i'm pretty sure that putin won't sign any sort of deal with us or european peacekeepers on the russian border. which may prove very hard to undo. and people now have to adapt to this new society and, disturbingly, the war is turning entire groups every, you know, topic, every conversation, - every person or organisation latvia, where i'm reporting from, was once part of the soviet union, with a shared border with russia, but nowadays is a staunch member of nato. and its changing society, when it was forced to move out of moscow i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear... president trump used to say he'd sort out the war in ukraine within 2a hours of coming into office. that was never going to happen, of course, but getting a peace deal russia will keep all or most of the territory it's captured, and ukraine won't be allowed tojoin nato for a long time, that'd be victory of a kind for president putin, he was lucky to survive an attempted coup but has the war now turned decisively in putin's favour? here in riga, still, he's in power. he doesn't have any plausible opposition. it seems lik

but has the war now turned decisively in putin's favour?e in riga, i turned to the bbc news russian correspondent still, he's in power. it seems nothing threatens him back at home, back in moscow. if vladimir putin makes a deal with trump and with ukraine, this peaceful outcome of this invasion, he... ..obviously he keeps the crimea peninsula. whether it means that his winning now allows him to stay in powerand, uh, this peaceful outcome of this invasion, he... ..obviously he keeps the crimea peninsula. it seems like russian forces would not retreat from donetsk, for instance. so, like, he has some territorial gains. whether it means that his winning now allows him to stay in powerand, uh, not to have any issues for another decade, we don't know that because, as we have seen in these almost three years of the war, and as i've seen as a reporter for more than a decade working inside the country, russia is an amazing place where almost everything can happen, and it usually does. president trump and his team may not be able to put enough press

we hands of president putin. we are talking — hands of president putin.m russia, what do you say them? the buying gas from russia, what do you say i them? _ you say to them? 2277727 ease.” the are also story. they are also blackmailed and sometimes it's not direct pressure but some politicians and big companies politicians and'big cefnoanies corporations are and corporations are interested preserving good inzpreserving good russia in relationships with russia in exchange they soften the sanctions or they don't take strong decisions so any dependence russia is dependence on russia is dangerous it can be used dangerous and it can be used for political gains of vladimir forpotiticalrgains ofvla ' ' putin. this was expensive for baltic putin. this was expensive for - baltic countries - putin. this was expensive for - baltic countries and - putin. this was expensive for - baltic countries and they| the baltic countries and they spent nearly 1.6 billion euros on to prepare for was it well switch off, was it money well spent? switch off, was it money well sent?

when he. >> actually does. >> talk to putin. >> putin will praise. >> him again. a great guy. >> he is. >> he'll say, you. >> and. >> i. >> we're. >> we're united against. >> the liberal. >> internationalists like. >> mcfaul and putin. >> as you. >> know. >> putin is good at that. >> he's a former. >> kgb officer that ran informants in that kind of way. i've seen him do it, you know, in meetings with u.s. government officials. >> and i think when he. >> begins to praise trump again, maybe we won't see. >> those critical. >> tweets that we saw. >> last week. i have one quick question for you. russia's baltic neighbors are still attached to an electrical grid that's connected to russia. that's coming to an end. tell me a little bit about this. why is this important and what are they worried about? >> huge achievement. >> remember. >> they're part of the. soviet union. >> they're part of the soviet grid. and it took them three. >> decades to get. >> off it. but it means. >> it's another step towards independence. and all three of those. countries i was in one of them

it's a it's a rubber stamp legislature made up of putin supporters.imself is an illegitimate usurper because we have a two term limit in our constitution for president, just like you have in the united states. and this guy has been in power for a quarter of a century with various pseudo legal shenanigans. but the bottom line is that it's completely illegitimate. and the two largest parliamentary bodies in europe, the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe and the european parliament, has actually officially recognized putin's illegitimate usurpation of power. and then you have these western tech companies that purport to follow, quote unquote, local laws. but this is actually a larger issue that you're absolutely right to point out that this goes beyond an individual company or an individual person. this this is a more general problem. and in fact, it goes beyond big tech. it goes beyond businesses because we have seen in these last few weeks a complete freeze in democracy and human rights assistance programs from the united states government

