How 'humiliated' Putin lost the trust of his inner circle | Prof. Mark Galeotti

"It was humiliating for him. Putin's always meant to be the guy who's able to manage the elite. He clearly failed in this crisis."
The legacy of the Prigozhin coup has eroded Putin's relationship with his inner circle and could still cause his downfall, Prof. Mark Galeotti tells Kate Gerbeau on Frontline.
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[@davidfoster2006]

Putin is like an old mafia boss running out of time.

[@PropaneWP]

A classic case of 'dictator'

[@user-oc6dh2yp2w]

True

[@user-fh7mt4ox5c]

@@user-oc6dh2yp2w Gee, I thought Putin had all the forms of cancer known to MAN? Lying, as usual, dear?

[@user-qf7ud5de9h]

Ancient of days is before time began

[@Grant80]

😂😂😂 keep believing that

[@davidboi4025]

Wagner doing a rebellion was a wild one for sure

[@dpelpal]

Just one more reason to laugh at Rusha🤭

[@Strideo1]

I was surprised that Prigozhin was naive enough to accept a deal from Putin. He should have known it would be all or nothing if he went against Putin.

[@seangoldman6833]

The fact that he stopped and accepted a deal was the wild thing. He had to know he was dead. I knew he'd be dead before the end of the year and I'm just a random guy from the other side of the planet.

[@davewang202]

@@seangoldman6833 And it is just wild that the state would shoot down a "civilian" plane with a missile. They're not even pretending that it's a mechanical failure or some such thing. Absolutely wild

[@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk]

They drove to moscow, turned around and Prigozhin got killed. Crazy "rebellion".

[@edwarding4355]

My car was stolen at a commute train parking lot in a suburb of Toronto, Canada. Back then cars stolen were put in containers and would be in Russia in less than a week. It was Progozin

[@3366larryandrews]

Really? Were you in the container also? Speculation abounds in this dribble of a video, you might as well climb on board.

[@MichaelDembinski]

@@3366larryandrews I've be keen to watch YOUR video about the current state of Russia, @3366larryandrews

[@Withnail1969]

I saw that on The Sopranos.

[@grzzz2287]

I always enjoy Kate's excellent journalism, and Mark is a supreme wealth of knowledge on all things Russian

[@MichaelDembinski]

"Meek Achee Bow"

[@zoolhert3535]

😂😂😂😂

[@Withnail1969]

is it 'knowledge' or just words? has he even been to Russia?

[@anderslarsen4412]

​@@Withnail1969 Your ignorance is showing. He has spent decades building expertise on Russian affairs. They even mention this at THE BEGINNING of this very interview.

[@Withnail1969]

@@anderslarsen4412 i asked if he had been to Russia.

[@zapfanzapfan]

I'm sure a window of opportunity will open at some point...

[@asher8464]

Not much good has come out of the Ukraine war, but at least we have Kate and Mark. Another great interview!

[@dpelpal]

Rushin army has been destroyed and the world now laughs at Rusha🤭

[@andrewfiles4184]

@@dpelpalright on brother, I believe a whole lot of good will come from it in the future for the world and Ukraine, unfortunately Ukraine has had to sacrifice many of its people and cities to defend their freedom from Putin and his idiotic criminal “country” its solidified and strengthened NATO which will prevent WW3 because both China or Russia does not want to tangle with NATO.

[@muhcharona]

@@dpelpal Droll fiction.

[@Steve-gx9ot]

Deals with the devil never work out

[@jasperchance3382]

Prigozhin made one big mistake and that is not going all the way up to Moscow with his gang. He should have understood that there was no way out after his move.

