in the western russia over many decades. and now of course, with this invasion, that whole role that germany has played is being thrown into question germany very much coming down on the ukranian side saying that this invasion a justifies providing the ukrainians with weapons with which to defend themselves against the innovation that is not justified a tool, and as you just mentioned earlier, some weapons have already be supplied. so this would be essentially the 3rd of tranche of that the germans, so are stressing at the same time that there's a limit to this. this doesn't mean that germany wants us of waiting to become part of this conflict, and one of the ministers responsible robert har bag. he's the ministry of the economy. also, the vice chancellor was stressing that speaking to reporters, saying that we will not become a conflict to the party, to this conflict through actions like this. and that there are clear boundaries

that we will always draw. despite that though, the money is coming to the government, the german government has allocated a special budget worth billions for its armed forces. the bond is there, and this in itself has prompted quite a debate in german politics. so how is this been seen in germany? yes, it is extraordinary. i mean, this speech that all of shelves, the chancellor belly, 3 months in office, took to the podium in the buddhist, talk of parliament to just near here in central berlin. and announced that germany would invest one off $100000000000.00 euros in a special fund to essentially re equip the german military. and this is on top of the operational budget of the military and 100000000000 to give you a sense of the scale. that sounds like a very large sum of these roughly twice the annual budgets of the military. so essentially he was saying, we're going to sort him out this huge amount of cash to get the german military

equipment. it all of that kia up to snuff for the new for the new challenges presented by russia in this new situation. on top of that, all of shots promising that germany will for the 1st time in many, many years hit the 2 percent target for of g d p for, for spending on the military on the annual regular expenditures. that is something that president often president of the united states has tried to persuade germany to do and only got germany up to one point for 1.5 percent of gdp towards the end of ankle medical period and office. so in one fell swoop and absolutely massive step taken here by the german government and all the science out that the german public b range thing we're going to be looking at. some opinion polling to morrow here on d, w, which will give a really good sense of where the german public is on days. but there are signs with some of the left wing groups who groupings, for example, within the social democratic party that the party at the germans helps us. so all

our shult, i'm not happy with this and basing see as these crisis develops, whether those voices grow louder. ok. thank you for that. richard dw chief international editor richard walker or the kremlin, has long been cracking down on independent media in russia. censoring voice is critical of the government's aims when the war in ukraine began or sources, brand media outlets from using terms like attack or invasion to describe what was happening. now, the latest casualty in the information war is independent radio station echo of moscow. it says it says shutting down after being taken off the air over it, coverage of the war, crackling and hissing. that's all that can be heard on the frequency that radio eco must be used to broadcast on for 30 years. it was the only national radio station, not under the control of the kremlin echoes board of directors

voted to liquidate the station. after rushes, media watchdog ordered its website blocked girls all over the way. we covered what the government calls a military special operation has led to this. the government is nervous and irritated. our editorial policies are the same as they were in the georgian, chechen or crimean war. she'll kill us relentlessly, little my political. will you mean? yes. i'm surprised and still surprised. nobody expected this. we still have a few more independent media, but i'm afraid they won't make it much longer than was 2 weeks of video. it's not just eco must cree that is coming under pressure of its coverage of the war and ukraine. russia last independent television channel tv, rain has also been blocked due to what the russian government called deliberately, false information. this is near only a couple of now there was no previous notification, they just blocked and only then we received the notification. the demands were so

unclear, we don't understand what should be deleted. so we have to close the site. this insanity has to stop, read the headline on some leech newspapers until the copies were confiscated, purplish a looseness group. i think it's outrageous. i stopped you. those were the last of the free voices that have now been stifled. more room for barbara william. they'd probably say more than as wanted that censorship. zora on tuesday, police and moscow detained 2 women and 5 children who wanted to lay flowers at the ukrainian embassy. their posters read no to war. police allegedly threatened to strip the parents of custody. come with the citizens are still finding ways to protest. no war is written on houses, bus stops balconies and elevators, but the words, i quickly removed. so how is this war or special military operation

