quickly no, of course, the kremlin argues that russia does have -- >> no, of course, the kremlin argueshat russia does have democracy while western democracies have many deficiencies, but that is simply propaganda -- propagandic stuff. the main issue is geopolitical and demographic. it is not only putin, it is a large portion of the russian ruling elite, ministers and russian diplomat's, even 20 years ago saying don't worry, the russian population is contracting, but we are going to add up half of ukraine, half of kazakhstan where the -- where there are 30 million slavic people who joined russia, and everything is going to be just fine, don't worry. that has been very much in the minds of the russian, not only the kremlin, but the entirety of the russian elite or a big portion of it, that the west will ruin the idea of gathering all the russian speakers in one kind of empire, so that should be opposed with all possibilities, with all means because that is the future of pressure that the west wants to take away. >> does it also raise a question about the need for nato itself to reinvent

quickly no, of course, the kremlin argues that russia does have -- >> no, of course, the kremlin argueshat russia does have democracy while western democracies have many deficiencies, but that is simply propaganda -- propagandic stuff. the main issue is geopolitical and demographic. it is not only putin, it is a large portion of the russian ruling elite, ministers and russian diplomat's, even 20 years ago saying don't worry, the russian population is contracting, but we are going to add up half of ukraine, half of kazakhstan where the -- where there are 30 million slavic people who joined russia, and everything is going to be just fine, don't worry. that has been very much in the minds of the russian, not only the kremlin, but the entirety of the russian elite or a big portion of it, that the west will ruin the idea of gathering all the russian speakers in one kind of empire, so that should be opposed with all possibilities, with all means because that is the future of pressure that the west wants to take away. >> does it also raise a question about the need for nato itself to reinvent

that was a gift to the kremlin. hopefully the current administration not only through words but action will make clear the united states is committed to our other 29 allies. host: let's talk to david calling from plainsboro, georgia. good morning. . caller: hey, mr. hodges. how you doing? guest: good. caller: i will talk global politics for a minute and then get down to your part of the world. for 50 years the communists have used a gambit to destroy america. i mean, the communists in china use jobs to prop them up and we turn our backs when the communists stampede into georgia and recap it -- wreak havoc. this is who they are. on this gambit thing, and this is a strategy and what we need is a real strategy, to give them something to worry about they have not had to worry about. now with china all we have got to do is say, well, we are going to make all these islands in this archipelago a state. that will give us greater territorial leverage over china. and there in the ukraine, that is a very hard-core, almost no w

busy be threatening from the vantage point of a corrupt regime in the kremlin. david, you served as dates as oppressions, director john, chief of stuff. and you know, the russians have been thing a police as well as putting is concerned. there's always this post soviet mindset which is 1997. we were told let's in the, in the early ninety's, the russians were told to join the partnership for p packed. and then they were told, the troops would be remain stationed as their $997.00. but that was suddenly collapse, and the nature started to move forward and reaching out to different countries. this is a massive, massive security threat for the wash as wish they don't want to see a replicated anytime. so, and this explain that 0 tolerance as far as the queen is concerned. yeah, this is all hogwash. look, the regime threat that is concerned about is a color revolution. and the reason why it's done that is because he hasn't delivered anything for his people. nato expansion happens. you know, the, the local assurances were made during the time of gorbachev. you know, to

and that's what the russian general staff is telling the kremlin that put in is the main target. the americans want to kill him. and he know, and he believes that this so, and that's why he's reaction is very emotional. not just the smokescreen. he's really afraid that he's going to be targeted and killed in a sudden american attack thought. so the, another argument at best buy was basically, as the expansion of nato eastward is almost irrelevant because the political world or the now is completely different than before. the end of the cold war i don't know, i don't understand that that argument, the extension is not irrelevant at all. if anything is more pressing concern for the crime than, than ever as well as which just hurts those countries who had the lack of joining nato and enjoy article 5 guarantees. they can feel that they're protected by nato alliance. the problem and, and the main target is these in between states that are not part of, of nato or any western institution. now that russia and, or that president putting, consider as part of the russians fear of influence

