the, the printer to the newsletter from berlin, russian of toner, to stay at the most prominent opposition figure. i like to say nevada mate is dead . the prison service says nevada. these died of opinion called a nearby who was subbing a 19 year sentence. quantity does express that outrage at the reports of debt of letting me put into fits as protects and germany and ukraine signed a long term security agreement. and there's more have for the fight against the russian invasion. both governments say it's an important step forward. the,

i'm going to expand it to welcome to the program, alternatives and rochelle. save the jigging, the opposition leader alexei, nevada. a has died. the federal prison service says nevada. me felt unwell. i lost consciousness of total walk, a statement, certified, emetics stripe. the results that are your term without success, the valleys office said they have been informed of his death and the lawyer is on the way to the jail. the permanency as president vladimir fulton has been informed of for the 7 year old nevada. these device do not lose a form almost the correspondent emily shopping is with me in the studio. emily welcom, do we have any other source? any other alternative? besides the russian prison service that is confirming nevada these death to so far, we don't have any other sources. as you say,

the prisons service said that he collapse and that he is dead to me to pick off the kremlin spokes person has said that doctors are looking into this. so that gives us kind of a partial indirect confirmation as it were. but, and i explained that by these allies themselves, the need volkoff, for example, one of his most prominent allies has said that the family in a bind, his family has not received confirmation of his desk yet. and they also said that i'm not buying these lawyer is now on his way to the penal colony in the arctic to independently confirm what's happening. can you talk to is a bit about the timing of these reports of his death or his death. i'm just doing the bidding official confirmation, the timing of, of, of this news coming as it does just about a month before restaurant goes to the pals as well. uh, i would say this is kind of a watershed moment. uh, that's at least how many uh, in the off position uh, many of alexi, nevada,

these allies are reading it. and of course, as you say, it is significant that it's just a of almost exactly one month before the russian presidential elections in march. um, because you know, like say, nevada's e was one of, or is, was one of the most vocal critics of vladimir putin. he talked about but him to put into government as a mafia regime. he found as an anti corruption foundation, you know, publishing investigations into various high level politicians and to put in himself and his inner circle and, and, and he's a really significant figure for the opposition. so i think this timing, you know, is significant it and it shows that the criminal is certainly doesn't want um, any, any opposition figures around. can you talk to us a bit about the alexa and about me, the politician and the way he was when it came to him being in russia and his

political activism? the so the, the opposition in russia has always been kind of play by in fighting. and it was really only artic say now by me who kind of has united the opposition behind him in part or especially because he actually was poisoned most probably by the kremlin itself. back in 2020 with a nerve agent now the truck. and he then returned in 2021 to russia, despite many people's fears that he would be arrested and perhaps then killed by the kremlin in prison. his allies, of course, are now saying that that is exactly what has happened and, and, and if it is true, then as i say one month ahead of the elections, this shows the kremlin doesn't want to tolerate any more opposition. and that in

a sense, even from the arctic, this opposition leader from so far away from moscow was still a threat to the kremlin, talked about the life of alexa, nevada, and particularly, you know, this boy's name for richard was admitted to a shot at the hospital in berlin, and then in 2021, he goes back to rush. i immediately arrested all these cases against him. and now this news, the fair hearing, what does all of these tell us about the russian regime? well i think i, this is alex a now by me was killed by the kremlin, which is what critics now are saying. of course we can confirm that we may never find out. and then this is, as i said, kind of a watershed moment. it's certainly the kremlin showing that no more opposition will be tolerated in the country. there seems to have been some differing ahead of the elections about whether perhaps an anti war candidate could be on the bat ballot

buddies and ideas and almost was registered on a candidate then wasn't. it seems that the kremlin has now decided that no opposition will be tolerated, that no anti war opinions can be tolerated any more. and i think that, you know, is a signal also to any critical voices who have remained within russia, that there could be another crack down call me leave it there for the time being. emily 7, thanks very much for coming into the studio for that election of ali was the most prominent russian not position figure out. here's a closer look at his life and resistance to pull trans flush out. it didn't take long for a next a nobel need to become brushes, leading opposition, figure out which is high profile. i'm good. the state, the former lawyer was regularly arrested and jail for his anti corruption campaigns . he also facing numerous criminal, proves including embezzlement,

