Putin's Invisible Overnight in Moscow

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Vladimir Putin is in Moscow but we don't know exactly where that's not information they would normally share common sense suggests that when you've had an earthquake like this the leader of the country should be reassuring his country men. The last time he appeared was Saturday morning Moscow time which is two days ago and all of these developments have unfolded with no direct word from him so yes it's very unusual as this coup attempt or whatever it was was unfolding.

Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from hot dog seller to top chef to Russia’s leading mercenary. Journalist Paul Wood and Harvard’s Timothy Colton explain why he turned on Vladimir Putin this weekend.

This episode was produced by Siona Peterous and Hady Mawajdeh with help from Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd with help from Cristian Ayala, and hosted by Noel King.

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