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and michael mcfaul, who served as united states ambassador to russia from 2012 to 2014. he's an msnbc international affairs analyst. thank you both very much for being here. edward, given that the sanctions are targeting companies that service the russian military, how effective will these sanctions be in slowing down russia's war effort? >> i think the biden administration did a number of important things today. 500 targets obviously is a headline, it's a big number, but the most important thing that's looking at the two dozen companies outside of russia, in places like china, serbia, uae, turkey, that helped russia evade sanctions and procure things like semiconductors for its war machine. the biden administration has compact expanded sanctions to cover these companies, these front companies that are importing ships from the united states, from europe, and then reselling them on to russia. so i think that's a really important step, jonathan. at the same time, i think it only has to be a first step. the biden administration has come up with this new policy of secondary
and michael mcfaul, who served as united states ambassador to russia from 2012 to 2014. he's an msnbc international affairs analyst. thank you both very much for being here. edward, given that the sanctions are targeting companies that service the russian military, how effective will these sanctions be in slowing down russia's war effort? >> i think the biden administration did a number of important things today. 500 targets obviously is a headline, it's a big number, but the most...
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ambassador to russia, mcfaul, said putin needs to be held accountable .iting to hear exactly what the sanctions will be when the president releases them tomorrow. audrey and gia? >>> a new plan to fight crime in palo alto. the pd announced it's launching a neighborhood security camera program . camera allows homeowners and businesses to register security cameras with police. police will contact nearby camera owners to help with their investigation. the program is completely voluntary and free to the public, and anyone interested in registering their camera should go to the palo alto police department website . >>> a young, sick, and abused tiger is now in good hands in the oakland zoo. state fish and wildlife officers brought the 8-month- old cup there this week after rescuing her from a privately owned facility. a team of that the tests and did find the cub had been mistreated. they say she not only has several fractures, but a metabolic bone disease. vets are giving the tiger pain meds and nutritional supplements . they say they are cautiously optimisti
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. >> joining me now is michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia and director at stanford's institute for international studies. ambassador mcfaul, thank you so much for joining us this evening. i know that you knew him personally. in fact, he was your friend. so first my condolences to you for the loss. ambassador, can you go ahead and start by just sharing with us a little bit about alexei navalny as a friend? >> well, i met him when i worked in the government. i was working at the white house. that's when i met him first in 2009. when i was ambassador, we never met because it was politically not good for him to meet with the u.s. government because putin would accuse him of being an agent of the united states. but i had followed his career before and after then and got to know him when i stepped down from government and when his daughter, dascha, came here to stanford, i got to know her and her mother. i saw them yesterday, both yulia and dascha, when her mom flew in to make it to this meeting today. and, you know, for persp
. >> joining me now is michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia and director at stanford's institute for international studies. ambassador mcfaul, thank you so much for joining us this evening. i know that you knew him personally. in fact, he was your friend. so first my condolences to you for the loss. ambassador, can you go ahead and start by just sharing with us a little bit about alexei navalny as a friend? >> well, i met him when i worked in the government. i was...
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ambassador mcfaul tweeted about this earlier today. susan, liz cheney, you know, we heard her talking about a putin wing of the republican party. tonight, nancy pelosi told jen psaki about what she called the putin caucus within the republican party apparatus. how did we end up here? >> you know, i have to say, i'm glad you brought up nancy pelosi. listening to your reporting today, tonight, at the beginning of the show, i kept thinking of nancy pelosi's favorite and sort of lacerating commented on trump when he was president. she said, all roads with you late to vladimir putin. i think it was in her more decisive points when she was a speaker of the house. actually, that was the last time she really spoke to donald trump, even though she was speaker and he was president for 15 more months. let's not forget that donald trump, you know, isn't coming new to this issue after putin invaded ukraine in 2022. donald trump called him a strategic genius. he thought russia was going to roll right over ukraine. he has been leading his party in, e
ambassador mcfaul tweeted about this earlier today. susan, liz cheney, you know, we heard her talking about a putin wing of the republican party. tonight, nancy pelosi told jen psaki about what she called the putin caucus within the republican party apparatus. how did we end up here? >> you know, i have to say, i'm glad you brought up nancy pelosi. listening to your reporting today, tonight, at the beginning of the show, i kept thinking of nancy pelosi's favorite and sort of lacerating...