again, the kremlin playbook is in full play. they have done everything they possibly can in my mind to prepare as if they're going to invade. giving themselves that option, if, again, the massive concessions i think they're going to want those that will be wildly unrealistic are not agreed to. >> there is, of course, another military buildup around a sovereign country and that is china, around taiwan. do you fear a possible double shot here, right, that russia chooses to invade ukraine and china perhaps at the same time or soon after, makes a similar judgment and invades taiwan? is that something that concerns you? >> yeah. obviously it -- i think it should concern all americans. it certainly concerns me. the second and third largest military in the world acting in the same time, they both have the advantage of what we call the home court advantage. they're there. our armies and our allies aren't near there, would take some time. when i reference to what putin would do is something of a modern day blitzkrieg, it is concerning th

the kremlin understands this is escalate to accommodate strategy. the west has followed that approach trying to dialogue our way through this. i do not believe mr. putin will be satisfied by any of this. i agree, the cost would be great for the grandma and until the kremlin publishes the text of the security treaties. what president boudin said yesterday, there is no going back. it is starting to cut off even russia trying to take a step back. tragically, the biden administration has now agreed to talk once again without requiring russia to pull away from the border. at least a that occurred in june when president biden met president boudin. -- putin. he was asked if his policy of a stable russia, would that work? he said we will know in six months. we now know in six months. what this tragic pattern has occurred is the russians escalate, they get a summit and a dialogue. nothing changes. they will see how long they can accommodate. they now have set a bar so high, so publicly, my fear is putin is trying to resort to this historic -- as he told us i

this is what i asked. 3 the kremlin spokesperson dmitri past gov. about when i was speaking him exclusively in the palace behind my shoulder injury. we're military technical corporation is a very important component of our bilateral relations with india. and as the president said today at the beginning of his compensation with mr. moody, these relations are quite unique in their essence because we jointly not only develop but also establish joint production of high tech military products. these are well known missiles that we're making together, and now the production of kalashnikov as being established here. and other equipment. this is extremely important and this is an advanced format of corporation, special privileged valued partnership. these are the words that are constantly being used by the members of the 2 delegations. i can remind you that india as buying rushes arms. india is buying the most advanced missile defense system. russian made the asset 400. russia is upgrading a nuclear power plant. here in this country, new delhi is ready to i

the costs will be great for the kremlin until the kremlin publishes the text of security treaties with the u.s. and nato. and president putin just said yesterday there is no going back, so i think now, it is starting to cut off even russia trying to take a step back. tragically, the biden administration has agreed to talk once again without requiring russia to pull away from the border. at least, that occurred in june when president haydn and president boudin -- president biden was asked at the geneva summit and had a testy response, would his policy seeking a stable and predictable russia, would that work, and he said we will know in six months. we now know in six months. the russians escalate, they get big dialogue, nothing changes, so they will see how long they can accommodate, but the problem is, they now have set a bar so high, so publicly, my fear is putin is trying to restore this historic loss, as he told us in june, on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the soviet union. he already strategically lost ukraine in 2014, so this is his attempt to restore this. this will be the d

the kremlin, on the white house half revealed the key talking points. let's get into that with ortiz saskia taylor here in moscow. high saskia and we've not heard us have been saying both sides following them meeting. what's the main takeaways ah, well, that was a lot of hype around the school, but it also at the same time, very little expectation that would be major breakthroughs. and i think that is probably the big takeaway of the day off to that phone call in which number of topics was discussed. and sy, by wolf had to specific stupidity, regional stability or regional context. rather including with a ron. i would discuss both sides have now issue statement and i will say that there is quite a big difference in both the content and, and the tone. * they're all 3 points in which they do converge across the us and russia will continue to walk diplomatic newton forward to that. the bulk of the conversation was dedicated to ukraine and 3 that indeed bytes and did lay out punitive measures. ah, if any type of attack, what to happen on the ukraine for the

and we were putin's plum video conference with joe biden, the kremlin spokesman, who's in india with president putin slums. nato was aggressive. spence on moscow, dmitri past golf, spoke exclusively to r t. with on that to shall we see the data, demonstrations extremely aggressive positions. she missed skulking bugs, rhetoric with different usb does rhetoric because we don't like language. we do everything to ensure of interest with the message from president biden. as the western media goes into over a drive with allegations of an eminent russian invasion of ukraine. that's all ahead ah live for moscow. this is our t. my name's you know, neil and 30 minutes of news and views start. now. vladimir put on his indian counterpart and to render a moody have wrapped up their wide ranging bilateral talks in new delhi. following the summits, a comprehensive joint statement was issued, covering everything from military cooperation to health care partnerships. it is only the 2nd time, by the way, the russian president, i was traveled abroad since the pandemic began. the ortiz ilia katrinka rep

