and the region of to base a couple of days of extreme fighting correspondent, an economy and russia supreme court has rejected an appeal by kremlin critic vladimir at current morsa against a 25 year prison term he was convicted on treason and other charges that critics say were politically motivated. after the death of alexander vonnie, cardboard is russia's most significant opposition figure. he holds both dual russian and british citizenship voicing opposition from his prison. so in russia, as he appeared with his legs, the prison sentence, vladimir ca, remotes, has been an outspoken critic of 2 tints, russia, and the war in ukraine. it is a stance that it's costing daily. he has suffered to suspected poisonings as well as time in jail. of these covers the savings a 25 year prison sentence on treason charges, including disseminating false information about the russian army. after he made a speech in the us saying that russia had committed war crimes in ukraine. it is the longest known sentence of all of to tens jail's critics longer even than the punishment. the rate or murder amnesty internati

what are the chances the current most of appeal will be approved by russia supreme court? but let's be clear about the terminology. there is no such thing as supreme court, which in russia like there is no parliament, no prosecutor's office, it's old, just an amalgamated, tyrannical regime. and of course, charles has a 0 is specially varying by the fact that he is accused of trees. and because of that, just give, i think, is the longest sentence to have a handed by, by the put the machine. so a loss for you've gain. yeah. his wife and children a chunk. it's a pretty much them existence. but of course, has to go 3 through all these motions, maybe then to take it to higher courts and international court, so whatever. but they need to show just family, just show that they exhausted all the. so that's a loss of no good news yet. okay. you, you pointed out that this is the longest sentence handed down to a protein critic and in russia so far, 25 years in prison. why so harsh for color most? oh, well i think because the miller, who have the owner of knowing for quite a few years

supreme court upholding decision. so let's, let's clarify the terminology. there is no supreme court in russia like the original parliament, which doesn't debate anything on no prosecution which only prosecute split incentive is this predestined disposed to be with was, was easily to predict what they're going to say. i think that this is very much also is statement that's what you should not be. and you should take the signals from the crumbling very seriously, because a lot of people who are the minute was a presence twice a month, at least once it was clear that it was a relatively minor boss. and so they would tell the can you have just the ships he was also bridge yourself to go. i believe, as of though the said the stage in russia really seeming the irritated the chrome. because someone who actually very publicly works in the west against the criminal is living in law school. and i think that that is why in the punishment the subsidies that his lawyer and his wife are concerned, that he could face a similar fate to that of alex, a nevada, the who died under um, you'll be circumstances in

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russia. the supreme court has rejected an appeal by kremlin critic, a by kremlin critic against a 25 year prison term for letting me retire. armoires i was convicted on treason and other charges that critics say were politically motivated after the death of i'll explain of all new car and wars that has become russia's most significant opposition. fair voice in a position from his prison. so in russia, as he appeals his legs, the prison sentence, vladimir ca, remotes has been an outspoken critic of 2 tents, russia, and the war in ukraine. it is a stance that is costing daily. he has suffered to suspected poisonings, as well as time in jail. steve's coverage, the savings a 25 year prison sentence on treason charges, including disseminating false information about the russian army. after he made a speech in the us saying that russia had committed war crimes in ukraine. it is the longest known sentence of all of 2 tents jailed critics longer even than the punishment, the rate or measure amnesty international has designated him a prisoner of conscience. he has compared his case to a style and a show