from putin's invasion of ukraine.o putin. >> is destroying russia by. >> not making. >> a deal to end. >> the war. yale's jeffrey. >> sonnenfeld thinks he. >> knows what trump trump's about face is about. trump avoids association with losers like the plague or. >> the pandemic. >> sonnenfeld writes, and he's quick to avoid feeling like he's on the losing end of a negotiation, smelling defeat from putin's myriad military. economic and diplomatic failures. trump does not see putin as a worthy ally. furthermore, he resents putin presumptuously. >> acting as. >> if he is the puppeteer controlling trump, desperate for a deal, end quote. >> joining us. >> now is michael mcfaul, who served as the u.s. ambassador to russia from 2012 to 2014. he's msnbc international affairs analyst. i would take. >> it that, ambassador. >> your recommendation. >> to most americans. >> is. >> don't get. >> in touch with the kremlin. don't don't call. their tip line, don't don't phone, don't text them. don't do this. absolutely don't do it. >>

putin has been there for 25 years. i happen to think he is a short timer by which i mean kicked out tomorrow morning. but rather that it sort of down the road but not that far down the road. he's run this place for 25 years and we are in the midst of the ukraine war and a terrible confrontation between the united states and russia and we think that that is the only russia that exists but that is not true. the russia that i covered in many ways was similar. it was a dictatorship. there is no doubt about that but it was a dictatorship that was reaching out to the west, that was reaching out to a leader like kennedy and trying to get a deal. khrushchev always invited western musicians, artists, scholars, journalists, to come to this soviet union. that is not happening today at all. so the relationship was so very different. we had a chance then to coexist peacefully. in a competitive relationship, coexisting. today, that coexisting factor is i don't want to say in doubt, it is something that we have to consider very caref

well, i'm not going there. >> do you plan on meeting with president putin? >> we, we have always had good relationship. president putin and i have always had a good relationship. that's why so said it happen. this would've never happen if i were president. it's so sad to see that happen. so many dead people. by the way so many cities are demolished, talk about gaza, take a look at ukraine. so many of the cities are demolition sites, demolished, so sad. should never happen. almost beautiful golden domes but much more important all those pitiful people are dead and it should never happen. thank you very much everybody. [inaudible] >> this afternoon president trump and the prime minister of japan will hold a joint news conference at the white house. we will bring that to you live on c-span2. you can watch on the free c-span now that you out or online at c-span.org. she's been shut the door to c-span's online store. browse our latest collection of c-span products, apparel, books, home decor and accessories. there's something for every c-span fan and every purcha

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i believe president putin is invited to come to delhi very soon, isn't he? well, i think the quad leaders will be coming here very soon. and let me also tell you... i'm talking about russia. from the invasion of ukraine by putin's forces in february of 2022. i guess these are connected, aren't they? hop, step and jump. we were told to buy russian oil because if we hadn't bought russian oil and we had started buying our quantities of 5 million barrels a day, which we were buying, bought from the middle east. you've made the point. no. the price would have gone up to $200 a barrel. i'm now into geopolitics. it's interesting. indian foreign service. you understand the way geopolitics works. is it wise, do you believe, for india to have forged majority vote. russia violated ukraine's sovereignty in this invasion, the place it is now in? as i said, a limited understanding of the situation, india is in a comfortable position all over. secretary of state met was the indian foreign minister. a quad meeting is taking place here. my prime minister has had a discussion

and secondly, this is a win win for bruton, because putin has a lot of oil. the majority of it used to go to e u countries, but the european union has banned most oil imports since rushes full scale invasion of ukraine pollutants. oil shipments to north korea are also a way to show how little he cares about sanctions of any kind. kim's regime has been under un sanctions because of his missiles and nuclear weapons program for almost 20 years. they also limit oil imports to north korea. before russia consistently supported the restrictions. now put in has changed course, excuse brake kentucky, un sanctions such as breaking the cold mechanism as russia has a lot of power in the us because it's a permanent member and the security council, meaning it can veto things. in 2024, russia used it's vito to shut down a you and watch dogs that monitors sanctions on north korea. because it's a couple itself is completely paralyzed on the issue of north korea. no new sanctions can be passed. so russia's behavior in the security council is pretty useful for north korea. mean

