putin. but may be jeopardizing the national interest of ukraine. however, now we see this new transformation and tough statements from the president on what is important. finally we have at least five main people who are involved that they are speaking with one single voice. the question about population is interesting. it is very provocative. population should be in this condition to be ready. organic people are not ready to hide. the ukrainians would like to keep normal life and the less fighting happening the less people are ready to fight probably. ukrainians are ready to fight. the fight is happening and it is not pretty. the expert community is becoming more active and at the same time we see the human rights founders activating their work on the different tracks. members of parliament, their work at the parliamentary assemblies are becoming more and more active. crimean platforms, let's say the political track, that is between the government, parliamentary and expert community. but th

putin. -- openly stated he wanted a closer relationship with mr. putin. they could not really move forward with it. regarding the second comment about potential money laundering schemes, i have to say, i've not seen convincing evidence. to support that theory, but certainly, i would be opening to seeing convincing evidence. for now, i have not seen anything to suggest the president's son hunter biden has done anything untoward or certainly illegal when it comes to any financial relationship with anyone from russia. host: a couple mentioned so far, that massive solar wind hack, what real and tangible steps has the u.s. been taking, if you know of any, and what could they take? guest: the solar wind attack, we cannot underestimate how profound a breach this has been from the russian security services. we have learned in reporting on this that over children 50 u.s. federal agents -- that over 250 u.s. federal agents have been affected, as well as large u.s. companies like microsoft and many other tech firms. for now the biden administration has said it seems

putin. navalny's imprisonment comes in the wake of his near fatal poisoning about which we've all read and what happened to mr. navalny should be a wake why up call to our friends in europe. it's certainly a wake-up call to the american people. this isn't the first time that mr. putin has tried to get rid of a dissident. unfortunately, probably won't be the last. ... abroad. mr. putin has made trouble here in america, about which we all know. domestically, opponents of mr. putin have been arrested, they died in prison. in some cases, they have been murdered. we all know that. now, if this is how mr. putin is going to treat his own people, going to treat his own people, >> how mr. putin treats his own people. i imagine how he wouldn't has treated foreign countries particularly our friends in europe. russia has launched an unjustified invasion of georgia. and still control large parts of georgia territory and in 2014, mr. putin invaded ukraine illegally. any and asked and started a war in east

member states and so you can and putin has wormed his way into certain. member states like hungry for example he's got very very close and i would argue corrupt relations with bigger orbán the president of hungary and as a result of that all it takes is one country or bomb a country with oregon or cyprus or malta to completely watered down the entire e.u. foreign policy towards russia and so now i fear that that whatever reaction there will be and there will be a reaction but i'm sure that the reaction certainly be watered down by putin's very clever ways of forming his way into and diluting foreign policy at the bill browder with his views on what's happening in russia at the moment thank you for joining us we do appreciate it. thank you. now flows before perves main starts wall street bets if you know what any of those main then well done you a younger and far more in touch than i am what you might have heard though is a lot of fuss about stocks in something cold game stop now with those sorts of phrases which are now part of the stock market lexicon we

president putin sees alexei navalny and his movement as a threat.aw a line under it. and he is going to do whatever it takes to make it clear to people, that it is not in their best interests to participate in this movement. one of the most effective tools he has at his disposal, though, other than sort of cracking down with brutal force on these protesters is really capturing their imagination with this idea that if he was to fall or if he was to go for some reason, there would be chaos. and this is something that really does make people in russia pause for thought. because people remember the 1990s when the soviet union collapsed. it was not a good period in russia. it was chaotic. there were criminal gangs all over the place. people didn't have enough money to eat or take care of families. and they don't want to see a return to that instability. and he is constantly playing on that message over and over again. you know, without me, essentially, you risk sort of staring into the abyss. so even though i think that these protests are very significan

that was biden to putin in 2011.ol in the us and i�*ve been very consistent that i think we need to build bridges from the us and russia with any administration, and we will continue to do so if us businesses want to do that. and again, for us, it�*s very important to have bridges to russia and workjointly on anti—terrorism and other fronts. so i think we hope that president biden consider, you know, the reality of the situation and the reality is that russia can be a great partner on many issues, and it�*s important to reach out and have this discussion. and we�*ll be happy to work with any us administration to build any bridges, because you really need to have communication, and if you don�*t have communication, you really put the world in danger. and i think with lack of communication between us and russia, the world has really become much more dangerous place than many of us recognise right now. let�*s get real, mr dmitriev. we know that president biden regards the continued occupation of crimea by russia as comp