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country, only its public propaganda is illegal, this follows from a copy of the decision of the supreme court of russiamovement as an extremist organization. however, any hint of a non-traditional orientation is often mistaken for propaganda. for example, deputy speaker of the samara duma alexander zhivaikin. were suspected of having connections with lgbt people after a photo of a document with pink nail polish was posted online. the deputy claims that his assistant’s finger was caught on camera, but there are already enough calls on social networks to deprive him of his position. here's my finger, i hope that no more questions arise. but the minister of youth policy of the samara region, sergei burtsev , decided to resign himself after he was suspected of same-sex relationships on social networks. social activists did not like the fact that among bortsev’s subordinates there was a certain denis leontovich, with whom they appeared at events together. the network also found controversial footage of leontovich, which they called. gay wedding. after this, sergei burtsev chose to quit. he assures that all

russia. lawyers say the final decision is in favor. supreme courtplomats explain that such a measure is necessary for recognition of the afghan authorities at the official level. the process of normalization of bilateral economic relations begins, and this status prevents , first of all, russian economic operators from establishing normal cooperation with representatives of russian legislation. claims. specific projects, representatives of the two countries will discuss in june on the sidelines of the st. petersburg economic forum, where the taliban authorities have already been officially invited. the delegation confirmed its participation. the ministers of labor, the taliban government and the leaders will take part in the pesobur economic forum, and i hope that they... and the afghan businessmen accompanying them will be able to agree with russian and other foreign partners to establish cooperation. it can be described as multilateral and actively developing. trade turnover between russia and afghanistan has recently increased fivefold and reache

russia, a lawyer. they say, that the final decision rests with the supreme court, and diplomats explain that such a measurecessary for the recognition of the afghan authorities at the official level. the process of normalization of bilateral economic relations begins, and this status prevents , first of all, russian economic operators from establishing normal cooperation with representatives. considering that they and the afghan businessmen accompanying them will be able to agree with russian and other foreign partners on establishing cooperation, it can be characterize as multilateral and actively developing trade turnover between russia and afghanistan has recently grown fivefold and reached a level of a billion dollars, and yet 2 years ago it was only 170 million. the main items of bilateral trade are gas, oil, wheat flour, and dairy products. the list is gradually expanding. experts attribute this dynamic primarily to washington’s withdrawal from the region. the positive dynamics of bilateral trade occurred due to the flight of us and nato forces, which in every possible way prevented the active develo

of crimea and russia, its leaders and activists located outside the peninsula organized an energy transport blockade of crimea and demanded it. return to ukraine, in 2016 the supreme courtd the mejlis of the crimean tatar people as an extremist organization and banned its activities in russia. in 2014, the president of the russian federation vladimir putin issued a decree on the rehabilitation of the peoples of crimea who were subject to deportation. among them were crimean tatars. status of rehabilitated persons under the legislation of the russian federation. includes a variety of payments and benefits that the state provides to victims of deportation. about what has changed in the life of small peoples in crimea over the past 10 years, in the story of anna efimova. mom, it’s you, it’s your little sister, and najie. and it was a life full of serious trials, but hardships and hardships did not break her, she trained to be a nurse, during the years of the epidemic she single-handedly organized the work of a cori point in one of the villages of the fergana region, on she nursed even seemingly hopeless children in her arms, can you imagine, she has 70 children, every 4 ho

russia. the supreme council of justice also dismissed the judge of the solomyan district court of kyiv.a demidovskaya. in 2015, the decision the then high council of justice decided to dismiss the judge. parliament dismissed demidovska by its resolution, and the judge appealed the decision. the grand chamber of the supreme court announced the verdict only last year in june. the decision of the high council of justice on dismissal is upheld. in march 2013, alla demidovskaya was caught by the security service and the prosecutor's office while receiving a bribe. she, together with another judge andriy makuha and lawyer yevhen pedenka, received seven. for speeding up the consideration of the case regarding violation of customs legislation. in the special service claimed that alladovska was supposed to receive $500 according to the previous agreement. but despite the criminal case, demidovska continued to hold the position of judge and during the revolution of dignity, chose a precautionary measure against the activist vladyslav tsylytskyi. detention allegedly due to mass riots and disobedie