private military contractor that brussels accuses of carrying out secret operations on behalf of the kremlin. british health authorities announced the first death from the omicron variant of covid-19, set to become the dominant variant in london in the next 48 hours. and following a series of errors, and embarrassing redraw for the champions league of 16. anger from fans and clubs alike. ♪ welcome back. the european union announced today it has imposed sanctions on a russian private military cracked or -- military contractor, accusing them of carrying out clandestine operations on behalf of the kremlin, and human rights abuses. this is alleged to have happened in a number of countries, among them ukraine in the central african republic. moscow denies wrongdoing and president putin says private military contractors have the right work and pursue interests anywhere in the world provided they don't break russian law. here is what the eu's top diplomat had to say. >> the activities of this group reflects russia's hybrid warfare. they present a threat and create instability in a number of countri

in short, the kremlin may want to reconsider. putin clearly wants to reconstitute the soviet union, amass power and expand russia's borders but you know what? it turns out ukraine gets a vote and the ukrainian people clearly want to be part of the west. they don't want to be subservient to moscow. they want a better future for their children. given ukraine's resolve, putin may want to reconsider. there are offerings available if he chooses to follow them. finally, putin is clearly underestimating our allies. this is not a question of the united states versus russia. our european allies and partners share our alarm. they are willing to act, and if pushed, they will stand in solidarity with ukraine against kremlin aggression, given their resolve, putin may want to reconsider. there is a still a window of time to deter the kremlin from the willingness to invade but we remain united what awaits russia if it chooses that unwise path. i look forward to the diplomatic efforts including the read-out this morning from president biden, i l

how are kremlin sources telling you that they plan to respond?ared to answer that head on. they've called it -- the kremlin spokesman today called it information hysteria. that there would be any kind of sanctions imposed on russia because of this. russia denies any plans for having an invasion of ukraine but they must be mindful of the fact that the united states and others in the international community have sanctioned russia repeatedly for its activities around the world and perhaps the threat of the kind of severe sanctions that the united states and its allies are now sort of suggesting they'll impose against russia will give moscow pause for thought. >> mattthew chance, thank you fr that exclusive reporting from ukraine. >>> a top trump strategist says we're taking over all the elections. election deniers are making more moves to take control of the vote. that's next. it's my 4:05 the-show-must-go-on migraine medicine. it's ubrelvy. for anytime, anywhere migraine strikes, without worrying if it's too late, or where i am. one dose can quickl

if there is a full—scale war with ukraine or a clash with the west, the kremlin may be skating on thina family," says roslan. "i can't bear the idea of fighting with ukraine." ultimately, it's the president who will decide whether russia takes the path of compromise or confrontation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the chinese tennis star peng shuai appears to have retracted an accusation of sexual assault that she made against a former chinese vice premier. in a video interview, filmed by singaporean chinese language newspaper lianhe zaobao, she said the comments she'd made on social media had been misunderstood. translation: first and - foremost, i must emphasise i have never said or wrote about anyone sexually assaulting me. that's a very important point. the weibo post is my personal issue. i know there are many misunderstandings, but there is no distorted interpretation. peng shuai speaking to lianhe zaobao there. the women's tennis association has said it's still concerned that ms peng is still being censored by the state — and although it welcomes her apperance in a public se

if there is a full—scale war with ukraine or a clash with the west, the kremlin may be skating on thine a family," says roslan. "i can't bear the idea of fighting with ukraine." ultimately, it's the president who will decide whether russia takes the path of compromise or confrontation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the chilean currency, the peso, has fallen by li% to a record low against the us dollar following the victory of the left—wing candidate gabriel boric in sunday's presidential election. mr boric won 56% of the vote, beating the far—right candidatejose antonio kast. rebel tigrayan forces fighting the ethiopian government say they are withdrawing immediately from neighbouring regions. it comes after pro—government forces made significant military gains. the rebels say they are hoping there will now be a ceasefire. the new spider—man film made nearly $590 million worldwide in its opening weekend. it sets the record for the most profitable film to come out during the pandemic and it's the third biggest cinematic debu

