well, let's put that point to dmitri washington. seems very unhappy about the rule of the cfo peacekeepers in catholics found, suggesting it's illegitimate. why would it be a concern for the americans? well, it's amazing and you know, when people die in, in goes us, you know, might be where the government buildings are gone down. and the airport was taken by the surgeons, united states appealed for com and to dialogue and didn't to be, to be conserved when the situation stabilized somewhat. and the, and the frenzy true started took on an invitation from that because our government know that the state is suddenly concerned. it shows a completely flawed sense of priorities in washington. and the priority is in working on a very simple, anything that russia is doing is bad. any increase in the, or in russian influence catastrophic. we need to roll back russia to moscow. and this is a very primitive award. you're going to very dangerous because we'll already see how you green, formerly air flourish and stable so that keep public became

kremlin's longtime spokesman, dmitry peskov, has been by vladimir putin's side for two decades.ne of his closest aides. i talked to him on friday in an exclusive interview. mr. peskov, pleasure to have you on, sir. >> it's my pleasure. it's my pleasure, thank you. >> why has russia brought these proposals -- some people would say why has russia created this crisis now? many of the things that are being talked about, the russian demands, the draft negotiations, these issues have been around for a few years. what has happened in the last few months or few weeks that has caused this to become a kind of urgent crisis with russia amassing more than 100,000 troops on the ukrainian border? has something changed very recently? >> well, you know, it started in the beginning of the '90s. when germany was reunited and when the then soviet union and soviet union leader mr. gorbachev said okay to that, there was a promise by the american side. unfortunately not fixed in a judicial legally binding guaranteed document, but there was a guarantee that nato would never -- would never expand its m

dmitri: the russians have enormous capabilities when it comes to cyber.ome of the most impactful attacks in cyrspace against western targets like the attacks in 2017 that took down so much of theestern infrastructure and we launched by russia against ukraine but then leaked out, they have been done by russian intelligence services in recent years. it is concerning. i do think if there is an invasion of ukraine, and hopefully there will not be, the russians will have their hands full managing that crisis that they will not want to aggravate the west any further with direct attacks. brent: let's say putin does agree to bring his soldiers back to their barracks. and we still don't have a resolution that would be appealing to both sides. wouldn't that give the kremlin carte blanche to launch new cyber attacks? that would be its most effective weapon. dmri: i think it could be a weapon. i think the invasion of ukraine would be t preferred solution for him to get what he desires, which is keeping ukraine forever out of nato. if he can't get that, and it is a po

but it depends how adamant, as dmitri said the russians are on this. are going to continue to insist that nato has to pull back to pre1997 borders, that is ridiculous, that is not going to happen. because washington and the rest of nato are never going to treat, for example, berlin and paris and london better than you treat rsaw and buck arrest and that is what the russians are asking for. and i think that is an absolute nonstarter and i think deputy secretary sherman was very clear on that today. >> schifrin: dmitri trenin, do u believe that they are designed to be rejected and become the prelewd either for war or some kind of permanent russian presence on ukraine's border? >> well, in my judgment, the third condition that the russians are putting forth, ie the rollback of nato's military installations that have been built in the territories of the new nato states, that this is rather less important for russian-- russia than the two other issues raised by mr. ryabkov. so this could be an area where russia potentially could give should it see progress

we heard that from dmitry p peskov. .d in that interview of fareed, really very good interview, was that peskov in that interview said he's not sure whether there can be an agreement between russia and the u.s. but right now the u.s. and russia are, as he put it, on completely different tracks. he said that he finds that very disturbing. so it certainly seems that right now everything looking -- is looking more towards more confrontation rather than less confrontation. we've heard some things from the russians about the things that they want from nato and from the u.s. they say they want written security guarantees. they want nato to enlarge any further. they don't want ukraine to become a member of nato ever. they say that threatens their security, not because of ukraine but because of nato weapons they believe could be inside ukraine then. the russians have said their answer could be military technical. one of the things the deputy foreign minister said last week is he couldn't rule out even putting russian nuclear weap

