margus, let me end on this. _ there won't be any excuse. margus, let me end on this.e president putin of the resolve and the resources to stop fighting and ukraine, i'm wondering, how concerned are you that he could then turn to your country and other neighbours next? brute turn to your country and other neighbours next?— turn to your country and other neighbours next? we know already ears that neighbours next? we know already years that putin _ neighbours next? we know already years that putin and _ neighbours next? we know already years that putin and russia - neighbours next? we know already years that putin and russia is - neighbours next? we know already years that putin and russia is a - years that putin and russia is a threat — years that putin and russia is a threat we _ years that putin and russia is a threat. we saw it in georgia, we saw in ukraine _ threat. we saw it in georgia, we saw in ukraine 2014, repeatedly now. also, _ in ukraine 2014, repeatedly now. also, their — in ukraine 2014, repeatedly now. also, their vocabulary has been very heavy _ also, th

margus tsahkna, a real pleasure having you on the show. and margus, let me start with this. had all those western economic sanctions placed on russia but it still seems to be going strong. the imf, international monetary fund, says its economy is set to grow a healthy 2.6% this year. margus, it is showing remarkable resilience, isn't it? yes, actually, we don't know exact honest figures what is the situation with russian economy but what we see is that russia is able to produce military equipment, able to produce ammunition. and also, people are not starving. it's obvious. but if you see the figures from the european union side, so, we have adopted already, like, the 13 sanction packages, and approximately, like, 60% of trade has been cutting down, put under sanctions. but, of course, there are lots of things we see as a bordering country. but i'm not so critical about sanctions because if we see what we have — like, more than two years ago, there were no sanctions and sanctions are, like, hitting both sides. they are hitting russia and they are hitting our economies. but th

.$- >> i would like to follow on what my friend margus is saying about the need for ukraine to win. somebody sitting here in washington will say come of course, the baltic ministers think it is very important because they live next to russia. why should the u.s. care? it is far away. it's maybe our problem but why is it your problem? if you think about it, the u.s. has had one heck of a winning streak. up until the end of the second world war, the u.s. created a system called a rules-based system. you can say it is headquartered in new york at the united nations. it has this, shall we say, challenges but it is the best thing that has happened to the world probably if you look back in history foreve germany's success as a rich and thriving democracy is thanks to the u.s. marshall plan after the war. japan's success as a rich and thriving democracy is thanks to u.s. efforts. the baltic states' independence, or regaining her independence after 50 years ofae&oupation, is a part of the success because the u.s. has stood rocksolid behind rules-based systems. that system has had a very pos

margus tsahkna told my colleague aaron heslehurst europe's economies needed to change.ome bigger countries, they were thinking that if we have economic relations, strong relations with putin and russia, then we can somehow control putin. nord stream one and nord stream two, they were exactly these kinds of projects. "no, it is political, it is all economic." but it is political. anything from russia is political as well and i don't say we must take the heat but we need to organise, reorganise our economies, not to be so much dependent on russian economies. so much dependent on russian economies-— so much dependent on russian economies. ~ ., . economies. well, the economic impact of the war in — economies. well, the economic impact of the war in ukraine _ economies. well, the economic impact of the war in ukraine is _ economies. well, the economic impact of the war in ukraine is a _ economies. well, the economic impact of the war in ukraine is a theme - economies. well, the economic impact of the war in ukraine is a theme of- of the war in ukraine is a theme of this week

the head of the ministry of foreign affairs of this country, margus tsahkna, supported macron’s wordsar it’s tuesday, march 5th, in the studio today i’m with you, ekaterina strizhenova. today lin film celebrates its birthday. a solid 110 years, 110 years of history and great films that are included in our golden fund, i say this without any pathos. barvara fedorova invites you and me to lenfilm this morning. here the sun, the attention, the old film clips, the idea of ​​the leningrad costume designers sparkle so much. amphibian man is about ideas and new technologies. this is what the world's first box looked like... for underwater filming on linfilm , they were constantly coming up with something, today is the film studio's birthday, at least a third of our favorite films were shot here, the blue bird, old man khatabych, cinderella, stand up children, stand in a circle, in the fourth pavilion, all lenfilm residents talk about this place with aspiration, this is the oldest pavilion of the renfim film studio, or as many say our colleagues, mecca. chipaev came out in russian cinema in 1