The Wagner Group’s march to Moscow — and the still-unconfirmed theories of his immunity deal — shows weaknesses in Putin’s rule. Former United States Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul discusses the revelations from the Russian mutiny on Meet the Press.
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Slava Ukraini!🌻🌻🌻 Stay strong! 💪 From Finland 🇫🇮
If Finland wants to stay strong they will have to deny an American take-over.
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What makes you think President Putin wants to escalate? It was Americans who betrayed their peace treaty
with Russia by bringing in more weapons and soldiers into the Ukraine and surrounding countries. The failing
economy of America will make Americans attack and take over more countries for their wealth and oil.
You sound like someone who has quite a jovial time threatening the media narrative!! Ministry of Truth!!! Where are you, we got one thinking independently over here!!!
Wagner group has just exposed how weak are those incompetent Russian troops to the world. Putin talks tough, and he ends up has to negotiate with the Wagner boss. That said, NATO is still very afraid of Putin’s tough talks.
Blame the whole senseless war in Ukraine to an incompetent NATO bloc because NATO has repeatedly shown weakness to Putin who strongly believed NATO would not dare to intervene his invasion. NATO has totally lack of credibility and deterrence to Putin, and we got our war in Ukraine with thousands of innocent people have been slaughtered by Putin’s brutal attacks since February 2022.
Russia is so weak they pushed 200 mi. Just in one day. I think its funny they digging trenches in Moscow. Lol
Do you actually believe this drama?
@mlsuni,@ej They do. Let them. It’s been hilarious watching their reactions as they scrunch their little globalist brows trying to make sense of reality vs. what their media tells them!
straight to nukes
Why are we listening to meet the press losers? They been wrong about ukraine war….
According to leaked documents ukraine is losing the war..
Ahhh…c’mon…man!!! Don’t you want to be on the right side of history when we save the Queen…man!!!
Of course, anything the MSM says is usually the opposite of the truth.
Putin, Prigozhin and Lukashenko just pulled a fast one on U.S./NATO. Where is the 25K Wagner troops now? Belarus. You know, just north of Kiev and joined by 30K Russian military troops who were quietly placed in Belarus a year ago.
While the Ukraine (U.S./NATO) are focused on the souther Ukraine fronts, Russia is about to put an end to this conflict by taking Kiev. Of course, the last think the U.S./NATO want is an end to the conflict; [they] want to escalate the conflict.
Russia has nothing to lose at this point by going on the strong offensive. The DS (U.S./NATO) will almost certainly plant a false flag and blame it on Russia anyway, as [they] always do. NBC and the rest of the MSM already have their talking points and headlines in place . . . the world no longer pays attention to NBC or MSM, other than to learn what is NOT going on. Just fake news pushing false narratives.
A fast one to the tune of $6.2 billion! I’m betting the Prez not only suspects typical nato chicanery I’m guessing he’s ready for it! Z
NBC is a corrupt news station.
Yea mutiny by mercenaries. It doesn’t matter what those people did. It will have no effect on the outcome of the war in Ukraine. Joe Obidens war by proxy.
Traitor Trump loves Putin’s hot dogs.
@Thomas oh yeah yeah yeah!! trump trumppity trump trump trump!! Save the queen…man!!!
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don’t be naive under your noses he shifted the best units to belarus to the Kiev attack
in future very smart move, and NATO sleeps.
The Russians are 9 feet tall.
Hilarious how you guys keep posting this online as if you are considering possibilities the West hasn’t considered. Such a narcissist you are.
If anyone (Russian or Wagner) tries to attack Kiev from Belarus now, it will be squashed much quicker than the Feb 24, 2022 attack was squashed!! Kiev is READY for it this time with much more weapons than they used last year. Plus, the roads have been blocked off and mined, and there’s excellent video and camera surveillance on the border now. It would be suicide to attempt that attack a 2nd time!!
If Putin has a right to invade and annex land against the will of the country that owns it, what’s stopping nato or any country with a stronger military, from negotiating with zelinsky and just annexing ukraine legally, with his permission, and banning all Russian soldiers at the risk of escalating the conflict.
@Keep on keeping on and I would go as far to say it’s only because of the nuclear subs. Russia is really good in that field.
😂 the first post comment 😂
They better sign you up immediately! I wonder what could go wrong with such a brrrrillliant suggestion!!
