Thanks to you at home for joining me on this special Sunday night edition of Alex Wagner tonight. It has been 48

hours since an attempted military rebellion in one of the civilization's biggest

nuclear powers and the world is on edge.

And to be honest, we are all kind of unsure what it all means.

This has been one of the most confusing dramatic moments in recent Russian history and we are very much still

finding out how this armed rebellion came together what the US knew about it and

what the fallout will be for Russia and Ukraine and frankly the rest of the globe.

On Friday the standoff began when the leader of a Russian private military group

posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram, messages that

undermined Russia's justification for war in Ukraine and called for a march for

justice against the Russian military. The man who posted these messages, his name you

have certainly heard a lot through the past two days, is Yevgeny Prigosian. He is the

leader of the Russian private mercenary army known as the Wagner group, a group that has been on the front lines of Russia's war in Ukraine.

Now the Wagner mercenaries are known to be some of the most brutal forces fighting in Ukraine.

They have recruited fighters in Russian prisons.

They have staged violent executions.

They are also heavily involved in Russia's other military

interventions across Africa and the Middle East in places like Syria and the

Central African Republic. The Wagner Group is not known to be a bunch of nice guys.

On Saturday, Mr. Progosian led his forces out of Ukraine and into Russia, where they took control

of the Russian city of Rostov-on. And amazingly, the Russian citizens of that city

didn't seem to mind. Civilians stood in line with Wagner group mercenaries waiting for coffee, which is not something you see

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