reports say navalny left jail that day. he went home, took a shower, and then he went straight to visit boris nemtsov's grave. navalny said of his friend's assassination, quote, there will be no let-up in our efforts. we will give up nothing. this act of terror has not achieved its goal, and he meant it. alexey navalny, personally, became the biggest, loudest, most charismatic pushiest opposition leader in russia. he vowed to run for president himself to unseat putin. navalny built up an irreverent, creative forward-thinking, nimble opposition movement that among other things kept coming up with new, unexpected ways to expose corruption in the putin government, to keep poking his finger right in putin's eye. navalny and his group, they flew drones with cameras on them over huge, luxurious properties that somehow ended up in the possession of russian government officials who at least on paper had very modest salaries and no legitimate means to acquire these mansions and these wineries and these gigantic yachts. navalny's gro

navalny said it, quote, hurt like hell. he thinks the second go around they mixed the thing with some caustic chemical, and as you can see in this picture, the green stuff got inside his eyeball. navalny started losing sight in that eye after the second attack. he needed to surgery to save his eye from a specialist in spain. since he picked up that mantel as russia's most effective opposition leader, alexei navalny has been threatened, arrested, jailed. he's been dyed green twice. he's been almost blinded. and of course he was ultimately quite seriously poisoned. he was poisoned with the russian made novichok last year. it almost killed him. put him in a coma, almost killed him. he recovered in germany, and then against the advice of everybody who loves him, he said he'd return to russia. he did. he returned to russia this year. he was immediately arrested and almost just as immediately, convicted on phoney charges, sentenced to two and a half years in a russian penal colony. this year russia labeled navalny's opposition or

navalny and his group flew drones with cameras on them. they ended up in the possession of russian government officials. who had modest salaries and no means to acquire the mansions and wineries and gigantic yachts. navalny's group tracked the secret mistresses and second families of putin officials linking them to organized crime figures and more unexplained wealth and exposed putin's secret palaces that were never disclosed to the russian people and no accounting at all where the money came from to build the monstrosities. the last palace video was the most watched video of the year in 2021. the putin government hasn't appreciated anything. you will remember nemtsov was killed in 2015. 2017. an assailant doused him with a chemical that dyed his hands and face bright green. he didn't wait for the dye to wear off before resuming his political action against putin and said he was go to embrace it. he took a lot of selfies. his supporters started to paint their own faces green in soldarity with him. but then just a month later another assail

navalny remains imprisoned on politically fabricated grounds. we have been consistently clear about that. we call again for his immediate and unconditional release. with that, happy to take your questions. >> i want to start with russia, but not with navalny. a couple things. they will be brief. one, do you have any timeline now? the white house punted to you guys when they were asked when in response the response was going to be sent to now cow. >> what i can tell you is that the response has not been transmitted to mass cow but i can assure you once the response is set, we will let you know. stay tuned. >> and you'll be giving it to us as well? >> we will let you know. stay tuned. >> we will let you know on a timely basis. >> secondly, yesterday i believe you said something about how over the course of the past week or ten days or so in terms of form late whagts response is going to be, that you were consulting with nato allies, partners and allies, and i wanted to know, does that include ukraine? have ukrainian officials been consulted about

navalny remains imprisoned on politically fabricated grounds. we have been consistently clear about that. we call again for his immediate and unconditional release. with that, i would be happy to take questions. >> i want to start with russia, but not navalny. a couple of things. one, do you have any timeline now, or has the white house hunted in terms of when the response was going to be sent to moscow? >> today, the response has not yet and transmitted to moscow but i can assure you that once the response is sent, we will let you know. stay tuned. >> you will be giving it to us as well? >> we will let you know. we will let you know. on a timely basis. >> yesterday, i believe you said something about how over the course of the past week or 10 days or so in terms of formulating what the response is going to be that you were consulting with nato allies and european partners. i wanted to know, does that include ukraine? have ukrainian officials been consulted about with this response is going to be? are you taking into account their concerns or co