and they all might be producing for putin. but we're not really back on the animal gifts, because these are all likely missile factories. north korea often conceals these kinds of factories by giving them misleading names. in 2023, kim reportedly ordered a boost to north korea's production as missiles and artillery shells. and guess what? north korea has been providing russia millions of artillery shells. according to south korea's intelligence service so it seems kim is helping food and re supply and his war of attrition, the smallest and most of the 2 of which housed also used to be extremely useful. index on the nation supplied by the way, the horses we saw earlier were reportedly also part of pollutants payment for north korean shells. and kim isn't just providing shells. this is a north korean ballistic missile. ukraine says russia has been using them in the war. like here in kids these are remnants of missiles used in a tax and several locations across ukraine. the u. k based investigative organization conflict arm, and

unlike the rise of literary putin. so getting lived in russia. 1992 to 2013 and now you're an opinion columnist of the new york times and the recipient of numerous awards, including guggenheim and carnegie fellowships, i guess. and is this distinguished professor at city university of new york, craig newman, a graduate school of journalism and a visiting writer at bard college. so next with us today, we have an anonymous who's a journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker studying the memory of wars in the post-soviet. she's a presenter on tv, also known as tv or in and formerly the only independent channel in russia and now working in exile. so anna is a scholar at barnard college, the united states and a co-founder of the russian independent media archive and dedicated the preservation of all of russian independent, independent media as important evidence of the era and we're happy to welcome we have an african who is a historian and journalist for 15 years he has been studying stalinist culture and subjectivity ye

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ok, let's start with putin. of course we are already violating this limitation, and the -- magazine that was added to our collection, of course it is a media that was operating in the late 1990's and it was actually demolished with the media mass holding in 2001. i'm sorry, but we will be violating it further, because it is too much, there is too much interesting in the 1990's. ilia: let me say a few words about the telegram. we are lucky because we can transform that into technical -- we can try to preserve all of the telegram channels. we can see the links. as soon russian independent media mentioned them, that can give us links that we can start working with, trying to see just what qualifies as independent media telegram channels. because we understand that the community of journalists understand the value of independence better than we can. in that case we can trust the community and that is the thing we try to do because we did not want to come up with some objective measure or value of independence but re

he's spoken to putin. what kind of alarm bells does that raise when it comes to transparency? is it important to know when and how often the president is speaking with foreign leaders, especially adversaries? >> i think. >> generally you get. >> an acknowledgment. >> from the white house. when the call. >> occurs, whether or not there's a readout or not. obviously, there's some protection. >> of sensitive. >> information, but i think the entire western world, alex, is really concerned about what those conversations are like. we saw that when they kicked everybody out, i believe, at helsinki or wherever. he met privately with vladimir putin during the first administration. but i think the big question is if donald trump is suggesting he talks to putin about ending the war under what terms? because if he is talking to putin about ending the war, that gives concessions to russia. that is antithetical to everything that the western world has been working on since the invasion. and certainly the current policy

the press spokesman said putin can not confirm or deny there was a discussion i think when putin fillshis pressure is going to eventually see he needs to find a way to get out. i think president trump as an ultimate dealmaker may be able to help make that happen without selling at ukraine as well. rich: dan, what you think the early read is in moscow of the trump administration do you think moscow sees result in the united states or to think they have an opening with the new administration? >> i think vladimir putin is certainly going to be flexible about different opportunities he may have. he certainly paying attention to it president trump is saying to end the war. what is really important and i can say this from having spent decades of the cia trying to track russian foreign policy, putin's plans and in tensions through vladimir putin's twisted kgb eyes. he does not see the war the way president trump does a great loss is on the battlefield do not mean to president putin what they mean to president trump. putin launch that war because what scares him the most is democracy. he could

well, i am not going there. >> are you planning to meet president putin? pres.: we have always had a good relationship, president putin and i have always had a good relationship. that's why it is so sad this happen. this would have never happened if i was president. so sad. so many dead people. by the way, so many cities are demolished. you talk about gaza. well, take a look at ukraine. so many of those cities are demolition sites, demolished. so sad. all those beautiful golden domes, but much more importantly all those beautiful people are dead and it should have never happened. thank you very much, everybody.[ . >> thank you guys. out this way. let's go, guys. guys, let's go. all right, guys, come on. all right, thank you guys, let's go. come on, guys, let's go. guys, let's go. out, out. thank you guys. thank you.