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you scott for axios and michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia and msnbc international affairs analyst. thank you all for being here on such a costly name. happy presidents'day to you all. michael, i want to start with you. you are in munich at the security conference, recently this weekend. navalny's widow, yulia, has vowed to continue his work. many people have said that this just shows, navalny's death, shows how far putin has come in consolidating his power. what is the situation for iuliia and what is the situation for the movement right now, the opposition movement in russia? >> well, this is, obviously, but worse week of her life. i saw julia that night before her husband was killed. i saw her that day after. this is a moment she feared, i know. but now, she has decided, with a very moving video that she put out today, that it is her responsibility to take on the baton and to help to forward the ideas of her husband. there's no other leader in the world that has the authority, and i think, the political skills to do it
you scott for axios and michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia and msnbc international affairs analyst. thank you all for being here on such a costly name. happy presidents'day to you all. michael, i want to start with you. you are in munich at the security conference, recently this weekend. navalny's widow, yulia, has vowed to continue his work. many people have said that this just shows, navalny's death, shows how far putin has come in consolidating his power. what is the situation...
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ambassador to russia michael mcfaul. lithuania where he had the opportunity to speak to that country's leaders. it has a bit of insight into how this may be playing into our allies, who are very much at the pointing and of the spear here in discussions like this. ambassador mcfaul, it's great to see you, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> let me first ask you if you feel like any of the reaction to what president trump said this weekend, the interpretation of what it means, it's implications, if you feel like any of it is being misconstrued, if people are getting it the wrong way around. or do you feel like this is getting the right kind of response? >> i am stock -- i'm shocked by how mean the response is. you said it several times tonight rachael. it's just completely shocking what he said. and the fact that we're not all, thank you, by the way, for devoting so much time in your program tonight on it. and thank you for making the connections to the 1930s because this is a 1930s vibe. and when i was i
ambassador to russia michael mcfaul. lithuania where he had the opportunity to speak to that country's leaders. it has a bit of insight into how this may be playing into our allies, who are very much at the pointing and of the spear here in discussions like this. ambassador mcfaul, it's great to see you, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> let me first ask you if you feel like any of the reaction to what president trump said this weekend, the interpretation of what...
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ambassador mcfaul, great to see you. much for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> let me first ask you if you feel any of it reaction to what president trump said this weekend, the interpretation of what it means, its implications, if you feel like any of its being misconstrued or feel like people are getting it the wrong way around or if you feel like this is getting the right response. >> i'm shocked how the interview response is. you said it several times tonight, rachel, it is completely shocking what he said. and the fact we're not all -- thank you, by the way, for devoting so much time in your program tonight on it. and thank you for making the connections to the 1930s because this is a 1930s vibe, and when i was in lathe wania and meeting with leaders not just lathe lithuania but estonia, latvia, we're not shocked by it. the fact he said russia, putin should invade one of our allies and he would encourage it, is just outrageous, extraordinary. so that's the reaction i think that is strange to me that there's n
ambassador mcfaul, great to see you. much for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> let me first ask you if you feel any of it reaction to what president trump said this weekend, the interpretation of what it means, its implications, if you feel like any of its being misconstrued or feel like people are getting it the wrong way around or if you feel like this is getting the right response. >> i'm shocked how the interview response is. you said it several times tonight,...
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joining us now is michael mcfaul, who served as u.s.international affairs analyst, and a close friends of alexei navalny. michael, i feel like you have been in a wake, on television, forced by us on to television, in what would otherwise be a wake for you, in dealing with the loss of your friend. i would like you to first speak about how this has affected you personally, if you can. >> well lawrence, i've had the pleasure and privilege in my life to meet a lot of courageous people around the world. here at stanford, i teach courses on democratic breakthroughs. so i've read about a lot of courageous history -- and alexei navalny was certainly one. of them -- he was the mandela of russia hobble. valencia take your pick only different from it he didn't live to see and get out of prison i and that's the tragedy here. it's been hard. i was with julia, and i was with his wife -- and -- we had planned to meet the next day for coffee, and then she called me that morning, to tell me this horrific news. but as you just showed in that clip, she sa
joining us now is michael mcfaul, who served as u.s.international affairs analyst, and a close friends of alexei navalny. michael, i feel like you have been in a wake, on television, forced by us on to television, in what would otherwise be a wake for you, in dealing with the loss of your friend. i would like you to first speak about how this has affected you personally, if you can. >> well lawrence, i've had the pleasure and privilege in my life to meet a lot of courageous people around...