i am happy to take your questions. >> i want to start with russia but not with navalny. a couple of things but they will be brief. what has punted to you when they said when a response will be sent to moscow. >> what i can tell you is that the response has not been transmitted to moscow but once the response is sent, we will let you know. stay tuned. >> you will also be giving it to us? >> we will let you know. we will let you know on a timely basis. >> yesterday i believe you said something about -- in terms of formulating what the response is going to be that you are consulting with nato allies. does that include ukraine? have they been consulted about what this response is going to be and are you taking into account concerns or considerations in the document? >> yes and yes. we have been consulting extensively with our allies and when it comes to the latter category, that includes ukraine. we have given them a preview of what will be in this report. we have solicited their feedback and incorporated that. there will be no surprises for nato. there will be no surprises

navalny remains imprisoned on politically fabricated grounds. we have been consistently clear about that. we call >> we have been clear abt that. with that, we are happy to take your questions. reporter: i want to start with russia. a couple things. do you have any timeline now? when the written responses going to be sent to moscow. price: i can tell you that the response has not been transmitted to moscow but i can assure you that once they respond, we will let you know. reporter: and he will also be giving it to us? price: we will let you know. reporter: yesterday i believe you said something about how over the course of the past 10 days or so, in terms of formulating what the responses going to be that you are consulting with nato allies. i wanted to know, does that include ukraine? have ukrainian officials been consulted about what this responses going to be and are you taking into account their concerns or considerations in the document? price: we have been consulting extensively with our allies and our partners. of course when it comes to

navalny is already in prison for violating terms of a suspended sentence. north korea has fired off more missiles, for the fifth time this month. south korea's military said they appeared to be two cruise missiles that landed in the sea off north korea's east coast. the u.n. security council has banned north korea from launching ballistic missiles, but not the lower-flying cruise models. major roads and highways re-opened in greece and turkey today after severe winter storms dumped more than 30 inches of snow. flights resumed at istanbul airport, in turkey's largest city, where hundreds of people had been stranded. in athens, crews cleared fallen trees and freed people who had been stuck inside their cars overnight. >> ( translated ): it's unacceptable that so many were trapped for so many hours with no help. it's not enough that they became trapped. aid came after dark. it's unacceptable. >> ( translated ): they could have at least managed the roads, they could have predicted it. i've known for the last ten days about this weather forecast. for ten days no

can navalny defeat putin? can he even survive?

you know, putin critic alexei navalny remains in prison. some of his associates say that they fear for their safety. >> there's a very wide and permeating fear for the safety of human rights activists, of potential opposition politicians, and independent journalists. you know, the crackdown that we're seeing, closing down memorial international, memorial human rights center, just before the new year, really have sent a chilling message to many russians who, you know, would like to see more opposition, more independence to president putin's view. there's no shortage of a desire for that, among a certain part of the population. but the ability to express it freely is really being shut down. and alexei navalny in prison is no longer being put on a flight risk, so is not being woken up routinely through the night, but is still on the list of potential terrorists or extremists. that's going through call. but the reality is he's not going to be out on the streets anytime soon and anyone who would support him vocally knows that they risk the poten

and it's in part because of some of the work that navalny has done. i don't know if you've seen some of the videos that are in the kind of great russian tradition that goes all the way back to sars time of kind of making -- czar's time of kind of making fun, and putin hates it. he hates that these videos come out about his wealth and his holdings. and so i think there's a lot there that could be done just to speak the truth, and the russians haven't been as effective as the chinese and shutting down the internet. and so i think there are measures there and i think if you can get a true read on the russian people, there's a lot of skepticism about, not about crime area, where even -- crimea, where even made liberal russian friends said crimea, since catherine the great etc., etc. but on an invasion of ukraine where russians are coming back in body bags? imagine that won't be so popular. and they couldn't even hide it by 1987 in afghanistan, that russians were coming back in body bags. they'd have a lot less capability in hiding that now because the int

a and thought to be in the sights of the kremlin and, of course, the attempted killing of alexei navalny. and after that the burdening of german companies and industry in russia and banks as well, and just got a significantly different public mood. not just policymakers mood in germany towards russia. i would also met add, i see something personal happening with china. the mood on china really has shifted in berlin including an merkel sans party and of expect the traffic light government to take a much stronger line. >> on both russia and china? >> yes, absolutely. the problem is of course because we are sorely middle-class power in europe we can't just opt out of the relationship. the location forces us to pay attention to what russia does even when we don't like it. that is the conundrum that the next chancellor will have to deal with. >> now, wolfgang, i mean, some of the most contentious moments at the munich security conference in the last ten years have involved big russian leader showing up. both putin, medvedev and certainly lavrov in the last two years. you have something you'd