charges which eventually led to a conviction. he and his supporters always maintained the charges. what politically motivated in 2017, a bony run in the most go, merrill election, his 2nd place galvanized to supportive. and in 2016, he said he'd stand for president against vladimir putin of his growing political profile only and 2 more enemies. he faced a tax like this one as an apple in southern russia. a year later he was hospitalized off to being hit with green chemical died, leaving him almost blind in one eye. novelle me was fod from running against boots in in the 2018 election because of his embezzlement

conviction. but nothing could still pin from campaigning against the president and russian corruption not even frequent arrests in december 2019 also it sees re duties unto corruption foundation office b s b k the following july he was forced to shut it down. you might mention, this is not an emergency drill f b k as closing quite a boost and then a month later came the poisoning inside. barea. no bony was left in a coma. don't is believe he's swallowed poisoned, won't drinking tea. he was eventually floating to by then where he spent several weeks and intensive cash conformation that it was a chemical attack caused

a diplomatic standoff with moscow. the kremlin denied it had anything to do with the assassination attempt the most, all sorts of my last thing. 3rd can do is put a large blackout on the kremlin, which says alexi, please, under no circumstances returned back home. no about coming to germany was not my choice. it's a cool country, but i'm not here on my own freewill. i'm here because they tried to kill me up with the beats. despite the risks in january 2021, alexei nearby only flew back to russia and was immediately arrested price as took place across the country. to officials quickly stumped out. there was supposed to put the kremlin christian, it wouldn't be signed,

and it should be the book. within days of his arrest, his team released a pre recorded video in which he claimed to puts in dunlab fish secret palace worth of billions, alleging it was all financed by tax payers. money must go to 9th, the claims. but the story quickly went viral. some way security yet to more proof of the political need to influence and appeal dodge, he continued to manage the opposition movement. he funded from behind bob's resulting in f. a longer jail times. by august 2023, he'd been sentenced to move in such he is his supporters convinced the russian states had finally succeeded in financing its most but cool critic. and we'll have more uh, on the election of on these tests when we have more information about that. but

moving on now and germany has pledged another 1100000000 euros to have ukraine johnson that shows me the announcement alongside one of the meetings and landscapes yet in berlin. charles says it's a message to russia. the germans support for ukraine will not waive up the new funds adds to 28 in new orleans that germany has already promised belinda, but also supplied military equipment. charlton zalinski signed a long term security product against future russian aggression to both me to say it's an important step forward in yellow. i know that today we're taking a historically step forward to them to let us presidents landscape myself that has intensive and have signed an agreement on our long term 6. your a t pledges and the documents must off cannot be a splotch, long over estimate in terms of live. it's the significance of the independence ukraine will continue to be supported by germany in its defense against the

russian wolf, aggression. as long as it turns, as i've been saying, if i say i'm going to support our ukraine's partners in their effort to build up modern forces in order to repel any future taken should. and not that russian to attend the tech integration kind of about in the future. we have agreed upon d to support the defined on the lease agreement with germany is all about providing support which has a volume of more than 7000000000 of military assistance. 7 put in your ost, that is and there are very clear conditions, laid down and disagreement. there are various moments that verify that russia is responsible for all the wall cry. instead, we're committed and you, crane. and each of these will crunch is going to be punished, which is just justified. and just the sanction also talks about sanctions

against russia. and then it also mentions the frozen assets of russia in various countries frozen in various countries and every country. so to know that these assets can be used for defense purposes and for reconstruction purposes, a small uh, drawing nob id, the house or who was at that price conference. good to see you. and you know, we come through what was discussed in the best conference when it comes to russia and ukraine. but both, he does also mention the depth of like say, nevada, me, what did they say? well, the news broke, as we were assisting that, waiting for the leaders to turn up for that press conference. and now one thing that his target deal of security cooperation. so essentially a very good day for germany and ukraine and then use broad setting volunteers. indeed that i'm both leaders commented, all i've started said that he was a debit stays,

as he knows. and i've only in passing the met him when he was being treated in berlin at the hospital after he was poisoned. and, and so this does go beyond the political message or so it said it is of a personal matter that we're now seeing what kind of a regime we're dealing with in russia and, and that at the time he actually spoke to in the volume the about his courage about his plans to return to russia, and the last charge said that pneumonia has now probably paid for this cartridge with his life and that russia has long stopped being a democracy. the ukranian president said the lady may uprooting, doesn't cat who dies and that he has killed navarro the now we of course we have no confirmation as to the medical calls, but at the you train, your president was very clear that this is something that i didn't put in, we'll have to be held accountable for creating president as an ascii was invalid, and to show up

