or the, this is the w news live from berlin pollutant killed my husband, alexis, of all these widow calls out the russian president in an emotional video. usually in the bonia vows to carry on the kremlin, critics fight and says that russian authorities are hiding his body to cover up his murder in prison. also coming up 5 more years, germany's are still the found a line announces that she is ready to run for another term is europe and commission president w, looks back on for 10 years so far. plus the front lines of the this information war we will speak with lots. he is culture minister about countering kremlin propaganda

. the sarah kelly. welcome to the program. uli nevada, the widow of russian opposition leader, alexi, nevada. the has accused vladimir putin of killing her husband and vowed to continue his work. in the video posted on social media platform x, she calls on supporters to resist bruton and to fight for a free russia. it has been 3 days since russian authorities announced novalis death . so far they have prevented his family and allies from seeing his body. it is, it gets a video eulley and about, and i said she didn't want to make calling out the russian president vladimir putin for murdering her husband to do that in the days since alexis, of all these death, if his wife has made it clear, she won't be intimidated into silence, he'll find me all kinds of thinking as well as the mid 3 days ago flooding there.

poor tim killed my husband. i'll exceed the volume with him. killed the father of my children's voice and took away the dearest thing. i had the closest and most beloved this russian authorities have so far refused to hand over and of all these body to his family. his mother went to the investigative office near the prison where her son died to get his body and left empty handed. a kremlin spokesperson condemned and of all my statements and said, the death was being investigated according to law. and of all my calls at a cover up for a 2nd poisoning of her husband. after an attempt to kill him with the nerve agent, nova chuck failed in 2020 would like to see in the mean uncovered refresh and then now hiding his body not showing it to his mother or given it to her and pathetically line and waiting for the traces of most which is lovely, choked to disappear, which call me at moscow as well. of grief. mourners have left bouquets and messages

for lexi, and i've only in the snow. the sight commemorates victims of soviet repression in an environment where it's dangerous to show public grief earned of all the it's the closest thing to an official memorial for the opposition leader and the volume is widow you. the volunteer has just finished a meeting with a policy chief and foreign ministers in brussels. the tox. com is the you consider is what further sanctions it can take against russia in the wake of her husband's desk, the east foreign policy chief joseph puerto said that it was vital that whatever action is taken, both honors move only and continues his work. as we have to send a message for the russian or physician and to they are now much finale. and they know that the honda is memory with proposing ministers to rename our human rights sanctions regime with whose name and call it not only human rights

sanctions regime in order for his name to be forever written on the work of the union in defending human rights dw corresponding christine, one wise, following the developments in brussels. so christine, we understand that there have been calls for further sanctions on russia over nevada and these death. what more can you tell us about whether that might translate into some meaningful action? sarah, the is currently discussing associates a package of sanctions against russia for the invasion of ukraine and coming into today's missing a number of member states are in support of imposing sanctions. those of the day is off and makes a the fall knee. we know, for instance we, you, we, we were just listening to the use chief diplomat over this on foreign policy, joseph for out. he said that who to the letting me pollution and the regime should be held accountable for the death of 5. also it looks 8 and the phone in the cost

of the european union has targeted individuals of the he's a risk between $21.00 for example, and is this likely that they will target institutions like the present system? we've got to handle that and individuals operating in that system, they will be targeted with trouble bands. and as it freezes, many member states put the blame of, sold the at the hands and feet off of letting me put in. but he is not likely to be sanctioned by the european union. instead, these will be most symbolic sections targeted against individuals working in and around institutions like the present system in russia and the volumes, widow eulley and a volley of what, what can you tell us about her meetings today with e foreign ministers? sarah, she's had a number of meetings here. she began with of course, the foreign affairs council, that is all the 274 in minnesota, is where she spent about 20 minutes with them. she then went onto means of the e use counsel,

presidential and michelle. of that meeting. last is about 10 minutes. and then she's had a number of bilaterals lined up. i know she's mixed with the belgian fragments to for example, this is a woman taking the message to, to leaders and officials here that she wants to continue her husband's work. they were pleased to have an opportunity to personally convey a message of condolence to, to show supports and emphasize with her at, at this moment of time and her brief. but she's here to deliver a message about how the opposition civil society in russia can be supported. it's often meeting with the, the foreign ministers bureau said in a, in a, in a post on x as that the, you would continue to support civil society as well. as media in independent media in russia, he w correspond to christine. wonderful, thank you. the european commission president ursula found the line has announced that she will run for

