Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin taking over the Kremlin in his rebellion would have been “worse” than Russian President Vladimir Putin remaining in power, according to Former British Commander Richard Kemp.
“I think the other contenders in – potential contenders that we know about in Moscow to take over from Putin are no better than him,” he told Sky News host Rowan Dean.
“I think those people can bring down Putin and think everything will be great – I think that’s far from the reality.”
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