rise to global power after world war ii, was accompanied by dominance over eurasia. decline of all of these global powers, including the united states, has been marked by their declining control over eurasia. and together, beijing on moscow pursuing a strategy of what i call push, push, punch -- so they are pushing at these great chains of your political control that the united states has reigned around eurasia since the cold war, airbases, mutual defense pacts -- they are pushing slowly at the east and west ends of eurasia, hoping to strain and break those chains of control that united states has imposed over eurasia until a nascent session of these punches, those chains of control snap, his domination -- u.s. domination comes to an end, and u.s. global power also declines. amy: professor mccoy, one of the key reasons binding russia to china in addition to what you've been talking about is that russia is a major energy exporter. china is one of the world's leading energy importers. put that together with "the wall street journal" read in saudi arabia is an active ta

i run the eurasia center at the dutch counsel. i want to welcome you today.

he's an independent geopolitical analyst and author specializing in eurasia or across stock rolls in effect. that means you can jump in any time you want. and i always appreciate, anya, let me go to you 1st and we have the 19th anniversary of the illegal invasion of iraq. the media was all on board for that, but it's nothing compared to what we're seeing right now. we, i've seen cable news flooded with official propaganda videos. the source is the ukranian government with their handlers in washington. i have never seen such a media campaign rolled out, and dissent is for bowden. because if you're not, if you don't is, if you dissent your, the enemy, i've never seen it to this extent before. go ahead on the, in washington. neither of either peter and of course, the censoring of b r t. you tube channels on youtube, but the continued denial of service attacks every time i usually now try to open the rti web page, there's some problem accessing it in the united states. that was their 1st step, the us tech establishment and preventing us from accessing an alternative view as the conflict

here, giles, that senior consulting fellow with the russian eurasia program at chatham. how sir, sir? thank you so much for speaking to us for sharing your expertise or with a thank you. well, the u. s. is piling more pressure on rushes. billionaire oligarchs, president joe biden says a raft of new sanctions will target many of russia's wealthiest individuals, a group that he calls putins, cronies. today, men out, you know, we're adding dozens of names lose, including one of russia's role. he's billionaires and i'm danny, and travel to america. my morgan, 50 russian oligarchs, their families and their close associates. well, our white house correspondent, kimberly how can joins us alive from outside the white house. so 1st of all, kimberly tell us a little bit more about the sanctions that were only announced a about an hour, an hour and a half ago. yeah. all to give you a sense of these sanctions, they really are designed and done and coordination with european allies to force latimer putin to really reconsider the invasion that he lodged into ukraine last week. and thi

that's all, yes, creation, but independent, but in fact yes on space of greater eurasia currency blocks. this should mean for europe, well, as if the first signal that everything ends in general, strictly speaking, uh, if there were specialists in america, at least in geopolitics, this is their science, but, apparently, they also did not preserve politics should now be a nightmare what is happening in eurasia for them is an economic unification nightmare. well, at least three-core, powers with the most powerful economies with the most powerful resource base, a smart technological base and demographic base. this is a geopolitical nightmare for the united states, but they still continue, which means they tell everyone that they are the leader of the world and, apparently, they will sacrifice now just e kopeytsy in terms of trying to maintain their dominance, but the attempt will not succeed for us, on my view is curious today at the imf said. that the dollar, as a result of anti-russian sanctions, is losing and losing its role. as a reserve currency, this is a statement by the imf as a re

melinda haring is deputy director of the eurasia centre at the atlantic council thinktank.me her assessment of where russia currently stands in the conflict. russia is making slow but steady progress. we need to be watching what they're doing in the black sea region. you had a great report on what's happening, but i'm deeply worried about but humanitarian capacity. there's many thousands of people who don't have power, water orfood and they're melting snow for drinking water. the situation is very dire, and i think what vladimir putin is going to do is replicate the tactics that he's put in place in mariupol, and some people are calling it the aleppo strategy, bombing and both card gave in kyiv. i think that's what we'll see next. the situation is going to get worse and worse. —— kharkiv. get worse and worse. -- kharkiv-_ kharkiv. on that aleppo strategy. _ kharkiv. on that aleppo strategy. we _ kharkiv. on that aleppo strategy, we have - kharkiv. on that aleppo | strategy, we have heard kharkiv. on that aleppo - strategy, we have heard that thatis strategy, we have heard t