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joining me now is former ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. he's a good friend to us., i want to extend my condolences to you on the death of your close friend. i heard you come on morning joe yesterday, within an hour of finding your friend had died. it was heartbreaking listening to you. have you heard anything reliable about what's happened from your contacts and russia? pockets right, now his family's return for were officials have taken his body. they have been misled about where he is. have you been in contact with any of his allies there? >> i've been encanta put this family, several hours ago. they don't know the answer to your question yet. this is typical of putin's russia. they never provide this information. the last time they moved him, from one person to the next, from one torture chamber to the, next they were sick days where nobody had any idea where he was. so, no. i don't have an answer to the question. but i want to be clear, to exit with the vice president just sit in the clip he posted. i want to make it clear, mr. putin killed alexei navalny. yes,
joining me now is former ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. he's a good friend to us., i want to extend my condolences to you on the death of your close friend. i heard you come on morning joe yesterday, within an hour of finding your friend had died. it was heartbreaking listening to you. have you heard anything reliable about what's happened from your contacts and russia? pockets right, now his family's return for were officials have taken his body. they have been misled about where he is....
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i want to start with you, michael, ambassador mcfaul. i guess because i finished writing a book about medgar evers and myrlie evers williams it's on my mind, this idea of courage in the face of what is near certain death. people who stay or go into a place where they know that they are physically at risk because of their love of country, love of their family, just love of good things, of good. and of right. alexei navalny went into russia knowing he would likely be arrested, knowing he would likely be killed. he's that kind of figure. what do you make of how alone he sort of is in terms of american conservatives who i think a generation ago would have been lauding him in his sacrifice but today are largely silent? and tell us what was he like, what was he like as a person? >> joy, to your first question, i'm glad you brought up those historical examples. that's exactly the kind of person we should be comparing alexei navalny to. and you're right, he knew the risks. i was talking to him right before he went back. he knew exactly the risks
i want to start with you, michael, ambassador mcfaul. i guess because i finished writing a book about medgar evers and myrlie evers williams it's on my mind, this idea of courage in the face of what is near certain death. people who stay or go into a place where they know that they are physically at risk because of their love of country, love of their family, just love of good things, of good. and of right. alexei navalny went into russia knowing he would likely be arrested, knowing he would...
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ambassador mcfaul, thanks for being with us this morning.e skepticism of the events. what more do you know about the death of navalny now just a few days later? >> you just did a great job of reporting it. those are exactly the leads his family and friends are pursuing. we don't need an autopsy to know that putin killed navalny. doesn't matter how. he tried to poison him and kill him before. he went to germany, got better, went back. putin immediately arrested him and has been torturing him ever since. slowly over the years his conditions were getting worse and worse. the last stop was this horrific jail he was living in. i saw his wife yulia the night before he died and she described in vivid detail the conditions under which he was trying to keep alive. we need to know the facts, and i'm glad people are pushing for that. but there's no ambiguity here. putin killed navalny. as his wife said, he needs to be held accountable for his crimes. >> mr. ambassador, what do you hope that accountability is and what do you hope the administration's re
ambassador mcfaul, thanks for being with us this morning.e skepticism of the events. what more do you know about the death of navalny now just a few days later? >> you just did a great job of reporting it. those are exactly the leads his family and friends are pursuing. we don't need an autopsy to know that putin killed navalny. doesn't matter how. he tried to poison him and kill him before. he went to germany, got better, went back. putin immediately arrested him and has been torturing...
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position earlier , and it was funny how mit said goodbye to him on twitter, well, misha is a good deal, mcfauld as a foreign agent, and also find out how they get money anyway, no, yeah, well, i see, yes, by the way, ukraine promises a new counter-offensive, there is some secret plan that cannot be shown to anyone, because the previous one turns out to be. the russians had a plan right on the table, idiots, you laid out your plan everywhere, your benkhodji copied the arrows of what you were...
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ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. know that you are friends with mr. navalny, and as wrenching as this has been for me, and i think everybody else who knew of him, i can't imagine what this has been like for someone who actually knew him and was friends with him. how are you grappling with this? >> it is shocking. i have to tell you honestly, i never thought putin would kill navalny. i just was with his wife last night. i'm here in munich, we were talking about his health, talking about the video he showed. he was living under horrendous circumstances. much worse that i even had understood until talking to yulia, who you are showing there right now. there was nobody -- i was talking with his team, nobody thought he was on his deathbed. and i just never thought they would kill him. because i thought he was too strong. he was strong physically, strong mentally, strong emotionally. obviously i was wrong about that and it's a really horrible day for me, for the navalny family, not for everybody who believes and freedom in
ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. know that you are friends with mr. navalny, and as wrenching as this has been for me, and i think everybody else who knew of him, i can't imagine what this has been like for someone who actually knew him and was friends with him. how are you grappling with this? >> it is shocking. i have to tell you honestly, i never thought putin would kill navalny. i just was with his wife last night. i'm here in munich, we were talking about his health, talking...