has mr. brewton insisted be called, how is it being seen inside russia? all gordon is an expert on nationalism and autocracy at the institute of european russian, our new racial studies in the canadian capital ottawa, a welcome to the w. m. are russians sold on this war is bringing ukraine back into mother. russia's embrace, seen as a noble thing for their sons, fathers and husbands to die for it's really difficult to say. and in part because of course, polling since the start of the war in russia is fundamentally unreliable and made even more so with the governments moves to crack down on descent. now what we do know is that pre war polling and february showed that about 45 percent of russians considered war to be likely, or unavoidable, and about 49 percent. sure to be unlikely or impossible. and so you could say that given margin of error population was about split on whether or not what was likely

to happen. at the same time, about 60 percent were willing to believe that the us or nato would be responsible for escalating tensions. now that doesn't necessarily translate into support for the war, but we do know that there was also a significant priming of sentiment in favor of the war on state t. v. a. there is a very clear escalation or a spike in mentions of things like genocide as well as separatist republics, immediately after the decision to go to war was taken. and these have now been filtered broadly throughout the information environment and russia. right. and so with most independent media closed down, what people inside russia actually getting to see about this will yeah, it's, it's a, it's a dwindling picture now, especially with the state duma considering a bill tomorrow to impose really harsh penalties of up to 5000000 roubles. and 15 years in jail for posting on social media information that's considered to be

hostile to hostile to the russian state and society. and that's going to affect not just international social media outlets like instagram, facebook, twitter, youtube, and youtube is especially important for descent in russia. the presumably, it will also hit hardest against the social media that have the most residents in russia where people share anti war messages, particularly on sites like contact you, as well as perhaps telegram. so the available access to alternative information to what the stake media is presenting is, is narrow rather significantly now. ok, so do you think russians actually know they're being lied to when, when women and children being dragged away for a staging piece, philosophy will protest. they do people look at that and who would that terrible old of a view them as troublemakers? i believe people do believe it's terrible. and that has been my experience that

people in russia are much like people everywhere. they do not want war on the if you go on russian social media now, especially what you will find as a swirl of conspiracy theories and dis information. and the response that we have seen in russia is not unlike responses that we've seen elsewhere during times of crisis, which is that there is a tendency for people to go to what a psychologically safe discount information that contradicts their prior beliefs in assumptions that does not necessarily translate into support for the government, but it does tend to lead towards just engagement and d mobilization. and that's perhaps the biggest, biggest threat as far as sort of getting that message out and spreading throughout russia. an interesting change in russia's information exchange in this for is the fact that the criminal has acknowledged for the 1st time that it has sustained about 500 casualties in the school. this admission tell us anything

i think it probably does. i mean, it tells us, 1st of all that it is very aware how sensitive the numbers are, because clearly this is significantly different from the kinds of numbers that we're getting from alternative sources in ukraine as far as the scale of casualties go. and so the regime is very clearly aware that this is dangerous to play with. but the admission also makes it clear that the regime understands that this is not going to be a quick floor and it has started to drip feed some information to prepare the russian public for the likelihood that this may be a long term engagement. ok, thank you so much for that to pull good from calvin university in canada. thank you . of all the german chancellor. gerhard sher days facing increasing political isolation for his failure to cut ties with the russian state is condemned the war. but he hasn't denounced the man behind it. his long time, friend vladimir putin. their bro vance goes back

a long way. in 2004, the russian president vladimir putin was a guest at german chancellor. gerhard schroeder, 60th birthday party in hanover. with later that year, they were all smiles again. a shrewd a host of putin at his home. putin showed off a suit case of get hold of. it was just the start, i'm thought it was a do you am see, they got my or each other. they got to like each other. they got to trust each other. see, moving, see for throw and see. and after leaving office, the friendship really paid off. shrewder. landed a job with the controversial north stream pipeline project to bring russian gas direct to germany. then in 2014, as russia annexed crimea, fruita celebrated his 70th birthday party and st. petersburg with his friend vladimir. despite growing unease at the former chancellor's behavior,

the job offers kept coming a post with russian oil firm. raj net followed shrewder was now leaning into his rushing lobbyist reputation. richard at the time he told d w, the german russian relationship should be one of coin corporation instead of confrontation. just last month, shrewd, i was nominated to join the board of kremlin controlled gauss prom with her team that i sang. his praises would be issued. those 2 to 2 weeks or no, you rejoice. at the more modern a little bit of then protein invaded ukraine. while other pharma, european leaders with jobs and russia promptly quit them, shrewd didn't calling only for russia to stop the war. he blamed both sites for mistakes made isn't quite all men, and he don't need the money. his just, i don't know how to describe it and it's shameful for our party. then as we treat