locking up navalny, will it help or hinder putin?rotests, not only were they bigger in number | but they were in places where there| had not been protests before, right across the many time . zones of russia. the question, was how| long can they continue, will they peter out? will navalny still be a rallying cry? - what we have been hearing i in the last day from protesters is that they are hearing _ from the navalny team that they have decided to pull back - from the street protests, partly because of the brutality of the russian police, - but also because they want - to save their fire for the upcoming elections at the rest of the year, seeing that as their better - opportunity to actually get real power, if you like. - and what has really been remarkable in this is how organised _ the navalny team was. they were all prepared when he came i back, the list of people who should. be sanctioned were given out, the instructions were given i as to how to organise the protests. they thought this through. this was not just _ a spontaneous,

putin says russia can produce 500 million doses of it a year.ith the shortage of the first properly approved and tested vaccines here in europe, the question is asked, should france think about using it? at this vaccination center in paris, everything is in place. the only section currently of any use is the waiting area. though three vaccines have been approved in france, supply problems at european producers means doses are rare. so attention is turning to other horizons. russia, for one, says it's ready to send the e.u. 100 million doses of its sputnik vaccine. russia says sputnik v is 91.4% effective 28 days after the first injection. the country has indeed submitted its authorization request to the european medicines agency. some 15 countries have already approved sputnik v including argentina. but the rush to develop it meant that russia skipped key trial phases. on tuesday, however, british medical journal, "the lancet," published the results of an independent phase iii trial suggesting a 91.6 effectiveness rate for sputnik v. another pot

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could as early as this month and poles travel bans and asset freezes on allies of russian president putin in response of the jailing of men domestic critic alex cena some say the european union should use north stream to as leverage as well and abandon it the nearly complete hard line would double russia's capacity for natural gas deliveries to germany and europe but of course cancelling is not everybody. in. the north stream too is ready at least the german end of the nearly 2500 kilometer long pipeline it starts here in the baltic sea town of lukeman the receiving terminal with its thick pipes and heavy safety valves has been ready to go since the summer. goodmans mayor oxus folks is concerned that despite this the russian gas pipeline might never be operational. it would give us a very bad public image if we had an investment disaster of this magnitude and the political debate continued to be so heated i suspect that would also scare off investors we'd like to keep up with. this 150 kilometers of pipeline has become a hot topic. the section has yet to be completed on the bottom of the

putin is a thief and a nutter and that one of the money to be free. no information so far has shown what the accusations are based on a school. in north dakota not found in the situation it's actually frightening to the illegal student conservation school of the country's los baños. if you accuse someone you have to prove their guilt that is that you can't just say it's a secret or this patient confidentiality it will. push that would mean the family's poisoning the state. also coming up the f.b.i. considers last month's seizure of the u.s. capitol to be a 911 moment and you can see it in the investigation suddenly people are being arrested who just a few months ago would have never been questioned weeks after the attack on capitol hill this. phantom to bob where pretty much the only visual signs and reminders of what had happened not generally 6 here but behind the curtains and behind the doors the investigation into what happened and who is responsible for this it's in full gear. which were viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of you arou

putin has denied the claim.cked putin saying vladimir, the poisoner of underpants. let's begin in moscow with producer matt. let's talk about this video. i know you've been following the impact of it closely. what are you saying? >> well, so this is definitely the most impactful video that alexei navalny has ever released. it has over 100 million views on youtube now. today we got some very interesting data from an independent pollster to help us understand what it is doing. the dlinl number from that is that 26% of respondents have seen the video and this is a substantial increase over the number of people who had seen the land mark investigation back in 2017. that focused on the former president and prime minister dmitri medvedev. they found at the time that only 7% of people had actually seen the video. so this is a substantial gain for navalny's camp. but the numbers get a little more nuanced. they found that people were left with a more negative opinion of vladimir putin. but 77% said their opinions didn't

its own public health the new russian vaccine could protect europeans it could also give president putin all the political immunity he needs i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. the curtain is a thief and unnatural and that would never be free. no information so far has shown what the accusations are based on the school is that. the situation is actually frightening to the illegal student contravenes all of the countries los baños. if you accuse someone you have to prove their guilt to destroy you can't just say it's a secret court as patient confidentiality and all. that would mean the family's poisoning or stay. also coming up the f.b.i. considers last month's seizure of the u.s. capitol to be a 911 moment and you can see it in the investigation suddenly people are being arrested who just a few months ago would have never been questioned weeks after the attack on capitol hill this. fans in the bob wire pretty much the only visual signs and reminders of what had happened not generally 6 here but behind the curtains and behind the doors the investigation into what happened and who i