the kremlin spokesperson, who was in india with president gluten slams nato's aggressive stance on moscow to meet your pass. golf, spoke exclusively with our t movie. numerous times to shall we see that later demonstrations, extremely aggressive positions. she missed the stolen bugs, rhetoric. we see that many different usb does rhetoric. we don't like that. we do everything to ensure. oh, interesting with that's the message from president biden. as western media goes into overdrive with allegations of an imminent russian invasion of ukraine. ah, as to i am here in the russian capital and you're watching our t international. my name's donald quarter. welcome to the program. let him hear putin and his indian counterpart have concluded their bilateral talks in new delhi, following the summit. a comprehensive, comprehensive joint statement was issued covering everything from military cooperation to health care partnerships. it's only the 2nd time that the russian president has traveled abroad since the pandemic began. artillio per tranquil reports from the indian capital to understand rushes

it does strike me that the kremlin statement is much more detailed. it also very specifically describes the concrete proposals made by both leaders, one particular positive encouraging one was suggested by vladimir putin. now he said that may be the sanctions and limitations on diplomatic missions in the 2 nations could be removed. meaning it would be an end to tit for tat expulsions and n to over buds and an understaffed missions. and instead, and the embassies on the tip from outs, getting back to walk as usual. now the final difference i would make is not about content, but in fact about tone. because whilst the kremlin came out and said, yeah, you know what we did agree, operations are not in a great state at the moment, put on balance. the conversation was constructive with washington. what we saw instead was really a continuation of aggressive rhetoric that we thought in the need up to the cool. it was all about how president biden had issued warnings, how he had pressured his russian counterpart. so it definitely struck me that it was all about

well, it's absolutely fine, but at what do you make of the latest comments by the kremlin? so as person who said that russia at one point and the authorities here misunderstood the demands by the w. e. jo. but at the same time, he said that he doesn't see that any one in russia is to blame for that. well, i think absolute, there is no one to blame. this is a complex file looking very strict regulator on safety, on efficacy on quality. and i think what we're doing now is to look forward. the most important is that a lot of work has been done or experts for here in moscow last week. and there is a very clear path forward. but from the very beginning, i always had been very optimistic about the split degree. and the timeline. you can all give it, well, the 1st step is to get the full dossier, and we have the commitment that this will happened before the end of the year. as early as of the 4th of january, the doubly chal, headquartered because this is a headquarter competency, is ready to go back and forward with clarifications if need be, and then send the next inspection visi

the kremlin's readout long after the discussions finished, ominously long, ukrainians of thought, and it seemed to suggest that vladimir putin had not appreciated the composition very much. the common's readout -- kremlin's readout reiterated russia's position that this is an internal ukrainian crisis only and russia continues to deny its involvement despite very extensive evidence that russia is directing finding and arming forces in eastern ukraine and the kremlin's readout also said it is not russia being aggressive, it is nato being aggressive due to deployments in ukraine. this has always been russia's line, but going hard on that again in tough talking language does not sound like vladimir putin thinks that the conversation went all that well. what that means for ukraine in the cong days d months come anyone's guess, really. mark: tomorrow marks 30 years since agreement to dissolve the soviet union, an event that vladimir putin sees as a geopolitical tragedy largely because it separated russia from ukraine. there is people in ukraine who also regret that. reporter: i think this

bau kremlin spokesman saying that putin was very clear that he understood the message from president russia doesn't de-escalate tensions at the moment, there could be serious economic, financial, and military consequences. now, president putin, from his perspective said that, well, if that's the case, this is a serious mistake by the united states, this would be a rupture in biliteral relations that would be felt for generations. so the russian president very clearly pushing back on president biden's point there about sanctions, if russia doesn't de-escalate. and on the point of de-escalating and removing russia's troops from close to the border with ukraine, the russian said, look, we're going to continue with our troops in the positions that they are, in the same way that the united states would behave if it was russian troops close to the border with the united states. so, you don't get the impression at all that the kremlin, that president putin, are backing down at the moment. they do feel that they've landed their message to a degree and they clearly are saying they understood

they understand the threat posed by the kremlin. this is not the same scenario.at we do have the resolve to stand up we do have the resolve to stand up to russia, but more importantly, he does not down the ukraine and the ukrainian people, and for that, he will have to pay a higher price if he does indeed invade further. but isn't the fact these are not new demands and they are probably impossible demands from a nato perspective in any case, this provides them with the trigger and the answer is no to do something, to make, to move those troops and perhaps open the front up further. fin open the front up further. on one hand. — open the front up further. on one hand, yes, it could open the front up further. q�*i one hand, yes, it could divide pretext for him, although it does not appear that that would move the russian people to view any invasion, any new invasion of ukraine favourably. he might have a pretext but it won't make him popular. and i think the reality is that again, as i said, it is going to be quite costly, and he's not going to achieve his objectives