navalny's opposition, people who have from time to time demonstrated in the streets and not exclusively in moscow, across the country as a whole. these are the kinds of things that worry him. i think that in some ways, while it is not an absolute replication in the united states of russian opposition, if i can put it this way, to what is going on around them. we, the united states, have had a long as the willingness to clear saturday afternoon football against your traditional rival. whenever it comes to an enemy or a punitive enemy or an opponent, looking like they were entering a tough period in the game. we have as a result, found that flexibility, agility, the ability to be patient and work out diplomatic solutions is seen in many ways as pure capitulation and appeasement. there is no american leader, particularly among those in the democratic party who is not aware of this, not aware of the fact the democratic party has been heavily criticized in the past and carries that burden on its back and seemingly as a result it is much more sensitive to those criticisms, even before they ap

alexei navalny, the russian — of putin right away.rse, and others, they had talked about really hard—hitting sanctions, do you think that is the route to lead to de—escalation, hitting wealthy russians, supporters of vladimir putin, where it hurts? t of vladimir putin, where it hurts? i believe there is always room of vladimir putin, where it hurts? t believe there is always room here, they are wealthy not just believe there is always room here, they are wealthy notjust because they are wealthy notjust because they are wealthy notjust because they are good businessmen that they are stealing from their own people. blinded from the greatness coming from his aggressive moves, this is the problem of this moment in his turn this situation, but the russians understand how this has been created and why they are loyal, because of this enormous wealth from his nation. they understand somebody is causing this bother families, their loved ones somewhere in london or somewhere else, this might change the game. the or somewhere else, this might ch

alexei navalny is still incarcerated, and now his associates are saying that they fear for his life, for their lives, pardon me. yeah, look, undoubtedly, if russia didn't have a big troop buildup -- along the border with ukraine and created the momentum and pressure to have these urgent talks beginning in january and to have the phone call with president biden, then, you know, the news of those days would have been -- that phone call with president biden on the 30th of december, the day before the supreme court in russia closed down memorial international, which is sort of one of the biggest human rights ngos and the most sort of significant still standing organization that works for human rights here in russia. an independent voice, if you will. that memorial international looked at the effects of -- and the repercussions of stalin's rule in russia. but it was the human rights center that was shut down. it was the same day with president biden's call with president putin or the day before. that deals with political -- with perceived political abuses here in russia. that was shut dow

alexei navalny remains in prison, well over year, and again, we are talking about this. quite a distraction. clarissa ward for us in kiev, appreciate it. >>> the tensions between russia and ukraine could have a much wider impact that could stretch far beyond its own borders. later this hour, we'll have a guest on to discuss the far-reaching economic toll, toll it could take on your life from a potential escalation in the conflict. >>> but first, protests against vaccine moandates are planned i washington just as the city implements new rules about approving that you've been vaccinated. but are officials prepared for the pushback? >>> plus, some european nations are easing covid-19 rules, but that's not enough for those who are protesting restrictions. the latest in a live report, after the break. well, would you look at that? jerry, you gotta see this. seen it. trust me, after 15 walks... gets a little old. i really should be retired by now. wish i'd invested when i had the chance... to the moon! ugh. unbelievable. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid r

he poisoned alexei navalny.p his mouth shut when it comes to putin. >> and i wasn't just referring to tucker carlson. former president trump had a soft spot for putin. and i was hearing from a lawmaker in new jersey who is saying that his constituents are calling him because they listen to the fox channel or some of these tariffsconservatives and yeah, what is the big deal. and so whatever is happening, it is taking root. sgroe well, it is and it isn't. it is being advertised by a small group of people who don't know what they are talking about. but the u.s. policy -- and this a bipartisan policy -- is to stand with ukraine. that hasn't changed. there is not a ground swell of support for vladimir putin in the united states. i think that that is -- i think that that is a red herring. what is going on right now with russia is completely -- is completely outrageous. i don't see many people seeing otherwise. >> and anti-democratic. bill produbroward, thank you for perspective. >>> and on wall street, volatility is b