he's now senior direct at the atlantic councils eurasia center. he choice me now from fairfax, virginia. thank you for your time, sir. how, how is it the booth humanitarian corridor was, will work? do you think? well, the way the traditionally work is, is an understanding between the armed warring parties that a certain area will not be subject to our military operations. and then you know, you send your humanitarian convoy or whatever it is through those or is that often works will not always. and how long does it take to set up? and presumably someone neutral is going out to be in charge of them. who will that be? all the parties themselves will determine um, how and what are set up, as well as who would be, who might be a serve as a, as a neutral orator. but you don't always need to have a 3rd party, macy's since work and has been in this case, you'd been looking for the oversee to be involved. okay. and, and how long do they normally take to set up? i mean it could this be days, weeks, it could be, it could be in one day, 2 days if, if the wil

i would say most of asia, most of eurasia, latin america, africa, they are not antagonizing russia. they are not demonizing, russia. they did not vote to sanction russia. this means most of the planet this mean sir. 78th off the global market. well, they are a vote in met with. let's keep talking with russia. it may pepe. it's the west, it's isolating itself and doesn't realize that at this point, but it's, that's what's happening on it. let me go back to you in washington here. the way i look at the media is that they want more war. anyone that talks about peace and negotiations out you can to hates munich. it's 1930 at all. we ever hear it, but you know, they don't seem to care much about the lives of ukrainians. if they don't want to have peace, they don't want to have negotiations. go ahead on, you know, of course, anyone following development on the ground and i'm not a military expert, but it looks as though russia is going to achieve its goals in the coming weeks. and the only thing stopping it is an escalation, a dramatic escalation from the united states or nato. and anybod

coming up sunday morning, melissa herring of the atlantic council's eurasia center on the u.s., natond international response to the russia-ukraine crisis. then, the chair of georgetown university's department of government looks at allegations of war crimes in russia's invasion of ukraine, and the legalities of the conflict. watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. sunday morning on c-span, or c-span now, our free mobile app. join the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> alaska republican don young has passed away, his office confirming that the longtime congressman died while traveling back to his home state. as the longest-serving current member, he was made dean of the house in 2017. mr. young was serving his 25th term is the at-large representative for alaska. during his career in washington, he was a member of the transportation and infrastructure committee, as well as the house resources committee, which he chaired or six years. prior to coming to washington, mr. young worked as a teacher and a riverboat captain. he was 88. ♪ >>

jonathan: thank you as always, ian bremmer therefrom eurasia group.dline across the bloomberg moments ago, pricing down at 80%. this complicates it. i will read the second paragraph of a story. it reads as follows, authority -- authority said that russians will not do business with those hostile in rubles. the countries include the u.s., u.k., and eu members. this has gotten so complicated so quickly. lisa:, kadant in order to avoid a default and read -- complicated in order to avoid a default. jonathan: i can't get up to speed on who can get paid and who will get paid on which debt. it is confusing. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: from news around the world, the european union taking action to ensure the safety of ukraine's nuclear power plants, two of which have been seized by invading russian forces. the energy agency urged moscow to give control back to ukraine. a decree by vladimir putin will allow russian companies to pay creditors in rubles. it establishes temporary rules making payments to creditors from countries that "engage in h

kailey: melinda haring, atlantic council eurasia center deputy director.t say i leave this conversation optimistic but more informed. thank you for your time. this is bloomberg. ♪ kailey: u.s. stocks are dropping as were concerns return. abigail doolittle is tracking the moves. what are you seeing? abigail:: the s&p 500 down 6/10 of 1%. and we have been in the strong risk on period and it is interesting to note you have bonds rally. there was a lot of talk last week about money coming out of bonds into stocks. you could have money coming out of stocks into haven bonds. you certainly have the dollar down which is an interesting not confirming the risk on feel. usually the dollar climbing would be a haven feel but the dollar down for a second day in a row. the worst since november 2020. speaking of extreme moves, chewy down 16%. perhaps some of the pandemic trends not sticking around. plus, 29% interest on the stock so lots of pressure. one of the cofounders of chewy, ryan cohen, is now the chairman of gamestop. the meme mania from march this is an ugly char

