Has Russian Infighting Weakened Vladimir Putin?
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🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Austin from Orlando, Florida. Every summer I take some time to explore |
| 0:04.8 | our national parks and go on a few hikes. Right now I'm talking to you from the |
| 0:08.1 | top of Ryan Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park. This podcast was recorded at |
| 0:12.8 | 12.09 pm on Wednesday the 28th of June. Things may have changed since then, but me |
| 0:20.2 | I'll be preparing for my next adventure. All right here's today's show. |
| 0:26.8 | I do love all the time stamps from Mountain Tox. I hope you send some pictures. |
| 0:32.6 | Yes, seriously. Let's have pictures. Hey there it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm |
| 0:37.4 | Tamer Keith. I cover the White House. I'm Frank Ordoniaz. I also cover the White House. |
| 0:41.2 | And I'm Greg Myri in Keyview Crane. And the world is still trying to figure out |
| 0:46.7 | exactly what happened in Russia over the weekend and what it means for the |
| 0:51.1 | country's leader Vladimir Putin. What we do know is that you have Gennie |
| 0:55.2 | Pregozion who leads a mercenary fighting force known as the Wagner group. And |
| 1:00.5 | that force has been a big part of Russia's efforts in Ukraine. Turned his |
| 1:04.8 | eye on Russia's leadership and sent his troops into Russia driving towards |
| 1:09.1 | Moscow before reaching a deal and stopping the advance. It was this stunning |
| 1:14.4 | spectacle of instability in Russia. And before we get into the US political |
| 1:20.1 | reaction, Greg, you were there in Ukraine watching this unfold next door. So tell us |
| 1:27.6 | what happened. Right. So yeah, just a quick bit of background, Tam. You've Gennie |
| 1:32.8 | Pregozion, this mercenary leader. I mean, he's been around for years. His group |
| 1:37.0 | has been in the Middle East and Africa. And it's played an increasingly powerful |
| 1:41.8 | role in Russia's war in Ukraine. In fact, it sort of led the fight in the |
| 1:47.2 | Eastern part of the country in the past several months. But Pregozion was very |
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