yevgeny prigozhin he is _ translation: is for yevgeny prigozhin he is in _ translation: is for yevgenyhe is in saint petersburg. he may have gone to moscow this morning or somewhere else. he is not on the territory of belarus. lukashenko also said the question of whether the wagner units would relocate to belarus was still in the balance, and would depend on the decisions taken by moscow and by wagner. he made those comments to a very small gathering ofjournalists — including the bbc�*s steve rosenberg. translation: less than two weeks ago — translation: less than two weeks ago we _ translation: less than two weeks ago we were _ translation: less than two weeks ago we were told - translation: less than two weeks ago we were told that | weeks ago we were told that alexander —— alexandr lukashenko had brokered a deal under which the mutiny would end and under which the mutiny would end an: , ., ., end and yevgeny prigozhin would move from _ end and yevgeny prigozhin would move from russia _ end and yevgeny prigozhin would move from russia to _ end and yevgeny prigozhin would move from ru

yevgeny prigozhin or the man who resembles yevgeny prigozhin says they will stay in belarus for someime. they are being treated there as brothers and as heroes, and they probably will move to africa. yevgeny prigozhin started wagner group in africa in south sahara africa, actually, and they worked in syria also. we know a lot of horrifying stories from syria that wagner group was part of, so now it seems that yevgeny prigozhin is staying in belarus for, again, as he said, some time, most probably to help lukashenko if there is some danger the regimen fighting for ukraine -- regiment fighting for ukraine, and they say they have the goal to free belarus from the regime of lukashenko, so they will probably stay for safeguarding lukashenko and his regime, but the biggest part will most probably move to africa -- come back, i would rather say, to africa to where they have started working. >> we think they are going to be possibly a useful asset in the short-term and keeping a lid on any internal issues that he might face. what about the fighters themselves? they must be a little bit disor

yevgeny prigozhin has been a high-profile - actually is. vgeny prigozhini has been a high-profile figure has been a high—profile figure in the russian invasion of ukraine. two weeks ago he led a short lived mutiny and was thought to have fled to belarus under an amnesty agreement. now the leader of belarus says that yevgeny prigozhin has returned to russia placing his future potentially into question. our russia editor steve rosenberg travelled to the capital of belarus, minsk. he was one of only a handful ofjournalists in the room to speak to mr lukashenko, who the uk does not recognise as the legitimate president of the country. there are still so many questions about the russian rebellion. would he have the answers? the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, brokered the agreement that ended the mutiny, so we are told. under a deal with the kremlin, wagner mercenary yevgeny prigozhin was supposed to move here to belarus with some of his fighters. but no sign yet. translation: as of this - morning, the wagner fighters, and very serious o

this is what yevgeny prigozhin said. that kind of populist message did carry with them russians. now, where that goes is i think the most difficult thing. where do those feelings go? do people blame it on vladimir putin? a lot of them flinched when i saw there was a rebellion by yevgeny prigozhin. i do absolutely believe that there is more internal chaos in russia right now. what we saw today with yevgeny prigozhin is a great example. >> let me ask you about that. and, i take everything, as i'm sure you do, with a grain of salt, whatever is coming from the kremlin or even yevgeny prigozhin where he is. if it is true that he is in st. petersburg, of course, vladimir putin's old stomping grounds, i imagine that is not a particularly safe place for the man who just led a failed rebellion. >> true but let's say, aleksandr lukashenko said this morning, he was using this kind of criminal mafia language and he said i don't think that vladimir putin is as vindictive as to actually whack him or wipe him out. that was the way he p

we're told wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin is in russia, not living in belarus. e belarussian president first said that prigozhin was in his country but when cnn's matt chance had an opportunity to ask him about that this morning, the story changed. >> reporter: i wornder if you cn provide us all with a bit of an update on the whereabouts of the wagner leader, yevgeny prigozhin is in he belarus or not? >> translator: he is in st. petersburg or maybe this morning he would travel to moscow or elsewhere but he's not in the territory of belarus now. >> this comes after russian state media launched an attack on prigozhin, pointing to his criminal past while airing footage of a police raid at the wagner leader's home and office. these are things they say they found, wigs, gold, guns, stacks of cash and multiple passports with different identities. matthew chance joins us from belarus this morning. we saw you there talking to the president of belarus, lukashenko, what else did he tell you about all this? >> reporter: yeah, sara, an extraordinary conversation here at the