[@xantiom]

Prigozhin had to stop the plan because he didn't find a stronger support from the military to back him up. His plan was based on a fatal miscalculation, he thought that by being the voice of reason and by being so vocal about the absolute neglect of the Russian army by Shoigu, he would find enough support by every military branch as he marched towards the capital. That support was rather weak, and Prigozhin had to abort as he could not face the army with his Wagner group. Secondly, Prigozhin owed a lot to Putin to be in the place of power he was enjoying, he didn't hate Putin, he hated Shoigu. Prigozhin's "condition" to suspend the coup was to get Shoigu sacked.

[@brentverc]

​@@xantiomI think your right. But it's interesting the army chose not to engage either. Plenty of people watched to see how it played out instead of taking action. He would of lost but I think if went down fighting the collapse of Russia would have been accelerated.

[@blechtic]

@@xantiom I disagree with the first point. He wouldn't have had to fight, because the army did nothing to stand in his way. The security forces did nothing either. His mistake was to assume Shoigu was selected for his competence instead of being Putin's biggest loyalists and possibly best friend. He didn't understand he was challenging Putin and not only by questioning the decision to appoint Shoigu but by going against the guy essentially doing what Putin wanted. The only way to survive was to take over but then again to do that he only would have had to get Putin or run him away in such a manner he couldn't have come back.

[@fredfreddy8684]

@@brentverc Sort of. Prigzhin's (sp?) convoy was fired on by Russian aircraft. Wagner shot some down with surface to air missiles.

[@eyesandearseditions]

Great stuff, Galeotti goes from strength to strength

[@stevenreynolds8793]

In the two years I have been watching your show Mark Galeotti is my favorite guest. btw You look stunning Kate!

[@agenech1239]

This guest kept me smiling all the way wanting to hear more

[@George.Andrews.]

Isn't she gorgeous 😍

[@oeokosko]

Kate has everything. In spades. Great beauty and a gorgeous personality.

[@TheMightymolar]

​@@oeokosko Ha! I was wondering if anyone else has a crush on her.

[@Johnny-qu9op]

Ms Kate it's always a pleasure to see your face ❤. Big fan of your😊

[@tolrem]

Prigozhin showed Putin up to be a coward and he couldn't forgive him for that IMO.

[@robertatkins9419]

Prigozhin didn't show Putin to be a coward - you slimy liar.

[@robertatkins9419]

He didn't show his to be coward, but your comment shows you to be a liar.

[@sammenter1]

Absolutely!

[@EvoraGT430]

@@robertatkins9419 1 potato for you, comrade Putin-bot.

[@robertatkins9419]

@@EvoraGT430 And 1 slice of lemon for you, creepbot

[@gherkamum]

Putin faces ‘wave of criminality’ as Wagner troops return to Russia

[@dpelpal]

I live Russia. It is always criminality here.

[@ennediend2865]

​@@dpelpal I love Russia and Russians. 🇷🇺😢🇷🇺😢🇷🇺😢🇷🇺😢🇷🇺 A very bad war...

[@ennediend2865]

​@@hedleylamarr7283 Easy said from the Free World... Terror and repression were never so high in Russia since Staline .

[@Withnail1969]

These are the guys who were actually in prison for serious crimes.

[@user-fh7mt4ox5c]

IGNORANT. You should see Croydon on a Friday night.

[@russiandrivers9986]

Putin is so bad, he puts pineapple on pizza

[@lenasoderstrom6503]

😂😂😂😂

[@John-hy6vu]

This was very interesting... thank you for supplying good news

[@paulyoung4422]

Time the Tzar told his daughters, to sew their jewels into their clothing.

[@kaylidington]

Putin is not good in a crisis, and a series of crises is coming. His troops are increasingly foreign, his industry is busy exporting 'goods' for free (no one is paying for the output), the country's infrastructure is already in desperate state, his allies are eating his lunch, the best brains have fled and he has no exit route. The war cannot stop as the economy collapses and the war cannot continue because he can neither make nor buy the weaponry his primitive armed forces need. Even if he tried to 'negotiate' as 'peace' he faces an economic disaster and has no prospect of his country being accepted back into the world trading structure. No good options.

