there is no 2nd. crimea, crimea did have a certain effect and put in rating. he really did go through the roof the moment it was the next, it is deflated. now again. but bellows isn't some country. the russians, one to see integrated into russia, it's crania, was such an issue. this was the only existing one. this is now gone. so it is really hard to predict what put in is welcome is ready to put in the bargaining table with vitamin photo. do you have any reason to be immediately optimistic about the situation? just to round up the show today that there might be a positional courses in the end. if we see the tension, maybe they will have more weight in europe or they used to be before due to this due to this is tory. i don't know really i really everything is happening various. okay. we'll have to leave it. we've been talking about the latest crisis in bella row, so thank you very much for joining us. hope we've provided you with plenty to, to hold by, by the the news the news, the news, [000:00:00;00] the the the the, the the the what keeps that shape. what m

you know we launched we came up with a very good idea of a crimea platform and they say this initiative is gathering more and more international support so no we are not running out of ideas but unfortunately russia has adopted a very. very unhelpful tactics of simply downplaying every any idea that if they do not like or ignoring them but will keep trying because as i said just a couple of minutes before this is all and we cannot sit down with and lay down our hands we have to come up we have with new ideas we have to be creative and we will be doing that this is a lengthy and may take some time but in the end we will succeed the fact is that your president was elected 2 years ago on a promise to end the war in the donbass region he didn't do it even blamed the continuing conflict on his previous president poroshenko saying it wasn't russian aggression that was the problem it was the ukrainian side being unreasonable that came back to bite him as well given that in effect he's over promised and under the livered the biggest sin the politician can commit isnt it. well my president still

you know we launched we came up with a very good idea of a crimea platform and they say this initiative is gathering more and more international support so now we are not running out of ideas but unfortunately russia has adopted a very. very unhelpful tactics of simply downplaying every any idea that if they do not like or ignoring them but will keep trying because as i said just a couple of minutes before this is all when we cannot sit down with and lay down our hands we have to come up we have new ideas we have to be creative and we will be doing that this is all then to and it may take some time but in the end we will succeed the fact is that your president was elected 2 years ago on a promise to end the war in the donbass region he didn't do it even blamed the continuing conflict on its previous president poroshenko saying it wasn't russian aggression that was the problem it was the ukrainian side being unreasonable that came back to bite him as well didn't it the fact he's over promised and under the livered that's the biggest sin the politician can commit isn't it well my presiden

. -- crimea. his popularity was 82%. it is now 62%.ay ask how can we trust these opinion polls? i am coordinating a poll, which belongs to a position. i think most russian opposition leaders take the reports very seriously, so putin is sufficiently at home not to be worried and his dealings with the united states. the more russia is pressured, the more russia is lectured, the greater putin's support is, because the majority of russians , even those uneasy with the quality of leadership, they are patriotic people and they do not like foreigners telling us what to do. anchor: let's look at a clip of president biden and early comments on dealing with russia. pres. biden: the united states is not looking to kick off a cycle of escalation with russia. we want a stable, predictable relationship. if russia continues to interfere with our democracy i am prepared to take further actions and respond. anchor: do you think that message from president biden is one that is welcomed into moscow and the kremlin or is it one saint we are going to have

you know we launched we came up with a very good idea of a crimea platform and this idea this initiative is gathering more and more international support so now we are not running out of ideas but unfortunately russia has adopted a very. very unhelpful tactics of simply downplaying every any idea that if they do not like or ignoring them but will keep trying because as i said just a couple of minutes before this is all when we cannot sit down with and lay down our hands we have to come up we have with new ideas we have to be creative and we will be doing that this is all down to and it may take some time but in the end we will succeed the fact is that your president was elected 2 years ago on a promise to end the war in the donbass region he didn't do it even blaming the continuing conflict on its previous president poroshenko saying it wasn't russian aggression that was the problem it was the ukrainian side being unreasonable that came back to bite him as well given that in effect he's over promised and the livered the biggest sin the politician can commit isnt it. well my president sti