told that alexander lukashenko has broken a deal under which the wagner mutiny would end and yevgeny prigozhinnerfighters prigozhin would move to belarus and any wagner fighters could join prigozhin would move to belarus and any wagnerfighters could join him if they wanted to. today, mr lukashenko told us that actually, yevgeny prigozhin is not in belarus, he was in st. petersburg, and may be in moscow today. the wagner fighters are not in belarus. he indicated they went back to their camps. today, mr lukashenko told us that actually yevgeny prigozhin is not in belarus, that he was in st petersburg, he may be in moscow today, and the wagner fighters are not in belarus. he indicated that they went back to their camps in russian—occupied eastern ukraine. mr lukashenko also said that he's going to be discussing the situation with wagner with vladimir putin in the nearest future, although the kremlin hasn't given any date for that discussion. so what is happening? what is actually going on? who knows? now, we also talked about nuclear weapons because the kremlin has said that it is moving tactical

yevgeny prigozhin is a criminal who is after money.s not a fighter for justice, as he claims, so from this kind of message, to go back to him being a very patriotic fighter in ukraine is going to be difficult. >> all of which is important because there were always questions about whether he might be rehabilitated if the war was to go wrong again for the russians in ukraine. maybe he would be brought back as mr. popular. as you see -- as you say, they seem to be destroying his reputation. why would he go back to st. petersburg? because st. petersburg, as we all know, is a stronghold for the president, vladimir putin. >> it's also yevgeny prigozhin's home city. that is where they met backed -- met back when mr. prigozhin owned a chain of expensive restaurants. that friendship, that relationship, developed into what we were seeing today. st. petersburg is also where yevgeny prigozhin's home was, so that is one reaso why he might want to go there, but also a lot of questions are being asked right now about what he might be doing in belarus

we start with the news that the wagner group leader, yevgeny prigozhin, has left belarus and is probablyn the russian city of st petersburg. that's according to the belarusian leader, alexander lukashenko. mr prigozhin led wagner's short—lived mutiny in russia last month. mr lukashenko said he had — in his words — offered to let mr prigozhin "bed down" in belarus. nine days ago, he confirmed the mercenary group leader had arrived in the country as part of a deal to end the rebellion. in a news conference, mr lukashenko also said that he planned to discuss mr prigozhin�*s activities with the russian president, vladimir putin, and he said he had been assured that mr putin will not "wipe out" the wagner group leader. mr prigozhin was last seen in public when he left rostov—on—don in southern russia. there has been speculation about whether he was sticking to the terms of the deal. he has not been seen in public since the mutiny was called off. a plane linked to mr prigozhin has flown between belarus and russia several times in the past two weeks. meanwhile, in ukraine, a russian rocket has

president putin has met the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, personally after the organisation that staged them you need. mr putin's spokesman says it took place in moscow on the 29th ofjune and that is five days after the mutiny began. 35 wegner commandos were there including yevgeny prigozhin. details are scarce and the spokesperson said simply that both sides assessed what happened in the wagner group said they were strong supporters of mr putin. with more details, here's bbc editor. 3 putin. with more details, here's bbc editor. �* , putin. with more details, here's bbc editor. _ , , putin. with more details, here's bbc editor. i, , , ., editor. a very surprising turn of events, editor. a very surprising turn of events. the _ editor. a very surprising turn of events, the statement - editor. a very surprising turn of events, the statement from - editor. a very surprising turn of| events, the statement from the kremlin spokesman. let me recall at the very start of this apparent mood mutiny. he was somewhat rattled and vowed to punish the people he called traitors and as far a