are working in them and i start at the supreme court, the justices who are under attack person early. -- personally. that is something that would happen in russiathat should not happen wh mif i would like to come and joiday, i said. your mission is so important to ec our institutions and the country we have. at a minimum, to reaffirm or for some people restore hope in our futureis easy to get down and b bleak with what is going on today. >> i don't want to steal too much thunder from yo book, which is coming out this summer, midnight in moscow, but you were there when putin pulled the trigger rusa invaded ukraine. and what you went through?>> ae relationship between the united states and russia by the beginning of 2022, our bilateral relationship as we call it was so when the war started, we were alreadyered by the fsb, harassed. a difficult post in which to try to conduct dloor the united states so things did t lives they today come our mission in russia when the war starts on february 24. i was convinced and making publictemes, months before the war started and i'm not s to pat myself on the back as a proos but i did know that he was going to

supreme court nomination of harriet miers. whether to keep donald rumsfeld at the defense department. middle east peace. syria, russia. federal spending, all of these things. bush and cheney in the second term were in opposite sides of who wins when a vice president is on the opposite side of a president, the president does now, cheney, of course, was a convenient boogeyman and so when joe biden comes in as the next vice president, i remember he told me an interview, said, i'm going to be less influential than my predecessor. that's a first for me, by the way. i've never had a politician tell me i'm going to be less influential than my predecessor. but of course, he was trying to make a point. he's trying to say, i'm going to stay in my lane. i'm not going to get passed. i'm not going get or too big for my britches. obama is the president. i'm just the vice president. but in fact, actually, obama needed biden in the same way that bush needed cheney. he needed somebody to help him understand washington. he needed somebody who had some gray hair, who had some experience on the hill, who could be an ambassador to the est

that level of judicial corruption that we're seeing in russia in this country or what we're seeing from judge cannon or the 6th district supreme court. these are totally different worlds. the court is entertaining trump's ridiculous claims of presidential immunity, we might be able to count the court as an impartial judiciary again, but in cannon the supreme court is a glimmer of what it looks like when you just can't really trust good faith is driving the process. that's what it is. the problem becomes what to do about it and the only answer i can come back to at the human level is shame, norms because in the end remember that's what saved us the last time around. yes, the law helped, right? but again, if the doj had bent to trump's will if there had been three or four lawyers atop that department of justice willing to send the letter baselessly claiming widespread voter fraud or if mike pence had agreed to throw out the electors from swing states biden won, if his lawyers advised him he could do that, i don't know. no one knows what would have happened in the end. all we've got are individual people formed by the norms and institu

near that level of judicial corruption we are seeing in russia, in this country, or from what we are seeing from judge cannon or the supreme court. these are totally different worlds. the trump -- the court is entertaining trump's ridiculous claims of immunity. that we might not be able to count the court as an impartial judiciary anymore. these are different worlds, but what we are seeing is a glimmer of what it looks like when you just can't really trust that good faith is driving the process. that is what it is. the problem becomes what to do about it and the only answer i can come back to and i have thought about this a lot at the human level is shame, norms. in the end that is what saved us the last time around. yes, the law helped, but if the doj had been to trump's will if there had been three or four lawyers who are willing to send a letter baselessly claiming there was widespread voter fraud or if mike pence had a need to throw out the elect there's from swing states. if his lawyers advised him he could do that. i don't know. always got our individual people, formed by the norms and institutions they are embedded in, ma

administration the legitimacy of the current supreme court while speaking to the republican national lawyers asciation. then, from the sameve former u.s. ambassador to russia, jon sullivan discussing the war in ukraine filed by house speaker mike johnson outlining his policy and vision for the country. and later state and local law enforcement officls testifying on gun vlence, workforce recruitment and retention and other challenges facing tir community sets a recent hearing held by the house homeland security committee. ♪ c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including media come. >> that meeting, we believe that whether you live here, or right here, or way out in the middle of anywhere you should have access to fast reliable internet that is why we are leading the way. ♪ >> media come support c-span has a pubc service among these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> announced texas senator ted cruz slunk the attorneys general of south carolina, alabama and iowa talk about legal action against the biden administration and the legitimacy of