and again, they seized crimea with russian soldiers who are identified.nbas. perhaps the greatest strategist in ukraine says that ukraine must enter nato because that is the only way russia will leave them alone. i wish he was wrong about that but he has a point. john herbst for us there. despite the global vaccination programme, tracking and testing are still vital tools in the fight against coronavirus. accurate data is key and speed is of the essence. now a team of researchers in the netherlands have come up with a novel way to find the virus, relying on the smallest of detectives. the fight against covid—19 can take many different forms stop this, one of the more unusual. honeybees with their amazing sense of smell scientist almost buzzing with excitement. dutch researchers strapping the insects into little bee harnesses and presenting them with negative and positive coronavirus samples. every positive sample was followed by a dose of sugar water, teaching them to quickly identify covid—19. 50 water, teaching them to quickly identify covid-19.— identi

there is no 2nd crimea, crimea did have a certain effect on put in rating. he really did go through the roof. the moment it was the next, it is deflated. now again. but bellows isn't some country. the russians, one to see integrated into russia, it's crania, was such an issue. this was the only existing one. this is now gone. so it is really hard to predict what put in is. welcome is ready to put in the bargaining table with a bite. you have any reason to be immediately optimistic about the situation. just the round up the show today that might be a positional forces. in the end, we see the tensions. maybe they will have more weight in europe that they used to be before due to this due to this is tory that, that i don't know really. i really everything is happening very okay. we'll have to leave it. we've been talking to the latest crisis in dela rosa, thank you very much for joining us. we've provided you with plenty of super by, by the the news. the news, the news? the, the news, the news. the news, the news, the news. ah. decreed division. office, 39 drug

there is no 2nd. crimea, crimea did have a certain effect and put in rating. he really did go through the roof. the moment it was next, it is deflated now again. but bellows isn't some country. the freshman's one to see integrated into russia, it's crania, was such an issue. this was the only existing one. this is now gone. so it is really hard to predict what put in is. welcome is ready to put in the bargaining table with the photos you have any reason to be immediately optimistic about the situation. just to round up the show today might be a positional courses. in the end, if we see the tensions, maybe they will have more weight in europe. they used to be before you do this due to this, right. as for that, i don't know really i really everything is happening there is okay, we'll have to leave it. we've been talking about the latest crisis in dela rosa, thank you very much for joining us. we've provided you with plenty of food for thought by by the the the the news, the news, the news . the news the news the the police were so cruel. i was terrified why i ju

and again, they seized crimea with russian soldiers who are identified.rid war, in donbas. perhaps the greatest strategist in ukraine says that ukraine must enter nato because that is the only way russia will leave them alone. i wish he was wrong about that but he has a point. john herbst for us there. reducing methane emissions is far more important in tackling climate change in the short term than previously thought, according to a major united nations report just published. methane is a potent global warming gas produced when organic material decomposes. but the un says the good news is that rapid and significant reductions in the greenhouse gas are possible using cheap, existing technologies. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. you are about to meet methane — the gas that fires your stove, seeps from rotting organic material, and bubbles from our stomachs and those of cows and sheep. butjust look what happens when you add a little bit of pure oxygen. methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. each molecul

there was no 2nd crimea, crimea did have a certain effect on put in writing. he really did go through the roof. the moment it was the next, it is deflated. now again, but bellows isn't some country. the russians want to see integrated into russia. it's crania was such an issue, this was the only existing one. this is now gone. so it is really hard to predict what put in is. welcome is ready to put in the bargaining table with vitamins. because you have any reason to be immediately optimistic about the situation. just the round up shows that there might be a positional forces in the end. but we see the tensions. maybe they will have more weight in europe or they used to be before you do this due to this story. i don't know really. i really everything is happening. there is okay, we'll have to leave it. we've been talking to the latest crisis in dela rosa, thank you very much for joining us. we've provided you with plenty suits by, by the the the the, the news. the news, the, the the the the the old news for your budget lift the magic corner. spot for, for me, a

to his considerable assistance from the united states and only after that there are going to go of crimea and support into separatists it's very difficult to have any agreement on ukraine if news aside is willing to compromise and understand that this edition is a road that can play well dimitri simes president c.e.o. of the center for the national interest i really appreciate your candor thoughts thank you for joining us today thank you very much so what's the bottom line everything that washington doesn't like about russia is exactly what makes putin more popular invading ukraine and annex crimea well that's super popular in russia doing away with term limits and basically keeping putin as president for life or at least the next 15 years. that's super popular in russia even trying to kill his critical exene of only throwing him in jail half a russian say it's his own fault for criticizing putin and don't forget all opinion polls in russia say that folks there see the united states as their number one enemy so putin stays popular as long as he finds new ways to poke america whether by ha