>> translator: in terms of yevgeny prigozhin, is he in st. petersburg. or maybe this morning he would travel to moscow or elsewhere. but he is not on the territory of belarus now. >> reporter: not on the territory of belarus, which is something that we did not know before this morning. also i asked him about whether wagner forces, the fighters of wagner, had taken up his offer and relocated to belarus as well. that was also part of the deal that lukashenko offered. and he said as yet no wagner fighters have come to belarus and he is not at the moment preparing any facilities to house them. so it all hints at the idea that this deal that was brokered to bring to an end the military uprising in russia last week is being reviewed, programs the kremlin is reviewing it, and that is backed up by the fact russian tv has new video of a police raid in st. petersburg, the russian city of yevgeny prigozhin's house, and they found extraordinary things there. weapons, cash, gold, passports, some of which said to have multiple identities of yevgeny prigozhin and wig a

as for yevgeny prigozhin, he is in st. petersburg.maybe he flew to moscow this morning or somewhere else. but he is not in belarus. >> yevgeny prigozhin has not been seen in public for days. though, we have seen inside what is reported to be his st. petersburg mansion. these images leaked online were reportedly taken during a rai by russian security services. they show weapons, gold bars, and lots of wigs. >> i asked mr. lukashenko if the wagner group leader and his group move here would he let them use belarus's territory to attack ukraine or to stabilize other countries in the region. -- or destabilize other countries in the region. >> steve, we have never attacked anyone and we are not intending to. no one will use our territory to attack anyone. but, if there is an act of aggression against us, we will respond. if wagner are here, then they, like the belarusian army, will defend our interests. >> ever sends the wagner mutiny, the main question we have been asking is what on earth is going on? at nearly two weeks on we still do not

yevgeny prigozhin has himself put out i prigozhin has himself put out another audio message.?— say in that message? it was a very short message. — say in that message? it was a very short message, even _ say in that message? it was a very short message, even by _ say in that message? it was a very short message, even by his - short message, even by his standards. in fact, short message, even by his standards. infact, it short message, even by his standards. in fact, it was first posted by a number of relatively obscure telegram channels on saturday. and in that message, yevgeny prigozhin thanked the people of a city in siberia, in russia, for holding a car rally in support of his wagner group. and he also promised that they will see more of our victories on the front line. it is not clear who "0ur" is, presumably his wagner group. and whether this front line is going to be a new front line in belarus, where yevgeny prigozhin and wagner group are supposed to relocate. and thatis group are supposed to relocate. and that is something he did not say anything about, his whereabout

can you confirm whether yevgeny prigozhin does have cancer or not?r heard that from any of my sources. you've not read it on proekt? no, no, no, no, itrust them. that's their information. they are the only source i've heard that from. but none of my sources could confirm that. are you still in touch with your sources? cos, i mean, you've been out of russia now for...since february last year. 0h, definitely i'm in touch with my sources, and a lot of people are still ready to communicate, are still ready to talk, because for many top russian bureaucrats, it's very important to feel that they are decent people, they are not accomplices, at least they consider themselves not to be accomplices to the regime. so they are talking much more willingly than they used to speak before the beginning of the war. and what have they all been saying to you about the mutiny by prigozhin and the wagner group? they say that that's the signal that the system is starting to collapse, and probably.... one of my very informal sources told me that before the mutiny his estim

reporter: well, first of all, he he said very clearly he didn't know what was going to happen to yevgeny prigozhin next. though he did raise quite alarmingly disturbingly the possibility that prigozhin could be assassinated though he went on quickly to say that he did not believe that the kremlin or that putin would authorize that. but the very fact he sort of like suggested it as something he wanted to knock down was, you know, a little surprising to me and to the other journalists who were gathered there to have this sort of conversation with alexander lukashenko. he also, you know, denied that he was preparing military bases in belarus for the possible influx of wagner fighters who along with yevgeny prigozhin had also been offered exile and sanctuary in belarus after their armed up rising last month in russia. that after satellite images indicated there were bases being prepared. now he said that wagner fighters were also not in belarus and were, in fact, elsewhere near the front lines in ukraine. take a listen. >> translator: as far as i'm informed as of this morning the wagner fighters for n

new details emerge on the whereabouts of wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin. the us treasury secretary arrives in china in an attempt to rebuild bridges between the world's two biggest economies. an eight—year—old girl is killed and 16 people are injured after a car crashes into a primary school in london. and a new rival for twitter — as instagram owner launches threads — twitter threatens to sue. we begin in belarus — or perhaps russia — with the increasingly intriguing question ofjust exactly where the leader of the russian mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin actually is. he's been a high—profile figure in the russian invasion of ukraine — but two weeks ago — he led a short—lived mutiny — and was thought to have fled to belarus under an amnesty agreement. now the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, says that mr prigozhin has gone back to russia — placing his future potentially into question. our russia editor — steve rosenberg — travelled to the capital of belarus — minsk. he was one of only a handful ofjournalists in the room to speak to mr lukashenko —