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that is the kremlin ready to face a bloodied, persistent and drawnout insurgency? how many body bags is prudent willing to accept? in new jersey we have a large ukrainian diaspora. i know ukrainians well. i now their fighting spirit. is russia ready for ukrainians from every walk of life from boys and men and grandmothers to rise up to undermine and destroy a government? to russian families really want to sacrifice their sons and daughters to the dictator in the kremlin is a truly prepared for a 1980 afghanistan all over again in short the kremlin may want to reconsider. putin wants to reconstitute the soviet union and amass power and expand russia's borders, that you know what? it turns out that ukraine is about in the people clearly want to be part of the west they don't want to be subservient to moscow but a better future for their children. given ukraine's resolve, putin may want to reconsider there are offramp's available if he chooses to follow them. finally putin is clearly underestimating our allies it's not a question of the united states versus russia our

the whole world is watching the kremlin next moves. but vladimir putin may have to change strategy if he wants to keep the attention of russians at home to joining us now from the russian capital is our moscow bureau chief, re, re, re shut up. you're a president, proteins press conference is about to get underway. you are there. what can we expect? well, to read this annual test confidence additionally, consists of 2 large blocks, the domestic and foreign policy block. i think that the, the domestic issues may predominate today. krona virus is high on the agenda and russia just like in our, the conscious in the build. the presence of the only crone variant has been confirmed. he and russia as well. so putin will definitely encourage people, he and russia to get vaccinated. vaccination rates are quite low in this country, evansville. russia was one of the 1st countries to make is vaccines available to the whole population a few days ago, which in spokesman, pest cove colt, opponents of immunization, dangerous fools. at the same time, ru

. >> and keir, the kremlin's spokesperson says, don't expect breakthroughs from this meeting. what would be a good outcome from president biden that president putin might accept? >> you know, i think what dmitry peskov, the kremlin spokesperson is saying, is really just an exercise in managing expectations. the russians being very clear, that they don't care about sanctions. they do care about sanctions. they very much do care about some of the penalties that have been talked about in the past 24 hours. but i think just touching on what matt said there, the issue here is that it's impossible for washington to know exactly what russia has planned. they clearly have managed to spook u.s. intelligence. now, of course, the russians know very well that the u.s. intelligence has a direct line to the president. so if you want to get the president's attention, making it very clear that you could invade is the way to achieve that. exactly what the russians now hope to get out of this meeting. well, talking to people close to the kremlin, they are already talking about the fact that neg

putin that no red lines from kremlin' side could be here.an or canadian soldiers here to fighting for ukraine. we will fight by ourselves. but we need modernization of weaponry. we have -- we need, um, electronic warfare. and et cetera, et cetera. >> the problem with america and nato and others stepping up their help, their assistance for ukraine is that it could potentially provoke the kremlin even further. could be poking the bear and force them to -- to invade. is that a concern for you? do you think that's realistic? >> the idea don't provoke russian will not work because georgia, salsbury, crimea. >> so, you think confrontation with russia is the only way to stop russia's malign activity around the world? >> it could be not only confrontation. it could be there -- it should be strong position. we are partners of ukraine. we will help them in all kind of ways. >> reporter: and the kremlin will hear that and it will understand that and it will stop? >> i'm sure. >> it is a high-stakes gamble with no guarantee such a hardline from the whit

that's the kremlin's language. the sequencing as the kremlin sees the situation.y said, look, the two had a conversation back in early december and russia said they would go and put their proposals forward. they did that. they put out tough and strong and really, from nato's perspective, unacceptable demands that nato does not offer membership to ukraine, they do not position troops inside ukraine. russia, from its position, had that conversation where president biden then put forward its list of demands if you will. its position, as it says. from the kremlin's perspective, this is a follow-up phone call ahead of that january 10th meeting. also from a russian perspective, new year is a big celebration here. most people, government officials sort of clear out of the city, go to the country houses, dashes if they have them. orthodox christmas, which is celebrated here in russia, the 7th of january. you have a big chunk of time out of the government calendar. perhaps having this from president putin's perspective now so far ahead of january 10th talks has a lot to do