“just annexing ukraine legally, with his permission”…. Yep sounds about right, “Zelensky the Dictator”
@vilim kuhar bro zelinsky hasn’t been in power your whole life. That’s Putin, the dictator. Zelinsky believes in democracy and will Steph down as president as soon as the war ends. It’s the greedy dictators that only care about themselves that want to be in power their whole life and like Putin, they become the richest person on the planet, slowly pillaging their countries and hole most their citizens remain poor.
Slava Ukraini!
If this was staged, it places Wagner and russian troops in Belarus for another attempt on Kyiv.
Having this happen provides convenient cover.
If folks knew this was gonna go down a week or two before it happened, then that reinforces my perception it was allowed to happen for a bigger reason.
Also, it got the wests attention.
One of Putin’s common talking points is the cornered rat that fights back.
I believe it’s what putin wants us to have a perception of him. Him being cornered. To justify his next actions.
Putin has appeared weak from the get go…he’s a manipulative leader, that’s all.
Extraordinary situation, I hope peace is in the cards
dont worry, peace has already been restored in russia and the afu is still getting curb stomped and still only has a month or two left of ammo so its pretty much over anyways..
@Operator 9please keep posting this stuff! I never can tell if you people are hired by the West by or Russia. Either way, what you’re doing is crucial for Ukraine and its Allies. Imagine actually making efforts to minimize the ability of an enemy you are currently at war with. Even if they are weak. I mean, there is literally ZERO advantage to it. This is why the West hires people to do what you’re doing. Can you respond to this with all sorts of descriptions of shoddy training, archaic NATO equipment, low Ukrainian morale, etc? I would love to plaster it all over the internet. Thanks for what you do!
Pssst, it ended yesterday with that regiment granted free passage to belarus to the north of ukraine to mobilize there.
@Tyler Durdena regiment is not a lot of troops and that axis of attack was super successful the first go round.
Nope ,this conflict will spread from natio to nation , around the globe . Until 4 nations are left ! Then Armageddon! That is how the book of Revelations says it will be ! I believe what the Holy Bible says , hopefully more people will believe as it plays out! Good luck to you on your journey !
I thought this guy was replaced on MTP!
The president of Ukraine made racist statements towards the African leaders. Ukraine is nothing but a white supremacist colony.
PUTIN BLINKS! Put Apache helicopters and F-16’s in Ukraine, TODAY!
So LOL. You people and Blinken is so wrong. Not a putin fan but i would not believe any news outlet and esp the U.S. gov on this issue. Psy Ops at its best. Look here dont look there. So funny
So enlightening us , connected one. Let’s hear your take based on your training and experience.
So why are you watching this news outlet if you don’t believe what it has to say?
you are very wise. Prigozhin actually does not exist – he is an AI generated image created by the CIA. Only true Z patriots can see this!!! Don’t believe NATO propaganda and DEFINITELY don’t get vaccinated!
Putin fled Moscow. Real brave! Prigozhin has a target on his back now. He should have finished what he started. All those mercenaries have targets on their backs, too.
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Bunker Boy part deux
Worst interviewer on networks.
Vladimir Putin is a war criminal covered in blood and responsible for Genocide.
Vladimir Putin must be Stopped at all costs 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
US controlled media blowing it out the exhaust
If I were Ukraine, I wouldn’t be celebrating, if Russia breaks apart, Ukraine will go down too
No you’re wrong on that. If Russia breaks then Russia is over. Ukraine would be stronger.
@hawsrulebegin7768 your vision is shortsided, you are hoping Russia goes out with a whimper
@Chris You really have no idea what you are talking about and watch way too much US television news.
@COOL GUY WOW ok guy, keep simping for sad Vlad! Did you hear about how he fled Moscow on the weekend? 🤡
@Chris That did not happen. I’m not sure if you’re being serious or sarcastic.
Prigozhin is pro-Putin, you fool. He was protesting Shoigu’s office.
Why on Earth would Putin flee Moscow? That did not happen, and the people who told you it happened were probably making a joke.
Putin to Shoigu: “I DONT NEED AMMO I NEED A RIDE!!!”
just another failed cia stunt. and what would micheal mcfall know about anything? lol
he does realize that prigozhn wanted to escalate the war not end it right?
Yes but he’s not going to tell the dull masses that
It’s widely reported on Indian, Asian, Slavic etc news.
Wagner was marching in protest to demand Russia increase its intervention in Ukraine, arguing that Russia was holding back on purpose.
US TV news reports that it was an “anti-war mutiny coup”… What? What on Earth?