i run the eurasia center at the dutch counsel. i want to welcome you today. -- we look forward to hearing what you have to say. >> hello, john. thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for having me here. i am grateful for the chance to talk with you today. we in ukraine are grateful to our american friends for all of your help which you provide both military and humanitarian. thank you for your support. it is really vital for us. yesterday, after the nato summit , i was told a joke. they say it is so old. yesterday -- i am sure of the victor. >> if that is true, then as of now, we are not holding up well, or nato is not holding up well, because if nato is going to react to russia's invasion to its territory like it has reacted to its invasion into ukraine, they will not be quite well. then nato is it still fortunate because ukraine is disposing of russian tanks at the moment, but that is not what ukraine was meant for. ukraine has its own designs, its own plans to develop, to flourish, to continue the path of reforms

they are confident that they will be able to oust the global hegemon in eurasia, the united states whose power and influence are waning here, the united states is particularly zealous about cooperation, beijing and moscow are especially zealous and threaten china with a response in their vision of their own rules in china, the americans expect to promote public diplomacy through the departments of public diplomacy to get to know and understand american values. washington has allocated 150,000 dollars in the context of establishing peace order the task the global amount is small this is probably because jubaiden has already threatened the introduction of sanctions, in particular for moscow's support for beijing, and the adviser the president for national security claims in a sullen tone that delpina is sitting in a chinese warning and understood everything perfectly, but anton ponomarev did not answer questions about the guarantees of such exemplary behavior by the tv company. but china understands that if equal conditions are not achieved, no guarantees will work, from its point of view,

he's an independent g, legal analyst, an author specializing in eurasia or cross talk roles and effects. that means you can jump in anytime you want, and i always appreciated. anya, let me go to you. first. we have the 19th anniversary of the illegal invasion of iraq. the immediate was all on board for that, but it's nothing compared to what we're seeing right now. we see k.

next, though terry diplomatic e-sports will just -- military and --hosted by the atlantic council's eurasia center this is an hour. melinda: good morning and good afternoon to those of you in europe and i am the deputy director of atlantic council's eurasia center in washington dc. we have gathered for top experts to talk about how to thwart the kremlin's war in ukraine. i am very pleased

coming up shortly, the practice head for china and northeast asia at eurasia.is coming up in 20 minutes. the bank of england rate decision. ritika: keeping you up to date with news from around the world, with the first word, i'm ritika gupta. the expanded arsenal that the u.s. is sending to ukraine includes 100 armed drones. bloomberg has learned the drones are launched from the ground and plunge into their targets. president biden has promised thousands of antiaircraft and antitank missiles. russia's finance ministry says it has paid 100 haven't in million dollars in interest on its dollar bond, but bondholders in europe have received no sign of the funds. the payment has come to example if i how russia plans to handle its future relations with creditors. the country has 30 days to pay or risk a default. the price of oil rebounding following a three-day route. futures were up more than 4% after having fallen more than 23%. investors continue to weigh the fallout against lockdowns and china. in japan, an earthquake code at least four and injured dozens more. th

amy: peter zalmayev, thank you for being with us, director of the eurasia democracy initiative, speakingus just outside ukraine's capital kyiv. stay safe. next up, the u.s. as it plans to welcome 100,000 ukrainian refugees at the same time it is preparing to detain a surge of asylum-seekers from places like haiti at the u.s.-mexico border. we will look at the contrast in treatment. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "learning to lose" by margo price featuring willie nelson. willie, our condolences on the death of your sister bobby nelson. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. immigration officials that they're preparing to detail a surge of people traveling to the u.s.-mexico border to seek humanitarian relief. in response to pressure from human rights advocates, today the cdc is expected to end the trump-era pandemic border restriction called title 42 that allowed authorities to develop -- dispel asylum seekers without due process or reviewing their claims. just six months ago, the world was shocked by images of mounted