the kremlin and the white house have revealed the key talking points. here's our t solstio taylor with the details. there was a lot of hype around this cool, but at same time, very low expectations in any major breakthrough would happen. and not indeed seems to be the case here. after that phone call in which a number of issues was raised ranging from cyber warfare to strategic stability, to regional issues such as iran. both sides have come out with statements now and i will say it's very interesting to see how the 2 of them paint very different portraits of both the content and the tone of the phone call. i thought, said there are 3 points on which they do converge. the fust is not the u. s. on russia, we'll continue to walk diplomatically together. moving forward to that, the bulk of the conversation. i was dedicated to ukraine and 3 that indeed bite and did a warn of a serious punitive measures in case of any attack on ukraine. now for the differences on ukraine, the u. s. statement quite broadly said that really all that happened was that the presi

the kremlin denies it wants to invade. and no one knows what vladimir putin is planning. but this is one of the places he would come through if russia attacked. walking through bombed-out defenses, ukrainian forces showed us their positions. less than 100 yards from russian-backed militias. a military source here telling us eukrainian sources have been getting more help from america and other nato nations recently. and that's a red line for vladimir putin who doesn't want ukraine moving any closer to the west. but as both the u.s and russia try to navigate these tensions, one thing is clear here at the front lines -- the ukrainians are standing firm. ready to fight? >> ready to fight, yeah. republican ready to die? >> yeah. >> what you witnessed really showing the tension. i gather the soldiers have plenty to deal with already. are they aware of this high stakes conversation between president biden and vladimir putin, are they hopeful that they're going to be able to ease tensions on the border or are they simply too busy with the issue at hand? >> reporter: yeah, i think

the kremlin scotsman who's in india with president putin slams. nature was aggressive stance on moscow. the mitre, pest golf speaks exclusively to r t movie you, mr. matters. now we see that native demonstrates it's extremely aggressive position where she misses goldenberg's rhetoric when she the different you se, there's rhetoric we don't like that. we do everything to ensure, oh, interesting with the message from president biden. as the western media goes into overdrive with allocations of an imminent russian invasion of ukraine with europe in the grip of a winter of discontent over soaring energy prices. a group monitoring fuel poverty warns high sol heating builds in the u. k. could soon double ah, live across the world are run the clock. this is r t great to have your company today. my name's you. no, no. me. latimer put on the indian prime minister, now rendered moody, have wrapped up by lateral talks in new delhi. it's only the 2nd time the russian president has traveled abroad since the pandemic begun. artillio per tranquil reports are from india's capitol, understand moscow's

well, this is a crisis of the kremlin making and is what is unclear in all of this is what constitutes in vladimir putin's mind, of the security of russia and normalization that does not require a treating its neighbors such as ukraine and georgia as satellites and implicit in all of this and in explicit in one of the demands of the kremlin, is that the ukraine and by extension, any other country, such as georgia, that might be interested in joining nato to be denied that. and the administration is made clear that that is not acceptable, that sovereign nations are precisely racked. and therefore, there will not be a determination made between the kremlin and 3rd parties as to the destination or the, the, the desires, if you will, of the ukrainian and georgian peak. why the sudden flurry in diplomatic activity that between the us and russia in recent weeks they've had 2 phone calls, one, let chill summit over an issue that has been brewing for some time. i mean they, she's the, you describe their ongoing well, i think 2 things have sort of set this into motion. and the 1st is in the uni

that is the line over and over that we are hearing from the kremlin. we've also heard from the russian forestry ministry spokesperson, she said that this is a disinformation campaign that he's being used to pay russia as an aggressor. and she said, such statements will not decrease tensions in the region at the shingle washington . this is as information campaign that aims to crate. firstly, the image of russia is an aggressor. secondly, additional passion in the region, including the black sea, the russia, green border, and se ukraine look. so this will not bring stability and security either in international relations or the regional agenda. yeah, it will undoubtedly complicate everything. meanwhile, journalists, primarily, of course, western journalism really use the word aggressor for into our country over to you. what right of the have to do this. i try to understand this every time. when was the last time russia tech to anyone? people need to back up this claim with arguments and how many times have native countries the texas are in states. in th

that was a gift to the kremlin.opefully the current administration not only through words but action will make clear the united states is committed to our other 29 allies. host: let's talk to david calling from plainsboro, georgia. good morning. . caller: hey, mr. hodges. how you doing? guest: good. caller: i will talk global politics for a minute and then get down to your part of the world. for 50 years the communists have used a gambit to destroy america. i mean, the communists in china use jobs to prop them up and we turn our backs when the communists stampede into georgia and recap it -- wreak havoc. this is who they are. on this gambit thing, and this is a strategy and what we need is a real strategy, to give them something to worry about they have not had to worry about. now with china all we have got to do is say, well, we are going to make all these islands in this archipelago a state. that will give us greater territorial leverage over china. and there in the ukraine, that is a very hard-core, almost no way