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ambassador to russia now an msnbc international affairs analyst, michael mcfaul.faul, i wonder what you make of what is happening in russia right now, the crackdowns on memorials and navalny's death is a blow to many russians who had pinned their hopes for democracy on the movement he was leading. >> well, i'd say a couple of things, first of all, i'm inspired by people that have the courage to go out and demonstrate at a time when they know they will face really dire consequences. i think that shows that there are still brave people that shave navalny's values and reject mr. putin and his totalitarian dictatorship and his evil, sadistic ways, the way he killed mr. navalny. second, the fact that putin's regime feels they have to arrest all of these people i think underscores his weakness. strong leaders don't have to kill their opponents, they defeat their opponents in elections, they don't have to arrest people like this. there is this constant debate in the west about putin being strong and supported by everyone. these are small signs that maybe he is not as str
ambassador to russia now an msnbc international affairs analyst, michael mcfaul.faul, i wonder what you make of what is happening in russia right now, the crackdowns on memorials and navalny's death is a blow to many russians who had pinned their hopes for democracy on the movement he was leading. >> well, i'd say a couple of things, first of all, i'm inspired by people that have the courage to go out and demonstrate at a time when they know they will face really dire consequences. i...
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joining our conversation former ambassador to russia and msnbc international affairs analyst michael mcfaulff writer for the new yorker and author "the end of revolution." first i am just so sorry, because i know that you are on here to talk about this as an analyst and also the loss of a friend. your reaction to the report of navalny's death and the president saying he's contemplating options of consequence for putin. >> my first reaction is shock. i never believed this day would come. i want to tell you i just met with his wife last night. i'm here in munich and talking about alexi living under torturous conditions but as of 24 hours ago she nor anybody else thought he was near death. second i'm really angry. i want to be clear about it. putin killed navalny. i appreciate what the president said but let's be crystal clear about this. we don't need to know the facts. he put him in jail. he tried to poison him before he put him in jail. he put him in jail under horrific circumstances. putin killed navalny. as yulia called on the free world, speaking at the conference i'm at she said he must
joining our conversation former ambassador to russia and msnbc international affairs analyst michael mcfaulff writer for the new yorker and author "the end of revolution." first i am just so sorry, because i know that you are on here to talk about this as an analyst and also the loss of a friend. your reaction to the report of navalny's death and the president saying he's contemplating options of consequence for putin. >> my first reaction is shock. i never believed this day...
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ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. ambassador mcfaul, then queue for being here with.ow you were friends with mr. navalny and as wrenching as this has been for me, and i think everybody else who knew of him, i can't imagine what this has been like for someone who actually knew him and was friends with him. how are you grappling with this? >> it is shocking. i have to tell you honestly, i never thought putin would kill navalny. i just was with his life last night. i'm here in munich, we were talking about his health, talking about the video he showed. he was living under horrendous circumstances. much worse than even head understood until talking to yulia, who you are showing there right now. there was nobody -- i was talking with his team, nobody thought he was on his deathbed. and i just never thought they would kill him. because i thought he was too strong. strong physically, strong mentally, strong emotionally. obviously i was wrong about that and it's a really horrible day for me, for the navalny family, not for everybody who believes and freedom in this world. >>
ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. ambassador mcfaul, then queue for being here with.ow you were friends with mr. navalny and as wrenching as this has been for me, and i think everybody else who knew of him, i can't imagine what this has been like for someone who actually knew him and was friends with him. how are you grappling with this? >> it is shocking. i have to tell you honestly, i never thought putin would kill navalny. i just was with his life last night. i'm here in munich, we...
