but rather, as a creation of russia. and therefore, subordinate to russia. it is a completely false assertion. that ignores history, international law, and the tens of millions of patriotic ukrainians, who are proud citizens of a free and independent ukraine. now that we have heard it directly from president putin himself, it confirms what we have been saying -- that he did not send more than 150,000 troops to the ukrainian border because of benign military exercise. or to respond to russian aggression from ukraine or to stop a fabricated genocide by ukraine or any other manufactured reason. his plan all along has been to invade ukraine to control ukraine and its people, to destroy ukraine's democracy, which offers a stark contrast to the autocracy he leads, and to reclaim ukraine as a part of russia. that is why this is the greatest threat to security in europe since world war ii. ukraine is in danger. president putin is blatantly and violently breaking the laws and principles that have kept the peace across europe and around the world. for decades. yesterd

we are not targeting to people of russia. we do not seek to destabilize russia. to the citizens of russia, you are not our enemy. i do not believe that you want a bloody destructive war against ukraine. 77 years ago our people fault and sacrifice side-by-side the worst war in history, world war ii was a or of necessity. but if russia attacked ukraine, it will be a war of choice, or a war without cause or a reason. i say these things not to provoke, but to speak the truth. the truth matters. accountability matters. if russia does invade in the weeks ahead, the human cost for ukraine will be immense. and the strategic cost for russia will also be immense. if russia attacked ukraine, it will be met with overwhelming condemnation. the world will not forget that russia chose needless death and destruction. the united states and our allies and partners will respond decisively. today our nato allies and the alliances have unified and determined as it has ever been. the source of our unbreakable strength continues to be the power, resilience and universal appeal of our s

russia to attack? >> we are concerned that russia is trying to stage a pretext for an armed attack against ukraine. there is still no clarity or certainty about the russian tensions. we don't know what will happen but those that -- what we do know is that russia has amassed the biggest force we have seen there in decades in and around ukraine. we also know that there are many russian intelligence officers operating in ukraine. they are present in many states and we have seen attempts to stage a pretext for operations to provide an excuse for invading ukraine. of course this is of concern. i am not going to go into the details of the different reports about the reasons why we are so closely monitoring what is going on and also why nato allies have exposed the russian actions, the russian plans and the russian efforts when it comes to disinformation because we believe that makes it harder for them to act, harder for them to invade ukraine and we continue to call on russia to de-escalate the two withdrawa

russia is _ capital outside russia. thank you. russia is the _ capital outside russia. thank you.u. russia is the eu's biggest trading partner —— fifth biggest trading partner. it's less than 1% of its total so how damaging could the sanctions be for these countries imposing them? doctor rebecca harding, her company provides trade data and analytics. thank you for joining us. biden and other leaders are probably thinking the same thing, world is interconnected and interdependent so is possible to isolate russia in the way in which ukraine hopes it can be done, without causing hardship and instability and most notably inflation elsewhere? i notably inflation elsewhere? i think it's a really interesting question and it's kind of how long have you got? the issue at the moment is that we are seeing a world where putin is actually defining what he is doing in coldweather terms, so superpowers and so on and so forth —— cold war. and the measures that the west is trying to impose our hitting trade and hitting energy supplies in particular. and they are actually using economics and trade

ros: let's get more from russia.scow reacting to the news this morning. >> the decision was made to consolidate peace, protect people and protect the safety of the people who live in these two places. it's the most correct thing to do for the people. >> i feel positive about it. i think it should have been done back in 2014. it's a big mistake it had not been done then. recognition alone is not enough. one needs to think what to do after the recognition so at least it is like this -- a small step in the right direction. ros: a quick reminder, if you want further analysis, you can get it there might account. that is it for today's program. thank yo narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs.