meet dmitri, he's a russian- estonian and a father of three from estonia's eastern-most city, narva.e many meers of this group, he struggles with the estonian language, even though he's lived here all his life. >> ( translated ): the problem is that estonian just isn't used in narva. at work we only speak russian. you get the feeling that there's a wall between us, because i don't have a single estonian friend i can speak estonian with. >> reporter: dmitri and his kids are taking part in a government- sponsored course for a group of narva residents who've been bussed into thestonian capital, tallinn. this is a very unusual cooking class, because the point here isn't to learn how to make pizza. the point is to learn how to do the goal is to enable russian-. speaking estonians to interact with typical estonians who they wouldn't otherwise meet in their day-to-day lives. >> ( translated ): i'm really glad these women who organized this today aren't even trying to use a single word in russian with us. >> reporter: cultural courses like this one are just one part of the suite of integrati

and we also heard from the spokesperson the kremlin, dmitri prescott, who sat, that's in the upcoming meeting on friday, is extremely important to this country. and that the agenda has already been set for the russian foreign minister survey law will be meeting his american counterpart in geneva on friday. and they are expecting concrete answers, written responses to rushes, demands from nato and the u. s. in terms of security assurances that nato will not further expand eastward something that this country finds unacceptable and will not tolerate dosage of our most k thanks very much less because they went to washington dc. rosalind jordan is standing by force and roles when he reassuring was from mr. lincoln to president lensky. but there was a warning way to focus on the big picture in the region and not focus on the domestic woes that president lensky is experiencing right now. that's right, and we just got a read out from the state department indicating that the focus of the meeting between the secretary of state antony blanket and vladimir zalinski. the ukranian president was on

for instance, the russian investor dmitri, it's coughed. his 2045 initiative aims to develop a hologram body and an artificial brain. by the year 2045, it could have individual personalities uploaded onto it. nanotechnology and ben, computer interfaces will supposedly make this possible o model bodies would be replaced by technology. what stays alive would be the part of a person that can speak, act, and think. do you think that could be possible in a few decades? the german author hands block and his co author, morgan sees a week, have been meeting people around the world who are working on digital immortality. the book is called the digital sol denita digital sol as the idea that because we leave behind sandwich online data every day. the lesson, it's possible to create a digital soul of internet users halloween upon the algorithms, the artificial intelligence. what can analyze online behavior to create something akin to a personality profile it so it was which can continue to exist after we die on years past. this is what many companies

best outcome that we could get out of the situation to simply delay by time for diplomacy to work. dmitri appealed, it's the chairman of the thing, think silverado meter, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. let's take a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world and explosion in eastern afghanistan has killed 9 children and wounded 4 more officials say a stand selling popcorn it a mortar shell, although some reports say that it was a gas cylinder that exploded after decades of war, afghanistan is littered with unexploded ordnance and children are often the military court in me and mar, has sentence, alfred leader, unsung to cheat to 4 more years in prison. she was convicted on several charges, including possession of unlicensed walkie talkies. last month, she was found guilty of incitement and breaking corona virus rules. critics say the charges are politically motivated. authorities in new york are investigating the cities worst fire in 3 decade. they're questioning how thick smoke was able to build through a high r

two important essays by dmitri trenin in foreign affairs provide some clues. both suggest that putin has stated power for over 20 years not by being a reckless gambler but rather by being careful, even rational. trenin points out that putin has watched four waves of nato expansionism since he took power. his military incursions have usually been reactions to events rather than grand initiatives of his own. in 2008 it followed georgia's decision to retake the separatist province of south ossetia. in 2014 it came on the heels of an uprising in ukraine that drove the president out of office. his one significant military intervention in an area that was not historically part of russia's core security sphere, syria, has been limited mostly using russian air power. in the case of the invasion of ukraine, putin's first effort was to bribe ukraine with an offer of $15 billion in loans and lower prices for gas, a reward in a sense after it rejected an association agreement with the european union. yanukovych accepted the slight, igniting protests then fled his country.