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ambassador to russia, and msnbc international affairs analyst, michael mcfaul.ld you tell me what functionally it would mean if donald trump became president and followed through on this and said, hey, germany, i don't think you're paying quite enough or you're not paying 2% of your gdp or poland, you're not paying 2% of your gdp and looked at russia and vladimir putin, and said go for it, do whatever you want? >> it would be catastrophic, and i think the senators are too calm in talking about how catastrophic it would be. if russia, god forbid, putin decides to tests nato, decides to attack, or even attack sdmen and retreat from our nato allies, it will cause chaos, economic chaos, we will eventually be dragged in. we have american soldiers in many of those countries. do you really think that if american soldiers were attacked by russia the american people would rally behind president trump and say that's not our problem? of course that's not going to happen. by signaling weakness, we encourage these kinds of outcomes. so i just think it's so outrageously inapp
ambassador to russia, and msnbc international affairs analyst, michael mcfaul.ld you tell me what functionally it would mean if donald trump became president and followed through on this and said, hey, germany, i don't think you're paying quite enough or you're not paying 2% of your gdp or poland, you're not paying 2% of your gdp and looked at russia and vladimir putin, and said go for it, do whatever you want? >> it would be catastrophic, and i think the senators are too calm in talking...
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. >> i was speaking to mike mcfaul, a close friend to navalny. he had dinner with his wife last night. she had not heard or seen anything. they had seen a video of him in the last 24 hours. he was not ill. there was nothing physically wrong with him. he was out for a walk. suddenly, he is dead. that raises such suspicions. no one i have spoken to here has any doubt that this is an assassination. >> i have no doubt it was an assassination. in part because this is par for the course. every single high profile political opponent of putin has been murdered by this regime. second, it comes just weeks before an election in which putin clearly wants to send a signal that if you are even thinking of being a public opponent of me and my crowd of oligarchs, you are going to pay a price of your life. this, to me, is an open and shut case. this is a murder, one that has to come with consequences. >> i was talking to your colleague, who is leading the delegation, republican dan sullivan, who fought with you for the ukraine funding, and then everyone had their
. >> i was speaking to mike mcfaul, a close friend to navalny. he had dinner with his wife last night. she had not heard or seen anything. they had seen a video of him in the last 24 hours. he was not ill. there was nothing physically wrong with him. he was out for a walk. suddenly, he is dead. that raises such suspicions. no one i have spoken to here has any doubt that this is an assassination. >> i have no doubt it was an assassination. in part because this is par for the course....
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the former us ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, said that saakashvili's death in jail would be aw to georgian democracy. is he right? i don't think he will die in prison. i'm trying to and i will oversee until the end that this doesn't happen, because i agree that that would be a terrible blow for georgia's reputation, which we cannot let happen. that's why i was in daily contact with all the authorities involved, to be sure that nothing of that kind would be happening. but at the same time, there are other ways the government is directly responsible. the justice minister. the possibility of extradition is still there. ukraine and poland have said they'll take him. yeah. so that's the government's responsibility. is that the route you think will happen? it might. just a final thought. we're talking about georgia, because of geography, because of politics, being almost at a pivot point. is that how you see it with the elections coming up this year, that these elections are critical to the future of georgia? it is certainly a very decisive year. but at the same time, when i look ba
the former us ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, said that saakashvili's death in jail would be aw to georgian democracy. is he right? i don't think he will die in prison. i'm trying to and i will oversee until the end that this doesn't happen, because i agree that that would be a terrible blow for georgia's reputation, which we cannot let happen. that's why i was in daily contact with all the authorities involved, to be sure that nothing of that kind would be happening. but at the same...
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mcfaul, or take baroness kennedy, who, together with mr. children, she is an outstanding lawyer who is a very titled, very well-known human rights defender, each of these people also has their own network of contacts through which they can advocate, lobby, deliver some messages, promote ukrainian ideas, and in this way, step by step , over these two years, we have made such a powerful network as we call it friends of ukraine. important in this entire history, in this entire structure, there is an international group on ecology, we launched this group not so long ago, but it became our bridge to the global rooster, andriy borisovych, since you, it is yours idea, i would like to comment a few words here before i include a video about this group, yes, i will be very brief, so that we still have time for dear journalists to ask questions, regarding... the environmental group, indeed, with margot wallström, we created this group, it has already presented its first document, which concerns crimes and the assessment of these crimes and recommendations on what to do with it, specifically on en
mcfaul, or take baroness kennedy, who, together with mr. children, she is an outstanding lawyer who is a very titled, very well-known human rights defender, each of these people also has their own network of contacts through which they can advocate, lobby, deliver some messages, promote ukrainian ideas, and in this way, step by step , over these two years, we have made such a powerful network as we call it friends of ukraine. important in this entire history, in this entire structure, there is...