how can germany manage russia? well, i think in nobody should assume that anyone could manage russia. but what we need to manage is the european securities structures that have grown up or over the last what half century more or less, where it's a clear that the borders are inviolable, that that countries could choose their own path, that we do not use of force or to achieve our, our, or political goals on the european continent. and this, of course, is against the backdrop of european history. this continent has a history of centuries of warfare. and therefore, the, it's something extremely valuable. it should be valuable to russia to. and i believe that is the point you should drive home, and that's the point we in the western alliance have to tell the russians you, the russians profit, the russian government, profits from a functioning security audit in europe as well. all right now on alexander grass, lum star for i have to ask you about the helmets. it has been widely ridicule, germany refusing to deliver weap

this could be a violent event that russia will bring on ukraine or an outrageous accusation that russia will level against the ukrainian government. we don't know exactly the form it will take. it could be a fabricated so-called terrorist bombing inside russia. the invented discovery of the mass grave, a staged drone strike against civilians or a fake, even a real attack using chemical weapons. russia may describe this event as ethnic cleansing or a genocide, making a mockery of a concept that we in this chamber do not take lightly. nor do i take lightly based on my family history. in the past few days, russian media has already begun to spread some of these false alarms and claims to maximize public outrage, to lay the groundwork for an inventive justification for war. today, that only intensified in russia's state controlled media. we've heard the allegations from russian backed speakers here today. second, in response to this manufactured provocation, the highest levels of the russian government may theatrically convene crisis and russia must respond to defend citizens or ethnic russ

they'd been asking for russia to recognize them as independent and russia did today. and is now following through with that or did yesterday and now following through with that recognition, it's not invasion, it's a peacekeeping mission. what impact do you think the u. s. and it's western allies, sanctions could have on the west and economy impact on the russian economy. obviously has been the fall in the rubel. we've seen the russian markers falling quite dramatically over the past $40.00 or so. and could that be some blowback though? so the other side, yes, absolutely, there could, and there will be if severe sanctions go through, you know, biden, in his address. his very short address that he gave today said that he wants to minimize, the pain felt by the, by the sanctions on the american people. so he's already admitted on live international television. that these sanctions are going to hurt the american people. and in my opinion, that is just going to further turn the american people, his constituents that have elected into office against because nobody least of

russia cannot veto the un charter. russia cannot and will not veto accountability.urity council has taken an important step forward toward that accountability. for the first time, for the first time in decades, it has called for an emergency special session in the general assembly. the council members who supported this resolution recognised that this is no ordinary moment. we need to take extraordinary actions to meet this threat to our international system and do everything we can to help ukraine and its people. just this morning, president perton put russia's nuclear forces on morning, president perton put russia's nuclearforces on high alert, even if the ears invading a country with no nuclear weapons. —— even though he is invading. an a defensive alliance that will not fight in ukraine. this is another escalatory and unnecessary step that threatens us all. we urge russia to tone down its dangerous rhetoric regarding nuclear weapons. these are issues that affect all member states and now into the general assembly they can all make their voices heard on russia's

for russia. the issue of ukraine, i believe mr. putin has taken a major step toward what one might call a final solution to the ukrainian issue. it is one thing to publish an article and although you are a sitting president, it is not simply an historian's work or writer's musings, but different when you say these things and more and using much stronger language when you are addressing the nation as president, on a most important, even vitally important issue. i think that for mr. putin, ukraine has moved i think on his agenda. it is no longer something that he thinks about, feels strongly about, but something that is now on his agenda. aaron: on his agenda for action? dmitri: yes. aaron: again, we come back to the issue of what is the end state? you could ask yourself the question why move now? mr. putin has moved as a brilliant tactician and some would say strategist, opportunist. why move now, a divided europe without strong leadership, weakened u.s. president, disarrayed domestically, politic