it also points out that in 2020, the global chemical weapons watchdog group includes that aleksi navalny had been poisoned. efforts to call out and debunk criminal information by the u.s. and european officials are to be applauded. let's be clear about that. in fact, in 2014, the west was completely caught flat footed by the kremlin's disinformation play book. one of the more bizarre examples is a story broadcast in russian state media about the supposed public execution of a three-year-old boy. a supposed witness said the boy was cruisefied in the crowd or marching by ukrainian rebels in the main square. the damage had been done. and the story would be used to try to justify the russian invasion into crimea, which the world wasn't able to stop. as that incident proves, sometimes the most important battle is the information one, a situation we are all too familiar with here in the united states. after all, it was disinformation related to the big lie that helped push some americans to commit an assault on our own democracy. if the u.s. is going to stand up to russia, it must beat its pro

don't forget the russian courts have a long track record of jailing opposition leaders like alexei navalnyremlin responsible for the 2006 poisoning of a former russian intelligence official who defected to the west. so tucker is clearly standing on the side of a dangerous autocrat with delusions of grandeur and not just because tucker can relate to that. it's because tucker seems to have a thing for autocrats, a strongman fetish. lately he's been fixated on hungary and that nation's anti-democratic leader, viktor orban. last year tucker aired his show from hungary, and now he's back with an interview with orban, who makes clear his disdain for migrants coming into his country. >> birth rates are declining. that's true in this country as well. it's true in europe. the populations are literally disappearing. most governments ignore this trend or instead import new citizens from the rest of the world. >> but we don't like that approach because we would not like to alter our personal life. we would not like to leave this country to the migrants. we would like to leave it to our grandchildren.

it also points out that in 2020, the global chemical weapons watchdog group confirm that navalny's had been contaminated. ramped up efforts to call up and debunking information by the officials who should be applauded. let's be clear about that. in 2014, the west was completely caught flat-footed by the kremlin's different formation playbook. one of the more bizarre examples is a story broadcast in russian state media about the supposed public execution of a three year old boy. a supposed witness said the boy was crucified in the crowd during protests, or marches if you will, by ukrainian rebels in the main square. researchers later debunked that story but the damage had been done. and the story would be used to try to justify the russian invasion into crimea. which the world was unable to stop. as that incident proved, sometimes, the most important that is the information one. it's a situation we are all too familiar with in the united states. after all, it was disinformation related to the big lie that helped push some americans to commit an assault on our own democracy. so if the u.

griff: we can show pictures of you with jailed dissident navalny.utin, your strength in the face of his aggression clearly demonstrated. you've got skin in the game as they say, but as the biden administration heads to these meetings overseas, is there one specific takeaway that you hope? is it sanctions? is it some sort of statement, a red line? >> two very specific things and again sort of draws back on the point that the external aggression that putin engages in ought krattic and dictatal regime. and two different things when it comes to the united states. there's a law on the books in the ideas, an act that's been on the books for almost a decade now. it's a law that's intended to put up some sort of personal accountability and responsibility for human rights abuses and corruption that have defined the putin regime by limiting access to putin and oligarchs to the u.s. real estate, financial system as a u.s. territories, for the crept cleptocrats and the oligarchs, and russia as a country, that's important, but specific individuals around putin w

russian navalny spoke at against the ban -- russian dissident alexander navalny. and -- as well. everyone recognizes the threat of censorship. it's not just republicans, it's not just conservative, it's independently white people who think that our health depends on the genuine, again, interrogation off ideas. tech companies are not allowing that to happen. we need to strip them from immunity when they censor based on political viewpoints. >> my time is up mister chairman. censorship is bad. we need to keep hollowing out from the rooftop. i yield back. >> the gentleman's time has expired. journal recognizes ms. eshoo for five minutes. >> thank you, mister chairman. let me start thanking miss haugen for your coverage coach in -- for. what you've done is a wheat act of -- public service. the document you disclosed relates to [inaudible] june. it's a project that facebook the, that researchers set up to observe the platforms recommendations [inaudible] [inaudible] so maybe you can do this in a minute and a quarter or whatever, but can you briefly tell us what the research found as i