[@aaron4387]

all sounds correct. It's a matter of time and the chickens all come home to roost.

[@richardm3421]

Well put, not to mention that the economy is running on a sovereign wealth fund that will run out in max 1 year. Even the massaged "official" statistics are looking increasingly gloomy. It will be fireworks!

[@aarhusnord]

Very good analysis. You can keep the machine running for some time, but Russia cannot run a war for year after year. The challenge will be how to keep the machine running dry, without Putin getting desperate.

[@lesigh1749]

@@aarhusnord Russia ran a war in Chechnya for six years, it ran a war in Afghanistan for ten years. Explain why "Russia cannot run a war for year after year. "

[@jonlee2217]

@@lesigh1749 Because neither of those wars were on the same scale. Russia is losing over a thousand troops per day, plus millions of dollars' worth of equipment. The ols Soviet stockpiles are running dry and can't be replaced.

[@richardsimms251]

Very good program. Thank you RS. Canada

[@tikaanipippin]

If only Putin could have been in a position to coach a successor, he could have relaxed into the role of "father of the nation", relaxed into old age, and formed a dynasty. Now, he will leave Russia headless, a friendless pariah state, and despite the geopolitical wealth, a much poorer and less trusted nation. Who knows what Russia's future is going to be now?

[@dpelpal]

No toilets for Rushin people😒

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Similar to pre Peter the great

[@ronthered138]

"Nasty, brutish, and short..."

[@kayvee256]

To be honest though, I don't think it was ever going to be possible for Putin to do that. The successor has an incentive to assassinate Putin to get him out of the way and gain access to the seat of power early. The would-be assassin has an incentive to follow the instructions of the future leader today to benefit later, so the threat is credible. Putin knows this, so Putin has an incentive to assassinate the successor before that can happen. The successor knows this so has even more of an incentive to assassinate Putin first, and Putin knows the successor knows, and round and round the circle goes. Without a peaceful transfer of power there's only dynastic families or violence. And even the dynastic families tended to boil down to violence at the end of the day. People really under-estimate the benefits of a system where leaders have the ability to be removed from power but not killed.

[@Withnail1969]

Actually the majority of the world has good relations with Russia/Putin. If anything they are rooting for Russia in its war against the West.

[@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP]

What is happening with russian banks??? Is it true people can't access their savings???

[@dpelpal]

Markets are now shut down. We can't take any money out😒

[@bikeman9899]

If true, that is important.

[@oeokosko]

Currently 200 Rubles buys $1, $1 buys 50 Rubles.

[@Jagonath]

Yes, Putin is trying to stop a collapse in the Ruble, by preventing a run on banks. People know their money is fast becoming worthless, so they want the maximum amount of cash in their hands, before the value drops even lower. Ruble is sure to drop even further now though it will probably stabalise at some point.

[@quartermaster1976]

They've been saying this for over two years the Ruble will be rubble by our president Joe Biden.

[@mryouben]

This man is touring with his new book. Tx a lot Prof. Galeoti

[@NoahSpurrier]

How many of his “friends” have fallen out of windows?

[@user-cr4vb4zb6w]

Some of this is trying to make him into a big scary monster. He’s like trump: a weak coward that for some strange reason hasn’t been taken out yet. Mafia gets their due. The only savior they have is mbs, and it’s not working anymore.

[@mrbogardmusic]

Always enjoy when Prof. Galeotti is on the show. Easy to follow & really digs below the surface.

[@Fastbikkel]

I do find this interesting to hear at least some details about Prigozhin that i didn't know. And i understand that some of it has to be taken with a grain of salt, but Mark explains that.

[@markb8468]

Great interview and guest.

[@user-ds6fd4mp1g]

Evil does not win and never will

[@AmadeusMozart-yk5uk]

Hahahahaha

[@martinogold]

Tell that to Communist China (sadly).

