Highlights from the profanity-laced conversation and Putin gets a new nickname, the ‘Lilliputian’ — On March 7th, a phone call between Iosef Prigozhin and Farkhad Akhmedov was intercepted. The call reveals an amazing behind-the-scenes look at how the Russian elite now regards Putin one year after his catastrophic mistake to invade Ukraine. Before we get to the call, though, let’s meet our “heroes.”