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🗓️ 25 June 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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0:00.0 | An extraordinary armed rebellion in Russia ends abruptly, but big questions remain. |
0:06.5 | Just how weakened is Vladimir Putin? |
0:08.6 | Is Yvgeny Pergozen really just going to ride off into the sunset? |
0:12.1 | And perhaps most importantly, what does this all mean for the war in Ukraine? |
0:16.8 | Joining us this hour, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael McFal, |
0:20.2 | former NATO Supreme Allied commander James DeVritus, |
0:23.3 | and CIA analyst-turned congresswoman Alyssa Slotkin. |
0:26.7 | And later, my Sunday exclusive with House Speaker Emerita, Nancy Pelosi. |
0:30.9 | I get her reflections on the one-year anniversary of Roevi Wade being overturned |
0:34.9 | and the future of abortion rights in America. |
0:46.2 | Over just the last 48 hours, Yvgeny Bergozen, a brutal shadow commander of Russian mercenary forces |
0:52.6 | staged a short-lived attempt to seize more power |
0:56.1 | in Russia, briefly taking control over Rostov-on-Don, a key military logistics hub on his |
1:02.2 | way to march toward Moscow. But in the 11th hour, a shady and mysterious deal was struck by |
1:09.1 | Lukashenko, a Putin ally and leader of Belarus |
1:12.1 | that left Putin in power and Pergozen packing his bags to move to Belarus. |
1:17.7 | But we know from history that the story is unlikely to end there. |
1:22.0 | Back in 1991, another Russian leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, also survived a coup, only to |
1:27.2 | relinquish power four months later. |
1:29.6 | Even a short-lived attempt to take over control of the Russian government exposes, at a minimum, some instability and weakness within the Kremlin. |
1:38.9 | Where does this all leave Vladimir Putin's grip on power? Does this change anything for the Ukrainian military on the front |
1:45.6 | lines? Does it emboldened Putin to be even more aggressive and brutal in the war? Does it change |
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