let's bring in our guests in moscow dimitri babich is a political analyst at my internet project in rome marco deledio head of the russia and balkans desk of the center for international studies also in moscow alexander solidere a member of the russian opposition and former chairman of open russia welcome to the program dimitri 1st of all what is putting trying to say here is he saying that he wants to cling to power for other. well 1st i would like to tell you that it's not already it was not ready you're not signed that law because the war was basically bullshit at the referendum last year by serving your servant 1st and of the people who bought in the board i think that situation is misrepresented in a lot of the western media 1st they say that he has been running russia since the year although that's not exactly true because in 2008 yes it handed the reins of power to meet him and made him and then you have for example decided not to was going to. un vote in 2011 which it was alternately holster that decision. was made to do you know push his way through and the result was going to c

always a pleasure to welcome onto the program political analyst dimitri babich for his take good to see you to me treat is yes i see you incidence this move by the czech republic comes just days after the u.s. imposed sweeping restrictions on moscow over alleged harmful activities. well yes indeed i mean it's interesting because just you know in one d. the czech foreign minister young how much work was expected in malta call he was expected to come here to agree or on the purchase of a. vaccine for europe or the czech republic let me remind you of the czech president resentment is considered to be so far. all bernoulli or badly expressed sympathy for the idea or the russian big scene now of all. the president has to. be patriotic so that the prime minister bobbie says that you know the president is behind him in your mind in explanations from russia on what happened. but you know what is very strange is that immediately it. which is the western so-called investigative group with quite open connections to all western special services immediately betting can set something like oh when you

of the consultancy pangea why a group and in moscow dimitri babich political analyst for so wagner a news agency in russia a warm welcome to all 5 could start with glenn in boston so what do you think glenn do these sanctions indicate that the by the administration is going to take a very different approach to russia than we saw under the donald trump administration oh absolutely that is the case it's a return to a more traditional kind of relationship for tat and carrot and stick early ship between rivals which is how international relations function until biden took office we had for 4 years someone who was very least compromised by russian intelligence and pretty clearly involved with the very how do we know that glenn just just to get factual on you about how do we know he was compromised i know the allegations about golden showers and all but how do we know for sure. well by observing every statement and every policies action that he took her horror here is a crisis you don't have to go behind curtains to see that when the all 17 agencies of the united states intelligence commun