and it's a very striking event, given that yevgeny prigozhin, about a month ago, led an armed uprisingitary commanders inside russia — as a result of which, a number of russian helicopters were shot down and their pilots died. and even though vladimir putin had vowed to punish the people he said were traitors of their motherland, nothing happened to yevgeny prigozhin. and, as we see, he was apparently allowed to attend this very important summit. earlier i spoke with john tefft, former us ambassador to ukraine and then to russia about this. ambassador, thank you so much for being with us. this week, we've seen president putin hosting african leaders. we've seen the defence minister, shoigu, heading to north korea. how successful do you think russia's attempts right now are proving, of trying to build an alternate alliance of support? i think it's still a mixed result. i've been reading the press reports coming out of moscow around st petersburg on the summit with the african leaders, and it seems that there's, i guess, a mixed message. number one — there's not as many african leaders a

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clearly friendship with yevgeny prigozhin has become less an asset and more of a liability. but remember, it was the supposed friendship between prigozhin and lukashenko, the leader of belarus, that the kremlin had initially said was the reason the two men could so easily do a deal but today, alexander lukashenko is saying look, it's putin knows prigozhin much better than i do, they've known each other for 30 years. so he's really trying to putt some distance between him and the wagner leader because it's a liability to be in good else ares with him. >> and lukashenko told you he doesn't have any regrets about the war in ukraine because he, quote, did not take part in this process. but he's been helping the russians all the time. how is he able to justify that? >> reporter: i know. he didn't like that question that i threw at him about the fact that so many people have been killed in ukraine, so many cities destroyed. and, of course, it was belarus that has allowed its territory to be used as a staging crowd first initially in the assault on kyiv, the ukrainian capital but si

we know a deal was struck at the time with belarus that yevgeny prigozhin would move to belarus, but we've just learned during a press conference that alexander lukashenko speaking to matthew chance confirming in his words that he believes that prigozhin is currently in st. petersburg, russia. of course at the time of the failed rebellion, we know president putin offered those who took part in the attempted rebellion three key options. they could either sign contracts with the russian defense ministry, other law enforcement groups. they could return home. but crucially the third option was to go to belarus. so belarus has played a crucial part in striking that deal. but the fact that prigozhin is not in belarus is certainly interesting and of course there are questions around the repercussions that yevgeny prigozhin may face if he is in fact in st. petersburg as lukashenko has now claimed. >> prigozhin always one step ahead it seems of everyone. i mean, when you look at the situation, does it suggest to you he never went into exile in belarus or that he did and he came out in response

yevgeny prigozhin. irate for wagner and its leader. yevgeny prigozhin. have to have a david versus _ yevgeny prigozhin. we have to have a david versus goliath - have a david versus goliath strategy. we have to be more cunning than brute force and it is something i have been advocating for six months. the relationship between wagner and the heads of the russian military, that has always been fraught and our role should be to try to continue that fraught nest. as we saw in the last two weeks, that was not a coup attempt, it was a mutiny and this is how mercenary is we negotiate their contract because this is an older type of warfare, more comment with the 12th century than in the 20th century. we have market forces engaged in battle so you can use market strategies. you can use market strategies. you can try and outfox your adversaries and we should be doing a little bit more of that which is cheaper and safer than sending cluster munitions into the ukraine.— the ukraine. that is a fascinating _ the ukraine. that is a fascinating insight. i the ukraine. th

uh, yevgeny prigozhin's secret wigs is a question. his house, another secret of yevgeny prigozhin was a collection of passepartouts with the same photo, but different names , surnames, it turns out yevgeny prigozhin , aka dmitry geller, aka oleg semyonov, aka dmitry bobrov, during the release , suspicious people got into the photo bundles with white powder, some journalists suggested that these are drugs, if these are really drugs, then a criminal case is initiated under article 228.1. uh, and uh, the authorities are obliged to proceed with the identification of persons who are, uh , directly and directly related to uh, the possession of these substances in social networks and public places, and earlier there were reports of interest in prohibited substances from the side of prigogine himself and his adult children. they gave themselves. here is the son pavel daughter nika in depends. in the company of friends, singing characteristic songs. we need one person party party clearly fun and good twenty-year-old pavel prigogine a successfu