so he talked how russia and the kremlin, how they put together a list of basically a list of demands which would guarantee that safety, which now they will have to be signatures because so that no official could say, well, you, you're telling us, we've promised this to you, but can you show it on paper obviously with verbal agreements? this can not be done so that now russia wanted on paper, according to my food. and basically, his message was, it isn't russia that it is that it is deploying missiles on the border of the united states. in fact, washington is guilty of the very same thing. just to give you an idea as to what i mean when i say that they've got under the skin of vladimir putin is a short bit of his answer. but the sooner you can reach the sea and say where mercedes doable disease at yet, our actions will not depend on the negotiation. they will depend on the unconditional compliance with the russian security. you must give us the guarantees it is up to you. you must do this immediately right now, instead of keep talking about this for decades. but we would, well, ukrain

protests outside court, as the kremlin bans one of russia's oldest and best known human rights organisationsght, those are our headlights. i will be back with more in half an hour. now on bbc news, our world. six years ago, amsha escaped from captivity in northern iraq, after being held by is militants. today, she is risking her life to clear her homeland of unexploded mines. in the summer of 2014, is militants swept across northern iraq. gunfire in sinjar, they would go on to commit a massacre, taking thousands of young women like amsha captive. almost seven years later, much of the region remains in ruins and thousands remain missing. despite everything, amsha chose to remain in sinjar. now every day, she confronts the deadly legacy left hidden by herformer captors. on the 3rd of august 2014, is militants invaded sinjar, homeland of the yazidi people. gunfire the so—called islamic state regarded this religious minority as infidels, reserving for them their most brutal treatment. is militants dragged amsha and her brother from their car and took them to a nearby base. dog barks for amsha, i

in terms of how the conversation went from the kremlin point of view, the kremlin readout very much emphasized not so much the threat of sanctions. it referred to the threat of sanctions that if russia were to escalate a threat made by president biden, but it said look, we shouldn't be putting the blame for this on russia's shoulders. this is about nato wanting to conquer ukrainian territory and it was an opportunity for putin to restate what we've just heard. his concerns, his red lines, what russia wants essentially. and that is a legal agreement. legal agreements to prevent nato, the western military alliance, from expanding further e eastwards, even if it doesn't join nato, it is some kind of forward operating base for the western alliance. now, the big challenge of president biden was how to allay those russian fears while not selling out ukraine. ukraine, remember, wants to join the nato alliance and wants to cooperate even closer with those western allies. so that's a difficult balance which at the moment it seems that president biden may have taken a step towards achieving. >> matthew,

the kremlin considers what's going on in ukraine as an internal problem. and he does not want nato to get involved, ultimately in what is happening in ukraine. and he doesn't want, he wants assurances, we don't know if he's got those yet from the bottom ministration that nato will not trespass will not encroach further east into europe. john stratford has been speaking to residence in mario pole in southeast, in ukraine. he says this frustration that president lensky hasn't done more to end the conflict for the facts, all that 14000 people have been killed in the 7 half years of this conflict. the u . n says that it expects up to 3000000 people on both sides of the front line to need humanitarian assistance next year. and there is a just a growing sense amongst the people that you speak to who live in that contact zone or close to it of complete hopelessness and increasing anger. bear in mind that the ukrainian president ugly won his campaign. one of the reasons why he won his presidential campaign in 2019 were promised that he was gonna end russia's annex

the kremlin has rejected. on correspondence in berlin, peter oliver ripples of to russian diplomats have been declared persona non grata by the new german foreign minister anal in a bare balkan one of her 1st duties in that role. it all relates back to the sentencing of a russian national, named as variety and kathy cove to life, imprisonment for the murder back in august of 2019 of delhi. man. hon gosh heavily . in the fact that ad that killing was well described directly as been at the behest of the russian state by the court that did the sentencing. now moscow denies any involvement in the killing of high gosh, really, who is shot to death in a pearl in park right in the center of the german capital. back in the, the summer of 201930 tractor. the defendant denied the crime, particularly denied being part of the russian security apparatus, or having been commissioned by any security apparatus at all. there is not a single piece of evidence, and the court also admitted there isn't any evidence that would prov