Former KGB officer says Putin's grip on power 'almost nonexistent'

Former KGB officer Yuri Shvets joins CNN's Jim Acosta to react to the crisis unfolding in Russia following the Wagner insurrection.
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[lionheart]

Actually, Russia is ruled by fear not by Putin.

[yammt]

Prig is gonna be checking his cars, food, clothes, phones, beds and everything else for the rest of his life. He publicly called Putin a liar to his own people. That won't be forgotten.

[kimkristensen]

The best inside information heard so far

[birdmanne]

His grip on power in non existent yet no one has overthrown him.

[FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-ztkf]

"Intelligence community saw it coming." Hell, I saw it and I'm just some shlub with an internet connection.

[НатаКрива-щи]

Юрій Борисович, дякуємо за Ваш безцінний внесок в перемогу України 🇺🇦

[donhancock]

" Digs a hole and stays there as long as possible". That's a good description of Putin!

[lynnkayee]

"Let's not humiliate Putin."
Putin has humiliated his own damn self.

[alt_wespe]

>2021: Russia has the second best army in the world
>2022: Russia has the second best army in Ukraine
>2023: Russia has the second best army in Russia

well played, Mr Putin

[BronzDano]

It never fails. Someone gains unimaginable power, power goes to head, greed sets in, craves more power more influence, overreaches, all falls apart, then BAM you end up in the history books for the worst modern military blunder of recent memory, if not all time 🤷🏽‍♂️

[daddy]

Wagner was 200 kilometres away from Moscow and then turned back, why? Because they had no intention on ever taking control to begin with. They wanted money!

[Keeganshero]

I mean, he might not have a grip on it, but the fact that nobody would want to put a grip on that complete mess of a nation for so long will always help him to keep his job.

[MyChannel-vmdw]

There's no way the coup guy doesn't end up "accidentally" falling out a window from a tall building after all this.

[jeffbarron]

Vlad is like the bully kid in school, that just got owned by the kid in the wheelchair while playing dodge ball

[adamb]

3:35 Wow, the Russian military strategy of digging holes and waiting to die extends all the way to the top.

[maskedmarvyl]

I really wish he hadn't interrupted the ex KGB officer in the middle of explaining what is happening.

[nargizk]

YOU ARE "ALMOST NONEXISTENT"😂

[johnbui]

Let's not humiliate Putin...Proceeds to discussion about how humiliating this is for Putin 😂

[lexschinkel]

Somebody is telling us exactly what we want to hear. Being somewhat of an expert on the loose relationship between the average Russian and the truth I wouldn't take the words of the ex-KGB guy too seriously.
No judgement, just stating facts. This isn't a western culture.

[Aceshooting]

History buffs will wonder what happened for years. And aging intelligence community employees cannot wait to retire so they can write a book or do an interview about what actually happened.