moscow is right now conducting a war against the ukraine after occupying crimea.merican support for ukraine's first to russia that we will provide initial sanctions on you if you escalate aggression in the war in the ukrainian east. and also we will send ukraine weapons and they will be able to better defend themselves and more russian soldiers will die. that is a political problem for putin because he is lying to his people and saying russian officers are not fighting their. america is helping to make sure that russian aggression is protected for president zelensky. i aggression is protected for president zelensky.- aggression is protected for president zelensky. i was there in 2014 and _ president zelensky. i was there in 2014 and 2015 _ president zelensky. i was there in 2014 and 2015 so _ president zelensky. i was there in 2014 and 2015 so much - president zelensky. i was there in 2014 and 2015 so much | - president zelensky. i was there in 2014 and 2015 so much i am | in 2014 and 2015 so much i am aware of the geography of the situation. isn't the problem now

pliable you know russian participation in trying to solve some of these problems say in ukraine with crimea. well steve being publicly that our show is over this are not a panacea right you always do negotiate from a position of strength if you have strengths and but big it is the us agenda is sufficiently and vicious little bit doctrine on there used to put a huge it was united states would not be strong would be strong economically it would be strong condemned so domestic unity and strong contempt of climate on the lenses and of course their own limited at it having said that if you are good is there room in self-confidence you don't need to put your opponents don't. demonstrate to them your strengths you demonstrate to them you will force of conviction but then you do member this is a film dignity and they may be but people who may feel the did wrong as exhibited disagreeable but at the same time if we don't know kind of follow up to intimidate them we need to need to sheet to his them and if you negotiate with somebody who can do them down and insulting the did this is a good motivator

course the ball onto the sanctions that president biden levied earlier for the illegal actions in crimea especially in court nation with partners in europe and canada. it has to make couldn't understand at what price does he pursue such an incursion because i believe he only understand strength and unless he sees strength he will pursue potential invasion so i think amassing all of that is incredibly important at this time. >> thank you, thank you very much. atom. >> i agreed, i think there are a few options here and one won't be as popular as the other. first at the very minimum i think we need to make it clear that vladimir putin engages with -- further it would ignite a massive terms of ideas. we will begin to make it clear that we will fight for western democracy in countries where you have russian influence will push back harder than we ever have. we will return to a massive operation of informing the russians just how corrupt vladimir putin and his cronies aren't we will make it immediately clear the pipeline will not be completed as it should be anyway and is one of the concerns i

willingness of ukraine and of germany and france to put an end to the war in donbas when it comes to crimea you know we launched we came up with a very good idea of a crimea platform and this initiative is gathering more and more international support so no we are not running out of ideas but unfortunately russia has adopted a very. very unhelpful tactics of simply downplaying every any idea that if they do not like or ignoring them but will keep trying because as i said just a couple of minutes before this is all when we cannot sit down with and lay down our hands we have to come up we have new ideas we have to be creative and we will be doing that this is all down to and may take some time but in the end we will succeed the fact is that your president was elected 2 years ago on a promise to end the war in the donbass region he didn't do it even blamed the continuing conflict on his previous president poroshenko saying it wasn't russian aggression that was the problem it was the ukrainian side being on reasonable that came back to bite him as well given that in effect he's over promised an

willingness of ukraine and of germany and france to put an end to the war in donbas when it comes to crimea. you know we launched we came up with a very good idea of a crimea platform and this initiative is gathering more and more international support so now we are not running out of ideas but unfortunately russia has adopted a very. very unhelpful tactics of simply downplaying every any idea that if they do not like or ignoring them but will keep trying because as i said just a couple of minutes before this is all then we cannot sit down with and lay down our hands we have to come up we have new ideas we have to be creative and we will be doing that this is all then to and it may take some time but in the end we will succeed the fact is that your president was elected 2 years ago on a promise to end the war in the donbass region he didn't do it even blamed the continuing conflict on its previous president poroshenko saying it wasn't russian aggression that was the problem it was the ukrainian side being unreasonable that came back to bite him as well given that in effect he's over promise