so vladimir putin's idea and idea of propaganda is that if you don't vote for putin, if you don't wanthat putin represents, then you go back to the scales, and dangerous, terrible period of time. so it still works for the people who lived there, who lived in '90s, but it doesn't work anymore for people who were born, as i said, after putin came to power. so this is the new challenge for vladimir putin's advisers, for his team in the administration of the president because they really don't understand how to talk about this and how to talk with this new generation. they try to be active on tiktok, for example, on instagram and facebook and everywhere, but it's some kind of ridiculous often because, for example, minister of foreign affairs of russia has just posted a new video on tiktok. this is the first video of the minister of foreign affairs, and all the people who watched it, most of them, they really laughed. i mean they don't know how to create this communication. it's really -- it's really complicated for them on the stage. >> it didn't land well. i saw it as well, and i was emba

-- putin. now? -- putin. i we met we will have to see how much of a danger— we met we will have to see how much of a danger he is in prison. as long as we _ of a danger he is in prison. as long as we keep — of a danger he is in prison. as long as we keep instruct people on the smart— as we keep instruct people on the smart voting, they have this big election— smart voting, they have this big election coming up from a parliamentary elections coming up in september, they are telling people don't vote for the united russian ruling _ don't vote for the united russian ruling party, that is seen as a threat — ruling party, that is seen as a threat i_ ruling party, that is seen as a threat. i don't know whether they will threat. idon't know whether they will still— threat. i don't know whether they will still put out the same videos that navalny was making with putin palace _ that navalny was making with putin palace and the black sea. so they are calculating that if he is in 'ail are calculating that

. >>> thousands of supporters are demonstrating in russia for release of putin opposition leader alexey navalny and. >>> girl scouts are forced to think outside the cookie box this season. it's the first of the month grab your box and come on, "early today" starts right now s rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. one and three americans are in the path of a major winter storm hitting the northeast, it already burpied the mid-west, more than 250 flights cancelled in chicago where over a foot of snow fell. snow emergencies declared in wisconsin. drivers with i tough time in virginia with mix of heavy snow and freezing rain. those slick conditions were no problem for the giant panda as the national zoo in washington, d.c. absolute blast, on the hill, playing in the snow. >>> right now all eyes on the northeast, blizzard-like conditions are possible, new york city could see historic amounts of snow and now a live update from nbc meteorologist janessa webb, out there braving the storm for us in time square. janessa, good mo, good morning d good morning everyone. things have kind of calmed down in

but we begin in russia where opposition leader and president putin's most for medical critical xtina valley has been sent back to jail he's been sentenced to more than 2 years in prison for violating probation terms by traveling to germany to lifesaving treatment after he was poisoned with a nerve agent his lawyers say they'll appeal the conviction the u.s. britain germany and the e.u. are all calling for his immediate release well security has been stepped up in the capital moscow more than 900 people have been detained as nadal his supporters gathered to protest against the ruling well we'll have an update from moscow but 1st here's charley angelou. once again alexina valley is paying a high price for his criticism of the kremlin as a court sentenced him to $3.00 and a half years the judge found the valley guilty of breaking probation failing to report to russian police over an embezzlement charge the fact he was in hospital in berlin was not accepted the valley was there recovering from nerve agent poisoning he alleges was carried out by the russian state the kremlin critic drew a

how do you think vladimir putin will respond?uch on who gets sanctioned. at the moment, alexey navalny has made it very clear personally who he wants sanctioned. if they just go after the mid-level guys it's not going to have any effect on vladimir putin. what needs to be done is to go after the cashiers, billionaire trustees of have lat mere putin. if that happens, then putin will take it very badly because he's a very rich man. he holds his money in the west and he doesn't hold it personally. it's held by these cashiers or oligarch trustees. >> so that then would be -- would lead to potential, real ramifications it sounds like beyond the navalny poisoning, bill, the biden white house is also planning sanctions against the solar winds sabotage campaign, an intelligence-gathering effort, as they describe it. pushing the idea that what russia did with solar winds goes beyond the usual spy game. my question is why and how? >> so, russia -- i should say putin, not russia. putin is in the business of pushing all boundaries, and if he

