Turmoil in Russia, Biden's Summer Roadshow, Cop City Protests

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🗓️ 26 June 2023

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has been silent since a mercenary army attempted a mutiny over the weekend. President Biden hits the road to get the word out about his infrastructure programs. Tensions are high in Atlanta as activists take part in a week of action to stop construction of a massive police training facility.

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0:00.0	What does Vladimir Putin do now?
0:04.2	Russia's president first accused a rebellious mercenary commander of treason, then let the
0:08.9	rebel go and went silent.
0:10.8	It all happened as Ukraine continues in offensive.
0:13.3	I'm Lela Faldin with Stephen Skipe, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:19.9	President Biden and his cabinet plan to promote infrastructure projects in 20 states, his
0:24.2	backers hope he'll get credit.
0:26.2	Some more they can show exactly how these investments benefit Americans' pocketbooks
0:31.9	of the better.
0:32.9	What does the president do when his programs are popular, but he's not.
0:36.9	Also, why have Atlanta police labeled some protesters domestic terrorists?
0:42.5	Activist groups plan a week of action against a police training center.
0:45.8	Stay with us.
0:46.8	We've got the news you need to start your day.
0:53.4	Russian president Vladimir Putin has spent more than 20 years crushing opponents.
0:59.4	So what does he do after an opponent appeared in his inner circle?
1:02.4	Over the weekend, the Afghani pregozion said convoys of armed men toward Moscow.
1:07.8	Pregozion had used his ties to Putin to rise to wealth and power, and then he and the mercenaries
1:12.6	he'd been leading in Russia's war against Ukraine turned against the government.
1:17.2	Putin quickly defused the crisis by letting his former friend slip away to Belarus.
1:22.1	We don't know how much the crisis has shaken Putin's power.
1:25.5	And Piers Greg Meiery is following this from Kiev.
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