famous set of photographs in crimea. is a little-known fact probably the first master site to be found to be discovered by the allies was early january 42. crimea was occupied by the germans they killed about 7000 - - 7000 jews the soviet army counterattacked and then liberated the territory that the germans had not managed to bury the victims so we have photographs of that massacre very soon after it took place in the germans counterattack and took control of crimea again and wasn't liberated until later in the war. that's an interesting moment in time and that massacre was documented by soviet jewish photographers commemorated by the soviet jewish officer who was a poet and that was widely reported in the soviet press 1942. the issue of photography and visual evidence enters into our consciousness especially on the eastern front very early. then of course once the allies in the west begin liberating territory in germany and the soviets moved into poland and then auschwitz january 45 there is a tremendous amount of visu

you know we launched we came up with a very good idea of a crimea platform and they say this initiative is gathering more and more international support so now we are not running out of ideas but unfortunately russia has adopted a very. very unhelpful tactics of simply downplaying every any idea that if they do not like or ignoring them but will keep trying because as i said just a couple of minutes before this is our land we cannot sit down with and lay down our hands we have to come up we have with new ideas we have to be creative and we will be doing that this is a lengthy and may take some time but in the end we will succeed the fact is that your president was elected 2 years ago on a promise to end the war in the donbass region he didn't do it even blame the continuing conflict on his previous president poroshenko saying it wasn't russian aggression that was the problem it was the ukrainian side being unreasonable that came back to bite him as well given that in effect he's over promised and the livered the biggest sin the politician can commit isnt it. well my president still has

people are speaking about the law such incident in russia which was that the cats massacre in crimea back in 201820 shooting was killed 60 injured by this shooter. how often are these incidents copycat attacks you know we're speaking about you know terrible tragedy in columbine in curt's in crimea or other school shootings how likely is it this could be a copycat attack or somebody acting entirely out of possible grievance mental health problems extremism we just don't know until we have leave the of the official information but do you think a copycat motive could be one the police will be looking at here. well you hit the nail on the head there were is the intention what is the process of the person that's doing it is it because he's radicalized others islam or not that's radicalization that's taking place all or is it simply someone with mental health issues that decided to go on a killing spree and become famous and of course they will watch what's happening in the world and then what happens in the u.s. and other countries is now spread across the world so there's no secret that

there is no 2nd. crimea crania did have a certain effect on putting rating. he really did go through the roof. the moment it was the next, it is deflated. now again, but bellows, in some countries, a fresh and one to see integrated into russia. it's crania, was such an issue. this was the only existing one. this is now gone. so it is really hard to predict what put in is. welcome is ready to put in the bargaining table with vitamin photos. you have any reason to be immediately optimistic about the situation. just the round up was shown today to have some a positional forces in the end to the tensions. maybe they will have more weight in europe that they used to be before due to this due to this story. but i don't know, really i really everything is happening there is okay, we'll have to leave it. we've been talking about the latest crisis in dela rosa, thank you very much for joining us. we've provided you with plenty of suits us a little by, by the the news the news, the news, [000:00:00;00] the the the the the whole thing if i buried i verified my 180 perce

there is no 2nd. crimea crania did have a certain effect and put in rating. he really did go through the roof. the moment it was the next, it is deflated. now again. but bellows isn't some country. the freshman's one to see integrated into russia. it's crania, was such an issue. this was the only existing one. this is now gone. so it is really hard to predict what put in is. welcome is ready to put in the bargaining table with a bite photo. do you have any reason to be immediately optimistic about the situation? just to round up the show today that there might be some a positional forces. in the end, we see the tensions. maybe they will have more weight in europe that they used to be before due to this due to this is tory. i don't know really really everything is happening there is okay, we'll have to leave it. we've been talking about the latest crisis in dela rosa, so thank you very much for joining us. we've provided you with plenty to, to hold by by the news . the news the who's the the the the the, all the police were so cruel. i was terrified why i just

with their separation of course from syria maybe are the wars but nevertheless they insist just on crimea and to end on the events in georgia or saakashvili tried to require that their interest that seceded from germany soria from georgy in 1901 and that led to a war which you lost. but that the western media keeps claiming that russia is their vision is our year. well if we read that resolution of the european parliament and book that last you know in 2019 own then most area i think it was because of being verse here or there. more to act you know i was i just created this resolution recently and a follow up so many a missions there you know for example based upon. there is additional stress us that the 2nd world war the most devastating war in europe history was started s. and he needed because although that authority is not to so he war non-aggression or make it go to what wasn't yet 39 more the whole truth where is the american dream and here it's simply a historical here let me go back to marcus i'm glad you brought this up here demon i mean it was the failure of the of the western s