and we just heard from the kremlin spokesperson dmitri pess called, who said that the upcoming contacts between the russian foreign minister, sir de la rove and his american counterparts. anthony blue and can are extremely important. and that the agenda is clear for the russians. it is very important for this meeting for them to reiterate their position, and they're still waiting for a official response from the american government about the security guarantees that they want provided that ukraine will not join nato. and they've said that as far as the rhetoric that's coming from washington is simply not true. the got russia has no intention of invading ukraine. they are, however, well within the right to move their troops in their own country any which way they see fit at referring to the nearly 100000 russian troops that are carrying out exercises near the ukrainian border. in terms of this visit, secretary of state will travel to germany on thursday. he will, he will meet with his french, german, and british counterpart. and during that meeting, it is understood that they will try to

>> reporter: there certainly seems to be something in dmitry peskov, president putin's comments today that could give some grounds for hope that that could provide the path, the idea that ukraine doesn't automatically become a member and somehow sort of get shelved, lost in the long grass. that would go some way to what russia wants. but, you know, we heard as well from dmitry peskov saying there is some willingness to talk about some issues that's positive. he also talked about the possibility of, you know, president putin and president biden having another face-to-face meeting. but he caveated that, and i think that's where you get into the difficulty over the interpretation of when ukraine could join, because russia says no way, and the united states says no way can you say that to us about ukraine joining nato, that russia is looking for a written response, right. it's said the foreign minister, sergey lavrov, has said that. we've heard it from other russian ministers yesterday. the deputy foreign minister has said it as well. they have to have this written response to their writt

state and news media company. dmitri, thank you for your time. there is absolutely no surprise that the kremlin has denied this, but i also feel that the united states probably wouldn't have gone quite so public with it if they didn't have something to back it up. what's been your take on this well, the night as they went probably go with allstate, agent many times before. just remember iraq in 2003 and many are the census the very expression for. ringback flag back is usually used by a conspiracy theory, because this is something that you can walk through or disprove. in this situation, the story with a cyber attack again, is very strange because a cyber attack is a situation where we can just rely on the statement. so all the bring in government and the brain and coma lie and showed himself to be corrupt. so many times before. i mean, your correspondence said that there was a message, fear the war, but he didn't say that officially, the carcass said they were from poland. and they were, they can revenge for they actions or you bring your proced

they're considering committing troops and hardware to the eastern frontiers of the nato alliance. dmitri pess golf the kremlin spokesperson has said that moscow is paying close attention to the movements adobe dish to another session, nato actions, and increase nato activity. now, borders cannot be ignored by a military who are responsible for the security of our country. there is a constant process of drills, maneuvers, and military build up, which has never stopped and will continue. huge movement in this story over the last 24 hours and much of that movement involving nato troops heading towards the eastern frontiers of the alliance. and he wore activist david swanson says the most americans don't actually want war yet. the u. s. me to insist on going actress bogeyman? well, i think it's a sort of a self fulfilling of belief. this notion that russia in response to all the militarization within ukraine and neighboring countries by nato, put all of these troops months ago near the border and hasn't used them, hasn't invaded ukraine. most people are not in the military have nothing to do

they're considering committing troops and hardware to the eastern frontiers of the nato alliance. dmitri pest gulf the kremlin spokesperson has said that moscow is paying close attention to the movements don't reduce to another, such nato actions and increase nato activity. now, borders cannot be ignored by a military who are responsible for the security of our country. there is a constant process of drills, maneuvers, and military build up, which has never stopped and will continue. huge movement in this story over the last 24 hours and much of that movement involving nato troops heading towards the eastern frontiers of the alliance. and to war activist david swanson says that most americans don't actually want war yet. the u. s. media insists on going after it's bogeyman. the point is to paint russia as the aggressor on, provoked in gauge or in evil aggression against innocent bystanders. most people are not in the military have nothing to do with the military pay, very little attention to the news at all, and are horrified of vladimir putin or having nightmares about vladimir boot and