a 2nd term since taking over and 2019. she loved the block through brags at the cove of 19 pandemic and russia's invasion of ukraine. the german conservative is widely expected to win the packing of most e u countries. she launched her bed a short while ago in berlin, stomachs to foreign with fresh, and it was back then as to whether i could imagine for coming president of the european commission. i immediately said, yes, intuitively. i said today, 5 years later, i'm making a very conscious and consider a decision, but i would like to it on for the 2nd the next to me. so i'm to try to, i'm sites about she's present to international prominence during her time is a commission president. and here's a look at her time and office and what challenges lie had as a history maker. and the trailblazer a sort of on the line became the 1st woman president of the european commission in 2019. the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in europe.

the selection came as a surprise to many, not to form a prime minister like many of her pre discusses, but a struggling defense minister in the german government of angled, a mackerel, possible with the 2022. and the forbes list closed on the line and the most powerful woman in the world. and again in 2023. so won't go to the whole commission proposed the world's most. i'm vicious climate laws spearheaded b. e u successful cove advice seeing procurement program heavily supported ukraine until tough against china. those successes haven't won over all of the members of the european parliament. those who will have a chance to belong to a 2nd time. she is like the champion of announcements of making allowances, big announcements, beautiful words, a wonderful headlines, but in the end, c is fall in, charlotte has fall and so on. let's stop thinking about not the good night most of nationally. so please one, the lie and don't forget that because sometimes i think you forgot to beat somebody

. you politicians, even, i sorry to have sense of right? the political family all around her side. she has in press the on me and on this with the screens in many ways she's being strong and committed for 95 years. us live on the line has lived in an apartment inside the european commission headquarters in brussels. she may want to stay there. but she won't go unchallenged, and the decision on whether she remains will essentially be made by the leaders of the governments office of the european elections in june. now earlier we spoke with our brussels correspondent bound to regard and asked him to remind us why the post of the european commission president. so important to the commission, the president is the most powerful jobs that he you has to offer. and the quotes of the most complex job, the commission president is setting the agenda, is proposing all regulations and she's also the guardian of the treaty. she has to

make sure that the 27 member states follow the rules. and so she has to broke a lot of compromise and she's also in the international phase of your, of the, you, in many instances. why does she want a 2nd term? what are her main priorities? spell it was on the line said today in berlin that she has develop even more compassion for europe. and the last 5 years she was managing many crisis, the colored crisis, the biggest one of them. and now she sees unfinished business. she bonds to tech of the threats against europe, to re organize, defends, and to overcome the boy against ukraine. so she says there's a lot to be done and she wants to do that. she's a kind of a work order. she could retire over 65, but she wants to carry on until she's 70. i was hor, her competitors. so mission president i was installed, then compared no known competitor so so far and that is due to

a very complex system. the commission president is actually selected by the heads of states and government of the 27 member states and then needs and a confirmation by the european parliament that will be elected in june. so they, i know open a competitive she is now the front runner for the biggest group in parliament. and, and the 2nd biggest group, the socialist don't have a chance actually. and that their candidate among commissioner from next book will be selected. and it's not sure that she will be selected because set of states and government of free to choose whoever the one to 5 years ago that they had the fund a line. she was a surprise, a candidate by then and the so it's, it's not very clear that she has a position, but that chances are quite road because she's regarded as a good president by most of the heads of states and government accept hungry victo

all button. the prime minister in budapest is the opposing her and t ones of cause a prize for a green in the end and, and batch. i mean there's been so much said of, of growing for our rights sentiment ahead of june's european parliament elections. and i'm just wondering if, what is also being said about how this might impact who leads the you going forward? for the last step in the selection of the commission, president would be a vote in parliament and to confirm her. and the rising populace could make that more difficult to organize the majority, but they are far from a majority. so it's most likely that was the, from the line to prevail. boundary good and brussels. thank you. now the threat posed by russian, this information campaigns has been in the spotlight ever since. the united states accused moscow of interfering in the 2016 presidential election following russia's