with their separation of course from syria maybe other wars but nevertheless they insist just on crimea and to end on the events in georgia are saakashvili tried to require that their interest that seceded from germany from georgy in 1901 and that lead to a war which you lost. the western media your schooling in the prussia is there are your. well if we read that resolution of the european parliament adopt a plus to know in $2190.00 and then most area i think it was because of dangerous fear all that control more to act you know i was just creepy at this resolution recently and they've all so many i missions there you know for example based on. there is additional stress that the 2nd world war the most devastating war in europe history was started at s. and he media result of that authority is not to so he or non-aggression or rangitoto what was not yet 39 nor the whole truth where is the american dream and here it's simply a historical here let me go back to marcus i'm glad you brought this up here demon i mean it was the failure of the of the western structures security system of euro

the escort that was the brand of the shop that awareness than that was also the used in the catch crimea massacre all of 2018 we're just and it's one of the. cheapest shotguns on the market it's cost 304-0000 rubles that's between $3.40 pounds. that it was legally own to understand he decided had a loss. and he bought 250 rounds legally at a gun shop in preparation for this. again russia is a country with some fairly strict gun control laws perhaps less so than the u.k. or europe but certainly more strict than that in the u.s. it's not call of people. own automatic weapons or even other weapons other forums what kind of questions there's this phrase and does it make any difference that the weapon was legally owned she had full responsibility legally for that farm it was stolen or given to him. on the russian law the charges brought against him will be different as he was the owner what questions does that raise about you know gun ownership mental health just months perhaps gun laws that need tightening what do you make of that. well of the basic a point you make very valid because we see

it was also used as we understand in the curch polytechnic massacre back in 2018 in crimea. could one theory be here that this could be inspired by that attack some sort of copycat incident went to start the foreign was relatively cheap to obtain just what sort of impact do you think that could have had on what's happened today because. it's a possibility and this is what the police will be looking into what was it that motivated the individual copycat attack possibly but only if the individual was following what was going on or reading about it and everything else was copycat attacks tend to happen within the days weeks. months after a major incident so it's the police will be trying to do the got the individual secure its work you know what his motivation was behind carrying out the attack and then trying to identify if there's any way that they could have put mechanisms in place or could still put mechanisms in place to try and stop those motivations happening elsewhere and of course there will be alerts for other people potentially carrying a copycat attacks in other par

for parents this is every parent's worst nightmare reminiscent of the shooting we saw in 20 tain in crimea and it's where there were 20 fatalities rheumatisms of 2004 and the beslan school of this crisis which this day is actually in the memories of russians as a day that was particularly dark and tragic in the country's modern history we heard from one mother who was also at the scene racing to see her child was evolved this is her account of what happened. so nancy. it's all right side is home when an explosion happened in the school my son was there now it's all right but terribly shocked. as i said terribly shocked is is really putting it mildly of this incident of course developed over an hour and a half or so very conflicting accounts about what happened we do know now that the suspected shooter a 19 year old was armed with a escort a shotgun a turkish manufactured laws of use for hunting this is a foreign that he used obtained legally and that we understand from security forces just days before the attack he bought 150 caught reduces. the potion of what he was about to do he passed

getting your land back do you seriously imagine the day when the russians will say to you sorry we took crimea big mistake have it back what has that train left the station well did you imagine that the soviet union was one day would seriously say eastern germany can go back to germany and reunite again i'm sure that if your leadership and your politicians never imagined that they would never succeed. mr chorley but been a pleasure having you thank you very much thank you. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing. what does the latest research. information into context. the coronavirus up to the the special monday to friday. trip. kids. that you love so she will. drive again to help fitz and glitter glitter glitter. from. their fighting against prejudice i don't call gay boy i did nothing wrong i'm just dancing around and form recognition. in our little stars on the green stage. strikes me 17 w. . but i'm wondering. if you know i mean in your monotonous in. kosovo my dance moves into. us all without it but our. vision of getting. better and what. th