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my question for mike mcfaul is, is there any other figure who could emerge or has emerged?anize whatever sort of anti-putin, pro-democracy sentiment there still is in russia. is there anybody else or not? >> no, i don't think so. not inside the country. you know, there's an alleged presidential election coming up, and they invented this candidate. they allowed this person to be on the ballot to give it legitimacy, but they pulled him off because he was going to get too many votes. when people say putin is popular, think about that. if he's so popular, why can't they have anybody on the ballot against mr. putin? i think over the long haul, i think to yulia navalny. she's tough as nails and this is a horrible principle. it's a horrible day for her today, but when you think of leaders who can command the respect of those that believe in a free russia, she might be somebody, but i don't see anybody inside. they're either in jail or tragically if it's true, and it's good you read that press statement. mr. volkov who i saw last night. it hasn't been confirmed. by most accounts it
my question for mike mcfaul is, is there any other figure who could emerge or has emerged?anize whatever sort of anti-putin, pro-democracy sentiment there still is in russia. is there anybody else or not? >> no, i don't think so. not inside the country. you know, there's an alleged presidential election coming up, and they invented this candidate. they allowed this person to be on the ballot to give it legitimacy, but they pulled him off because he was going to get too many votes. when...
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100 according to the degree of russophobia gathered there, as i understand it, all sorts of michael mcfauls and aspirations, i don’t know, hopes, american, my german works, yes, yes, in this sense, in this sense, hillary clinton made a valuable remark, so valuable that the presenter did not give her any more say, she, so to speak, involved others in the discussion, but hilary clint admitted, that the efficiency of the work, well, here of course, this is the work of margarita simone simonen and her structure, they are simply gigantic well done. here even my german is inferior to advertising. how did this happen? the brakes failed. premiere on rtr. what does he need? looks like he was into me fell in love in the tenth grade. that's probably how she got excited. as soon as i appeared, he no longer wants you. shut up, get out. what? anna is my woman. i love her, she loves me. you understood me? anna is a medium. tomorrow on rtr. hello, dear friends, your favorite program is on air for 60 minutes. vladimir vladimirovich, we’ll talk about all the issues. place nuclear weapons. i have already dem
100 according to the degree of russophobia gathered there, as i understand it, all sorts of michael mcfauls and aspirations, i don’t know, hopes, american, my german works, yes, yes, in this sense, in this sense, hillary clinton made a valuable remark, so valuable that the presenter did not give her any more say, she, so to speak, involved others in the discussion, but hilary clint admitted, that the efficiency of the work, well, here of course, this is the work of margarita simone simonen...
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analyst michael mcfaul joins us. and princeton university professor eddie glaude. fair," molly. how are leaders viewing this? >> first of all, thanks for showing that piece, because that piece was published weeks before mr. trump said the comments he did a couple days ago. but already, because of our debate in congress, this new isolationist moment we're in, there were lots of conversations when i was in lithuania -- by the way, there were officials from the entire region there, including poland, discussing security on the front line vis-a-vis russia -- conversations about two to three years down the road. what if putin prevails in ukraine? what happens after that? the consensus is he won't stop, he'll continue to threaten. lots of allusions to the 1930s and what hitler did in that part of the world when we, again, were in this isolationist moment. and then, as a coda to all that, mr. trump says exactly what their worst nightmares are, that if they don't pay up -- by the way, he completely doesn't understand how nato works -- but if they don't pay up, we're not goi
analyst michael mcfaul joins us. and princeton university professor eddie glaude. fair," molly. how are leaders viewing this? >> first of all, thanks for showing that piece, because that piece was published weeks before mr. trump said the comments he did a couple days ago. but already, because of our debate in congress, this new isolationist moment we're in, there were lots of conversations when i was in lithuania -- by the way, there were officials from the entire region there,...
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. >> michael mcfaul, our condolences to you and andy to everybody who cares about democracy. this is a tragedy. that is our show for tonight. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good avening to you on this friday, lawrence. >> good to see you again,. alex on thursday, donald trump thinks he's the one who's suffering. and he couldn't breathe a word about alexei navalny. >> it is just staggering. this as a person that might be the republican nominee for president, saying nothing. >> alex, in the hearing in georgia today, fani willis's father was a star witness. we are going to bring you the audio, some of that video. really extraordinary testimony from an extraordinary man. i knew not office history and i was just amazed what we learned about him on the witness stand. >> hayes and extort terrific rope. an american life, really. >> thank, you alex. >> have a good show. >> sends this network and other news organizations called a presidential election on saturday, november, seventh 2020, every day of donald trump 's life has been worse than the day before. tod
. >> michael mcfaul, our condolences to you and andy to everybody who cares about democracy. this is a tragedy. that is our show for tonight. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good avening to you on this friday, lawrence. >> good to see you again,. alex on thursday, donald trump thinks he's the one who's suffering. and he couldn't breathe a word about alexei navalny. >> it is just staggering. this as a person that might be the republican nominee for...