it denies accusations by western powers that it is planning an attack kremlin spokesperson. dmitri pet scoff, said me, the info, and we are seeing statements from the north atlantic alliance about more troops pushing forces, an assets on to the eastern flank. it is all causing tensions to rise. i'd like to point out, it is not because of what we rochelle are doing. it's all happening because of what nato at the united states are doing. and the information they are spreading. in care of the u. s. and u. k began the withdrawal of some diplomats families and non essential workers from the city, although the embassies will remain open. the reduction of empathy staff. another sign though, without a diplomatic break through the threat of conflict looms large. natasha butler al jazeera and he was present and joe biden has discussed ukraine in a video call with the european that leaders for more on this list. so speak to mike hannah, who joins us from washington, d. c. as so, mike, what, what more do we know about what was actually said in the coal? well, we haven't been briefed on the content

so i want to start off with an assessment by putting spokesman dmitri past gov, just in the last couple of hours that said the talks here were unsuccessful. now that's not necessarily a bad thing for needle given what the russians hopes to accomplish. dividing allies getting promise is not to expand, things like that. but what would be your assessment of how the council went yesterday? i think it was an important meeting, a because just the fact that 13 their dollars were able to sit down with russia after 2 years should no meeting in meetings in that or sure council was important. the discussions there were very difficult. we were there for 4 hours, but if i thought we had difficulties for the discussions i should for me just proves the importance of the meeting. and because we are faced with a very critical, oh, time for you to pin security and i believe that is bored to sit down and address those issues. we listened to the russian concern. we presented our positions or we are engaged in dialog. rashondra will never compromise on core principles for europeans are good. have you heard

and we also have dmitri barbara, she is a political analyst and editor. it interests me. internet media project for a gentleman cross stock rolls in effect, that means he can jump in any time you want. and i always appreciated. i was going to maxine 1st of max, you know, in lieu of my introduction here, i'd like to read some of the words from the national security advisor, jake sullivan. he said, russia is laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating a pretext for an invasion, including to sabotage activities and information operations by accusing by accusing a grain of preparing an imminent attack against russian forces in eastern ukraine. how do you replied that? because my introduction, i also mentioned weapons of mass destruction. 2003 go ahead. met, right? well, as were, remember, president putin promised to quote unquote, military technical response should be in nature. we know pale to address the proposals unsecure, to guarantees that the russian delegation put forward in geneva. and i think there is a lot of focus on the military component in that phras

now dmitri pest golf, who's the the kremlin spokesperson, said that moscow as paying very close attention to these movements. i don't need these 10, such nato actions and increase nato activity. now borders cannot be ignored by a military who are responsible for the security of our country. there is a constant process of drills, maneuvers, and military build up, which has never stopped and will continue. e u foreign ministers were meeting in brussels on monday. they had a lot to talk about, including proposals by the you commission for as much as what could be 1320000000 euros worth of financial package for ukraine. but one thing that jo, several, the a u foreign policy chief did come away from the meeting, saying was pretty much what he said when he went into the meeting, which was there would be no pull out of e u diplomatic staff and their families from embassies in keith, similar to what had been done by the united states and the u. k. i don't think we had the time applies as far as the negotiation going on sunday and going on. i don't think that we had to let the plane and i leave. t

