now earlier we spoke to gustaf gristle senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations we asked him for an assessment of russian president vladimir putin's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. oh. she tried to get sort of get the responsibility to the local governors quite early on in a crisis which is if something sepia in russia happens at c b a domestic crisis he tries to delegate this to other people and especially too many other people sure he can try out basically the fire the incompetent all them promote the more competent members of. government. coronavirus is no exception. now the relaxation of lockdown measures in taiwan caused excitement among baseball fans on friday as a small number of them were allowed into stadiums to watch their teams play the lucky ticket holders had to undergo temperature checks before they were admitted while social distancing and mask wearing were also required crowds were limited to $1000.00 people per stadium far below the usual attendance figures baseball is very popular in taiwan and games have been going on behind closed doors

i'm joined now by gustaf grass or senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations because afaik so much for joining us how important are these victory day celebrations for the national psyche and russia's collective memory. well actually you should not underestimate them they moved sort of at the center stage of the the national pride national identity thing the big 3 in the 2nd world war after many projects about what should be the sort of theme russianness should be about the russian exceptionalism should be about came out basically on tops or after orthodox conservative isn't or water experiments basically the victory in world war 2 is the most undisputed topic and was made the center stage theme of patriotism and reeducation in a patriotic sense of russia so he says just a major show of patriotism these anniversary celebrations that were meant to also be a show of power for president vladimir putin one he surely could have used as the country's had hired by the crown a virus how can we expect these scaled back commemorations to affect his standing. oh well on the coron

i am the masterpieces created by 9 minor and the hamburg ballet is simply number 3 by gustaf mana which premiered in 1975 the music itself is the theme of the choreography. is a recurring inspiration. i . and many of my meyers choreographies have a dream like mood merging elements that make for strange and unsettling bedfellows . in a midst. ammonites dream he just opposes the romantic strains of felix mentors on with georgi legatees mechanical music. same patty passion was johnno meyers 1st choreographic exploration of a sacred oratorial it premiered at the santa miss a list church and hamburg in 1980. 9 meyer has devised 160 choreographies in the course of his career his young students marked his 60th birthday with a celebration of his era working with young students in the school of the hamburg ballet is a cornerstone of norm myers mission. the majority of the dancers in his company are graduates of the school he also founded the national youth ballet which has become a pillar of the german dance world his works are classics with cross generational appeal as illustrated by this short