it says, and spending only one and a half of gdp, and campaigns like the ones that affected alex i navalnyas imports from russia, and almost half, i'm sorry, a third of its oil imports, half estimated of its natural gas. it is cold in germany, they need energy, that is not a question. so they are dependent on russia. is germany on board for fight should it happen? >> with all respect to the wall street journal, i beg to differ. they are a strong ally and good friend and partner and host to thousands of american troops who are permanently deployed and based there in germany. when you think about all the things they have done. the wars in iraq and afghanistan, using the medical facilities there on base in germany to host and to take care of our wounded, for hosting additional u.s. troops you have now inked an agreement a few months ago for another few hundred american troops on german soil, they are a reliable ally. >> sandra: admiral, you acknowledge they could face severe economic consequences should they join the fight. >> well, look, that's really a decision for german lawmakers and the

the zapper of prize was just given to alexei navalny. he was an eloquent and effective dissident.at is kind of his bailiwick, putting down dissidents. guest: a very good question of who is putin. putin is really somebody from st. petersburg or leningrad who was an assistant to a reformer in the perestroika years in the late 1980's. he was considered a great democratic reformer. he got caught embezzling city funds and had to leave the country. putin assisted him. when the yeltsin family was looking for someone to replace yeltsin in 2000, they heard about this guy. there were other candidates. i say candidates because the first thing putin did when he was in power, appointed by yeltsin, was to give yeltsin's family immunity. i think putin has extended his stay far too long. there is more oppression each month. when he came into power in 2000, the country was falling apart. it had fallen apart. very few states had fallen apart twice in the 20th century. you think of 1917, 1918, and again 1999. how you think about the 1990's in russia determines how you think about putin. the 1990's w

guest: for the past year, really beginning with the poison of russian opposition leader alexander navalny very punishing -- on journalism, civil society throughout russia. russia has been an authoritarian state and they still are but there was some spall -- small space for independent media and opposition, that slight space for civil society. that has been squeezed. there are still brave russian journalists working but it has been astonishing the pace at which outlets have been attacked by the state through use of essentially warfare to shut them down. journalists have been detained and harassed. some are deciding to leave the country. this has come at an incredible time of chill in russia. that is part of prudence calculation -- putin's calculation. russia and ukraine have a lot in common. a lot of ukrainians speak russian. a lot of russians have ukrainians in their families and vice versa. putin increasingly doesn't have to worry about how the public will see this because he has squeezed out any space for public dissent. host: we haven't heard much about covid and russia since there spu

the zapper of prize was just given to alexei navalny. he was an eloquent and effective dissident.at is kind of his bailiwick, putting down dissidents. guest: a very good question of who is putin. putin is really somebody from st. petersburg or leningrad who was an assistant to a reformer in the perestroika years in the late 1980's. he was considered a great democratic reformer. he got caught embezzling city funds and had to leave the country. putin assisted him. when the yeltsin family was looking for someone to replace yeltsin in 2000, they heard about this guy. there were other candidates. i say candidates because the first thing putin did when he was in power, appointed by yeltsin, was to give yeltsin's family immunity. i think putin has extended his stay far too long. there is more oppression each month. when he came into power in 2000, the country was falling apart. it had fallen apart. very few states had fallen apart twice in the 20th century. you think of 1917, 1918, and again 1999. how you think about the 1990's in russia determines how you think about putin. the 1990's w

russian dissident alexander navalny spoke about the band. so, everybody recognizes the threat of censorship. it is independently-minded people who think our health depends on the genuine interrogation of ideas. tech companies are not allowing that. we need to strip them from immunity when they censor taste on political viewpoints. senator: censorship is bad. we need to keep on -- representative: censorship is bad. mr. chairman. chair: the chair now recognizes misses es -- mrs. eshoo. >> what you have done is a great act of public service. your document relates to a project facebook researchers set up to observe the platform's recommendations. i only have five minutes, so maybe you can do this in a minute or whatever, but can you briefly tell us what the research found as it relates to facebook's algorithms leaving -- leading down rabbit holes of extremism -- leading users down rabbit holes of extremism. >> you can follow donald trump and milani, fox news, hillary and msnbc. and by clicking on the content facebook suggest, they spoke will get