russia cannot be to ukrainian people. russia - invasion. russia cannot be to i ukrainian people.ussia cannot be to— ukrainian people. russia cannot be to their— ukrainian people. russia cannot be to their own people protesting this war in the streets _ protesting this war in the streets in russia cannot veto the un — streets in russia cannot veto the un charter.— streets in russia cannot veto the un charter. here comes as the un charter. here comes as the us joins — the un charter. here comes as the us joins the _ the un charter. here comes as the us joins the uk _ the un charter. here comes as the us joins the uk and - the un charter. here comes as the us joins the uk and eu - the usjoins the uk and eu emerging sanctions against president putin and his foreign minister. and nato beats up its own defences and condemns the russian invasion of ukraine. the us moore with the losses have been observed in the battle for ukraine that russia has not captured any highly populated areas. our defence correspondent assesses the russian military strategy and what might come next. russia's ar

you now have china, russia -- russia did not act.have seen over time when russia increased their chinese allocations, whether it is in currency or fixed income, china has been very active. we noticed this even with the europeans sanctioning russia by the euro, the dollar, the yen in asia. you effectively have a main conduit in the quick currency, which is china's won. they now have a plan b. dani: this has been discussed a lot, especially in terms of this idea of fortress russia. it is not just their use of the yuan, but the twin surpluses they have raised. it is the insulation of their economy. just how insulated would you describe russia at this point to potential sanctions that could be levied further against them? guest: again, i don't believe that the russian government will take actions based on what the sanctions will be. i am sure they understood what that sanctions were coming. they are not unprepared. the whole point right now is for putin to find the alternative source for his import-export market, which he does, he has as

if russia proceeds, it is russia and russia alone that bears the responsibility.y administration is using every tool at our disposal to protect american businesses and consumers from rising prices at the pump. as i said last week, defending freedom will have costs for us as well and here at home. we need to be honest about that. but as we will -- but as we do this, i'm going to take robust action and make sure the pain of our sanctions is targeted at the russian economy and not ours. we are closely monitoring energy supplies for any disruption. we're executing a plan in coordination with major oil producing consumers and producers. this will blunt gas prices. our feeling at the gas pump this is critical to me. in the last few days i've been in constant contact with european leaders including with volodymyr zelenskyy. vice president harris met with leaders in germany over the weekend at the munich conference including president zelenskyy. at every step we have shown the united states and our allies and partners are working in unison, which he hasn't been counting o

every day you are russia, ukraine, russia, ukraine. have a great day. host: let's go to ethel calling from new york city on the democrat line. good morning. caller: good morning. i cannot believe i am following that call. i am disturbed about the vice president's manner of speaking. i cannot say it myself, she needs elocution of speech. she drives me crazy. she is out there representing us. why doesn't someone tell her she has to speak with passion like the dull thing she is reading. if trump had been president now, we would be sunk. that is my thought for the day. thank you for taking my call, jesse. host: let's go to les calling from dodge city, kansas on the republican line. caller: i have a message for vladimir putin. i think you need some more tanks, vladimir. those kindergartners are very tough. i heard they might even join nato. you better watch out for them kindergartners. they are pretty tough. they might whip you. host: john calling from bedford, new york on the democrat line. caller: good morning. with russia's focus on the ukrainian situatio

russia is relying on oil and gas. without those two commodities, they would really struggle to stay afloat. the question is whether the administration is willing to bear the cost at home. >> would we be cutting off our noes to spite our face or europe's to spite our space. brian williams is standing by. why don't you step into the shot, brian. we're going to bring you into our conversation here to talk about oil and how critical and how big a factor it is for russia's economy and what could happen if part of the sanctions that are, let's give brian some light. let there be light on mr. sullivan >> if you command light -- >> talk us through this. where does most of europe's natural gas come from? >> a mix of germany. into germany from russia norway increasingly u.s. exports imports into europe. exports into here via mostly poland big moves into poland. so really europe is reliance on russia natural gas to about a third and the danger and pressure point here is that german natural gas inventories are at record lows it's

