Former top investor in Russia details steps for Putin to retain power

SIGNIFICANT ENEMIES.; a a a a a SURVIVING VLADIMIR PUTIN'S ; a WRATH. BILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. I THINK I ACTUALLY WANT TO STAR; a COURSE OF THIS WEEKEND AND IN THE DAYS SINCE, I HAVE CONSTANTLY WONDERED WHEN IS THE CRACK DOWN HAPPENING. THERE'S NO WAY THAT YEVGENIY ; a a GO TO BELARUS OR GO TO AFRICA O; a . IS IT? >>

YEAH BASICALLY PUTIN CAN'T STAND -- HE CAN'T TOLERATE BEING ; a . a RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP IS LIKE THE ; a PSYCHOLOGY OF A PRISON YARD.; a IN ORDER FOR PUTIN TO HAVE BEEN; a a HAD TO BE THE -- SEEM TO BE THE; a MEANEST GUY IN THE PRISON YARD THE ONE THAT WOULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO ANYBODY WHO EVEN LOOKED AT HIM THE WRONG WAY. AND

YEVGENIY PRIGOZHIN DIDN'T JUST LOOK AT HIM THE WRONG WAY,; a MASSIVE, HUMILIATING WAY. IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION OF WHA; a a a WHO EITHER DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY ; a DECLARE LOYALTY TO PUTIN DURING THAT DAY OR WHO KEPT QUIET OR WHO PERHAPS WERE EVEN WORKING ON THE OTHER SIDE. IN MY OPINION, THE ONLY WAY THA; a HIM TO REASSERT HIS AUTHORITY ; a AGGRESSIVE, DANGEROUS AND

; a ARE LOYAL TO HIM. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A ; a HUGE SORT OF PURGE, CRACKDOWN, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, O; a THE ELITE, OF THE GOVERNMENT, OF THE MILITARY AND OF THE ; a REESTABLISH HIS AUTHORITY. ; a a CIRCLE OR CLOSE ADVISERS TO PRESIDENT PUTIN SIDE WITH ; a AT SOME POINT. WHY WOULD THIS BE A THREAT TO HIS

POWER IF NO ONE ELSE IS STANDING UP RIGHT NOW. >> WELL, BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON THAT PUTIN HAS BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN POWER IS THAT EVERYONE IS AND WHAT THIS SHOWED IS THAT YOU CAN BASICALLY -- A GROUP OF I ; a THINK IT WAS 8,000 MEN COULD DRIVE ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND TAK; a OVER ROSTOV, A MAJOR MILITARY ; a . THE PEOPLE TOOK

SELFIES WITH THEM AND HUGGED THEM. AND SO IF PUTIN CAN'T EXERT HIS; a POWER BY JUST EXISTING, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN OTHER PEOPLE WILL ; a SAY, LOOK, THIS IS A VERY PROFITABLE JOB TO HAVE TO BE TH; a . YOU CAN GET HUNDREDS OF BILLION; a . THERE'S A HUGE INCENTIVE FOR ANYBODY TO HAVE A GO AT HIM.; a a WILL HAVE A GO.

THAT IS THE -- IT'S THE ; a a THERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, UNLESS H; a AGAIN AS THE SCARIEST, MOST ; a . >> I WAS STRUCK YESTERDAY FORME; a COLLEAGUE POPPY, DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE POSSIBILITY ; a THAT PUTIN COULD TURN THIS TO ; a DO YOU THINK THAT'S OVERSTATING HIS 23 YEARS OF ABILITY TO DO SUCH THINGS GIVEN WHAT WE SAW OVER THE COURSE OF

THE LAST FOU; a DAYS? >> WELL, WHAT I KNOW ABOUT PUTI; a a . STUFF HAPPENS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A DAY, A WEEK, A MONTH MIGHT GO BY, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT PUTIN IS NOW SITTING THERE; a a a a ORGANIZE AND JUSTIFY A MASSIVE CRACKDOWN. AND IT WOULDN'T BE UNUSUAL.; a WE SAW THE SAME THING WITH ; a ERDOGAN IN TURKEY, COUP ATTEMPT

MADE AGAINST HIM. HE ARRESTED EVERYBODY IN SIGHT.; a a . PEOPLE HE DIDN'T TRUST. AND I'M ALMOST CERTAIN THAT ; a . IF HE DOES DO THAT, IF HE TAKES; a a FURTHER, THEN HE MAY VERY WELL ; a a RUSSIAN SITUATION THAN HE HAD ; a BEFORE. IT COULD ALSO GO THE OTHER WAY.; a OF REALLY DRAMAT