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Does the Wagner chief鈥檚 reported death strengthen the Russian president?

Lyse, Vitaly and journalist Gabriel Gatehouse unpick the latest developments surrounding Wednesday's plane crash, and the presumed death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group.

And Kremlin critic Bill Browder suggests that Prigozhin鈥檚 presumed death is 鈥渢he beginning of the purge鈥� and gives an insight of what it鈥檚 like to be a marked man in Moscow.

Today鈥檚 episode is presented by Lyse Doucet and Vitaly Shevchenko.

The producers were Sam McLaren, Josh Jenkins, Beth Rose and Ivana Davidovic. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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