they also have interest in eurasia, china and russia will dominate eurasia, not just diplomatically butly as well. and what is happened here with the invasion of ukraine is it marks the end of the post-world war ii security situation that existed in europe. so trying to sees this as a plus. it's a step in the right direction. they're going to do whatever is reasonable for them to assist putin in these meeting more and more economic changes and challenges. they're going to help them economically, you bet you. going to do that and try less and not blow out. >> can eyes show you something that broke last hour, trento's having a meeting of the sarah ceremonial parliament. the minister told reporters at the news conference that china's friendship with russia, most strategic partner with us. he says to beijing mirage ukraine no matter how perilous the international landscape, we will maintain our strategic focus and maintain the development of a comprehensive china and russia partnership. in the new era. so what are they, like fastening a whole new role no? >> absolutely. that whole new world

joining us now, ian bremer, president of the eurasia, a leading consulting firm. you have studied this more than most. let's talk about this. less say you can't getle real information. you are in russia and for whatever reason everything you read follows the official line that this is a strategic operation in ukraine, it's not a war, it's not an invasion, but suddenly your credit cards don't work and you can't buy stuff and you can't use stuff and you can't see stuff, and things aren't available on the shelves and your interest rates are 20% and your money is not worth anything, at some point people are going to say, this official story line doesn't jive with my life. >> some people are, ali, but most people are not. some people are going to be primarily young, educated, literate, and online. and least previously online. given how much is being shut down right now by russia. in major cities. but the majority of the population is overwhelmingly fed information through state media, and you know, that's television, it's newspapers, it's not digital, and the level of

i run the eurasia center at the atlantic council.d a chair of a parliamentary committee reit on the integration of ukraine -- committee on the integration of ukraine into the eu, a senior fellow in the vaclav havel program for human rights, and a professor. and a former assistant secre

ambassador to ukraine, john herbst, also senior director of the atlantic council's eurasia center.s start where kaitlan stopped, the potential for a chemical weapons attack in ukraine. the administration, as we just heard there, has not gone as far to draw a red line there. should it? >> oh, the administration needs to demonstrate greater strength in standing up to putin's ongoing invasion of ukraine. the decision on the migs -- the decision on a no-fly zone, a categorical rejection, all suggest a fear of confronting putin. putin understands that very well. and at a time, as russian forces are gaining momentum in ukraine, we should be giving ukraine every single thing we can that they ask for to stop that russian offensive. >> so, before we get to the planes, i just want to be clear, as i'm understanding here, you think it's a mistake for this administration not to say, if we see the use, evidence of the use of chemical weapons in ukraine, the west, u.s., nato will step in? >> we would -- we should say that if russia takes a step, we will need to respond in a responsible and approp

next, though terry diplomatic e-sports will just -- military and --hosted by the atlantic council's eurasia center this is an hour. melinda: good morning and good afternoon to those of you in europe and i am the deputy director of atlantic council's eurasia center in washington dc. we have gathered for top experts to talk about how to thwart the kremlin's war in ukraine. i am very pleased to introduce natalie, john the senior director of the eurasian center and a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, 10 general been -- lieutenant general ben. a former foreign minister in ukraine and is in ukraine. welcome to the panel and is great to have you. as we are talking, feel free to drop q&a into the chat on twitter and also into zoom. lieutenant general then, good morning --ben good morning and think you for joining us. the major russian offensive began two weeks ago and russia's only captured one major city. why have they sent in there be team? what is the current situation on the ground? ben: this is not there be team, this is what they have. what we're seeing revealed in front of the whole world i

we go now to ukraine where we are joined by peter zalmayev, the director of the eurasia democracy.e is joining us from outside of kyiv. peter, welcome to democracy now! you have this emergency curfew that has just been imposed. what is it, 35, 36 hours? can you describe what you are experiencing right now in your community? >> well, the curfew being imposed by the mayor is definitely clearly designed to prevent any provocation inside. we now have information that weeks prior to the invasion, russians have sent their diversionary groups, these clandestine cells, to infiltrate ukrainian cities, particularly kyiv. there have been a few doz identified in the first phase of the work in an attempt to take kyiv by force. several of these, numbering hundreds, were neutralized, by which i mean destroyed. but the fear is there is still a lot of them there and they will try to attack from the inside. kyiv is living relatively, considering we have 2, 3 rocket attacks per day, it is already getting normalized to the idea that the capital of ukraine is getting rocket attacks and a few people die