yevgeny prigozhin fit right in.he grew a single hotdog stand into a chain of restaurants. >> we can only guess how come he open those top restaurants, best pieces of real estate, and gaining more power and business opportunities while putin was rising to the top. >> vladimir putin was a mid level kgb agent who had just become adviser to the mayor of st. petersburg. he had a sinister and brilliant plan to rebuild the state after its collapse by getting the intelligence services and the mob to work together. >> it's a long history that leads all the way back to the soviet union. that's how i got to know vladimir putin. >> his fanciest restaurant, new island, became a hangout for putin's inner circle. soon, putin would make prigozhin his personal caterer, earning him the nickname, putin's chef. >> the best indicator that putin trust input, the fact that he served food for him. knowing his paranoia, he could've let anybody be in charge of his diet, -- >> and i think what he achieved in all of those years that is greatly

. >> narrator: leading the mutiny: yevgeny prigozhin, a mercenary renowned for his brutality.hat day, vladimir putin's close ally. >> the best way to understand what's happening now in russia is a mafia power struggle. >> as more reports come in, more video comes in, u're seeing that there are actually, you know, troops moving into rostov and that they're actually taking the headquarters. >> (speaking russian): >> the mercenary force, this wagner force, was probably the most capable russian force that has been fighting in ukraine until recently. they are battle-hardened, and they are, frankly, motivated by their leader, who was there with them in the field. >> there was video of prigozhin and senior generals sitting around talking together. they didn't have to fight their way into the headquarters. national guard troops didn't roll out to confront them when they took the military headquarters. narrator: the armed uprising then turned directly towards putin. the troops headed to moscow, to his seat of power. >> there was no one defending putin. there was no one expressing outra

i think it's something that certainly shows that the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin and his fighters are of huge importance to vladimir putin if he was willing to meet with yevgeny prigozhin five days after that mutiny. one of the things we heard from the kremlin today, no one really knew where yevgeny prigozhin was, people thought he might be in belarus, and the belarusian leader, alexander lukashenko told us that he was back in russia. so now saying that five days after that mutiny, yevgeny prigozhin and 35 commanders, as the kremlin put it, were inside the kremlin. apparently, vladimir putin gave his own assessment of what they called the special military operation, which is obviously russia's war in ukraine. but then also about the mutiny itself. and then also apparently, this according to the kremlin, offered his thoughts on possible further deployments. now, the interesting thing about all of this is they said that 35 commanders took part, including yef guinea prigozhin. they did not say whether people from russia's defense ministry took part. one of the things that we knew tha

yevgeny prigozhin goes to belarus and the wagner fighters who want to join him also go to belarus. sign of that. from mutiny to missiles and the russian nuclear warheads the kremlin says it is moving to belarus. would mr lukashenko have a say in whether to launch them? i remind him, recently you said god forbid i should have to take the decision to use nuclear weapons. translation i remind him he said god for bid i have to take a decision to use nuclear weapons. translation: joe biden could say . the same and prime minister sue nat. translation: joe biden could say i the same and prime minister sunak. but these are not your weapons, they are russian ones, it is not your decision to take. translation: in ukraine a whole army is fighting l with foreign weapons, with nato weapons, because they have run out of their own, so why can't i fight with someone else's? but these are nuclear, we are not talking pistols. translation: yes, nuclear, they are weapons too, - and make sure you mention we are talking about tactical nuclear weapons here. the logic of a leader who, with an iron fist an

the men are not in agreement with yevgeny prigozhin .do not agree with this decision. we don't know from this article how this ended. it does appear that president putin is trying to divide and weaken yevgeny prigozhin while maintaining the wegner fighters who are a significant fighting force. >> it's very interesting to see where those thousands of paid fighters go. you work the news yesterday. these controversial u.s. applied cluster munitions are in ukraine. spoke to a general who said that's what happened. what more do you know along those lines? are they being used yet? >> reporter: let me answer your last question. those wegner fighters are still in russia occupied ukraine. as for the cluster munitions, the general told me they have not been used. the pentagon did confirm our reporting from this general that these u.s. highly controversial cluster munitions are in ukraine ready to be used. the pentagon said there is a third country that had provided cluster munitions. we understand that country is turkey. ukraine and russia have bo