us on team resigned in protest, having failed to persuade him to cut ties with preteen, know some of the called ragin his own party, and the opposition have had enough. we should also start kicking him out if he doesn't move in the next week because i don't see how we can sanction those companies. and we have a former chancellor working actually for them. gertrude, as a total embarrassment for my country, for germany. apart from him having been the german shares i before everybody who, who still supports this regime, this dictatorship, this warlord called ruddy me put in, has to face consequences. whatever shrewd i now decide. it's this relationship more than anything that will define his legacy. so here's a recap of the current situation. russia says it is kept at the port city of care, so new ukraine south, which would make it the 1st major city to, for, as since this invasion began, russian forces are now occupying the administration building. and,

but it's in clear whether the city is fully under its control or ukraine says its troops are still defending it. several other cities are under attack, including ukraine's capital, keith and the, and the 2nd biggest city car. and the port city of mario paul, the red refugee agencies reporting that more than a 1000000 people have fled ukraine since russia invaded. most of them have crossed the border into poland. and fresh talks have begun between ukrainian and russian representatives on the bellows, poland, order, a sci fi, and a humanitarian corridor. on the agenda. whichever comic a volkswagen has halted it. sir. russia business, the latest in a series of major firms to respond to sanctions. and because there are fears that it's going to be hit hard. now, in another sense, russia is important for the car industry as a whole. in terms of raw materials, it's a provider of several very important metals. one is palladium for catalytic converters,

the others nickel and nickels, an important component for batteries. and as we know, the industry as a whole is trying to shift towards electric cars. they depend on batteries, batteries depend on nickels. so you can see some ripple effects for the european car industry and possibly for those in asia as well. ok, so as a small market for, for germany. so do what do we think did, did the german car bosses did? they willingly join in this boycott. always with just being pragmatic. i mean we can't say they haven't said as much. i mean, volkswagen said in it's in its press statement that in light of the conflict, you know with this in the background it didn't really say, but when you look at the full picture, you see that there of course sanctions, they're all over the place crisscrossing sanctions that affect banks, banks that have relationships with other banks that aren't sanctions. if you look at the global traffic in payment systems, swift, for example, if you look at supply chains, you know, their supply chains that aren't working right now because shippers aren't there. so

you can imagine that it's made business almost impossible for anyone. so it's not hard to imagine that there is a very pragmatic reason for them making this decision. i'm what of ukraine, what sort of role does it play within the car industry? it actually plays a surprisingly important one, at least for europe. there are these things called a cable bundles that are a very significant component for the overall electric system of a car. and the way it's been explained is that they are actually very particular to every model of car. and it's very difficult to move production somewhere else. well, for the european car market, those are made mostly in ukraine. and so that's one reason why before we even saw these production stops in russia, we saw that their production stops elsewhere outside of russia. for example, volkswagen, one of its i think a couple of his production lines actually here in germany. it froze production on some lines because it didn't have the components right away. so there is that ripple effect. another one i should mention is neon, the gas, neon. a lot of that is important from the ukraine. that's important because it's

used for making semiconductors and you might remember, we talked about this number times of fort semiconductors are already in a crunch for the automobile industry. it's one reason why they've had such a rough go in the last 18 months or so because semiconductors have become incredibly hard to find because the pandemic, this could put an even tighter crunch on it. looking at this wider than just the car industry, we have, we have some businesses deciding to suspend operations in russia of us decided to get out completely. so how do they decide? yeah, i think it depends on the business completely. there's some, there obviously tied. they're going to be hit by sanctions or afraid they're going to be hit by sanctions. and so some may, even, they may even self sanctions. they were not going to do business here because if we step on the wrong side of a line than we could be prosecuted and they may already have connections to some of those banks, they may find their businesses untenable without having access to swift connected banks or to, to loans from certain banks. another one is that the supply chain that we issue that we mentioned fedex, u. p. s,