getting your land back do you seriously imagine a day when the russians will say to you sorry we took crimea big mistake have it back what has that train left the station well did you imagine that the soviet union was one day would seriously say eastern germany can go back to germany and reunite again i'm sure that if your leadership and your politicians never imagined that they would never succeed. mr been a pleasure having you thank you very much thank you. comes gargling. news stations it. has often been in short supply. power just flowing from top. talent. on d. w. . voices from big. time the iron curtain. a radio program became a weapon during the cold war their food monday morning for 25 years citizens of east germany wrote their grievances to the b.b.c. . and ended up in the crosshairs of the secret service. in 75 minutes on d. w. . how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when will all this tremendous through the topics covered and the weekly radio broadcast. if you would like and want information on the chrono laroche or any other science topic you should really check out our po

when these _ annexation by crimea by russia.s as ukraine's is, that really— conflicts as ukraine's is, that really makes the nato allies less likely— really makes the nato allies less likely to — really makes the nato allies less likely to engage with countries where — likely to engage with countries where those conflicts are happening. because _ where those conflicts are happening. because that means that they will be putting _ because that means that they will be putting their resources on the line, their troops— putting their resources on the line, their troops on and if we are talking — their troops on and if we are talking about nato membership and we had this— talking about nato membership and we had this article five guarantee where — had this article five guarantee where a — had this article five guarantee where a attack on one is an attack on at _ where a attack on one is an attack on at that — where a attack on one is an attack on all. that gives the nato members and certainly the united states pause — and certainly th

this you know i mean when you're minorities in crimea and when you cry i don't want to. me number one and unanimous. the show could go places you trade yes it's a. question i. cannot i've only said but i thought when i'm going to be a fundie. can see it because as you say i said. this is the wu news live from berlin in the fight against covert 19 of the world's richest countries finally bowing to global pressure after the u.s. backs plans to wave coronavirus vaccine pipes says let's talk it's being hailed as a historic moment by the w.h.o. but it's only a 1st step in the push for a more effective facts in distribution.

there has been there have been 2 cases of that happening i should say one of them was actually in crimea so officially in ukraine according to international law but in russian in the russian euro's diction at least they consider it to be russia that happened twice once in 2018 in crimea and once in 2014 but usually school attacks like this one are not carried out with firearms with guns at all because it's very hard to get guns in russia there have been school attacks in the past. you know around a dozen with knives or other weapons but the gun laws are strict and actually in response to this shooting today we also heard from president vladimir putin who asked the government to look into making those gun laws even stricter to potentially prevent this kind of thing from happening in the future and we sure are reporting from moscow thank you. demonstrators who have recently been gathering in smaller groups after brutal crackdowns by the military junta which seized power in february. a road and rail bridge spanning the zambezi river between botswana and some bia has been officially opened i

i do not think that we are anywhere closer to resolving the questions in the ukraine and crimea. host: philip is up first. good morning. caller: my question is, that you are pretty much a joe biden guy. he gave the green light for the russian line. hunter has gotten so much money out of eastern europe and russia all these years. it looks like joe might be under the influence of the russians. maybe we should be investigating joe biden. host: can you explain what the wilson center is? guest: the institute is the program within the wilson center, devoted to the space. we host scholars and conduct meetings and basically inform people about what is going on in the eurasia regions. specifically devoted to the space. host: how tough or not tough has the biden administration been when it comes to russia? guest: they have had mixed signals. they have imposed sanctions in light of the dead and in light of other actions by russia. the first event was to the ukraine. he emphasized the importance of defending the integrity of the ukraine. the second is towards russia, but it is not really, in

so it wasn't during trump administration that putin took crimea it was during obama administration. what happenedra immediately just aap few months into this administration? now you see the russians going back into ukraine. and really taking threatening action again, putin like president xi they're going test biden they're going test the redline they were able to cross overer repeatedly in obama administration that they weren't tiebl cross over during the trumpg administration. and unfortunately, we're going to see all of these countries -- iran c as well testing biden, te administrations resolve to stand up for american interest abroad. mark: you know john radcliffe president of the united states and his people have access to the seam information you have access to. donald trump's national security team was strong as could be from the national security advisor to your office to pompeo and so forth. look at the people obama team or worse -- and as we look all over the world and we'll get to iran a little bit later. it isit as if they go into these situations and do exactly the wrong