[@ZacharyBittner]

I love history books, it's amazing how the good guys won every single war in the end.

[@EWA8755]

Tell that to America's CIA. The world's leading cause of discord and death 70+ years and running.

[@MichaelDembinski]

@@martinogold It might take a century or two, but good will prevail over evil. I once asked a Chinese friend (whose parents emigrated to London from Hong Kong in the 1960s) how he viewed communism in China. He replied that given China's long history, he views the current communist government like a bad dose of flu; unpleasant - but in the fullness of time, it will pass.

[@tonilogar5822]

Is prof. Galeotti a Star trek enthusiast? Those are Klingon bird of pray and Romulan Warbird on the shelf behind him, are they not?

[@ronthered138]

Never mind Star Trek! Thunderbirds are go! Thunderbird 2 on the shelf behind him, my all-time favourite.

[@deborahborlase7100]

Great catch!!! Live long and prosper, my friend

[@tonilogar5822]

@@ronthered138 They did not broadcast that in Yugoslavia, when I grew up ... we did have Terrahawks though.

[@ronthered138]

@@tonilogar5822 In 1980 I was in my late teens and no longer interested in that genre, so I was unaware of it. I looked up a few videos after reading your post, and it looks like something that I would have watched if I was a bit younger, for sure!

[@daigreatcoat44]

If they express their lack of trust, they had better stay away from windows.

[@Chereese0808]

Trust Putin? How could anyone. I'd never walk ahead of him.

[@jc20012]

Well said friend.

[@Grant80]

😂😂 how anyone can trust a dancing freak who begs for money

[@justinbradford6086]

I trust him with my life

[@HaleG9]

​@@justinbradford6086stupid?

[@user-zh2cu2jk9j]

A woman's place is in the home. Not talking politics. So why don't you tend to your family (if you even have one) and keep your uninformed opinions to yourself while your President s**ts his pants at official ceremonies???

[@wejpasadena1]

What a great interview! Both the questions and the answers were great. I really learned a lot from Prof Galeotti.

[@DhulstDirk]

Prof. Mark Galeotti should be on far more of these segments.

[@aaron4387]

agreed...always very interesting to hear his thought and analysis.

[@carlgevers2557]

Prigozhin was clearly a Russian Milo Minderbinder of M&M Enterprises. To the extent of even bombing his own side for possible profit. 😅

[@justme-ud2vk]

its hard to believe anyone who invades their peaceful neighbors with their worst convicts would be humiliated by anything.

[@sharon_shaw]

Losing the war to a considerably smaller neighbor that was expected to quickly surrender to what was perceived then as the world's second best army - that would surely be a crowning humiliation for a man used to handing out humiliation or worse than suffering it

[@nodruj8681]

​@@sharon_shawthey're objectively not losing though 😂

[@sharon_shaw]

@@nodruj8681 heard the frantic squealing from kremlin over use of Western weapons in belgorod or the latest US banking / currency sanctions? Didn't objectively sound like squeals of victory

[@PeterPete]

Peaceful neighbours?? How can they be peaceful neighbours when they were persecuting and killing innocent ethnic Russians? Ukraine are a bunch of Nazis!!!

[@sharon_shaw]

@@nodruj8681 judging by the rants coming out of the kremlin following use of western weapons in belgorod, the latest US sanctions and now the G7 decision on aid can't say ruzzia is objectively winning its 3 days to Kyiv war, can we?

[@Sean12248]

I think the reason Prigozhin backed down was because there were FSB agents at Prigozhin's lieutenants families and his own family. Who basically said "If you don't stand down.....your families will pay the price." I think that's why Wagner stopped. Why do you think Prigozhin backed down?

[@ybvb]

Yes. Putin being former KGB and KGB boss knows how to control people very well. As he said once in a speak "Names, Addresses, Family"

[@garyfryer5334]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 So Funny!!

[@Sean12248]

@@garyfryer5334 What?