the united states and nato are not a threat to russia. ukraine is not a threat to russia. neither the u.s. nor nato have missiles in ukraine. we do not, we do not have plans to put them there as well. we are not targeting to people -- the people of russia. we do not seek to destabilize russia. to the citizens of russia, you are not our enemy. and i do not believe that you want a bloody destructive war against ukraine. a country and people with whom you share such deep ties, of family, history, and culture. 77 years ago, our people thought and sacrificed side-by-side to end the worst war in history. world war ii was a war of necessity. but if russia attacked ukraine, it will be a war of choice, or a war without cause or a reason. i say these things not to provoke, but to speak the truth. because the truth matters. accountability matters. if russia does invade in the days and weeks ahead, the human cost for ukraine will be immense. and the strategic cost for russia will also be immense. if russia attacks ukraine, it will be met with overwhelming international condemnation. t

russia will also be immense. if russia attacks ukraine they will be met with overwhelming international condemnation and the world will not forget that russia chose needless and destruction. invading ukraine would prove to be a self-inflicted wound. the united states and our allies and partners will respond decisively. the west is united and galvanized. today our nato allies and the alliance is as unified and determined as it has ever been and t the source of barbara gopl strength continues to be the universal appeal of their shared democratic values. this is about more than just russia and ukraine. it's about standing for what we believe in and to future we want for our world toward liberty and the right of countless countries to choose their own destiny and the right of people to determine their own futures. with the principle that a country can't change its neighbors borders by force. that is our vision. toward that end i'm confident that vision that freedom will prevail. if russia proceeds we will rally the w

russia could say, you cannot hold dividends from a company in russia if you are a foreigner.se kinds of things. geopolitical risk, we have a peace dividend where it went up and you felt safe investing everywhere. everyone is reassessing that. norway, their institutional fund said they will be redeeming russian assets. there is more risk than there were a few years ago. francine: you stopped buying fixed? guest: we owned it the day russia said they would be removing their staff from the embassy in kyiv. we closed that position the next day on a cell the news type thing -- on a sell the news type thing. i don't think it is going to have massive knock ons in the short-term to market. along term -- long-term will have stationary impacts. francine: coming up, the commodities market is thrown into disarray as it reacts to fresh sanctions on russia. we will speak to jeff currie of goldman sachs. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: welcome back to the open. we are 30 minutes into the european trading day. here are your top stories. ukrainian and russia officials prepared to meet at the be

if russia precedes, we will -- russia proceeds we will rally progression.he united states and allies around the world are ready to impose power for -- powerful sanctions. we will put intense pressure on the largest most significant financial institutions and key industries. ready to go as soon as if russia moves appeared we will put those long-term consequences under ability constitutionally. -- that undermine russia's ability to compete strategically and economically. and when it comes to nordstrom 2, the pipeline that will bring gas from russia to germany, if russia further invades ukraine, it will not happen. i will not send american servicemen to fight in ukraine. we have supplied military and equipment to help them defend themselves. we provided training and advice, and intelligence with the same purpose. make no mistake, the united states will defend every inch of nato territory with a full force of american power. the attack against one nato country is attack against all of us. the united states commitment to article v is sacrosanct. already, respons

would bring new sanctions against russia. russia's clear attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine status as a you and member state. it violates a basic principle of international law and it defies our charter. what is more, this move by president putin is clearly the basis for russia's attempt to create a pre tax for a further invasion of ukraine. dante and sharika. at present, all parties concerned must exercise restraint and avoid any action that may fuel tensions. we welcome and encourage every effort for a diplomatic solution here, surely couldn't y, georgia. that normally is the united kingdom will be announcing new sanctions on russia in response to its breach of international law and attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. there will be severe economic consequences. this situation echoes our history. kenya, in almost every african country, was birthed by the ending of empire. our borders were not of our own drawing. there were drawn in the distant colonial mitchell holes of london, paris, and lisbon with n