most recently engaged in a military build-up along its border with ukraine and off the waters off crimearisks firsthand. >> reporter: this is a first glimpse of putin's latest armada. weapons in disputed waters between russia and ukraine. kremlin says these are just naval exercises. the missiles are real. for ukraine, so is the threat. ukrainian vessels on the strategic sea have been warned to steer clear. but we gained rare access to a ukrainian coastal patrol setting out in high seas to challenge what they say is russia's illegal naval court, something moscow rejects. the ukrainian navy says its boats have been harassed by russia with moscow shifting its military focus. >> we've come out here to the very rough sea of azul. you can see as russian forces pull back their troops from the border of ukraine. they are redeploying naval forces here into this sea. raising concerns in ukraine and around the world that the military pressure they are applying on ukraine from the land has now moved to the sea. the commander of the patrol boat tells me how russian forces are increasingly behaving ag

most recent, in 2018, an 18-year-old student carried out a mass shooting at a vocational college in crimeakilling 20 people. anchor: china has registered growth rates at its lowest in decades, couples it seems are reluctant to have children despite the end of the one-child pocy. reporter: the world's most populous nation is facing a demographic crisis, data from the center says the population is 14.1 billion, annual growth dropping to 0.53%, the slowest rate in half a century. china's population is forecast to reach its peak in the next decade. 12 million babies were born last year, an 18% drop from 2019. officials say the unprecedented health crisis is to blame. [speaking in foreign language] translator: -- reporter: the pandemic is not the only reason. fewer chinese are getting married, and many women are choosing to delay having a child. recruitment has become a challenge for many chinese companies. the number of people in the age group dropped nearly seven percentage points. meanwhile, the percentage of people under 14 increased from a decade ago. an unexpected bright spot in the data,

russia has been seizing ukraine's land for years ever since crimea was annexed in 2014.ing its military and pro-russian separatists to seize land that is not theirs and to kill ukrainians. now russia is moving its fight to the sea of azov. russia claims its forces are just conducting military exercises by ukrainian sailors say the russian threats on those rough waters is palpable and frightening. cnn's matthew chance boarded a ukrainian patrol boat to see this all firsthand. >> reporter: this is a first glimpse of putin's latest armada, whistling with weapons in disputed waters between russia and ukraine. the kremlin says these are just naval exercises. the missiles are real and for ukraine so is the threat. ukrainian vessels on the strategic sea of azov have been warned to steer clear. but we gained rare access to a ukrainian coastal patrol setting out in high seas to challenge what they say is russia's illegal naval corridor, something moscow rejects. in recent weeks, the ukrainian navy says its boats have been harassed by russia with moscow shifting its military focus

remember, barack obama walked away from a summit after crimea happened.was supposed to have a summit and crimea happened after it was scheduled. so then obama canceled it. does president biden cancel this summit given there was another cyberattack that -- whether the russian government officially launched it or simply passively approved it isissue, hallie. i have talked tie bunch of folk in the cyber community who say, whatever we have been doing with russia hasn't worked. the sanctions aren't working. it's not mitigated this behavior. it's getting worse, not better. we have to come up with a better penalty for russia and sanctions ain't cutting it. >> chuck todd, thank you so much for that. we will look for more on "meet the press" when chuck and his guests get into this, including the gop blockage of the january 6 commission. >>> overseas, britain's prime minister now a married man. he married his fiancee on saturday at westminster cathedral. it was a ceremony so small, so secret, it cost his own staff off guard, according to british newspapers. they ha

the biggest mobilization since moscow annexed crimea in 2014. those forces have begun to withdraw.any are still in place. muska also continues to back a pro-russian insurgency in ukraine's east. that conflict alone has killed more than 30,000 people according to the united nations. ukraine's president zelensky wants the country to join nato for increased protection from russia, but the white house says the door remains open, but ukraine must pass laws tackling corruption and advancing the rule of law. joining us now is the u.s. special rep resented for ukraine and the ambassador to nato formerly. thank you for being with us. do you think the u.s. should be doing more to encourage ukraine to join nato? because it would deter russian aggression? >> thank you so much, great to be with you. i don't think that the u.s. needs to be encouraging ukraine to want to join nato. ukraine is already there and it has a legitimate need for self-defense. the issue is that there is no consistence among nato allies to admit ukraine to nato. here you have a number of reasons, everything ranging from u