they're not going to russia anymore. and also mares that's the world's largest oversee shipper. they're not making deliveries to, to russia anymore. so when you are bound by these the but by these structures and they're not there anymore, then you're going to feel it. another reason is public pressure, and we've seen it with some hollywood studio saying that they're not going to allow new releases in to russia. and then on the other side, was he spotify, which has just announced that it's actually going to pull people out of its rush office, but keep it services in russia because it doesn't want to exclude them from the information spheres what it said. so everyone sort of making decisions as they go based on what they see is right. the oil companies are obviously getting a lot of focus. a, b, p had a 20 percent stake, and one of the biggest companies rosin f. it was our hence pressure. he got called to whitehall in london, basically was forced to explain why it's still there. it pulled out is followed by shell, but others have decided they're going to sit tight for moments. there's a lot of public pressure, but there's also the fear of sanctions. thank you for that as steven beasley from the date of birth. well, many russians who live in other countries have spoken out against the war in

ukraine, but some business owners say they're experiencing a backlash just for being russian. yoda of a popular restaurant here in berlin is one of them. berlin's pastor nak restaurant for decades, it served to russian specialties to a devoted clientele. but since russia invaded ukraine, there have been canceled bookings despite this sign out, front wound her to become a new, believed us. we never thought that there would be any disputes or problems with nationality. also none but our political statements. probably mucous were here. we live in a completely normal democratic country where we are in europe and war is for us. so i have no words for it to a shop, couldn't afford to live. so owner ilya kaplan is russian born, but has lived in berlin for 30 years in his kitchen. russians and ukrainians works side by side serving up forest, harring, and other russian specialty. but some of his customers taste have suddenly changed

somebody's kritisha heat. so for example, i have 2 types of beer here, russian and german. notice in the past, people only drank russian beer, but today they only drink german. that's understandable. but i just wanted to say that not all russians have the same opinion as potent mcneish. i little from cub glitch from my new creek, which he feels shame for what his country is doing to its neighbour as thurwood fischer as a russian. if i don't feel like being russian now alia, hopes that soon people will sit side by side in his restaurant again, ukrainians, russians, and every one else to or ukrainian writer answer telegraphy if gania benadryl said, says, are not trying to flee keith. oh, work as long focus on the most vulnerable members of ukrainian society. she's been telling d. w. she wants to stay for now and to continue her work documenting the inhumanity of war. yevgeny, bella, rou, sets usually divides her time between keith and berlin. she's been in the ukrainian

capital since december. now she is experiencing the russian invasion 1st hand. yet you hear the sirens every day, several times a day in their warnings of danger, from the sky, hours, dental as but it is never clear if the danger will really arrive or if it's just flying past her by police. a bowman was still, you have to take shelter even sometimes. i'm reckless and don't go anywhere and just hope it passes over us. when i go out for a walk, the streets are completely empty. there's no one out. i. if i do see a bunch of people together, i know it's a line waiting in front of a pharmacy. people wait for 5 or 6 hours in one of those lines to get the vitally important medicines. the ne coleman is in the business. bella rou, sets had gone to keith this winter to research her next novel. her photography and writing have earned her international acclaim,

and they're greatly influenced by her work as a human rights activist. she tries to give a voice to those people in ukraine who have difficulty being heard. like the l g b t q community who face a lot of discrimination in the country. or members of the rama community living in desperate poverty on the outskirts of keith. bella rou, sets wants to tell the truth with her photos and writing, and that includes trying to be clear eyed when it comes to her home country. then neil and i will never stop being critical in years in the land, but right now it's very difficult to stay critical makers to vladin air. i'm shocked and in love with my country because i see how people are really trying to protect each other and support each other dimensions as though when get out there trying to oppose this unspeakable, cruel violence with some kindness with our mentor here. and gigabytes is ethan

for her part. yes, guinea bella resets is trying to count her the inhumanity of war by observing, documenting, listening to stories and writing them down. she says she intends to stay and key for the time being to be with her parents and her friends. this is dw, lie from, but then let me recap the current situation. if you crying for a 2nd round of talks between representatives of russia and ukraine have, has begun in their bedrooms and negotiations are reportedly focusing on establishing humanitarian corridors for civilians in ukraine's besieged. stacy's and russian troops have taken control of the black sea port of house on may 1st made in ukrainian city to change hands in this conflict. i have more for you at the top of the hour in a few minutes and that more of course are on the website d w dot com and on the app ah

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