fears the most putin doesn't even like to say this person's name if you could help it. he had to know when he comes home he's going to be immediately arrested why choose jail over. that was his personal choice i don't think we should now discuss the belittle this choice a lot of people myself included thought that you know it could be probably more effective to stay abroad to know exactly. how to sanctions meet 4 leaders but it was an act of heroism he knew that he would be detained arrested and he was sure you know how many years not months he would spend in prison but he also thought that coming back he would have a much stronger case for for the protesters and he was not wrong. he's a arrest and conviction hundreds of cells russians made to the streets and it was the biggest protest both geographically and energetically russia saw since the collapse of the soviet union you know what you make of this again i don't want to get the legitimacy of the choice as much as the logic of the political strategy behind it perhaps ideological strategy behind his choice to choose j

court's ruling activists say they're targeting peaceful protesters of on the accuses president vladimir putin of trying to intimidate his critics also coming up the fight against the pandemic gets a boost after advanced trials show russia's sputnik vaccine is more than 90 percent effective against covert 19. and another life lost to the virus after raising millions of pounds for front line workers the 100 year old world war 2 veteran captain tom war loses his own battle against covert 19. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us security forces in russia have arrested more than 1400 people during rallies to protest against the jailing of anticorruption campaign or elects in a body witnesses say police used excessive force to detain peaceful protesters earlier he was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating the terms of his probation western governments have condemned the ruling and called for his immediate release. of the human heart. for his wife you are. the only goodbye alexei in a volley could manage before heading to prison earlier he told the court the charges agai

its own public health the new russian vaccine could protect europeans it could also give president putin all the political immunity he needs i'm for golf in berlin this is the day. the question is a thief and a matter and i want nobody to be free. no information so far has shown what the accusations are based on what's. gotten us on to the situation is actually frightening to the illegals and contravenes all of the countries laws. if you accuse someone you have to prove their guilt. innocence you can't just say it's a secret or this patient confidentiality and all. that would mean if i lease poisonings stage. also coming up the f.b.i. considers last month's seizure of the u.s. capitol to be a 911 moment and you can see it in the investigation suddenly people are being arrested who just a few months ago would have never been questioned for weeks after the attack on capitol hill this fence and the bob were pretty much the only visual signs and reminders of what had happened not generally 6 here but behind the curtains and behind the doors the inmates. the geisha into what happened and who

and how much of a threat to these protests to president vladimir putin. well i think they are a threat especially because many of the many of the people that i spoke to this weekend last week as well at the protest said that this isn't really so much about . this is about the corruption of the ruling elite this is about very much flooding near putin himself and we've seen that it is a threat i think to the prime line also in the way that they've reacted to the protests 1st of all the mere putin himself actually had to come out last week and talk about the accusations against him of owning this hollis on the black sea those were accusations leveled at him by alex lining in the video on you tube usually putin and also other politicians here just ignore it. and even many opposition protests they just simply ignore them they don't talk about them now we've seen politicians of the highest level including by the mere putin and day including. the former president who's in the security council now talking about the protests saying that they're just radicals that

consider a volley to be proof that the rule of law under putin is being attacked the bind administration is reportedly considering sanctions in response year sanctions could also be slapped against me and mar on monday the military overthrew the democratically elected government led by on song suchi today suchi was charged with illegally importing walkie talkies a strange of skewer charge that could land her in prison human rights groups are already sounding the alarm take a list. in charge. than . any navy anymore on t.v. a charge against your and we are. insane. democracy is in danger and the world is waiting for an answer from a new us president what will that look like what can it look like what to discuss the possibilities i'm joined tonight by tory tell sick tory is a fellow with the brookings institution focusing on u.s. foreign policy she's also a research director at harvard university she joins me tonight from washington d.c. tori's good to have you on the day before we talk about these 2 challenges for the new administration perhaps you could give our viewers an idea of what j

to prison by the very generals who overthrew her government and he dared to challenge lead a mere putin kremlin critic alexina volney he survived a poison attack now he'll have to survive time in a russian prison tonight the 1st foreign policy test for the biden administration the world is watching what will this america do i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. the united states is deeply concerned. suchi korea and military the strongest possible sanctions the united states will continue to work closely with our partners and do it with one voice the reiterate our call for the russian government to the syrian human rights situation in russia team immediately and conditionally release mr nifong. also coming up amazon's c.e.o. jeff bezos he used his garage to change forever the way we go shopping now he's using his wealth to possibly change the way we see the store. for to manage and start to want. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with the 1st stress tests of u.s. foreign policy led by president joe biden from the