the sochi olympics, building the bridge to crimea, if you look at the targeted -- this sputnik vaccine as well. look at targeted efforts, the russian state can marshal resources to resolve specific problems. it's not good at generate thing kind of economic dynamism that comes from innovation and new inventions and creating a level of economic playing field so that people with good ideas are rewarded rather than people with good connections to the state. in foreign policy, too, the annexation of crimea was wildly popular and really bought putin four years of peace, even as the economy started to slow down so that from his point of view was a really wise move. another area, it's road building. a lot of things we could look at in detail and see where the kremlin is not so good at doing those kinds of activities. i site -- a great study at the world bank which look ted costses 0 building a road in finland and northern russian and the cost in russian are three times higher than in fin loaned ann though the climatic cbs or the same. that's not something russia is not so great at. >> necessar

that direction is the continued conflict in ukraine's east, not to mention the illegal annexation of crimeaia. when these conflicts exist, whether frozen or hot, that really makes the nato allies less likely to engage with countries where those conflict are happening. because that means they will be putting their resources on the line, the troops on the line. if we are talking about nato membership, we have this article five guarantee where an attack on one is an attack on all. >> next, afghanistan where a lack of adequate health care for women is at life-threatening levels. a new report from human rights watch has found a decline in international funding is impacting basic health needs including family planning. up to 72% of afghan women live in poverty and many do not have access to contraceptives. let's hear from a doctor of gynecology and obstetrics in kabul. >> -- a high rate of mortality let alone -- because of -- culture and tradition, they have lots of children because our tradition in our culture. most have an average person they have nine children. [indiscernible] both of them do

election appearance, cyber attacks like the solarwinds breach and also the russian annexation of crimea. ten russian diplomats were expelled. is this enough? >> no. absolutely not. much better than we saw with trump because trump often pulled sanctions. it was all kind of fake. and putin knew it. i believe we still yet to find out trump was so friendly to putin and why he was willing to accommodate prudent's biddg. in but, now we've reached a point where traditional measures like expelling diplomats, this is and going to work because it doesn't affect putin. putin cares only about his direct interest and money. it is not just his money, but mush money of russian oligarchs. as long as america and europe are not ready to go after this money, to impose sanctions on oligarchs, from putin's perspective, it's a lot of noise but no action. >> satellite images show recent russian military buildup near the border of you carrying. the u.s. approach towards russia as you know during the cold war, was largely one of containment. one that prevented russian expansion abroad. as russia flexes its musc

in crimea the same time. she says women there were treated with more respect before the europeans came to me. and. out of. the side of the right. to find. such an impact people. they were raising also the culture of the people. in the tension 1st century. i couldn't swallow my pride trust. you know you. was 10 when she left cameron came to germany along with her 2 brothers. their mother wanted to do her doctorate at a german university. coming here it was a dream as a small african child white culture is. everywhere it's the normal standard so when you know as a 10 year old that you're going to europe it's like the sugar candy place. but in a small town in southern germany she was the only black girl around she experienced the burden of being the father of racism they don't teach you about their lives not in terms of where the we sources come from and how did well come to europe in such an amount it came from their colonies and it's really insane to me to be in this world and go to school so many years where

interference, to cyberattacks, like the solarwinds breach, and also for the russian annexation of crimea. so, 10 russian diplomats were expelled, but is this enough? >> no, absolutely not. it's much better than we saw on the trump, because trump also imposed sanctions, but we all knew that it was all kind of fake. and putin knewt. and i believe we're still yet to find out why trump was so friendly to putin and why, you know, he was willing to accommodate putin's bidding. but now we've reached a point where just, you know, traditional measures like, you know, expelling diplomats -- this is -- it's not going to work because it doesn't affect putin. you expel diplomats, he expels diplomats. so, putin cares only about his direct interest, and it's money. and it's not just his money, but money of russian oligarchs. and as long as america and europe are not ready to go after this money, to impose sanctions on oligarchs, putin -- from putin's perspective, it's -- yeah, it's a lot of noise, but no action. >> satellite images show recent russian military build-up near the border with ukraine. the