraine.

This Pregozhin was unhappy with the most senior Russian defense officials. His groups started immutently against the Russian military and they began to march on Moscow.

President Putin declared the rebellion a grievous crime, treason and terrorism.

And in the hours that followed, there was considerable tension around the world. Russia, of course, has one of the world's largest arsenals of nuclear warheads.

Then, surprisingly, Mr. Pregozhin made a sudden new turn and ordered his soldiers back to base and in doing so revealed that all criminal charges would be dropped.

Since those chaotic hours, there's been much discussion about what this threat has done to Putin's reign.

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