a support for ukraine's war against the russian aggression. did the presidency lensky, get what he wanted as well? they're both very hesitant when he comes a big was a, the training president and the german chancellor. but they both spoke of a historic agreement and it is something where the formalizing the support, the germany. it has already been given ukraine from the last 2 years in the defense against russian aggression. but this is also going be young. that is a deal with the signing a long term support package, essentially. so they steal, consists of 3 pillows, mainly dom you will continue providing military aid and help you train, train and soldiers. it's set for as the 2nd point. it will also help you train build up a resilient army so that it can, in the long term, withstand dressing regression. and then the set point is, if all of that fails, then germany will help you cream, send of any future russian addressing that could occur even in

a post war scenario. but what it does not entail is that german soldiers would come to ukraine's depends on the ground. both eaters also mentioned that the support from the united states, how bodied is presidency landscape, and the chancellor sold that to the u. s. a support. good start to wayne of the while. the fear is tends to bully the situation on the front lines is of course an extremely critical one on ukraine, dogs risk losing some of its territory to rest. if a good and with the us a package was a 56000000000 euros being held up in congress at the moment. well actually it's actually address the congress pledge, pleading with them to help ukraine because base is not just about helping a small country defend itself. this is about european security as a whole and everybody knows that it is going to be extremely difficult if not

impossible, without us money. we leave it there for the time being. get up is nina has a thanks so much for joining us. let's have to keep next and get the reaction from the deed of those need. connelly is on the line. make uh was it a good day or for president dimansky? did he get what he wanted as well? i think this is a significant step forward. and if we just take a kind of a trip down memory lane, if you think to the beginning of the war when germany was criticized, not just in ukraine, but across europe for offering this country helmets rather than me styles or tanks that has changed jimmy. now, the 2nd biggest supports of ukraine in terms of ministry age behind the us. some of the us currently filtering, potentially the biggest, i think this is definitely something that will be welcomed here. it's still far away from the gold standard, which is full and they to a membership people here and ukraine still believe in that article 5 of nature, that collective security guarantee. even if we've had donald trump questioning whether would actually happen in practice. but certainly this is also about

improving those relations, those relations between sholtes and zalinski. what great is being the world much more metabolized with many with michael and paris for instance. so i think so, so about finally getting rid of those last memories of tensions in the 1st year of the war, trying to plan for the future, trying to get more certainty about when that money is going to come in. when those sliver is going to come and also reminding i think his german who's buying those doors that will do, they've built our building a new factory to produce shelves. it will have to happen foster and the ukraine and the soldiers. the front lines caught wait for bureaucratic procedures in european capitals. they need those shows now and those. so it goes on the front line of facing the might of roger. and the war admittedly, isn't going the way ukraine planned to go at this stage. is that a fear in keys that unless you creating show significant gains on the battlefield, support from its allies in the west could potentially be lucky i think certainly there was always a perception hearing key of that new crane has to be seen to be

a window to be lucky to be thinking outside the box to keep that attention from the outside world. i think that is potentially more relevant for the us, which of the much, by the way in which has a whole host of other problems, especially in the asia pacific region. i think the europe, it is clear that this is the biggest call, click on your up, still sits in your up. this is a city key of where i'm sending. now that is only just over a 1000 kilometers as the crow flies from bullying. so i think there's less worry about the tension filtering. it's more about tardiness and bureaucratic that impediments getting in the way of, you know, producing those weapons for you. great. in a hurry. but certainly i think that, that those pieces are being sold slowly. and as president landscape was meeting chancellor schultz here in berlin, news of alexa, nevada, these depth broke. and i wanted to ask you about that because you met alexa and nevada. me as i understand, nick bethany, tell us more about that. and the reactions to nevada is deaf in ukraine. so i

interviewed him twice, the 1st time back in 2008. back then i took about an hour whose time and did see was never published because people thought, well this is just some of the russian activist forwarded to games. thing about him . he was already saying the same things that he has been saying in recent years as far back as them and someone who passed up on a very looks of career as a corporate lawyer to do politics 1st year basically uh, having to pay with these kind of comfort in his daily life, being harrison russia and more or less of the with his freedom. then when i interviewed him again about 10 years later in russia still, he was obviously a politician who had a worldwide reputation, who media wants to talk to but was still talking about the same things and who was still carrying on. and then obviously we will remember him being treated in berlin studies, the hospital for that and of agent poisoning. and the decision most has to be off to that, to return to russia in spite the rest, the, he knew full well as a man who was very charismatic, who was very kind of both right. but also was willing to take risks. i like most of the rest of the politicians,

