and, meantime, angela stent, you have these sanctions that the west is imposing. ou see those having any kind of meaningful effect on what putin is deciding to do on a day-to-day basis? angela: i mean, they will certainly have an economic effect on the individuals, on the people who deal with the major banks that have now been sanctioned, in terms -- longer terms of the industry with the export controls. but, unfortunately, i don't think they will have any impact on vladimir putin's decision-making. we have seen him, particularly this last week in these diatribes that he -- on television, in his pronouncements, where -- which are widely not factual and don't have a basis in reality about what ukraine is. so i don't think that the prospect of some of his friends being sanctioned or banks being sanctioned, it's not going to change his calculus. judy: andrew weiss, what about that? now that we have seen this next level of sanctions being imposed by the united states, by the u.k. and others, do you see that having an effect? andrew: i think the u.s. and western respons

and we thank both of you for joining us tonight, angela stent, secretary leon panetta, thank you. >>druff: in the day's other news, a new trial began for russian opposition leader alexei navalny, at a prison where he's already jailed for parole violations. he now faces charges of fraud and contempt of court. but, at today's proceedings, navalny refused to back down. >> ( translated ): i'm not afraid of the decision of the court, russia's federal serity service, the prosecutor's office or everyone else. i'm not afraid, because i consider it humiliating to be afraid of all this. it's bad to live and accept all this. >> woodruff: navalny's allies say that he could get another 15 years in prison if he's convicted-- and that the putin government wants to keep him locked up for as long as possible. the families of nine victims in the sandy hook school shooting agreed today to settle with gun manufacturer remington arms for $73 million. the company made the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six teachers in newtown, connecticut, in 2012. the families sued over the weapon's marketing. w

and angela stent. she worked in the state department during the clinton administration and served as a top u.s. intelligence officer on russia during the george w. bush administration. she is now a professor at georgetown university. welcome to the fushour to both of you. david kramer, to you first, taking today's developments together, the statement by a putin that russia will now recognize the independence of these two break away regions and the, what is reported to be th movement of russian troops in to that eastern region, what does it all amount to? >> judy, i think today may have been a fatal day for diplomacy. mr. putin seems to have gone completely heywire in the past 24 hours, where he initially offered a tent tiff agreement o to french president macron on a meeting with president biden. that now seems very unlikely. even a meeting scheduled for this thursday with russian foreign minister lavrov and secretary of state blinken seems very unlikely. putin all of a sudden has really hit the accele

tom: angela stent, thank you so much. writing in foreign affairs.t say enough about the s8 the putin doctrine. i thought this was great and the idea of the back-and-forth and the huge and over the daily rhetoric we see out of different capitals and particularly out of washington and the denials of russia where they are saying this is what we have said or not said. the confusion of messaging is extraordinary. lisa: the new york times report over the weekend saying russia has established about 70% of the troops they need for a full out invasion. russia says they are not going to, but talking about what the goals are. is it just they are concerned about ukraine joining nato or is this trying to reorder the world, which is the reason people are focusing on vladimir putin meeting with xi jinping of china and prolonging a conflict until after the olympics? michael: -- tom: this goes back to our international relations and we will try to bring you a lot of competing theories. one thing we did not get to the presumption there was any form of upset. the refu

tom: angela stent talks about the near abroad. i think we all understand that ukraine and certainly eastern ukraine is the near abroad. if russian troops move west somewhere in the vicinity of poland, does poland suddenly become the near abroad? henry: i think this is about ukraine. i don't think we are going to see anything beyond that. this is been something that, for years, put in has been concerned about. i don't think anyone could have imagined it would reach the point it has today, but it has. lisa: we are hearing a lot about people leaving ukraine, trying to flee, and surrounding nations preparing for refugees. in russia, are there any people planning to leave ahead of some of the sanctions and the isolation of that nation? henry: i'm sure people are think about that very seriously. there is certainly a sense of panic among certain people, bracing for what is ready to come, and frankly, disbelief. i don't think people have quite come to grips with this new reality. it is like they have woke up in a different country. lisa:

in her latest book putin's world russia against the west and with the rest, professor angela stent analyzes what is motivating. vladimir putin, especially in his foreign policy, professors did, is a former us national intelligence officer for russia in eurasia, she told in georgetown university school of foreign service. she's a fellow at the brookings institution and she is my guess this evening professor said it's good to have you on the day as far as we know. nothing has changed on the ground following today's un security council meeting. do you think today's meeting will make a difference at all? i think it was very important to have the meeting today, because this is not just a crisis between russia and the u. s. in europe. this is a crisis. it can have global ramifications if that's a bore. so it's very important to present it to the world, to all of the other countries, to listen to this and to take in what it means to have a large neighbor threatened to invade a country for no apparent reason. i don't know whether it's going to move anything forward. i clearly china is going to back

