and it's a good step before the new year. reminds askin over to you, mr. lovegrove, you have mentioned that germany has changed its dance on the means, ke agreements. and in recent years, we have seen and get a minute that the blood relations between russia and germany have grown worse. and berlin is accusing russia of that and blaming russia for it. so what is the reason for such israel deteriorating relationship? what do you think it's you? i have already touched upon this topic, if you to so good mister about one that you don't want. you can hear what the minister of defense of germany said, that it is still not good whether you want or sort of funded. elaine said back when she worked in the new c, german government and to what she's now saying on behalf of the european commission that is, so will they say, norman, should they was, they want to have normal relations with russia? but 1st, russia has to change its behavior. what the tools problem unbearable i met anna, lena bear, balkans, talk home today. and we had a good chart and it was a short meeting with you to a number of reaso

this was the 1st face to face meeting between antony, blanket and surg, lovegrove. since joe biden became us president, the us secretary of state use the encounter to warn russia of the serious consequences, including sanctions, if it invades ukraine. it's now on russia to deescalate the current tensions by reversing the recent troop filled up. returning forces to normal peace time positions, and refraining from further intimidation and attempts to destabilize ukraine were watching the situation very closely, were in close contact and coordination with our allies, russian back separatists in eastern ukraine had been patrolling these trenches for more than 7 years after russia next crimea, now a build up of russian troops along the border. more than $90000.00 says the government in kiev is fueling fears of a russian invasion. across the field, ukrainian force is a holding exercises. russia says ukraine is being provocative, deploying more than half its army, 125000 people to the east. russia dismisses as inflammatory, any suggestions, its preparing to attack? the kre

the us secretary of state and sibling can met his russian count once they get lovegrove in stock home. lincoln sant, he's concerned about what he calls an aggressive russian policy towards kids. love rove, said any presence of nato troops and weapons, and ukraine represents a red line. charles profit, his life for us in north raska, in ukraine. and charles, i mean, after the high level diplomatic meeting and still came between the us and russian foreign ministers, one might have thought de escalation would have been on the cards. but comments made by the ukrainian defense minister really put a carwash on that well, i think you could argue that you could also argue with respect to what he said regarding ukraine's potential nato application of nato membership, saying that this was a political decision. and that was no consensus yet amongst night. so members, one could argue that that was a little bit more conciliatory than some of the language that we've heard in recent weeks. as you say, he mentioned that according to intelligent sources like ukrainian and what he described is ukraine'

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warnings with the us to the meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe. lovegrove also express his concern over the worsening relations. for those are, the 2 continues to escalate the situation directly on our borders. and as for military security in the euro, atlantic region, it continues to deteriorate. there's only one treaty left between russia and the united states. the strategic arms reduction treaty, the treaty on short and medium range missiles and the open skies treaty were essentially torn apart by our american colleagues. what we heard from said gala rolf was a list of issues he has and what russia has with the way that russia has being dictated to by nato, by the united states. and by the west. he said, time and time again, the western partners of russian nato, the united states. everybody else saying that they had either miss on st. misunderstood or deliberately misconstrued the minsk agreement. and until that was properly adhered to that it could never ultimately be a reality on the ground. so galafaro also said that in the very near future, moscow wo

so for security concerns in an interview aired on the foreign ministry website. lovegrove said that russian diplomats and military officials will take part in the talks in january. washington has yet to comment on the meeting. let's go more on this from mike hannah who is live in new york for us on this. by what else do we know about this? well, we've all state department for a response to the comments made by sir g. a lab rather than to there is no direct confirmation of lab rubs intention to hold a meeting between experts from both the us and russia at the state department simply says that it's willing to engage in diplomacy, whatever the forum direct talks or through nato allies. however, it says as well that any talks must depend on the fact that russia addresses us concerns about security. and also such discussions have to be on the basis of reciprocity. so there's no direct confirmation from state department. apart from that comment, saying that that is open to any form of dialogue with russia on condition as well. it adds that it is in consultation with its nato allies. now we do kno

now the russian foreign minister target lovegrove has given artie an exclusive live interview, which he touched upon a range of key world issues. ah, what one of the main points mister love for of disgust was the removal of our german language channel r t d from europe's main satellite network provider. it happened just moments before the interview and the moved came at the request of germany's media regulator . mr. roth slammed the action though against the channel, which only began broadcasting last week or more, and that it was an acceptable behavior on the part of berlin, and that there will be consequences when oscar national just the was nicole, we have been sentenced to respond similarly. but until recent times, we were convinced that we do not want to follow the same path and tried to put pressure on media to follow suit with our western partners. but you know the same thing with russian security. we cannot tolerate it any longer. and we believe of this unacceptable situation will go on. we'll have to respond to it for the much of a, some context here r t d has faced the barr

sovereignty and national security, chrysler preserve, timothy mattacheski is i live over the mr. lovegrove questions the shikes. are you wanting to follow up and watch a just as is that regarding both the west, the little allies start refusing to provide him a certain guarantees of sublimity. what will happen if they refuse to continue to refuse to provide? there is a guarantees could well guarantee it's all about security. president gluten recently said that we need collectively, it is a security for all participants of european pieces out throw says security pro cisco, cuz i don't even want to speculate on what would happen if the west continues to dismiss us. i think everyone heard present buttons, proposals, and those that we mean business, we are serious with the repetition. we will present it on paper. i don't know what reaction we should expect from the west if that's good. but the thing is we need to look at how serious is the west, is for retreats. this treats us as soon how interested they are in for these galatians, and how interested they are in unilateral increase in their own

and we have a process, 1st of all, to consider william as miss lovegrove. could you please comment on the statement by the french foreign minister, shall eve litigant, he warned the russian authorities of extremely grave consequences if russia invade ukraine. why do you think i was to count parts of opted for another ending string of threads lately? let me know which one expresses manila, but you should probably address this question to them. it doesn't give me any pleasure, but it doesn't evoke any negative emotions either. we are used to the condescending tone from our western counterparts and their statements, showing that they perceive themselves as divine judges, infallible irredeemably, self righteous politicians. frances repeatedly said that it would pursue a demanding dialogue with russia. that is, they will demand something from us. so that's what they're doing, they're demanding. but in recent weeks, both the president of russia and other senior russian officials have repeatedly touched on the topic of so called escalation for which they are threa

ah ah, and we have a process to booth considerably as mister lovegrove could you please comment on the statement by the french foreign minister shall even, tucker, he won't, the russian authorities have extremely grave consequences if russia invade ukraine . might you think a western counterparts of opted for another ending string of threads lately? let him know the loo. sure, and explicit manila, but you should probably address this question to them or doesn't give me any pleasure, but it doesn't evoke any negative emotions either. we used to the condescending tone from our western counterparts and their statements, showing that they perceive themselves of divine judges, infallible, irredeemably, self righteous politicians. frances repeatedly said that it was you a de marketing dialogue with russia. that is, they will demand something from us. that's what they're doing, they're demanding. but in recent weeks, both the president of russia and the senior russian officials of repeatedly touched the topic of so called escalation, for which they are threatening to punish us. and i think th