that is not to say we have a dependence on russia. russia depends on those revenues. we will not do anything which causes an unintended disruption to the flow of energy. reporter: if putin takes kyiv, does that trigger additional sanctions? >> not going to speculate on hypotheticals. reporter: you have been asked about the timeline. the president said let's have a conversation in a month to see if these sanctions are working. what happens in the meantime? russia is taking over parts of ukraine as we speak, so the world just sits back and watch that happen until these sanctions take effect? >> we can dictate putin's actions. what we can do is to make sure this is a strategic failure for russia. over the next month, what you can expect is that we will see an intensifying negative feedback loop in russian markets. you will see record capital outflows. you will see a weaker currency. you will see higher inflation, lower purchasing power, lower investment. that negative feedback loop, the velocity of it will be determined by putin's own actions. on export controls, what yo

can i tell you back to russia? the truth is, the conflicts far from over ukrainian troops of the capital of fortifying the city . soon in hours or days, moscow will have to make a decision. sit outside the capital, an engineer some political arrangement with the ukrainian government, or bring in troops and heavy weaponry and due to the, an even more destructive way, with the possibility of mass civilian casualties. ah, the kremlin has the capacity for both the volcano al jazeera and we have andrew simmons who's traveling across central ukraine and sent this update in case of the west. the has been some clashes between russian forces i'm the ukrainians. the credit was managed to force back a convoy. this was in the early hours of saturday morning. now we're hearing and we, we have not seen any further action around. the other seems to be a low in fighting right now. but i'll tell you more about development later we've, when we're in the countryside, we've been really sensing an atmosphere of tension, not just here o

so russia feels emboldened by all of these developments in eurasia, from russia's perspective, the united states played no significant role in addressing these upheavals, and the united states again from russia's perspective seems grievously weakened at home and abroad. for vladimir putin, again, this is his view, america's political disarray mirrors russia's predicament after the dissolution of the u.s.s.r. and offers a rare opportunity. if the united states really is in a state of collapse at home and in retreat abroad as putin and the kremlin assesses, then in putin's view, again, perhaps russia can overturn the last 30 years of american dominance in european security and also constrain ukraine's independence. if we look at europe, not just at eurasia, moscow now sees ample opportunity to take advantage of development the s there. the reverberations from brexit, poland's and hungary's dispute "eu. the legacy of four years of rifts between the united states and its european allies, the departure of long-serving german chancellor angela merkel from the political scene, preparations for p

and europe and with russia. china will have to very carefully balance it support for russia while not trying to jeopardize its own economic interest with the west. it will help russia to get relief, but if the russians go further and the military conflict extends in ukraine and there are massive sanctions threatened by the u.s. and the european union. i think the if every fourth meeting -- february 4th meeting underscore the strength of this relationship. putin has made the choice that russia will remain china's junior partner going forward. he understands russia's role in this. as long as he is in power, he will see china as a partner in pushing back against the west, in reordering the global order that both russia and china criticize. whereas russia talks about the possibility of a tripartite, dividing the world into russian, chinese, american influence, if you go back to the cold war, there were rules. the soviet union observed those rules. his interests are more in a disordered world system where there are n

those are supplies that the ruling party and russia, the united russia party has organized to be sent here to aid the evacuee is coming from don boss. these supplies that they've organized, they consist mostly of food, water on hygienic products, products, things that basically people need for their basic needs. now, this is the 1st major shipment we've seen that just arrived in russia's rust off region. where over a 100 of temporary housing facilities for evacuees have been set up where evacuees have been living temporarily until they're moved to other areas in russia for longer term stay. so as you can see, the people behind me are really excited about coming here to help volunteering to help those in need until they can go back to their homes. in don boss, we're gonna have to see how the situation develops there. and yeah, you know, when they'll be able to go home. well that's it for this. our join us in a few minutes. saw him for the cause a report up next we're back in 30 minutes will, will very like just updates. join us again that on all teens and ash, ah, with for driven by dr