[@tonyatgoogle6076]

I think you just made things up. 😂😂😂

[@geraldjampol3120]

Plausible.

[@adrianlang6550]

As usual another great guest in Mark. Very insightful and interesting to hear snippets about how Prigorzhin developed his power base.

[@paulbeesley8283]

I remember thinking that it was significant that Prigozhin, actually kept his side of the bargain and released the "Gulag Zombies," once their six months was up. He was still a fool to think Putin, would let him live.

[@Withnail1969]

it's actually not so unusual. Judges in the USA often allow criminals to join the military rather than be jailed. it's considered a way of paying one's debt to society and also help reform them.

[@fredfreddy8684]

@@Withnail1969 The Americans don't send convicts into suicide missions to discover weak points in the enemy's lines. The Americans also don't use anti-retreat forces to shoot American soldiers retreating from the front lines.

[@Withnail1969]

@@fredfreddy8684 Americans doint fight wars. They massacre civilians.

[@indyvisible624]

How do you trust a pathological liar 🤥?

[@michaeldunham3385]

I don't trust Putin

[@mikewoods5905]

⁠@@captaincabbage-ny9luWho you gonna trust when Moscow is renamed New Beijing in the Northern China territories.

[@indyvisible624]

@@captaincabbage-ny9lu that’s some truth cabbage man, none of these leaders, and politicians can truly be trusted to look out for your best interests, question everything. You must trust in your heart, in your instincts, in the love for your family, and their health, and do what you believe is right. Slava Ukraini 🔱🇺🇦💙💛🔱

[@sharonlavery7656]

​@@mikewoods5905😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 There's a high possibility that will actually happen......😂😂

[@alka7145]

@@captaincabbage-ny9lu "it's so difficult to believe anything Biden, Starmer, Sunak, Macron, Von Der Leyen or Scholz say" It's good to know they can all be voted out if we think they've lied to us a little too much.

[@user-zc4yd9ss7h]

Hoping Putin's time is really up. My problem with this show is that every 'expert' they interview says the same thing... Putin is finished, Russia's army is defeated, their economy has collapsed. This message has been the same for 18 months.

[@michaeldunham3385]

It's a slow process

[@boink800]

The USSR finally caved in after 70 years

[@nodruj8681]

​@@michaeldunham3385it's literally western propaganda and cope haha 😂

[@michaeldunham3385]

@@nodruj8681 cope? Is that all you people can say? Western propaganda you say well the depletion of Russian currency reserves isn't propaganda it's a fact. Currently the only thing keeping the Russian economy is China and Xi knows it hence why he's turning up the screws on gas prices and why Putin was silent when Xi declared China to be a near Arctic state. Only a matter of time before he reclaims Vladivostok.

[@SairanBurghausen]

@@nodruj8681You are literally a westerner who knows nothing about Russia.

[@michelrockp]

Thank you! This was a very insightful conversation. Loved to have heard it.

[@sinfulgrace]

You do realize nothing he said here is based in fact and this is all made up right?

[@user-sp4iv9br8i]

Oh how the mighty do fall.

[@sandfly]

Mark Galeotti is one of the most engaging and interesting speakers around.

[@woodstocknation1961]

Putin is creating an inner inner circle circle 😂 to calm his insecurities and fears

[@dpelpal]

Rusha 0:06 is such a joke now😂😂😂😂

[@mikewoods5905]

@@dpelpal Rusha is becoming Norther China in real time. 😅

[@vision821k4]

Bro best comment I read all week goes to you.

[@estoy3300]

in the 90' in russia the only reason you had hot dog stands was money laundering.

[@dpelpal]

In 1990s Rusha sold the parts from their nook arsenal on Ebay to buy American jeans

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Or to turn enemies into an income stream

[@Withnail1969]

I can believe it.

[@the_real_glabnurb]

Did you really need a legal front in 90s Russia? You just bribed a tax officer - that's what even normal people did instead of paying income tax...