conviction that he is i has - putin's conviction that he is i has to- putin's conviction that he isnd capture more territories more ukrainian territories and the ukrainian state. you weaken the ukrainian state. you are monitoring _ weaken the ukrainian state. you are monitoring all _ weaken the ukrainian state. wi. are monitoring all of this for us. talk us through how the us. talk. us throegh how the in russia are dealing media in eeeeia are dealing " ' " what just with what we've just heard. it was quite interesting to notice that the in the that the conversation in the in russian and media both in russian and ukrainian to a bit of ukrainian switched to'a bit of different angle. mostly they a different angle. mostly they are what is are discussing what is to happen if those negotiations to 77-— — so it us an both countries do that the process is anticipate that the process is going to move. about the call which has happened or not happened we don't know yet, happened as we don't know yet. spokesperson for the the spokesperson for the russian said that he russian president said tha

writing a book on the ideology of putin is impaired let's welcome our great panel today. i think we are ready to begin the presentations almost. just stand for the mike. >> we don't have a stand. >> okay. we met they can look like an interview then. [laughter] >> am i going first? >> yes. >> okay. >> in that case, i am going first. so, actually, this is a little bit odd. do we want to do a presentation first? >> okay. if you think that is more appropriate, let's do it this way. >> yeah, let's start with that. okay. leading you to the slides. okay. my job really quickest to give you an understanding of what russian archive is. at the moment so that we can just continue our talk. okay. so, if we need the main purpose of the project in the furthest way possible we are here to preserve the work that russian independent journalists have been doing for more than 20 years and to create an archived that is just publicly opened and is free and as exhaustive as possible. that is not our only goal because obviously we have a mission that is threefold. first of all, we are preserving

at the same time, mr putin definitely would try is very beneficial. 150 drones are around ukraine, before we leave you let's take you back to gaza and show you the live at the a road cutting j a road cutting off 5 a road cutting off the: zone, a road cutting off the north of the gaza strip from the south and israeli troops have now withdrawn from it, it has reopened as you can see, many people taking that route. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. whatever weather you've had so far this weekend, of england and wales. widely across england and wales, the cloud some has been moving northwest, some pushing now, we've had clearer skies further north and west — a hard frost in scotland, as you can see from the rooftop of this car, nut beautiful sunshine, and it's likely that the northwest of scotland and northern ireland will keep the best of the sunshine. in by this nagging easterly wind, a veil of cloud across england and wales, and by the end of the day, and southeast england. temperatures 6—8 degrees, a little bit below par, and it'll feel quit

but it's hard to imagine vladimir putin imagine vladimir putin reverse gear because he hasn't to thisld trump's peace vision, such as america vision, military support, such as allowing russia to keep hold ukraine to challenge it on the battlefield later on. for russia because it's about concrete outcomes. and if you have you know, we're talking about maps that is easier to recognise than what ukraine gets. however, we are talking about president zelensky, who stayed when many expected he would be killed that is quite something, three years on, when many expected that russia would take the whole here and talk to you. and again, we began by saying, balloons are floated. "yes, there will be a phone call call between yes, there will be a phone call call between president putin and zelensky. are you hearing anything about that? with donald trump. is there a meeting happening? president trump himself was asked in the white house, he said, "probably i'm not going there in if donald trump is already ruling out notjust a visit to the munich security conference, and it feels like what's more li

president trump: i will probably meet with president zell ins ky and meet with president putin. losing millions of people on the battlefield. you have eight or 900,000 russian soldiers are dead and very badly wounded and same thing with ukraine. probably 700,000. the numbers are lower than that but i don't believe those numbers are correct. i would like to see it end on a human basis. it's terrible what's going on. open fields with no protection. the only thing that a bullet can hit is a human body. i would like to see that end. would have never started. that war would not have started, putin would have never started that war or october 7 if i wasn't either. that mess would have never started. i would like to help out. one of the things we're looking at with president zelenskyy is having the security of their assets -- they have assets underground and other things and we want -- we want security, because as you know, europe is putting up much less money, nato, europe, call it wherever you want and $300 billion plus and the number is $100 billion. $200 billion less than us and oc