that would be able to defeat this powerful military human force that controls the vast expanse of eurasia happened? saint sergius is a humble and physically, perhaps, not a very strong elder. blesses dmitry donskoy, the courageous prince and warrior go and give battle to this invincible tatar-mongol rati. well, probably, if one of the modern analysts estimated situation, who would say so, but what did the saint bless for death? because there was no chance to win, even that fight was not. so great and powerful was the army of invaders. and what happens through the prayers of the weak, but the holy elder, through the prayers of the church, dmitry donskoy supports the victory? but it is not a miracle that supports her. not angels descended from heaven with swords. he conquers her with courage, the strength, the courage of his army, for whom the holy elder sergius prayed with him, of course, and the whole church. a terrible time of troubles. when the people fell into unconsciousness, when all vital guidelines were lost, the country was ready to recognize any strong external ruler, even invade

joining us from outside kyiv in ukraine, peter zalmayev, executive director of the eurasia initiativea nonprofit which promotes democracy and rule of law in former comest countries. from russia's capital moscow, pavel felgenhauer, defense and military analyst. and from germany's capital berlin, andreas umland, analyst at the stockholm center for eastern european studies, part of the swedish institute for international affairs. thank you all for joining us. we appreciate your time. peter, let me start with you. with all that you are seeing and experiencing on the ground there in ukraine, when you hear that these negotiations are going on, that russia wants to see ukraine declare its neutrality, do you think that that is something that is actually feasible right now? peter: well, so far going by the track record of the way that russians have communicated their intentions, i would not hold my breath. in the weeks running up to russia's invasion on february 20 for, we -- february 254, we heard reassurances -- then days before the invasion, pressure said they were withdrawn troops. -- russ

their attack on china, russia and india haven't had fairly similar views on stability in asia or, or eurasia. and that bilateral relationship has stood the test of time. chinese kelly, an important factor in this relationship. even in this present military prices that india, as based with the russians, have been a social help for india, especially in helping get to fortify it offenses. so that really underscores the importance of russia for india. i don't think you can afford to see that relationship degrade in any manner, but i rosa lee, the pakistani fragment this iran gum was in moscow at the time that vladimir putin was gayly planning, sending the troops into ukraine. brazil has not been that supportive of nato countries in washington bricks. never been stronger than that now, given that brazil, india and india's perceived enemy nuclear armed fellow enemy of august then seems to they all seem to be against the nato. and the u. s. line is in the unique position of having to nuclear armed adversaries, china and pakistan that actually close alliance. so and say strategic triangle in which i

international community has turned their focus and attention away from the korean peninsula into europe and eurasiaso i think north korea still wants to sort of, you know, shout out and make its mark and tell the world that it's still here and it's a problem that washington and the rest of the world needs to contend with. >> it's been one month since the russian military invasion of ukraine. president volodymyr zelenskyy issued a multilingual video message urging the world to stop the warn his country. >> zelenskyy then switched from ukrainian to english. he said russia is trying to defeat t freedom of everyon in europe. >> the warf russia is not only the war against ukraine. its meaning is much wider. russia started the war against freedom. zelenskyy urged people t schos and universities and s, stand up for peace. he asked them to ptest in theirquares andtreets. he also made an appeal to the language. rsia in theussian zelenskyy mentioned what he called three important summits. he is referring to t nato, eu and g7 summits tbe hd in brussels onhursday to address e situatio in ukraine. he expressed

a senior research fellow at the russian and eurasia program, at a think tank, here is his assessment.k the fact that the second negotiations are over and there are no agreements except for this humanitarian corridors, i think it means that russia is beginning operations in more brutal wars -- force. the west is not capable -- sanctions which are serious but cannot be forceful for his invasion. that is why in my view it is maybe to say heroic resistance of ukraine cannot last for long. russian army is more strong, much more bral. ros: vladimir putin says his invasion is on track but it has been weakened. russia has taken one city and have been met with fierce resistance. >> this is how ukraine is looking on day eight of the russian invasion. the areas in red are parts of the country where we know for certain russians are in control. they are advancing, slower than planned, but making important gains in the south. here, they have used crimea as a springboard to push north, taking their first major city, kherson. they are also trying toverrun the port city of mariupol where conditions ar