and we also have dmitri barbara, she is a political analyst and editor. it was me, internet media project or a gentleman cross stock rolls in effect. that means you can jump in any time you want. and i always appreciated. i was going to maxine 1st of max, you know, in lieu of my introduction here, i'd like to read some of the words from the national security advisor, jake sullivan. he said, russia is laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating a pretext for an invasion, including to sabotage activities and information operations by accusing like using a grain of preparing an imminent attack against russian forces in eastern ukraine. how do you replied that? because my introduction, i also mentioned weapons of mass destruction. 2003 go ahead. met, right? well, as were, remember, president putin promised to quote unquote, military technical response should be in nature. we know pale to address the proposals unsecure, to guarantees that the russian delegation put forward in geneva. and i think there is a lot of focus on the military in that phras

best outcome that we could get out of the situation to simply delay by time for diplomacy to work. dmitri appealed, it's the chairman of the thing, think silverado meter, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you are, let's get a round up. now of some of the other world headlines this. our authorities in new york are investigating the cities worst fire in 3 decades. they're questioning how thick smoke was able to build through a high rise apartment block. in the broad strapping many families, the death toll has been revived down to 17, including 8 children. several people are in critical condition. an explosion in eastern afghanistan has killed 9 children and will get 4 more officials say, a stand selling popcorn hit a mortar shell, although some reports say that it was a gas cylinder that exploded after decades of more of gain of sand is littered with unexploded ordnance and children are often the victims the german foreign minister handling a bare box says italy has a key role to play in creating a more green and fair europe. i think she's in rome meeting w

so i want to start off with de, an assessment by putting spokesman dmitri past gov, just in the last couple of hours that said the talks here were unsuccessful. now, that's not necessarily a bad thing for anita, given what the russians hopes to accomplish. dividing allies, getting promise is not to expand, things like that, but what would be your assessment of how the council went yesterday? i think it was an important meeting, a because just the fact that 13 their dollars were able to sit down with russia after 2 years should no meeting in meetings in that or should council was important . the discussions they were very difficult to. we were there for 4 hours, but the fact that we had difficulties who discussions actually for me just proves the importance of the meeting. and because we are faced with a very critical, oh, time for you to pin security and i believe that is bored to sit down and address those issues. we listened to the russian concern. we presented our positions or we are ready to engage in dialogue. rashandra will never compromise on core principles for europeans are

russia and the west, over influence in this part of the world, ukraine being at the center of it. dmitri sokolov and his wife allan. i left crimea soon after russia next to peninsula in 2014. like many, he thinks that ukraine has come a long way since we are different in mentality the road different. we are very much different now from, from russia. and we are very much different from ukrainians. that war, you know, 2014, more than 50 percent v vi. we believe that this is just a part of game. like, let's say a kind of trade in, you know, over which are what states we'll provide to rush on the brochure, et cetera. so we hope it, sol, blubbering, i think, but for catch a push, ne and skia. the problems also come from within. she hasn't returned to her home tom of logan's, since pro russian separatist took over me, i thought she summoned up to do that. the problem is not only russia, sometimes i don't feel part of this country. sometimes my friends and colleagues make the point that we are guilty of provoking this conflict. i really don't understand where i belong. 8 years on ukrainians hav

certainly i, we just heard from the kremlin spokesperson dmitri pascall, who said that friday's meeting between the 2 men are extremely important for this country. and that the agenda is already clear for the russian foreign minister who will be travelling there. on friday, this sentiment comes, as russia has said, that they absolutely have no entrusting invading ukraine. and the rhetoric coming out of washington is simply not true. regardless, they are carrying on their military drills alongside the border with ukraine. and they say that this is well within their right to do so. at any given time. they russians have also moved troops. i to bellow roof where they will be carrying out a joint military exercise with that country in february for 10 days. and they said that all this is done as part of them, strengthening their position, and this is well within their right to do so. at this comes, of course, at a time when we've seen as the concern, the u. s. has over these activities that russia's carrying out. but for the russians, it's very clear that this what they're doing is well withi