full scale invasion of ukraine. western concerns over the kremlin propaganda have grown. one of the country's most susceptible to russian. this information is it's baltic neighbor lot fia, which is home to a large russian speaking minority, even before rushes invasion of ukraine. lafayette band, some 20 russian media outlets. russian tv channels are still accessible via the internet and satellite. lafayette is a former soviet republic, and it's now a member of the european union and nato. it has expressed concerns about a possible attack from russia. what to enter more impressions, this information efforts we are joins now here in the studio by agnes and laguna. she is the lot the and culture minister. thank you so much for your time. and for joining us here on dw, and is thank you for having me and it's a pleasure to be here. i would just like to ask for 1st, for your quick reaction to our top story today, we have been hearing from alexis,

of all these widow who she has place to blame for her husband's death, very squarely on russian president vladimir putin. do you share that assessment? yes, very much and that's also what our president we have some cabbage has headset on social media that to the valley is in fact killed by kremlin. and i would like to, as i would like to add that to the volume is just to the most recent case in a rather long list of put into a position killed by, by his forces. and we're seeing the information that has been coming out of russia, right? because, i mean, the family has been blocked now from seeing the body they are trying to, to get access. how are you viewing? how russia is framing the story to the outside world into its own domestic public. um, i think that it is very important to, to really keep in mind that this is not the 1st case that there's something like this happens that the kremlin is dealing with the, with the very opposite opponents of the way that they know how,

which is by killing them, and we need to keep in mind abroad that indeed the volume is the most recent case in rather long list of, of such feelings and starting with unopposed cosca version and so of a few years ago. and others who were killed by kremlin and the, the message that we need to send out is a, is a strength. that's the only language that, uh, that to put in and his regime can understand. and the only way how we can send out the message of strength and the show that we are as western world, where our strong is by supporting ukraine and making sure that russia loses in your great information. and this information is disseminated in so many languages. no matter which country is coming from or you know which actor it's coming from. but i'd like to ask you specifically about your large russian minority that you have in your country and, and when they're hearing stories, for example, from russia about the government or perhaps about the volunteer staff,

for example. how are they affected and what are your concerns? me in that regard. first things 1st of russian minority and love is not a fume homogenous group. it's a, it's a large group of people, those the various values. a lot of them are very of a glad to live in a democratic free independent country. it was free independent media and the way we're strengthening latter is by making sure that our media stays free, independent and accessible to everybody. there's, there's sorry, there's also a number number of initiative on the level as well. how, how are you then working also with your, with the, the, you as a counterpart in order to combat this information that we're working very closely. because there are a lot of things that we can do only on the, on a glow on a european level. such as making sure that the russian propaganda is not spread abroad because of course, so we live, we live a,

we know very well the worst starts with the information war. and that the people's minds is the 1st frontier of, of information were and we need to make sure that people have access to independent information. that is objective. that is the editorial a text and that is free. and we need to make sure that they're not the disruption propaganda is not freely accessible everywhere, and that is a lot of work that we have to do together. and we're happy that to that our colleagues and their european level also see that and, and our adar agreeing with us you as a country in the baltics you were out front from the very beginning, very long time ago with regard to russian aggression in the region how good are they at this? how good are they at this information and how, how high is your concern right now?

mm hm. um, we always have the felt the, this information is a very serious threat and that we have to counter it by making sure that the societies media literacy is high. we need to very much invest in media literacy. we also need to invest in uh, making sure that our legislation is up to date. we live in the areas that is going to be marked by a i as well. we need to have legislation on a i because this is another tool that can be used by people who are not democratic in their um, in their ways and that are not fond of democracy. and they will use it to, to make sure that the elections that we have this year are the last democratic elections. and we have to be very, very aware of that. and this is, this is a very serious threat. so we lodge, we have a very much know that we are aware of that and we are taking all the necessary steps in order to strengthen our media escape. and we just passed this month this,

this year in january. we've passed the law that is going to merge them last man, states live in public television and radio. so we're going to to degrade one new entity of, of merge to television and radio, which will help to consolidate the 1st and fighting of this information. thank you so much for joining us here to tell us a little bit more about those efforts and messa logging. as we mentioned, you are the left hand minister of culture. we appreciated. thank you so much for having me. now russia says that it has taken full control. meantime of the eastern ukrainian town of, of def, after ukraine pulls out its troops on saturday. this footage you're about to see now is from russian state media showing russian soldiers occupying the now ruined former industrial hub. in the don't boss region. moscow has claimed that ukraine's