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on china, russia and india had fairly similar views on stability in asia, or, or eurasia. and that bilateral relationship has stood the test of time. china, clearly an important factor in this relationship. even in this present military crisis, based with the russians have been a social help for india, especially in helping get to fortify its defenses. so that really underscore the importance of russia for india. i don't think you can afford to see that relationship degrade in any manner, but i wrote it clea, the pakistani prime minister iran guy was in moscow at the time that we put in was gaily planning, sending the troops into ukraine. brazil is not being that supportive of nato countries in washington bricks. never been stronger than that. now given that brazil india and india is perceived. emily nuclear fellow enemy, back as soon so they all seem to be against the nato and the u. s. line. well, but india is in the unique position of having to nuclear adversary's china and focused on that i actually close alliance. so i would say starting to drive in which means china

so we have seen people across eurasia courageously protest and speak out againstro a war that they believed is unjust and unwarranted and that is incredibly powerful. now as you know from working for these networks, these organizations, there's been tough decisions that those organizations have had to make about whether they are going to keep a presence in russia because of the restrictions, and it's not just the speaking out of president putin. it's about the threat of arrest and safety and security they have to consider so in terms of stability, other than to tell you that it's pretty clear he didn't bet on the opposition from within his own country. >> is the objection the airplane or we are sending things that destroyy tanks? they would know where they came from. what is the hang about that? >> i think it is pretty clear it doesn't require military experts to understand why having planes fly from a u.s. air base to a contested part of the country where there is a war it is not in our interest or nato interest so there are logistical and operational challenges to consider and discuss. it

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peter zalmayev, executive director of the eurasia democracy initiative.rom moscow, andrey kortunov, director general of the russian international affairs think tank. and zachary paikin, a researcher in the eu foreign policy unit at the center for european policy studies. it has been decided to decrease military activities in kyiv and chernihiv. is this from your perspective a positive sign? peter: as a sign, it may be positive. but what is the trust that is going to be the case? the russian federation has been less than trustworthy on these issues. prior to february 24, the russian side it was -- said it was pulling troops from the border. then it turned around and hit ukraine with a massive shock and awe campaign of bombing that never relented. the situation on the ground is dictating strategy simply because russian troops are stretched too thin. they have suffered massive casualties. 16000 and counting. 50,000 disabled soldiers, etc.. what i am concerned about is despite the signals, this is another ploy by vladimir putin to try to win time to regroup a

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weafer, chief executive officer at macro-advisory, a strategic consultancy focused on russia and eurasiain oslo, glenn diesen, professor of international relations at the university of south-eastern norway. and also in london, tom burgis, author of the sunday times best-selling book "kleptopia: how dirty money is conquering the world." good to have you all with us, gentlemen. chris weafer, let me start with you. are these sanctions as they currently stand working? chris: they are starting to have an impact for sure. let me say up front that the sanctions, although very severe, are not likely to lead to a financial collapse, or even an economic collapse, as may be have seen previously, and that is because russia has been living under a sanctions regime, which has been tightening ever since 2014. so the economy to some extent has built in some resilience to sanctions, but not of course to the extent we are now seeing. we are starting to see some companies laying off staff because they cannot get spare parts because of the trade embargo. we are starting to see high-profile brands like ikea,

e and eurasia and economic consul via supporting this world and are working on the corresponding documents a we have close ties on different grounds since december last here in your ears in your member a your, an answer. so we have new possibilities in solving problems in the north africa. unfortunately, this big conflict potential still in place, ester regulating in off syrian conflict. we've agreed the efforts of your a. e and my colleague visited the mosque. we informed our calling about the latest contact with the syrian leadership, and i work with syrian opposition in the context of implementing constitutionality of form through junior convention, which is very new to the end of this month. one of the priorities is that from providing humanitarian aid to syrians. and if you help in a rebuilding infrastructure, according to the resolution of adopted in july last year. and it's necessary to return syria to the league of arab states in libya. also a process via make effort just below situations through the political process and national elections. and it's necessary to ensure all and inf