in terms of yevgeny prigozhin, he's in st. petersburg, or maybe this morning he would travel to moscow or elsewhere but he's not on the territory of belarus now. >> reporter: it wasn't meant to be this way. lukashenko's deal was how the kremlin explained how wagner's armed uprising last month had been brought to an early end. there was even talk of yevgeny prigozhin arriving in belarus and all charges being dropped. that now appears in doubt. the offer you extended to wagner and yevgeny prigozhin has not been taken up. they are not in your country. >> translator: not yet. this will depend on the decision made by the russian government and wagner pmc. if they deem it necessary to locate a certain number of wagner fighters in belarus for rest and preparation, then i will keep my promise. >> reporter: but the kremlin may have other plans. russian state tv has for days been painting prigozhin as a traitor and a criminal. new images of a raid on his st. petersburg property with police seizing weapons, cash, and gold, even wigs for

aleksandr lukashenko cast doubts over the whereabouts of the wagner mercenary group leader, yevgeny prigozhin, after saying he could be in st petersbourg or somewhere else. schools are expected to close across england, with teachers striking again over pay and conditions. and a bbc investigation has found that dangerous muscle building supplements are being sold across the uk. hello. i'm victoria valentine. we are starting with one of moscow's staunchest allies. the leader of belarus, has cast doubt on the whereabouts of the mercenary leader who led a mutiny against the russian military two weeks ago. alexander lukashenko, who brokered the deal that helped end the rebellion, said the boss of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeni pryghozin, was now back in russia, despite original claims he'd been exiled to belarus. meanwhile, it's unclear who is now in control of the thousands of russian mercenary fighters who've been battling ukrainian forces for several months. alexander lukashenko made that comment to a very small gathering ofjournalists. one of them was our own steve rosenberg, and he has t

>>> also this hour, belarus, russia, where exactly is yevgeny prigozhin? mystery surrounding the fate of russia's wagner group deepened after the president of belarus in a rare news conference said he was still in his hometown of st. petersburg more than a week after the rebellion that shocked moscow and the world as wechlt. >>> and long-time gop megadonors launching ads to try to prevent the former republican leader are from retaking the white house in 2024. >>> we begin this hour with the former president and walt nauta, his aide, in court. after two delays, trump's co-defendant in the classified documents case finally arraigned in court a few hours ago, pleading not guilty nearly a month after his boss. he faces charges of obstructs the investigation into the retention of classified documents. it's been a whirlwind 24 hours. on wednesday authorities unsealing new portions of the warrant that led to the search of mar-a-lago with fresh details of camera footage showing him moving boxes. the surveillance footage providing -- provided, i should say, by the

yevgeny prigozhin was able to go into the kremlin. now, some of the things that we're hearing from that meeting, which are coming from the kremlin, from dmitry peskov, the spokesman, are quite interesting. apparently vladimir putin came out and gave his assessment of what the russians call their special military operation, but also all the mutiny itself. and there was a little side sentence in what he said. he said he talked about possible future use of the wagner group and battlefield deployment. that could indicate that possibly wagner is back in the game. certainly that could be a really interesting development because there are so many things that are unclear. the kremcrkremlin itself says prigozhin was going to go to belarus. and then he wasn't actually in belarus, he was actually in st. petersburg, in russia. it seems as though for now it appears as though yevgeny prigozhin is still in russia, but it is unclear how much control he could retain over wagner if any and not just wagner, of course, on the battlefield in ukraine, but

if yevgeny prigozhin hadn't backed down last saturday, the wagner group might well have reached moscowmir putin's government. it's a pretty chilling thought. russia's problems today are the same as they were back in 1917, when tsar nicholas�*s rule collapsed. scarcely anyone seems prepared to stand up voluntarily and defend the state. i was in moscow in august 1991 for the extraordinary, rather absurd, kgb coup against mikhail gorbachev, when boris yeltsin famouslyjumped up on a tank and defied the kgb. i was amazed by how few people were prepared to turn out and support him. sometimes, outside yeltsin�*s headquarters, i could see there were just ten or twelve volunteers hanging round to defend him. a couple of kgb men with guns could have captured yeltsin and ensured that the coup succeeded. well, it didn't happen. the coup collapsed on the third day, and with it went the entire 70—year structure of the soviet union. today, russia's governing system is every bit as brittle as it was in 1991 and back in 1917. vladimir putin can't really be certain that anyone much will help him stay in

