these questions are why we're talking to mikhail zygar, author of "all the kremlin's men."tionships with high level businessmen. i wonder what your sense is of what vladimir putin is doing in ukraine, and why do you think he's changed? >> you know, i think he's gone through a long way. and according to his mindset, he's in the unique situation when all of his enemies or all of the forces he considers to be enemies are in the weakest possible position. and during the last years, he was dreaming up some kind of revenge for those years of humiliation felt by russia in the beginning of '90s. and that's the point when he thinks that he can -- he thinks he can make it. >> you wrote about something called the -- you called the collective putin, the idea that those in his inner circle try to always anticipate his wants. does that dynamic still exist? >> oh, i think more than ever because during all those years, only those people who really can guess what he wants them to say and say it exactly right, only those people still have the access to president putin. and those, for example

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two individuals that sparked my interest in the last hour that i spoke to, one was mikhail zygar, who, it seems, studied quite closely vladimir putin and his inner circle, and he said essentially, he doesn't even believe vladimir putin is interested in negotiating. and then, another man that i spoke to advising president zelenskyy, and we talked a little bit about kind of these ongoing negotiations, do you think that there is hope for these ongoing negotiations considering who it is the ukrainian president would be negotiating with? >> yasmin, only if president putin decides, is forced to decide that he is losing on the battlefield, at least is not winning on the battlefield. only then will there be serious negotiations. president zelenskyy knows that. president zelenskyy is asking for these kind of conversations. president zelenskyy knows president putin may not -- that the ukrainian military is doing very well, is holding back the russian military. the much larger russian military. they thought, the russian military thought, they probably told president putin that they would be in k

i as russian journalist mikhail zygar about chunks in wall of the kremlin propaganda machine. >>> andight thing to do. also the smart thing to do. >> thrust into the trump impeachment spotlight, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch reflects on what brought us to this moment. >>> the truth about the war. >> editor of "the new yorker" and former moscow correspondent david remnick talks to walter isaacson about putin's war of death and disinformation. >

. >> mikhail zygar, thank you so much. opportunity, it was six days or so ago now, mikhail had a brilliant op-ed in "the new york times," and he just referred to, talking about the inner circle of vladimir putin and his thinking. of course, referring to his research alongside his book. mikhail, thank you so much for joining us on this. it was brilliant and very interesting to read. >> thank you. >>> up next, everybody, biden's warning to china, what the white house is saying about the president's 110-minute call with xi jinping who has yet to denounce russia's actions. we'll be right back. et to denounce russia's actions. we'll be right back. so, quick wellness check, how are you these days? friendships an 8, but your knee is...barely a 2? and what about your cheerfulness? or, you know...able-to-relax-edness. and how can we help you with all that? delivery in as little as 1 hour? give you new ways to give back? because at walgreens, we take care of the whole you. ♪♪ hey businesses! because at walgreens, we take you all des

i as russian journalist mikhail zygar about chunks in wall of the kremlin propaganda machine. >>> and the smart thing to do. >> thrust into the trump impeachment spotlight, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch reflects on what brought us to this moment. >>> the truth about the war. >> editor of "the new yorker" and former moscow correspondent david remnick talks to walter isaacson about putin's war of death and disinformation.

let's go live now to germany, where we can speak to mikhail zygar, a journalist and founder of tv raintunately, it is not a surprise. our whole - shutting down? fortunately, it is not a surprise. our whole world | not a surprise. our whole world crashed on the first day of the war and from the beginning we all understood that things could never be the same and it would not be business as usual, new broadcasting as usual as possible. everyone was counting the days of the last possibility to continue working in russia. two days ago was the last day of broadcasting. i know that by now all the journalists, all the team has already left russia. not only them, thousands of people with an independent background, thousands ofjournalists an independent background, thousands of journalists and an independent background, thousands ofjournalists and bloggers and writers and artists, just medium sized business people are leaving russia in several directions. loath? russia in several directions. why have ou russia in several directions. why have you left? — russia in several directions. why have you