. >> and also possibly meeting with russian president vladimir putin.'s betsy klein has been following it now. she joins us now from west palm beach. betsy, he covered a lot of ground. he talked for about a half hour. what more can you tell us? >> you're absolutely right, jessica, to describe it as flooding the zone. president donald trump, speaking to reporters for about half an hour aboard air force one as he made his way to new orleans and making good on a pair of campaign promises on the topic of tariffs. so, as you mentioned, he will be announcing reciprocal tariffs on tuesday or wednesday for all countries that tariff the u.s. he also announced that on monday, he will be unveiling 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to the u.s. again, 25%. now, trump also doubled down on his plans to redevelop gaza, telling reporters to think of it as, quote, a big real estate site. take a look at what he said. >> i think that it's a big mistake to allow people, the palestinians or the people living in gaza to go back yet another time, and we don't want

so, condemn, putin's violation of ukrainian. sovereignty, said.ve said on record this is not a time for war. that's not a condemnation of russia's invasion of ukrainian territory. demand to end the war. on on palestine, etc.. that the prime minister's primary commitment is to ensure a sustainable manner. and we've done very well on all three insofar as russia is concerned. yes, we've had long standing relations with the erstwhile soviet union. we have relations with the russian federation, but we have much stronger relations in many with some of the other countries, including from the united states. on energy, i think it has and today we were encouraged by the americans, by western europeans. i think they're out of the equation. they're no longer part of it. because you've turned the conversation toward america, donald trump is determined to use tariffs as you can expect tariffs to be imposed on indian exports to the united states, can't you? let me give you a primer on tariffs. what makes me very happy about what president trump is saying. he has

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so donald trump says he has spoken to putin. he claims. putin, quote, wants to stop people dying.mp said first he would have the war ended in a day. now that's turned to six months. so are you encouraged by anything you're hearing so far from the trump administration? because still, at the end of the day, they haven't actually presented any type of peace plan. >> so first of all, it's not like we really expected to have a very clear plan. and, you know, following the situation, of course, we remained extremely skeptical. first of all, about one day, then things happening before the inauguration. and really now as of ukrainian position. yes, there is some anticipation and anxiety. however, we should say that the their concerns are also there, that donald trump is rather buying and kind of accepting the russian position. so for ukrainians, what is very important to understand, it's kind of it's better to have no deal rather than a bad deal, because the freeze and the settlement without any guarantees is seen just something which is temporary, a pause which is allow the russians, fir

putin made the comment he's an illegitimate leader. that's not his call. both sides will give a little bit. zelenskyy indicated -- he softened his position on land and putin's going to have to soften his positions as well. it can't be one way or the other. the western world won't stand for it. when you look at president trump, basically the true art of the deal individual, he understands that. he understands where negotiations are going to go and how they have to end. it's in our best interest, both here in the united states but globally as well to get this to a conclusion and i think that president trump is the one individual that can actually make this work and i'm very kv department it will work -- confident it will work. joey: there's a war in ukraine, a war in israel that's in a cease fire, there's the threat of china invading taiwan. seems like there's the threat of war just about everywhere. how important is it for the trump administration to show in this first attempt that they can end this big war between ukraine and russia, how important is that

he has had a long relationship with putin. it's something that he has prided himself on for a long time. so i'm not surprised to have him admit that he's talked to him. of course, ending the war in ukraine has been a top goal of his. i'm sure we will eventually get more details on what that conversation looked like. >> final word to you on that, eugene. >> yeah, i think steph is right. you know, at some point we will understand what that conversation or those conversations. we don't know yet what what was in them and what happened. i think president trump at some point will probably share as he as he as he often does with those conversations and some, some interview or maybe in front of the white house press corps at the white house. but at the end of the day, we don't know what was said. we don't know whether they happened before he was sworn in as president. right. we typically typically we see one president at a time, especially when it comes to foreign policy. but we did see him, you know, talk a lot about foreign policy b

