Putin and Prigozhin: Your Questions Answered
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
After a dramatic weekend, we are joined by BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner to answer your questions on the failed rebellion.
We discuss what comes next for Prigozhin and his mercenaries with Lou Osborn, from the monitoring group All Eyes on Wagner.
Also, we explore Vladimir Putin’s future with Jade McGlynn, a research fellow at King’s College London and author of ‘Russia’s War’ and ‘Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin’s Russia’.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaliy Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Ivana Davidovic, Stephanie Mitcalf and Drew Hyndman. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate and the editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's 489 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:09.9 | And we now know a lot more following Yvgeny Progorshin's attempted rebellion over the weekend. |
| 0:15.4 | Vladimir Putin has been addressing Saturday's events, |
| 0:19.2 | first in an address to the Russian nation on Monday. |
| 0:22.4 | The organizer of the media has given his country his way. |
| 0:26.2 | And then, on Tuesday, he made an unexpected address |
| 0:30.3 | to security service people assembled in the Kremlin. |
| 0:53.2 | Here, his praising security services, saying that they have effectively stopped a civil war. |
| 1:05.2 | And Putin has also said that Wagner troops never had the support of the army or the people. |
| 1:11.2 | And earlier, he said they would be allowed to join the army, |
| 1:14.2 | or go to Belarus, or to return home. |
| 1:18.2 | He confirmed Russian army pilots were killed in clashes with Wagner troops during the rebellion |
| 1:24.2 | and held a minute silence. |
| 1:27.2 | Before all that, Yvgeny Progorshin released his first audio message |
| 1:33.2 | since leading Saturday's revolt. |
| 1:37.2 | Here, he's basically giving his reasons for turning back. |
| 1:47.2 | He says he didn't want to shed Russian blood. |
| 1:50.2 | He only wanted to demonstrate a protest and not to overthrow the authorities. |
| 1:57.2 | His audio message lasted for 11 minutes. |
| 1:59.2 | He said the rebellion was a response to Kremlin plans to take direct control of Wagner |
| 2:05.2 | and his soldiers showed how the Russian military should have behaved |
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