[@olorin4317]

Good placement on corners for a facilitator of illicit street goods as well.

[@user-tw3fg7fg7j]

Merci encore chère Kate !

[@vasik9719]

Quite engaging interview, indeed! Nicely moderated! Thanks for sharing!

[@Johnny-qu9op]

PreGoshen was an idiot to get on that airplane after he challenged Putin !

[@SlavaUkraine420]

He was an idiot. Period.

[@jez6208]

KATE!!!!!! ❤❤❤

[@boink800]

Figure heads can be easily replaced. In Soviet speak: for reasons of health

[@daydays12]

in UK to spend more time with your family

[@robbierobinson8819]

Another excellent interview by Kate of a really go interviewee in Mark. As always, plenty to take away from the interaction between the two of you and Mark's straightforward, solid information and interpretations.

[@uniquehorn1480]

Mr Galeotti is quite interesting, thanks.

[@SL-jo4om]

Fascinating analysis by Galeotti, as usual.

[@StephenVajda-mn7hi]

Unbelievable

[@leopard36cat]

Prof. Mark Galeotti always interesting to hear his thoughts.

[@leanneevans3000]

Putting is a bully and a coward who will hopefully lose the fight against Ukraine. It was a great interview really informative.

[@anthonygrimaldi61]

This is an extremely erudite and brilliant expert. We can trust his analysis and prognosis. Bravo Prof. Galeotti!

[@kc4cvh]

I hope Putin doesn't jump out of a twelfth-storey window?

[@NyPer920]

Me too, he's "wanted" in the Hague along with the other war criminals!

[@elkegreiser1799]

jajajajajaja.....

[@7Starslayer7]

on the left you can see the bird of prey and romulan warbird miniature from Star Trek :D

[@user-ur8pi9ob5b]

The oligarchs are worried about their power and money. They will do whatever they can to protect themselves.

[@tomcarr1358]

Not a word about the diminishing economy, the decline of the financial sector and with it the wealth of the oligarchs. That's what would worry the inner circle.

[@oeokosko]

Spot on.

[@iiAsiatic]

exactly

[@Withnail1969]

economic growth is over 3% per year according to the World Bank and IMF.

[@oeokosko]

@@Withnail1969 The Joe Blogs KZbin channel explains this. See the 'RUSSIAN War Economy is Destroying Russia as Businesses Abandon Customer & Markets for War Effort' video and subsequent videos on the Russian economy.

[@chrisduffill5248]

Super interview with Mark .. thanks

[@jaywulf]

If Professor Galeotti is not an intelligence analyst, I sincerly hope he acts as a consultant to them because his insight is amazing.

[@dorothycolumbare9140]

The oligarchs also own planes , when Prigoshin's plane's wing blew off,the oligarchs got a message.😮

[@escobeer3605]

His inner circle must be getting pretty small, but they must be very loyal and they are ignoring a lot of red flags...

[@chrisfarr9494]

Yeah Naa , I believe he stopped , as 2 things happened , his support faded away , and his family/friends in Moscow where threatened .

[@user-xj2ff4un8r]

Don't bluff. The Russias love their leader. Same can't be said of the Americans

[@AnthonyRooney-be2tx]

BS

[@aaronseet2738]

Praetorian guards grow increasingly weary.

[@semsigratajs9505]

Times radio propaganda is the best one to go sleep to :) a very calming tone to it. Thanks team! :)

[@develentsai3215]

It takes a dictator to take down a dictator, who's next?

[@user-od1pe2ip2n]

The political system in UK is rotten 😂😂😂

[@Almostcool1]

Late Soviet times equals lead poisoning and iodine deficiency

[@jkapown]

Excellent interview, im subscribing.

[@detteiu5555]

Putin himself may not trust anyone but him. Sounds similar to Sta…..