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. >>> michael mcfaul, who served as president obama's ambassador to russia, reminded us today that corkerdies and his rule begins. >> alexei navalny [inaudible] right now? >> they're making a big mistake. the way they are walking away from the threat of russia, the way they are walking away from nato, the way they are walking away from [inaudible] its shocking. i've never seen anything like this. [inaudible] >> nudging house republicans to get ukraine aid? [inaudible] >> i hope so. a [inaudible] >> sanctions on russia over navalny's death? >> but we have sanctions and [inaudible] additional sanctions, yes. >> on friday, vladimir putin's government issued a statement saying that the death of his opponent, alexei navalny, and a russian prison, was, quote, sudden death syndrome. when dictatorships murder, they don't really care about how they describe it, including inventing a nonexistent form of death. donald trump has still not said anything about alexei navalny's murder or alexei navalny's murderers. he did mention alexei navalny's name, and only his name, finally today, on a social media
. >>> michael mcfaul, who served as president obama's ambassador to russia, reminded us today that corkerdies and his rule begins. >> alexei navalny [inaudible] right now? >> they're making a big mistake. the way they are walking away from the threat of russia, the way they are walking away from nato, the way they are walking away from [inaudible] its shocking. i've never seen anything like this. [inaudible] >> nudging house republicans to get ukraine aid? [inaudible]...
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is the loss of reputation, no one believes them, and if, remember, i send here the speech of michael mcfaul lying, he laughed, all these people are just lying, this is necessary. it’s simply useless to take into account and negotiate something with them, even agreements recorded on paper are violated, this is the main thing the problem for the west now is precisely why - they freely talk about vladimir putin, because when they open their mouths, they begin to lie, and for russia, for china, for other large countries that are now forming a new investment reality, this is. .. becomes a serious obstacle to returning from conflict to cooperation, we don’t believe them, the boy cried wolf for so long that when the wolves came, no one believed him, i believe that in the future russia, china and others countries must form a tougher negotiating position, and call, not call, but bring these countries to order, you will notice how much they are crumbling now. their position is even in their own territories, you can sit as long as you want and pretend to be awake with your eyes open , biden, in my opi
is the loss of reputation, no one believes them, and if, remember, i send here the speech of michael mcfaul lying, he laughed, all these people are just lying, this is necessary. it’s simply useless to take into account and negotiate something with them, even agreements recorded on paper are violated, this is the main thing the problem for the west now is precisely why - they freely talk about vladimir putin, because when they open their mouths, they begin to lie, and for russia, for china,...
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she had been here, she had, in fact, had dinner with friends including mike mcfaul, our friend and contributor former ambassador to moscow last night did not know that anything was wrong other than that he's been treated horribly in this gulag where he was sent in december about a thousand miles -- or 2,000 miles from moscow from where he had been before. at the top of her remarks, she was speaking in russian, this is the translation that she thought long and hard about speaking. she wanted to just go to her children and be with her family who are not here, of course, her daughter has been studying in the united states, but she thought about what alexei would do. she came right-on the stage after vice president harris, and she said if true, they're hearing this from the russian news services. she said they always lie, but if it's true i want for putin and all his friends, the government to know they will pay a price for what they have done to our country with our family and with my husband, that day i say will come very soon. i want to call on the world to unite and defeat this evil. it was ve
she had been here, she had, in fact, had dinner with friends including mike mcfaul, our friend and contributor former ambassador to moscow last night did not know that anything was wrong other than that he's been treated horribly in this gulag where he was sent in december about a thousand miles -- or 2,000 miles from moscow from where he had been before. at the top of her remarks, she was speaking in russian, this is the translation that she thought long and hard about speaking. she wanted to...