we've also been hearing from the spokesperson of the kremlin dmitri past called, who said that the idea of sanctioning, the government here is, will not have any kind of a punishment effect. rather, it will be very destructive. the general sense here is that this kind of rhetoric coming from washington is not conducive to the dialogue that is taking place on a regular basis. now, there is a meeting due to begin in paris between what is known as the norman before and the formats. norman, the format that is the russians the ukrainians at france and germany. we expect the russian negotiator to speak to the media later on this afternoon to highlight what came out of that me take. the european nations are concerned about her tensions with russia. ukraine could affect the supplies of gas. europe gets more than 40 percent of its natural gas from russia. about a 3rd of the passes through ukraine. moscow has already reduced the amount flooding into europe, causing shortages, and pushing prices to record levels. russia is threatening to cut supplies further, assumptions are imposed and not just o

they're considering committing troops and hardware to the eastern frontiers of the nato alliance. dmitri pest gulf the kremlin spokesperson has said that moscow is paying close attention to the movements adobe dish turn out there. such nato actions and increase nato activity. now, borders cannot be ignored by a military who are responsible for the security of our country. there is a constant process of drills, maneuvers and military build up, which has never stopped and will continue. you foreign ministers met on monday in brussels and they had plenty to talk about not least a potential 1320000000 financial package that could be heading to ukraine. it needs approval by men, the states and the u. parliament. before we can really talk about that though, what we did here for certain from joseph brownlow, the chief or foreign policy bought from the e. u, is that they won't be a pull out for embassy staff and there's families from e. u embassies. we had seen a move like not from the u. k. and us over the last few days sector in lincoln's his dollars that he was not an evacuation. he was just

and dmitri pest golf the kremlin spokesperson, said that they would be maintaining that close watchful eye a dog, reduced in such nato actions and increase nato activity. now borders cannot be ignored by a military who are responsible for the security of our country. there is a constant process of drills, maneuvers, and military build up, which has never stopped and will continue money. one micron. the french president is here in berlin for talks with all app sholtes, the german chancellor. right now they are looking at getting that franco german alliance in that message correct before they head into those norman d. 4 talks. there will be taking place in paris normandy, for course, will include not only representatives of france and germany, but also ukraine and russia. they're happening, as i said in paris on wednesday. we're expecting to hear from emanuel mac on and all f sholtes from here in berlin. a little later on tuesday, soon as we do, i will bring you all of what they have to say. i got his peter oliver. thank you. for a short time ago, we did speak with anti war activists. da

we've been hearing from the kremlin spokesperson dmitri pest golf, who says that there isn't really much point of being optimistic at this stage given what the response has been. and that written response, which was hand delivered by the us ambassador to russia last night at the foreign ministry, has now in the hands of russian president vladimir putin. the criminal confirmed that president putin is now studying what has been given to him, and he will decide how to proceed and what the next move will be me more. we've been hearing from the russian foreign minister survey lab. rob, who spoke earlier on thursday and he was also not very pleased. let's hear some of what he had to say. but glove move up rules. as for the main issue, there is no positive reaction in this document. i will remind you that the main issue is our 3rd position about unacceptability of natal, spelled a proliferation to the east and placing of assault equipment which can represent danger for the russian federation. and well, all sides have said that diplomacy is very much still a path that they want to pursue given t

earlier on wednesday, the spokesperson from the court for the kremlin dmitri pest golf at said that this upcoming meeting in geneva on friday is extremely important for russia. and that the agenda is already cleared, the russian foreign minister will meet his american counterpart. and it is believed that the russians are expecting some kind of an official response from the americans about the security guarantees that they're looking for. and germany's new chancellor, all of shoal says, staying silent on the russia. ukraine tension is not an option. adding borders must be respected. the intensive talks we have been engaging in with russia since the beginning of january. it is still too early to tell whether they will hope deescalate to situation russia created by concentrating 100000 troops along the border with ukraine. but after years of rising tensions, staying silent does not as sensible option. that is why we are talking to moscow in a range of different formats about or commitment to you, greens, territorial integrity, and about a key principle of a common european piece order that