i think we need to face the truth , but it will be given that we are eurasia and that we have announcedmpaign. uh, turn east. it’s like, here it is now and that’s why it’s happening, but i’m talking about that. that there is no need to deceive ourselves in this sense, the west will fight, and i have already said many times, don’t underestimate the smell. he is ready to make sacrifices, especially when it comes to his truly existential ones. how do you like the word interesting and this is their potential interest. this is the end of 500 years of dominance. the west, therefore, delude itself that they can freeze. they can have, they can say so, and , perhaps, sit down on bread and water. you see, it's not that it's serious. this is a serious conflict. that is, you need to understand, that is, this is a real revolution, so you need to understand that there will be parties to it. they will fight, as they say with extraordinary fury, how does this happen? i repeat. this is russophobia. it comes precisely from this, of course, in this situation, i personally feel sorry for, uh, ukraine and u

here, giles, a senior consulting fellow of the russia and eurasia program and chatham house. thank you very much. thank you. that was the day as ever, the conversation continues online. you'll find us on twitter. i dw news. i'm adequate dawson on behalf of both of our producers, andrew shale, and jared read. thanks for being with us. bye for now. with ah, with is the end of the pandemic in site. we show what it could look like will return to normal and we visit those who are finding it difficult with success in our weekly coping 19 especially over 90 special next on d w into the conflict zone with tim sebastian, the ukranian, 4th of murder. you fall as withstood, rushes relentless onslaught that 50 years old or destroyed. this are russia brands to strangle other cities across ukraine? my guess is week is mark here. i'm move kit ski advisor to become a defense. how long can this all go on complete with a 60 minute dw? ah, hello guys, this is the 77 percent. the platform for africa. you to be beat issues and share ideas you know, or this channel we are not afraid to detach and

you said that there is no space for us to do that he is just only a russian for eurasia. moscow's request for security guarantees from the u. s. and nato, with numerous, their concerns seemed reasonable at the very least. halting the military alliance as relentless expansion to russian borders and the deployment of missile systems and other military infrastructure in the region. the requests fell on deaf ears. mother, with nato moves its forces to our state borders while we strictly fulfilling the agreement that can not re i go these i can use in any way. i think it's clear that nato enlargement process has nothing to do with modernizing his alliance or ensure the security in europe, from a williams or even the emergency precisely the central concerns of ours that were unfortunately ignored, and the response is received on january the 26th from the united states and nato, in the absence of the readiness of the american side to agree on firm legally binding guarantees of ensuring our security by the united states and its allies. russia will be forced to respond, including through the imple

he is an assistant director at the eurasia center of the atlantic council that c u. s think tank. welcome to your thank you for being with us on inside story. alexei in key. let me start with you. if you could tell us about the situation on the ground. ah, as this conflict enters its 4th week, are we seeing a change in russia strategy since the initial invasion? well, 1st of all, i would like to, well, basically your correspondent, the describe the situation quite correctly. so rational forces stole, they exhausted, they had demoralized. and in this situation, what groceries doing, they're starting to kill, to kill civilians, to shell civilian objects. and there's many evidence also a lot of the do a lot of for those, they do not spear maternity houses for children, hospitals, and other places they are blocking. give occasional corridors they are preventing humanitarian corner boys to the besieged scene is like hurricane or muddy hooper. and actually russians were saying that they are going to liberate russian speakers . they turned rational speaking cities like car q and money wi

let's cross to washington and speak to melinda haring, who's deputy director of the eurasia centre attic council think—tank. great to get you on the programme with your thoughts, melinda. great to get you on the programme with yourthoughts, melinda. looking at the reports from our correspondent there, the fighting is obviously intensifying. what's your sense now of where russia stands in this conflict? will it be able to sustain this attack any longer? it’s sustain this attack any longer? it's nice to be sustain this attack any longer? it�*s nice to be here with you. so, russia is making slow but steady progress. we need to be watching what they're doing and the black sea region. you had a great report, but i'm deeply wary about the catastrophe in mariupol. there are hundreds of thousands of people without power, water, fuel and food, and they're melting snow to get drinking water. the situation is very, very dire, and i think what vladimir putin will do is replicate the tactics he's put in place in barrio paul, so people are calling it the aleppo strategies. i think that's what we're