with putin's television shamefully broadcasting nude pictures of america's first lady who is so beloved, melania trump. in conclusion, god bless our troops as the global war on america continues. trump is reinstituting existing laws to protect american families with peace through strength. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent i address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today because elon musk, an unelected billionaire is repeatedly and blatantly breaking the law including usurping the authority reserved for congress. music claimed powers even the president himself does not hold including the authority to delete agencies created and funded by this body. mr. min: he's gained control of the treasury's payment system, used to make all payments by the federal government. trump promised to cut $2 billion, the discretionary budg

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trump says in a new interview that he has a good relationship with putin and that he and putin have spoken. let's get more now with simon schuster. he's a senior correspondent at time. he's also the author of the book the showman, about volodymyr zelenskyy and the war in ukraine. great to see you, simon. so why would the kremlin not confirm that the two might have spoken? >> they've been very. >> cagey about. this for. >> for some time. i remember on the campaign trail, president trump, then candidate trump was repeatedly asked whether he had been speaking to president putin, and he had said things to the effect of, i can't comment on that, i can't talk about that. so they are quite cagey about their conversations. but one thing we know for sure is that these two leaders. now, president trump again and president putin are preparing to talk. and the fear in ukraine, in kyiv is that they're going to be talking about ukraine without ukraine in the room. >> yeah, i mean, that seems like a legitimate concern. and then a short time ago, ukraine's zelenskyy said that he was willing to negotiate w

so that was president trump talking about vladimir putin in particular, but a lot of questions about how this war is actually going to come to an end and whether or not ukraine is going to have to make some, some concessions, including possibly even maybe giving away some of its land, which of course, the ukrainian people and the president of ukraine have been very clear. they do not want to do. alex. >> okay. yamiche, please stay with us. joining our conversation now, senior white house reporter with nbc news digital, peter nicholas. peter, welcome. peter, you wrote a piece on how democrats are struggling to keep up with president trump's pace. what did you learn about how they're trying to fight back? >> well, there are so many targets for democrats to swing at that they don't quite know how to handle it. i mean, trump is just pumping. >> out executive. >> orders, taking actions, making pronouncements. >> democrats are saying. >> that they're outraged by many of. >> them. >> but politically. >> they've really. >> not. >> been able. >> to do much to counter trump. democratic attorne

but it was essentially a call for regime change and it focused on one man vladimir putin, just as he said, the north stream pipeline would not be allowed to allow gas to flow to germany. do you expect uh these papers to be the classified under i license a call soon was looking to for individual med die be when he made that to a sudden revelation about the plans to kill boots and when we get the details annoyed stream, do you expect uh from uh uh, a trump administration that boeing to open up a lot of information is kept secret from the us public or not before deal with the crane. i highly doubt it trump is actually mirrored when asked about it so which it in itself is revealing that donald trump refused to comment on who is responsible for nato. and the biden ministration is doing all they could to deny us hand including leaking stories to the washington post, another mainstream publications about ukraine's responsibility, and a secret operation of which in which vladimir zalinski was kept in the dark. so i don't expect anything new, but i do commend independent investigators like er

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putin hates usaid. maybe that's why musk hates usaid. this is an agency that represents the very best of america&keeps us safer by creating a more table world and keeps america safe. you know, foreign assistance is about 1% of our entire federal budget and maybe before coming after usaid republicans should look at all the billions and billions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies they give to oligarch like elon musk. you want to save money, start there. elon, pay your fair share of taxes. what is happening right now across the government is that an unelected billionaire is trying to gut the government to give other billionaires a tax break. our answer is hell no. and as much as donald trump and elon musk want, this is not a dictator ship and will not allow it to become one ever. we're going to fight and we're going to win! >> enough is enough. we will not stand for this. this is illegal. this is wrong. and this is unconstitutional. it takes an act of congress to shut down usaid. but you know what, congress will not let this happen. we