russia. the foreign minister's comment came in uzbekistan, a country that shares a border with afghanistan. they are the real power. afghanistan is not indifferent to us. lawyers say that the final decision rests with the supreme courtmeasure is necessary to recognize the authority of afghanistan at the official level. the process of normalization of bilateral economic relations is beginning, and this status is encouraging. representatives of the two countries will discuss specific projects in june on the sidelines of the st. petersburg economic forum, where the taliban authorities have already been officially invited. the delegation confirmed its participation. the minister of labor, the taliban government and... has recently grown fivefold and reached a level of a billion dollars, but 2 years ago it was only 170 million. the main items of bilateral trade are gas, oil, wheat flour, and dairy products. the list is gradually expanding. experts attribute this dynamic primarily to washington’s withdrawal from the region. the positive dynamics of bilateral trade occurred due to the flight of us and nato forces, which in every possible way impeded the active development economic political relations. between russia and af

impeachments going after supreme court justices, suing him civilly every single second they could a weaponize inc. civil cases against him weapon icing d.o.j. weapon icing the russiai could go on and on forever as was a thousand other ways they have attacked us up or they try to bankrupt him. they tried to use every form of legal wealth are possible they tried to take him up the ballot in places like colorado and in maine. everything they could possibly do. in fact this week it just came out there trying to register voters using taxpayer money in the state of michigan they realize they are losing that state for then i get to watch and sit right behind my father in the first pew as they try to slander him for they try to keep them off the campaign trail. they try to waste his time they tried to destroy his reputation and his image with a nonsense case. no one believes the democrats are going after my father for 34 felony counts think about this 34 felony counts for 130,000 dollars retainer to eight lawyer that was billed as a retainer from a lawyer to a lawyer that was booked as late legal expense in a city where you cannot go into cvs and buy shampoo because it is

supreme court weighs immunity for trump's actions. we will discuss the fallout with pierre thomas and jodi kantor who broke the story. >>> russia moves in on ukraine's second largest city. ukrainian troops struggle to repel the latest advance. >> it's difficult. brigades are not totally equipped. james longman is in the war zone. reaction from former top u.s. diplomat victor yeah nuland. >> announcer: from abc news, that's "this week." >> martha: good morning. welcome to "this week." make my day. those were joe biden's fighting words there week proposing go live debates with former president donald trump. hours later, it was set. abc will hold a september 10th debate. and next month, on june 27th, cnn will hold biden and trump in the earliest general election debate in history. the candidates jettisoned the commission on presidential debates, which organized presidential face-offs since 1988. instead, agreeing to rules that would cut off mikes when it is not the candidate's turn and ruling out a live audience. biden's unprecedented and unexpected debate proposal comes as new swing state polling out this week paints a gloomy picture f

russia. the justice department sues ticketmaster and its parent company live nation, accusing the companies of blocking competition in the live entertainment industry. and the u.s. supreme courtects a claim of racial gerrymandering in south carolina, raising questions about future judgments on race and representation. >> these are complex cases because of the close link between race and political party. ♪ >> major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by. ♪ >> moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf. the engine that connects us. >> carnegie corporation of new york, working to reduce political polarization through philanthropic support for education, democracy, and peace. more information at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the “newshour.” russian missiles struck kharkiv in ukraine's east today, killing at least seven civilians. ukraine is desperately trying to hold off a new russian offensive that threatens ukraine's second largest city. and u.s. officia

then just how deep into flag play in supreme court justice samuel alito, a new report that a flag like some seen flying on january 6, was over his beach house russias >> we were spying on them. >> i'm early friday this is a war it was secrets and spies, a nuclear game per year, sunday, june 2 at ten on cnn, time to press rewind with neutrogena rapid wrinkle repair. it has derm proven retinol, expertly formulated to target stem cell turnover and fight not one but five signs of aging, physical results in just one week neutral doug lima, someone needs to customize and save hundreds and car insurance with liberty mutual. >> let's fly nag i thought you were right behind me. >> only pay for what you need to prove this assignment in my bake a bunch of groceries. are these cheese and greens just contemplate freedom you can take your eyes off the new 2020 for jeep wrangler in gladiator jeep, there's the only one. >> top off this memorial day with 2000 bonus cash allowance. i'm 2024 jeep wrangler gas-powered models and gop-led year stopped by your local dealer for a test drive and experience open-air freedom today can the riva support your brain health? >>