well earlier i spoke to angela stent — a former us national intelligence officer for russia and eurasially an inflection point. you have this detailed 18—page statement setting out russia and china's strategic partnership, saying that they are better than allies, they don't need a formal alliance, pushing back at the west, saying the west has no right to tell them what to do, and you have the chinese explicitly endorsing the russian demands that nato never enlarge, and of course russia confirming its view that, of the one china policy. and so there was a lot of detail, they also lashed out against the aukus alliance, the united states, great britain and australia, and indeed the west's whole indo—pacific strategy. it is interesting, a lot of the countries they are lashing out at are ones that boycotted the olympics diplomatically due to human rights abuses in china. but if it is a new era, which i think you are outlining there, when it comes to these strategic alliances, what does that really mean, do you think, when it comes to, for example, ukraine? so i think it means that although i

you need to read angela stent and elizabeth economy.'s world and the widely anticipated, the world according to china. her books have been definitive for decades. dr. economy joins us with the hoover institute. congratulations. after the old liv-ex, after ukraine, you talk about the china reset. what is the reset toward the party congress? elizabeth: the 20 ton -- the congress is coming this fall, perhaps in november. geez jinping will likely be reluctant for his third term for the communist party. he has routed out his political enemies, whether in the communist party or the broader civil society. say something against xi jinping and you will disappear for four years or 18 years. this will mark the beginning of the third term for xi jinping, the third five-year term. he has an ambitious agenda ahead of him. doubling per capita gdp by 2035. tom: that is all great. to be honest, you have been original in saying he is more fragile domestically then we perceive, do you stand by that? elizabeth: absolutely. we can look just back to the firs

tom: what is so important here is angela stent writing in putin's world says you can't look back, as gela merkel said , to the romance of the 19th or 20th century. nevertheless, that is what mr. putin does. his partial translation from "the washington post," this is language midpoint in mr. putin's speech last night. "it's goal is to protect people who have been abused by the genocide of kiev's regime for years, and to this end we will strive for the demilitarization and denazification of ukraine. the results of the second world war, as well as the sacrifices made by our people on the altar of the victory of nazism are sacred." stunning language from the leader of russia. jonathan: let's get to anne-marie in d.c. and maria tadeo in brussels. it feels like in the last hour, and escalation. what are you hearing? maria: a huge escalation, and it is key that we talk about the pace of this invasion. it is important that we fact-check everything russia has been saying. this is not a limited operation. this is happening in every corner of ukraine. we are seeing it from belarus, eastern ukrai

tom: angela stent for piercing interview yesterday, putin's world is definitive.to point out the 10 year real yield, evolving from the negative statistics to -0.46 right now. i exaggerate, but nevertheless a negative yield than the real yield trend. on the pandemic on confusion on masks, dr. amesh adalja joins us. on san francisco, california mask mandate is now going to go county by county. should we expect that nationwide , there'll be a city by city, county by county debate about indoor mask protocol? dr. adalja: i do think it is going to move from the state governor mention to each individual county or minister paoletti making that decision -- eunice the paoletti -- municipla ity making that decision on their own. it might reflect the transition in that given area. we are going to see is masking become something that is an individual risk calculation. some people will continue to wear masks, especially those who are high risk and others will get rid of their mask. masking works. if you are somebody who is worried about getting covid-19 because you had a kidney

tina: huge respect to angela stent. i share that analysis.een in a bipolar world for a long time. i am not sure i am ready to think about a tripolar world. russia is a spoiler. it has nuclear weapons capabilities, a u.n. security council seat. it is a powerful diminishing state. it is a disruptor. china and the u.s. is another question. what has changed since the statement at the olympics is a more overt kind of cooperation between russia and china. that is important for the future of the monetary system, created parallel institutions. it is not right to focus merely on the military manifestation of this power relationship. china is speaking up, saying russia should be allowed to do what it wants. it relates to taiwan as well. tom: we were scheduled for three hour conversation but i am told we cannot continue the conversation. thank you so much for coming in. please come again. we look forward to seeing you in our london studio. tina fordham, i cannot say enough about their perspective she has given us. gina, final point to you. did i miss my

