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#LondonCalling: Watching Prigozhin in the city of the Oligarchs @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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#LondonCalling: Watching Prigozhin in the city of the Oligarchs @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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0:00.0

This is CBS I On The World with John Bacheler.

0:10.0

Here's John Bacheler.

0:12.0

To London, to observe the Ukraine crisis, the Russian crisis, the unknowns of the mutiny,

0:20.6

rebellion, pooch, there are many words for also insurrection, for what's going on in

0:26.4

Russia, what happened in Russia.

0:28.1

So I read these headlines before I turned to London.

0:32.1

Russia paid one billion to Pregozin's group in one year, says Vladimir Putin.

0:37.7

Russia friendly politicians distance themselves from the president after the shock of the invasion,

0:43.6

but pendulum is slowly swinging back, writes the telegraph.

0:47.4

Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus, says, I stopped Pregozin's mutiny to save us all

0:52.9

from death.

0:54.6

The London telegraph reports British spies had, quote, extremely detailed picture of the

1:00.5

mutiny plans.

1:02.6

And one more headline just to illustrate the helter's skelter of these headlines.

1:09.0

Vladimir Putin says, quote, blackmail attempts are doomed to failure.

1:13.3

I welcome Joseph Sternberg, member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal.

1:17.6

He writes political economics, and yet because he's in London, I'm keen on how this story,

1:24.4

which is ongoing and changes every few hours in headlines.

1:28.0

There's no reason to count on any of the headlines.

1:30.4

I just read you to be confirmed.

1:33.2

We're just getting reports from various parts of the drama.

1:37.4

How it has been presented to the British public.

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