the fate of russia's mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin in serious question this morning. ve raided his home and the president of belarus says that prigozhin is in russia and not an exile in bell sflus looking live at the federal courthouse in miami. just a few hours from now donald

the kremlin says president putin met the wagner mercenary boss, yevgeny prigozhin, just five days after he led a failed mutiny. hello, and welcome to bbc news now, we have three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start here in the uk where us presidentjoe biden has arrived at windsor castle for talks with king charles. his visit comes ahead of this week's nato summit. earlier mr biden met prime minister, rishi sunak, in downing street, saying he believed the us—uk relationship was "rock solid". a lovely day at windsor. let's go straight to there. maryam moshiri is there. it was striking i thought to see the two men together, president biden and king charles, but it seemed very warm between them. it and king charles, but it seemed very warm between them.— warm between them. it did, didn't it? we saw— warm between them. it did, didn't it? we saw the _ warm between them. it did, didn't it? we saw the pictures _ warm between them. it did, didn't it? we saw the pictures of - warm between them. it did, didn't i it? we saw the pictures of president joe biden coming out of h

because remember, he's the one who did the deal to end the insurrection with the agreement that yevgeny prigozhin would come here to belarus. now he says he's not here. he says he's a free man in russia, and even suggests that prigozhin and his fighters may never come here as you can imagine, we try to get more detail. take a listen. >>. >> thank you very much for the conversation, can i encourage you as a conversation to give us more detail. what have you discussed, yevgeny prigozhin and with president putin about what happens next have you reached any conclusions? people will be surprised and mystified that a man who you say could have caused a civil war in russia is still in russia. >> translator: when we meet with putin, we will discuss this topic, but i'll give you my point of view. i'll share this point of view with putin as well. in order to redeem himself, and to redeem the misdeeds of pmc wagner, i would send them to the hottest battle points, go and redeem yourself. >> reporter: here's what i think is happening, katy, that is president lukashenko distancing himself from yevgeny prigozhi

absolutely unclear whether or not yevgeny prigozhin will have any sort of role machine, if he's going to retain any control over wagner or his larger empier that has media holdings in it as well. certainly one of the things we can say is that after vladimir putin called it treason, he hosted yevgeny prigozhin inside the kremlin only a couple days later. it could be a reflection of just how important these wagner fighters are to the russian military. because one of the things we've been seeing, especially in the east of ukraine, the russians have been moving backwards since the wagner fighters have been off the bthe battlefield. >> and part of the agreement had yevgeny prigozhin going to belarus and staying there. but it's recently been reported that he is in russia. so given the news of this meeting, what should we make regarding his whereabouts? >> reporter: well, first, it seems the kremlin is trying to come to terms with it as it is going on. it seems even they aren't clear about the details. you're right. as that mutiny was taking place, it was ending, the kremlin said he would go

today, mr lukashenko told us that actually, yevgeny prigozhin is not in belarus, but he was in st. was in st. petersburg. the wagnerfighters were not in belarus. he indicated that they went back to their camps in russian occupied eastern ukraine. mr lukashenko also said he would discuss the situation with wagner with vladimir putin and the nearest future, although the kremlin hasn't given any date for that discussion. what is happening? what is actually going on? who knows. we also talked about nuclear weapons because the kremlin said that it weapons because the kremlin said thatitis weapons because the kremlin said that it is moving tactical nuclear weapons from russia to belarus. alexander the pachinko said some had arrived and more would arrive by the end of the year. —— lukashenko. he said god for bid he should actually use the decision. i said to him, these are not your weapons. they are russian weapons. he said, if ukraine can fight with other people because my weapons, meaning nato, then why can't i? ,, , can't i? steve rosenberg there. our colleaaues can't i? steve rosenber

wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin has been seen since the uprising in neighbouring belarus. in the clip, posted on the messaging service telegram, yevgeny prigozhin welcomes his trips to belarus where they were told to move as part of the deal brokered by the kremlin after last month's mutiny. he is still critical of the russian armed forces bbc correspondent has been looking into what we can understand from the video. it will make this will appear to be yevgeny prigozhin's first appearance since his aborted prigozhin's first appearance since his aborte: , ., , ., prigozhin's first appearance since his aborte: , . , ., ., his aborted mutiny nearly a month auo. he his aborted mutiny nearly a month age he been _ his aborted mutiny nearly a month ago. he been looking _ his aborted mutiny nearly a month ago. he been looking at— his aborted mutiny nearly a month ago. he been looking at the - his aborted mutiny nearly a month ago. he been looking at the video | ago. he been looking at the video it's pretty low quality, not a huge amount to go on. the russian speakers on our team h

the mystery over the whereabouts of yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the wagner paramilitary group, took an unexpected turn today. prigozhin led the attempted mutiny against the russian defence ministry last month — it ended after the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, claimed he negotiated an end to the standoff with putin by granting prigozhin exile in his country. we know prigozhin�*s privatejet had landed in minsk shortly after the rebellion — but we don't know whether he was on it. just over a week ago, lukashenko said prigozhin had arrived in belarus. on thursday, lukashenko said prigozhin is in russia. translation: as for prigozhin, he is in saint petersburg. - he may have gone to moscow this morning or somewhere else. he is not on the territory of belarus. lukashenko also said the question of whether the wagner units would relocate to belarus was still "in the balance", and would depend on the decisions taken by moscow and by wagner. he made those comments to a very small gathering ofjournalists, including the bbc�*s steve rosenberg. well, less than two weeks ago we were to

the president of belarus tells matthew chance that yevgeny prigozhin is in russia, in st. burg to be exact, instead of living in exile in belarus. remember that agreement? meanwhile, russian state media report police raided prigozhin's home and office in st. petersburg last week. the russian government claimed it was dropping charges against him. during the raids russian police say they uncovered stashes of gold, money, guns, wigs and several passports allegedly belonging to the mercenary leader under different aliases. matthew chance joins us live in minsk. you just spoke directly with and posed to questions to the belarusian president alexander lukashenko. what did you learn. >> reporter: you don't get much opportunity to speak to the leader of belarus. it's a difficult autocratic country to access. you have to be specially invited. we did this for this incredible scene here. the palace of independence, marble-clad, the presidential office is where we met alexander lukashenko. the main topic that we wanted to know about is what of that deal that he supposedly brokered to

footage has emerged of the man who led the short—lived mutiny against russia's military leaders, yevgeny prigozhintime the leader of the russian wagner mercenary group has been seen since the uprising. and it seems he is in neighbouring belarus. in the clip posted on the messaging service telegram, prigozhin welcomes his troops to belarus where they were told to move as part of a deal brokered with the kremlin after last month's mutiny. but he is still critical of the russian armed forces. nick beake, our correspondent from bbc verify, is here. what is going on? it seems this is his first appearance since that abortive mutiny almost a month ago. not the best quality, that video, but our russian speakers have listened to it and they think the voice does match that of yevgeny prigozhin. but where was it taken? we believe it was a place in south belarus will stop the country was where it was agreed that the forces would move to. if we look at satellite images it was a month ago that we sort of started looking at this particular base and the contrast between the left and right is quite startling. you

plus a week after leading a failed rebellion that sent him into exile, where is wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin? and is russian intelligence now gunning for him? >>> first tonight, president biden is vowing to work around a supreme court decision blocking his plan to forgive some $400 billion in student debt taken on by tens of millions of americans. this is the latest from a supreme court that has now reshaped the constitutional landscape on abortion, affirmative action, and today on how much leeway a president has to carry out legislation. and that would be less of it. in a 6-3 decision, the court holding that president biden could not interpret a provision of a post-9/11 law to cancel student loan repayments. chief justice roberts writing that something this significant required clear approval by congress. so, the president announced a detour. >> we will ground this new approach in a different law than my original plan, the so-called higher education act. that will allow secretary cardona, who is with me today, to compromise, waive, or release loans under certain circumstances. this new path