angela stent, really appreciate your time. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> all right, we're going to take a break. still to come here on cnn, how some anti-war protesters in russia are facing resistance and arrests, and a closer look at the man who's become the face of ukrainian defense against russia, the unlikely path of president volodymyr zelenskyy. that's when we come back. with our unique tub over tub ininstallation in just a day, bath fitter doesn't just fit your bath, it fits your busy y schedule. why have over two million people welcomed bath fitter into their homes? it just fits. bath fitter. call now or visit bathfitter.com to book your free consultation. mom: i am so glad you ladies are here. you each have your own rooms. sister 1: thank you. mom: get settled in, i'll call you for dinner. adopting teen sisters, it's a lot. girls, you're going to be late. do you want breakfast? sister 1: no thanks, we're good. let's go. mom: they're always in their own world. twice the work. twice the surprises. sister 1: just try

angela stent, secretary leon panetta, thank you. ♪ stephanie: we will return to the full program afterlines. a trial began for russian opposition leader alexia navalny at a position he is jailed for parole violations. he faces fraud and contempt of court. he refused to back down at the proceedings today. >> i'm not afraid of the decision of the court. russia's federal security service, the prosecutor's office, or anyone else. i'm not afraid because i consider it humiliating to be afraid of this. it is bad to live and except all this. stephanie: his allies say he can get another 15 years in prison if he is convicted and the putin government wants to keep him locked up for as long as possible. the families of nine victims in the sandy hook school shooting agreed today to settle with gun manufacturer remington arms for $73 million. the company made the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six teachers in newtown, connecticut, and 2012. the family sued over the marketing. we will take up closer look in the program. prince andrew will settle a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by an american wo

analysis with a senior fellow at the brookings institute and former national intelligence officer, angela stent. putin's world, russia against the west and with the rest" author. we have been through different iterations with a possible invasion here. what's your assessment of where the crisis is? . >> well, i think it is really at a boiling point at the moment. it's possible they could invade this week. on the other hand, we don't really know what putin has decided. it is also possible this could go on for a long time. they could withdraw troops this week, next week, and we would still be guessing, there would still be pressure on ukraine. putin has us in a sense where he wants us. we have been guessing since we got these ultimatums in december what his real intentions were. and we still don't know. >> what do you think about how the biden administration is handling is this so far? >> i think they have handled it as well as they could. they offered diplomacy. they 5u6rdoffered to sit down a talk with russia about the security. they threatened massive sanc sanctions. there's not too much else w

we're joined by angela stent, senior adviser at georgetown. peter, let me start with you.ve known people in the president's orbit had beens tal when and how he should talk about these russia/ukrainian tensions. why now? why today? >> it's a good question. in our conversation with senior administration officials, it's clear this white house and this president believed it's the right moment for him to be speaking to the american people before there is action taken by the russians, if action is to take place in terms of an invasion in ukraine, to detail what the u.s. strategy is, the ways in which it's working closely with america's allies and partners and about the potential impact it could have on americans at home given gas prices and other prices already high right now. this could in some way affect americans in their wallet depending on how things play out in the recent weeks. let's detail for you, if we can, some of what we do expect to hear from the president. we note that the president will say that the u.s. remains open to high-level diplomacy in coordination with th

. >>> with us now to discuss is angela stent, senior fellow at the brookings institution and the authorrussia against the west and with the rest." angela, we're watching this unfold here over the last several hours with a swiftness and audacity that many people did not expect, but now that we're seeing this, what does this tell you about putin's mindset and his goals? >> well, he has been consistent in both his grievances and his ambitions. he is determined to subjugate ukraine. they will ptry to put a government in ukraine that is russian. if you listen to the diatribe on monday night, the speech he made, the animus towards ukraine and this belief that the ukrainians, you know, should be ruled by russia was very, very strong. so i think, you know, whatever has prompted him to do this now, he wants to finish this and to get a ukraine that will lose its independence. it is tragic. >> this isn't going to finish it. he must know that. if he topples this government, and puts in place a pro-russian government, he's seeing the ukrainian resistance to that, the bloody resistance, the successfu

i'm joined now by angela stent, she's a professor at georgetown university who's also the author of the the russians obviously don't like public requests because - putin? the russians obviously don't like public requests because they i like public requests because they deny that they're not bringing their troops back and they don't like to be called out for that. i think you'll also know that there was a shilling today in the donbas region. we already have russian backed separatists there. we see the russians in that part of ukraine trying to provoke the ukrainians to shoot back and use it as a pretext to go in. so there are many things going on that the russians aren't admitting that they have any responsibility for. we are in a very tense situation.— tense situation. what about also some of those _ tense situation. what about also some of those images _ tense situation. what about also some of those images that - tense situation. what about also some of those images that we i tense situation. what about also i some of those images that we were showing, the war of words as well, about