Tonight I'll read out.

I should like to thank those commanders and soldiers of the VAR now private company who

took the right decision to stop and go back and prevent bloodshed.

Russia in crisis.

The weekend mutiny by Russian mercenaries exposed his Putin's vulnerability, forcing him to

cut a deal with the man he had called a traitor just hours before.

That man, hot dog vendor turned to warlord, Yavgeny Pregozion, was apparently allowed

to flee to Belarus.

We're going to take a deep dive into what happens next for him and his Wagner group.

And it's becoming increasingly clear that Republican voters don't care how corrupt

their candidates are.

Donald Trump's lead is actually growing in the crowded Republican presidential field.

Like that makes sense.

But we begin tonight with a wild weekend and the unprecedented challenge to more than

two decades of Vladimir Putin's grip on Russia.

The armed rebellion has ended, but the uncertainty at Sparked continues.

The Russian warlord behind that attempted insurrection, Wagner group leader Yvgeny Pregozion

remains out of sight.

But he released an audio message today, claiming that he wasn't seeking to overthrow

Putin, he called it a protest.

But he renewed his criticism of Russia's military, saying his weekend march was a master

class on how Russia should have carried out its invasion of Ukraine.

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