were you now leave it there for the time being. the thanks so much for joining us. date of the candidate from and the news of alexa and of all these death is also ripping through. this is munich, security conference where dozens of posley does a gathering. there's a packed agenda also dominated by was in gaza and a ukraine. tensions overtime on donald trump's possible return to the white house and the global economy would similarly be up almost in the be those mines. and now you have, you had reaction to the news of the report of death of alexi and the valley from archie for the taking editor. mckayla is now at the munich security conference as well. there is a real sense of salt here. and we so the opening of as the meeting security conference actually stopped with so, so far as getting the director of the m. s. c. mentioning that i'd say now valley had died. he said only a few minutes ago on saying that the thoughts of everybody were with his wife is

also here in munich, actually unto it children. i spoke to an analyst too who reads a lot into the timing of this stuff. says he doesn't believe that this was not a deliberate signal to well be just gathering here at the munich security conference. so we don't want to go down. are you kind of rabbit total for 10? so theories here, but it is, is striking a co incidence. that's news of obviously not found, the sued come just as the does gab a here with russ a deliberately not invited to you. not once is asked the global table, which is the to resolve these many conflicts. ukraine now town towering high over this. but of course, also the conflict in the middle east, so it's a collective sense of salt kids, but not of discipline the so that this happens mikaela, it does help to find the, i suppose, arguably, any, a russian politician who was so loud in the west as a alexa and a vanity was,

and i wonder what the attendees of the municipality conference have told you about . what that means for russia are going forward on the vladimir putin. well this is essentially seen as the yes and now the sign of the decisiveness with where it says that my food and wants to disengage completely of the german foreign minister, actually in the, in the tweet on x before she headed to she's on the way here right now i said that i'll explain the volume, the pigeon lies the free, so it was for free and democratic russell like few others. and that, that is the very reason why he died. investor thoughts were with his comedy. so many of the message is being received to that. this is rasa. coughing yet more ties and to let seeing any kind of illusion that there might be some goodwill

. a good faith on the russian side. if operate. is there any soul searching? uh, perhaps uh, amongst delegates down on the west of nations vickers uh, when alexi, nevada, we went back to russia. they have a really unable to influence the russian government at all as to when it came to how he was featured in prison. well, the entire conflict, the attack on ukraine is the proof if anyone needed is that there is no insurance in vasa at this moment in time. i think it will be very interesting to hear what the chinese foreign minister says you're on south today, who wouldn't condemn about who directly in the pos, but it also signed a sending so that he makes signals being an ally of law. so, but at the same time, not wanting any more conflict, this is clearly also how to sign these interests. so that will be

a very interesting voice to listen to here. but as you said, i'll explain of on the deliberate, the last the safety of germany and went back to russia. so 2 people are surprised that this is how his life was tragic. be taken from him by the russian, receive rudy. that is clearly sending a message if anybody needed it. that engagement with ross as though not just difficult, it probably is not very constructive at this point in time for you to leave it there for the time being. the thanks so much joining us do the lose the cheese political editor joining us from the body shop off the venue of the municipality conference. i thanks much. not quicker thought i had some other stories making headlines at this moment to the left. russia has started a new trial against veteran rights activists like our last ease facing up to 5 years in prison for criticizing the invasion of ukraine or law. because one of the

few high profile president critics was not caught and seen inside or in prison. great. britain's opposition, liberal faulty has picked up to new seats in bi election, wins over the routing conservatives. i mean, what candidates won the contest by wide margins of the say the results suggest labor is on cost. when mesh them and mentions later this year, and the thousands of indian farmers have gathered on the outskirts of denny to demand guaranteed minimum price for their crops, debt relief, and policy reforms. they began bossing towards the company with the column of tractors and trucks. and this week, i thought of these have placed patios, nails and other heavy machine duty along the highways to stop and i don't mind to know if i'll stop story of this uh, the russian prison services meeting opposition figure out, i'll explain the bottom. it has died the announcements at nevada, the died,

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