US TV news is always alien to the rest of the world. What amazes me is that so many people have access to both, but fear/anxiety keeps them glued to CNN/NBC/FOX.
Anyone still listening to fake news media like this needs to really get their head checked
Hilarious how no one will show how belarus saved Russia and the war continues as it did before. 😂😂
remarkably moronic take lol
Huh? It’s mentioned everytime the details are gone over. Also Aleksandr Lukashenko doesn’t say a single thing or even pass wind without daddy Pootys permission. Hilarious, right?
Wagner turned around because if he did not they were gonna go after his commander’s families
@Robert Biondo if you think so…
@Robert Biondo Wagner turned around when they did their sums…
Like – how many of us? how many of them? Where do we get our munitions from? Have we got any aircraft? Have they got any aircraft?
This Drama was one of two things … Prigozhin went off his head … Or a well organized plan to get Wagner to Belarus
i mean putin did have the helicopters engage the convoys destroying 1 vic and killing 4 wagner soo thats why they shot it down
This was all staged, beware from an attack from Belarus
Wasn’t the Potemkin naval mutiny the first step in the eventual Soviet overthrow of the Tsar?
Yes your right! This is 1905 all over again.
“What did we see here?”
Prigozhin being loyal to Putin and he was going to eliminate the people that were lying to Putin. Putin figured out what was going on and gave Wagner a new task.
“Russia plans to take over ally and neighbor Belarus by 2030” – Business Insider Feb 21, 2023
Second half of May there were rumors about Lukashenko having a serious illness.
Now Wagner is in Belarus and Lukashenko thinks it was his idea to bring Prigozhin there.
Smart Putin moved with surgical strike to put an end of the mutiny without use of a single bullet or lost a single live. Russian intelligent so much in placed to put an end of any catasthrophe.
There will be blood in Moscow streets, this is like a internal Mob fight for power, grab popcorn.
Another liar from the lying government
I don’t see a man who cares about his people Lifes as a weak man , he is a strong man if you can control your anger that makes you strong rether than to do something and regret later do you know how many Russian people have been killed? This is what the west and USA wanted , prigozhin is the one weak after the threats Putin made if he wasn’t scared he could have completed his mission as promised
pathetic!
Love listening to McFauls analysis.
Why? The guy has a track record of incompetence.
@Dan Spot on… He’s got NFI.,, Just another so called “Expert”
Lol rubbish.
Ugh, thought we were rid of Vlad…. Chuck Todd. Why’s he still here?
Because Wagner supports Vlad and was actually marching while publicly demanding Russia stops holding back and adopts a US/Iraq style mass bombing doctrine in Ukraine rather than relying on mercenaries.
Everything you see on American TV news is garbage. There was no “anti-Putin mutiny”.
These are the same people who told you Assad gassed his own people and that they were “rising up against him”. Then the leaks came out and it turned out the US was shuttling ISIS members into Syria and had allocated CIA funds to train them to fight against Syrians.
No one is above the law but when the new dictactorial ambitiouspersons formed and appear then the law is under their hands . There are eyes but blind , no ethic , no consciene their rights is over . Dictators is like that.
America stands with Russia
Most of the American humans I encounter in real life question our support for ukraine’s demented coup government, who strips people of voting rights based on ethnicity.
But online where AI chatbots and sheltered housewives rule… It’s all spam about “regime change”.
Reminds me a lot of the online zombies who believed “WMDs in Iraq” and “Assad gassing his own people for no reason”.
The smart ones, yes, but we are a dwindling minority
I never realized the Yanks were so ignorant about the world —the old phrase -Frogs in a well!
it’s intentional misinformation fed to the public via the government controlled MSM. The democrats are the only ones gullible enough to still believe our :::cough::: news is honest. Safe and effective, get your monthly boost! 😂
I never realied non yanks were so catty
NBC crap propaganda we are the mouthpiece for filthy neoconservatives.
That is why US and Nato need to boost on weapons supply and budget for Ukraine, now Putin on the lowest point because of internal crisis.
It was a Special Domestic Military Operation
Jets ladies and gentlemen.. send those now. Not in six months 😂😂
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What a jerk!
No more funds for Ukraine. They have been fighting there since the 1600’s. NATO and the US pushed for this war. TRUMP 2024.
McFool and his fantasies 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
scoreboard!
What a time. Where speculations are the news.
Wagner themselves said they’re demanding Russia increase its intervention in Ukraine… They believe Russia is holding back too much and forcing the militias to fight.