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i want to play some conversations that i had with former russian ambassador michael mcfaul yesterday on navalny. here it is. >> they tried to poison him once. they failed. he was medevacs out. he recovered in germany. he made the conscious decision to go back knowing full well that he would probably go to prison for and that he may be killed. mr. putin killed this man but he did not kill his ideas. i have no doubt that one day navalny's ideas, ideas about freedom, liberty, democracy true to us will out live putin. >> general, there are mounting questions. the resistance to send more assistance to ukraine, donald trump encouraging the invasion of a nato country -- it all has many wondering if we are at a pivotal moment where faltering support for nato could lead to russia invading other european countries. it is a lot to be concerned about. to what level are you worried about all of this? >> i'm quite concerned, alex, because i do think we are at a pivotal moment. it is the fact that ukraine is falling back on the ground. since october, we have not been able to have something. we are
i want to play some conversations that i had with former russian ambassador michael mcfaul yesterday on navalny. here it is. >> they tried to poison him once. they failed. he was medevacs out. he recovered in germany. he made the conscious decision to go back knowing full well that he would probably go to prison for and that he may be killed. mr. putin killed this man but he did not kill his ideas. i have no doubt that one day navalny's ideas, ideas about freedom, liberty, democracy true...
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i want to get specific about this though, ambassador mcfaul. white house is imposing sanctions on iran amid concerns, some reports that they have provided ballistic missiles to russia. you got north korea and china propping up putin's economy by finding ways to buy russian oil. how effective are the sanctions? while they have had an impact initially, over time they did become diluted in some form. >> i would say a couple of things. first of all, i applaud they have done these today. this is serious stuff. i applaud they are now sanctioning third parties in other countries. about a dozen of them in this package. that's what's needed to stop the flow of technology into russia that goes directly into the military industrial complex to build the missiles that kill ukrainians. that's a good sign. number two, i hope they will announce another package next friday. why does it take an event like the assassination of mr. navalny to do these sanctions? these could have been done two years ago. i think we need to change our mentality about sanctions. ever
i want to get specific about this though, ambassador mcfaul. white house is imposing sanctions on iran amid concerns, some reports that they have provided ballistic missiles to russia. you got north korea and china propping up putin's economy by finding ways to buy russian oil. how effective are the sanctions? while they have had an impact initially, over time they did become diluted in some form. >> i would say a couple of things. first of all, i applaud they have done these today. this...
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>> yeah, well obviously, everyone knows his name, as you heard from ambassador mcfaul.m me, what i thought of immediately was just how insane it is that we have so many people on the republican party right now who are just on team putin. a guy who, as you heard, over, years has poisoned this activists, imprison him, beat him. invaded ukraine, tried to take over, you, know areas to reach into nato territory. it's just crazy to hear this kind of news, and have a week like we just had where our republican peers, again, many who have refused to consider additional military aid for ukrainians, and are okay with trump saying, i give up on our alliances. i'm not interested in american leadership role in the world. if it's not us, it's putin. or jim, it's other people. no one would ever say that american leadership is perfect, but i would rather have american leadership in the world today than any of this other folks. it brings it home today with navalny's death. >> anything about navalny's life and everything that he went through to not just fight russian oppression, but to sh
>> yeah, well obviously, everyone knows his name, as you heard from ambassador mcfaul.m me, what i thought of immediately was just how insane it is that we have so many people on the republican party right now who are just on team putin. a guy who, as you heard, over, years has poisoned this activists, imprison him, beat him. invaded ukraine, tried to take over, you, know areas to reach into nato territory. it's just crazy to hear this kind of news, and have a week like we just had where...
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let me say this, though, i just watched the previous session with ambassador mcfaul and i want to remindnited states is given seven speeches on the existential crisis that is threatening the united states of america and the choice between autocracy and democracy, of freedom and somebody that is going to oppress. it is absolutely clear that, in this election, you're going have a choice between two people. a guy named donald trump, everything that he touches turns to dirt, it's about revenge and depression and is a friend of vladimir putin's. and joe biden, who's been working hard for the american people from the beginning. since this campaign started he has been doing very well. he did great in new hampshire, he did great in south carolina, he did great in nevada, his fundraising hall, as you said, it is hitting record numbers. and this campaign is starting to hit on all cylinders. so the country may not be excited about a trump biden revisit, but that is what we're going to have and it's the choice that people are going to have to make. i think the president has done an incredible job of
let me say this, though, i just watched the previous session with ambassador mcfaul and i want to remindnited states is given seven speeches on the existential crisis that is threatening the united states of america and the choice between autocracy and democracy, of freedom and somebody that is going to oppress. it is absolutely clear that, in this election, you're going have a choice between two people. a guy named donald trump, everything that he touches turns to dirt, it's about revenge and...