lattimer putin touched on a number of topics both in foreign and domestic politics but of course sinceit was a meeting with members of the russian parliament one was front and center at the integrity of the upcoming election in russia's lower chambre that is scheduled for september this year the russian president specifically mentioned that it's important to make sure there is no foreign interference in the electoral process even the. people will decide the outcome of the vote and this choice must be protected from any attempts of foreign interference she will not allow any blues to its sovereignty or its people's right to be the musters of the only led by putin also referred to the latest developments involving us social media giants i mean we all remember the removing of donald trump from twitter silencing the voices of conservative commentators online and so latimer putin made a point that those i.t. giants sometimes can disregard the law of a certain nation and impose their own policies in such a sensitive issue as freedom of speech. talking about so-called platforms companies this

navalny accuses russian president, vladimir putin of ordering the attack, a charge putin denies.e on the protests, the russian response and what the biden administration may be facing, i spoke with newshour weekend special correspondent ryan chilcote who joined us from london. so, ryan, given what the russian government was trying to do to tamp down the protests today, what do you make of what happened? >> i think it was pretty extraordinary. i mean, you hit the nail on the head there. they did a lot even before these protests today began. in fact, they started a week ago when the opposition announced they were going to have these protests. they detained a lot of navalny's closest allies, at least those allies that weren't already detained, were already in prison. they searched their homes, their offices, and they warned people that if they participate in these illegal unsanctioned protests, then they will be punished and could face up to even 10, 15 years in jail. and yet, hari, you still had tens of thousands of people turning out at these protests. more than 4,000 arrested, mo

its own public health the new russian vaccine could protect europeans it could also give president putin all the political immunity he needs i'm for golf in berlin this is the day. the kitchen is a key event in the matter and it wasn't about me to pay for a. leak no information so far has shown what the accusations are based on the bus. in the horse or dog from us on the situation is actually frightening is that it's illegal standing contravenes all of the countries los baños use. to if you accuse someone you have to prove their guilt. just as you can't just say it's a secret all this patient confidentiality and all. that would mean the family's poisoning the state. also coming up the f.b.i. considers last month's seizure of the u.s. capitol to be a 911 moment and you can see it in the investigation suddenly people are being arrested who just a few months ago would have never been questioned weeks after the attack on capitol hill this. fans and the bob wire are pretty much the only visual signs and reminders of what had happened not generally 6 here but behind the curtains and behind the

president biden discussed the navalny case with president putin this week.good evening. >> thanks for having me. >> the secretary of state tweeted a condemnation of what he called "the persistent use of harsh tactics against peaceful protesters and journalists by authorities and he has been calling on the release of those exercising their human rights, including alexi navalny. that is what secretaries of state have to say. what do you expect the biden administration to do? >> first, that's what normally secretaries of states say and presidents say. we have had a period over the last several years where president trump never criticized human rights abuses. it's a good change back to the norm and i applaud what secretary blinken said, the harding thing is to make putin and others in the regime to pay for the crimes. that is the harder issue. before mr. navalny went back to germany and was arrested as you showed. his organization put to together a list that they have now sent to president biden. a letter, a direct letter to president biden saying if you want to

court's ruling activists say they're targeting peaceful protesters in the accuses president vladimir putin of trying to intimidate is critics also coming up the fight against the pandemic gets a boost after events trials show russia's sputnik the vaccine is more than 90 percent effective against code that 90. plus a surprise announcement from the man who founded amazon jeff bezos is stepping down as the company's c.e.o. we'll look at what's next for amazon and for him. and tell the 12 year old boy you know what jones from england is causing a stir in the international market for. hello i'm terry barton good to have you with us security forces in russia have arrested more than 1400 people during rallies to protest against the jailing of anti corruption campaigner alexina bonnie witnesses say police used excessive force to detain peaceful protesters earlier nippon he was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating the terms of his probation western governments have condemned the ruling and called. for his immediate release. in the future we bought heart for his wife you were. the

can no longer ignore what's happening in the country which is very unusual usually putin himself in the kremlin of kremlin officials usually just ignore me they don't even mention him by name and when it comes to protests they usually don't address what's going on on state t.v. but. the protests that we've been seeing have kind of forced the kremlin and putin had to take to television to basically deny accusations leveled at him by aleksei now viney in you tube investigation that he apparently owens allegedly owns a palace on the black sea he came out and denied that state t.v. has been saying that the protests weren't that big the kremlin spokesperson has been calling the protesters who came out over the weekend hooligans but the fact is that we have for the last 2 weeks seen mass protests with thousands of people taking to the streets across the country which is unusual usually protests are just focused in moscow and st petersburg and i think that really is a threat to putin especially because people say this is not just about any this is about corruption and this is very much abo