This is widely reported on Asian, Indian, Slavic, etc. news.
US corporate news: “It was a mutiny!”.
Don’t be foolish, this is misdirection, a diversion for the simpletons to cover for the Russian counter attack after the disastrous Ukrainian summer offensive. 25,000 Dead Ukrainians for zero gains.
yeah im sure assad is on his way out too. any day now. 🙄
His way out to lunch? yeah, maybe tomorrow I think it’s already passed lunchtime in Syria!
More like higher chance of nuclear weapons being used with Belarus gaining power.with them being the ones suggesting it.
Uhhh everywhere other than US TV news (Indian, Asian, Slavic, South American news and independent military analysts), they seem to agree Wagner was demanding that Russia escalate its intervention in Ukraine and that Russia wasn’t doing enough for the local militias.
On US TV news, it’s a “mutiny” and they’re against the war? Why is US TV news always opposite of all news from the outside world?
Where do these talking dead’s get their facts. Clearly bs.
This guy is supposed to be an expert on Russia and even though he was an ambassador for a full year he has made predictions that were wrong time and time again. It’s amazing that they keep bringing him on. The only thing he said that made any sense what is the question of why Putin allowed this problem to fester for several months now.
But if you think about it there’s not one Nager not one general not one legislator no group of people nobody went against Putin they all backed Putin in this I think he actually in some regards comes out more stable and there was no one in the country trying to seize the opportunity to overthrow him which indicates his popularity is actually for real.
Praying Putin is removed.
Why should he ?
Just leave it up to the war mongers of the USA …
Nobody cares what we do care about is Joe Biden and family kickbacks and department of Justice and FBI political corruption America wants to know
Could the episode regarding Prigozhin be a ruse? Effectively under cover of a ‘planned ‘ mutiny provide cover for Priaozhin to relocate to Belarus, reconstitute his forces for a march on Kyiv as a counter-counter offensive by Russian forces?
Wagner turned around in short order because Putin told him if he did not they would go after his commander’s families.
lol no. For one, an attack on Kyiv is a terrible idea, as was demonstrated in the initial Battle of Kyiv which was a bloody failure and retreat (when Z had far more troops). Secondly, Putin has been humiliated and permanently had his authority damaged. That simply isn’t a price worth paging as part of some dubious ‘ruse’
@Chris Yep, at that time it was just poorly led Russian soldiers. Wagner is not a good leader, but he did capture Bakhmut with prisoners earlier this year. Where Russian military failed, in Bakhmut as well getting as hung up on the road south out of Belarus at the start of the war, Priaozhin could deflect some of the Ukraine forces away from the East and South. A distraction to slow Ukraine’s progress. Not saying it will happen, but not discounting the possibility……lol all you want too…..hope I am wrong.
Washington can’t hide its corruption they need to feed the MSM a cover story
Talk about the Biden crime family.
Another sad, desperate attempt by fake news media and their clowns.
What happened to the big counteroffensive?? 🤣🤣🤡…
People with small hands are not to be trusted
BLAH,BLAH,BLAH😇😇😇😇😇😇
Here comes the latest narrative, from the liars at NBC! Next, they’re going to get Ukraine to use a dirty bomb or attack the nuclear power plant, then blame Russia because “they are weak.” It’s getting very predictable guys.
God save the Queen….man!!!! Let’s Go Bran-man!!! Yay!!! NBC!!! Yay!!!!
Prig might have been betrayed by individuals he was counting on to support him. no matter who’s behind that performance, it hurts the Russian’s leader reputation as a strong man with iron balls.
The fact that no one resisted the mercenaries!!!
I think Putin is confused somehow. Doesn’t know what to do, grasping at straws
Fake News Media and their globalist handlers so badly
wanted the rebellion to be a real thing.
Counteroffensive failed badly, only thing Ukraine destroyed was the Dam.,,,b
Fake news
It’s not bad that you dream.. Bad is that you made Russia, your enemy. And the enemy Russia gives military technology in China… This a real trouble in the future!
Wagner turned around because Putin told him if he did not then they would go after his commander’s families.
Ukraine is testing ground for the evils united states 🇺🇲 and the NATO 🇪🇺 American vassals terorist, Russia winning on the battlefield, united states propaganda winning NBC news.🇷🇺✌️🤣🤣🤣
That man said with smile that diplomats lie because this is the real world. He talk about wars, provocations that lead to the deaths of people with a smile. Liar.