June 26, 2023
Prigozhin ‘could come back like Napoleon’ to take Putin down
“How long will it take for this wounded leader to be taken down in another way, or by Prigozhin, who might come back like Napoleon.”
Putin’s show of ‘weakness’ will leave the Russian leader ‘vulnerable,’ says Jim Townsend, former deputy secretary of defence for Europe and Nato under Obama.
Watch the full interview from Times Radio.
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