supreme court decision, not enforcing the law as it relates to our borders, he's allowed in over 10 million immigrants, many from our geopolitical flows including iran, syria, egypt and afghanistan, russiaa. he only picks and chooses which laws he wants to enforce, which court orders you want to abide by, is that how it works in our country because i was taught otherwise. why do i believe that if i did the same thing i don't think i would get away with it. >> it's pretty certain you wouldn't. this is what joe biden and liberals have accused of donald trump of for the last nine years. when donald trump lost a court case he followed the court case. joe biden didn't just disregard the supreme court last year, he openly and joyously said that he was going to defy them and find a way to pay off his would-be voters. i think there's a link between that kind of accusation that is just false against donald trump ... liberals have fantasized in their own mind that somehow their brave resistance was going to stop fascism from arriving in america and donald trump... what we see on campus is exactly the kind of things that the nazi did -- nazis did to jews in the 1930s. the liberal silence or celebr

russia declared a no limits partnership in 2022. president biden will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the brown versus board of education case today. that, of course, reversed an earlier supreme courtng separate but equal and creating lauren marcus a more just america. thank you. 548 right now and new this morning a popular animated satire called mulligan is back for part two on netflix. dat dat dat da da da de da de da de da da dat dat. all right. so look, if you saw part one, you already know mulligan is about earth being destroyed by an alien attack and ragtag band of survivors starting society over from scratch. well, you know, part two is going to test all the allegiances they have when they learn that they are not the last people on earth. and when they come in contact, this is where the cruise ship filled with people from florida. so the series creators say they actually came up with that idea after watching the disaster film san andreas and thinking how survivors would actually rebuild. let them try to figure out all the questions from the biggest, like, what should we do society differently to the very, very smallest? like, are we going to continue to perform the musical a

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russia or aninterest person. and there's no way to know. so one solution would be, you know, we can't change that without, you know, a complete reversal by the supreme courtthat's not going to happen. but we could require transparency in campaign finance laws. so let's just back the curtain and tell us disclosure is who is behind these super pacs, who making these donations? so i think that would be one way. i think we need do some more regulation on social media sorry, silicon valley. i know i know who butters bread out there. it's okay. not suggesting we go so far to repeal section 230 of the communications decency act. i know you all know because you live here. the heart of it all, that is the statute passed in 1996. that said that social di■a platforms are immune from legal liability for the content that's posted on their platforms. you know, just provide the platforms and other people in and provide the content. and you know in 1996 that sounded pretty good. they sometimes refer to the words in that statute as the 26 words that created the internet because. it did foster innovation and people free to, you know, create these platforms. but it's here w

supreme court justice stephen breyer explains his approach to the u.s. constitution with his book "reading the constitution." then david sankar shares his book, which looks at the rise of china, russia'sasion of ukraine, and america's role on the world. watch book tv every weekend on c-span two and find the full program at booktv.org. >> "washington journal" continues. guest: welcome back. we are joined by will creeley, the legal director at the foundation for individual rights and expression, here to talk to us about the campus protests. welcome to "washington journal." guest: thanks so much. host: can you tell us about f.i.r.e.? your mission and where you get your funding from? guest: f.i.r.e. is nonpartisan, funded -- founded in 1999. we have been defending free speech across the ideological spectrum until two years ago we focused on defending student and faculty rights. expanded our mission because there is a big need for defending free speech nationwide , not just on campuses, although this morning's topics make clear our work on campuses has to continue unabated. we have been awfully busy. we accept funding from individual donors, foundations, and folks across the ideological sp