[@redcossack245]

Great guest. Thanks for a very good show. I always like your interviewing style.

[@michaelwilson309]

Thanks

[@calc1657]

Cmon: we all knew Prigozhin was a dead man walking. Also, it should be remembered that in immediate aftermath of the German launch of Operation Barbarosa, Stalin went into seclusion for a bit. Putin is a keen admirer of Stalin and a student of WW2. In other words, Putins disappearing during Prigozhin's march on Moscow was likely not an example of a weak response to an emergency.

[@milesnixon9554]

Potemkin Villageland is having a run on the ruble. Ouch.

[@user-ru7cd9bm5p]

Who would take over from Putin? Could they be worse?

[@boink800]

It would be from the same clique which took over after Yetsin

[@milesnixon9554]

Or more worryingly, competent.

[@boink800]

@@milesnixon9554 Competent? Russia? That's impossible.

[@milesnixon9554]

@@boink800 Seems unlikely

[@auldlangsign3179]

Super interview

[@Johnny-qu9op]

Inside view, explained expertly " very informative. 😮

[@huna1950]

I miss Tucker at the supermarket with the trolley tho

[@handbanana4899]

There is something really ironic about a career bootlicker misjudging his worth and overplaying his hand by trying to count on personal loyalty against a more established careerist, all because he may have felt something approaching sympathy to the people dying as part of his "side hustle"

[@briskyoungploughboy]

You're talking about Mark Galeotto- right?

[@ruthwolfer4154]

Great analytic inside with this interview dear Kate ❣👌

[@MaxMisterC]

Was Prof. Mark Galeotti the model for the old man in, the animated movie, "Up." ?

[@papercup2517]

I enjoyed Prof Galeotti's analysis of the power plays within the Russian elite and in particular between these two men - Putin and Prigozhin. I'd now love to hear a similar analysis by him of the life and power plays of former US President Donald Trump, who (as I see it) has such an affinity, temperamentally speaking, with these Russian movers and shakers..

[@dyslexicmyasre688]

Is that a Thunderbirds 2 ship I see above Mark's left shoulder?😀

[@chrisKoessenem]

Great Reporting again. Txs

[@DraftyFlatulence]

Time is ticking, Putin....

[@Bavoratu]

What a smile Kate. 🙂

[@user-iv2ov7lu4i]

Yeah but the people really trust Macron, Biden or Sunak. You can practically feel the trust across Europe and the west, some are calling it a "Trust fest" of complete trust and unity. Honest.

[@mrbogardmusic]

Kate asks some really great questions.

[@rodkennedy9800]

Even though Pregogin was a nasty character I think towards the end he was suffering PTSD and this affected his behaviour. In the final analysis ‘ you fly with the crows you get shot with the crows’

[@Lizardo451]

Prigozhin made the mistake of caring.

[@Somnationalist]

I like mark galeoti assumptions and political analysis, if even he's adding some salts of his own theories, it's very exciting plz bring him and invite him twice a week in the podcasts, thank you Times radio team and mama Kate chepoe

[@robertomedalla1838]

Interesting and insightful

[@SLOWLYdoesit1]

Dear Times- lots of chatter on Telegram channels about contingency planning for securing Russian nukes in the case of the Russian regime collapse… would be interesting to hear some expert discussion of how that might look.

[@ChadBlevins]

#BabyPuty throws a temper tantrum 😂😂😂

[@dpelpal]

He wanted to take "Kyiv in THREE DAYS!" 😢

[@karljensen893]

Rats leaving a sinking ship does not mean they are not rats

[@michaelmulcahy2277]

That was interesting!

[@carterd8266]

But the key question about the Prigozhin mutiny is: Who was leading the attack on Moscow? Prigozhin himself stayed behind in Rostov. Utkin maybe?

[@joachim5080]

I think Prigoshin’s fate was sealed either way. Going into hiding might have provoked the assessination just as much as the showing up in Petersburg.