retreat was so rushed and poorly planned that some ukrainian forces were left behind. ukraine's military has acknowledged casualties during the withdrawal, but says that the situation is stable, taking a deep cut as moscow's biggest weight on the battlefield, since the capture of the city of buck moved in may. here is look at some of the stories making headlines. thousands of people have been killed in pop of new guinea near the town of wal bag, about 600 kilometers north west of the capital port moresby. the victims are believed to be tribal fighters, who were ambushed by arrival group authorities are declining additional security personnel to the regions. paris is most famous, landmark has closed its doors. as it staff goes on stripe for one more day. the employees want a salary increase and improved maintenance of the monument. this is their 2nd strike. within 2 months, the eiffel tower attracts nearly $7000000.00 visitors

a year. israel says that brazil's president luis ignacio is the sofa, is no longer welcome in the country unless he retracts his comments likening the war against mos militants in gaza to the nazi genocide during world war 2. made the remarks that an african union summit in ethiopia on sunday. a b u has approved the naval mission and the red sea to protect commercial ships from attacks by governments from the militants. the attacks have forced some major shipping companies to avoid the area in favor of longer and costly. around 5, e u. member states have confirmed that they will take part in the mission of israel has set a deadline for its long plan, defensive against the city of rasa and south gaza. retired army general benny gone . se member of the country. his work cabinet says that israel's troops will launch their assaults next month. if come, aust,

is not for you. the remaining hostages by around the air strikes to cross garza as israel pursues what it's prime minister is called total victory homes. schools and hospitals destroyed as the death toll keeps climbing. danny, they are all civilians. there are no military personnel or anything. we send a message to the world, the message to the is really government and have mass government in gaza is please stop the war. enough war victory a how to israel's ground defensive has extended to reeds on multiple hospitals, aggravating. you already dire humanitarian situation a doctorate and officer hospital in the city of con, eunice described the moment he realized and as rarely army read what's happening was like i use. is it about the other day? and uh,

so i realize that it is envision of i d f as a sausage eating some adults. i don't see that the are actually. yeah. the, the sort of the best, the best one of those because of the use of it adults, israel claims it's targeting of hospitals is legitimate because how most allegedly operates within um its military release. this video set to show weapons found inside cars close to then officer hospital. soon the ground siege could be extending all the way to rafa, the spite international concern over israel's plant and be the last city in garza that hasn't seen major ground fighting. any guns, a member of netanyahu's, 3 member were cabinet set as really troops, but launched or sold next month. if by rama done hostages, a multiple of the fighting,

we'd continue to include rough off area. the muslim holy month is expected to begin around the 10th of march, while guns does not have the final word on what lies ahead. he represents an influential is rarely voice defined calls, including from his real strong as back or the us to spare the city where more than a 1000000 palestinians are sheltering and have nowhere else to go. the w, as rebecca veterans has interest along with more about this new deadline set by israel as well. is there a bare been against made these comments? he's a member of the wall cabinet. as you heard in that report, he made these comments at a conference of american jewish lead is this was an official government, you know, official government announcement and all was an official is ready military announcement, but that's no reason to believe this is an a timeline, but they work into, they have continued,

they have maintained that they are going to continue this fine until the end. and that includes, of course, that southern city of russell with a say, a must battalions remain and that they need to go in there in order to be able to dismantle them. and so this offensive would be carried out in coordination with egyptian and american officials. so that civilians could be evacuated from the area . that is something that us a president joe biden has said is an absolute necessity. that if the civilians and not of actuated this would be a catastrophe. but we have seen in recent days, reports suggesting that egypt is building some kind of an area for want of a better word that could house or could, at least to enclose some tens of thousands palestinians should they indeed come across the board as though they have maintained the whole way through that they do not want to say a mass exodus of palestinians on the territory. and they think that anything in

that would mean a permanent displacement, which is something that they are vehemently against. but we have been seeing this kind of area enclosure for one of a better word, as i say that has been built up along the border with garza. so whether that is, of course, what guns is talking about, whether this is in coordination with egypt, we don't know there's a no official word on that. but as i said, that they is right is, you know, has been very definite. and in saying that they are going to continue this war until the end, including rasa. we have had analysts say that, in fact, this could be trying to put pressure on her mouse to come to some kind of sci fi deal. but should that not happen? not? we have no reason to believe that guns is woods. in fact, what they plan will be using rebecca writers interest one. thank you us. and here's a quick reminder of our top stories, the widow of russian opposition leader, alexa, nev only has vowed to continue her husband's work. in a video message, julian pneumonia accused of russian authorities of hiding her husband's body while

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