within russia. i want to stay where we are not targeting russia people. many of them broke against this senseless war. and i want to salute their courage, the cottage of the people that the 58 russian cities had been demonstrating against the war that we certainly made. the difference between cumberland and russia put in not the russian people. now the sanctions may be designed to target elite russians and not everyday ordinary citizens. but the reality is these will trickle down and impact people on an everyday basis and already russian citizens in the e u and the u. k. a wondering what and how this will impact them in the countries they are now living in their adoptive countries and also for their families back home in russia. absolutely, i was just about to say is the everyday people who are gonna fill the pain of this to actually dimansky. thank you for the update and economist richard wolf claims that barring russia from the swift banking system would cause huge financial problems worldwide in a global world, more globally interconnected than ever be

if he chooses to escalate further, russia and russia alone will bear full responsibility for what is to come. the challenge for the diplomat, how to resolve this crisis. this suggestion from the ukrainian foreign minister. my message is simple that do not wait too long. you have to act now. literally, every day, decisions have to be adopted. more sanctions have to be imposed. more weapons have to be supplied. more diplomatic efforts have to be undertaken calling on countries to use their powers to try to prevent a full blown war. rosalyn, jordan, elders, era at the united nations. the ear opinion has agreed to impose further sanctions on russia. they're expected to target defense minister. so again, chicago and top military commanders, as well as banks on that finance the armed forces. the block will also impose sanctions on hundreds of members of russia's parliament, which voted to recognize ukraine's break await regions. will president vladimir putin has criticized the west for refusing to respond to his security demands, as russia multinational holiday honoring those who died in p

we call on russia and russia backed on formations to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian axes and stop the disinformation campaign and cyber attacks. we strongly condemned involvement of belarus in this aggression against ukraine and call on it to immediately stop action and to bide by its international obligations. recall our unwavering support for the independence sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine with its internationally recognized borders. and we call on old un members not to recognize the 2 self proclaimed separatist entities. the u. s. reach reacted swiftly and decisively to russia's recognition of ukraine, self proclaimed separatist entities and the invasion of ukraine. by adopting restrictive meshes, we intend to take such measures against belarus. mister president, let us be clear on this. we firmly believe that the use of force and coercion to change borders has no place in the 21st century. let us recall that the un shot to prohibits both the threat and the use of force against the territory, integrity or political independence of any state or in any othe

the threat from russia israel. while a new russian official is not imminent i fear it's increasingly like he. there is no sign of de-escalation the president putin appears overconfident. as applying maximum pressure on the west in itself manufactured crisis and hopes ukraine and are nato will make them safe. as chairman foreign minister recently stated it's the entire european -- civilian security aren endangered and putin can enlarge russia's territory without regard for international law existing treaties of failure of deterrence would open the door to a cyber attack disinformation campaigns aggression in the air and maritime domains assassinations and weaponization of russian controlled energy p resources. tens of thousands of refugees in the u.s. and europe will have destabilizing effects across europe which is one of the intended outcomes of such an attack. i do not believe the large-scale attack towards kiev as likely as it would generate patterns and it'sm. not necessary to achieve the strategic aim. instead

you are russia, housing. and i sincerely hope that we can all act as adults and not engage in propaganda to, to try and achieve some electoral electoral outcomes that was put on stickler. now for the final question. channel one, russia, literally, i have a question to mistrust you. recently i talked you honestly as i've spoken while in australia.

and in crimea, which russia annexed in 2014, russia attacked the capital kiev, and the major cities of khaki, merciful and ne pro, and it's met. she immediately targeted ukraine's ad defenses. as well as caves main airport and air bases and several other cities. russian military vehicles have been deployed from crimea and batteries where russian troops were taking part in joint military drills. and in the east, the ukrainian military says it's killed 50 troops in new hunt, screeching and down 6 rush, warplanes. when you crane says russian forces took the engine off international airport at hoster mo, but there are conflicting reports as to whether it's been regained russian military as also taken nature novel nuclear plant. this video from inside the zone appears to confirm that control is the site of the world worth nuclear disaster allies just a 130 kilometers from the capitol. the exploded reactor is covered by a protective shelter to prevent radiation leak and the entire plant has been decommissioned. present lensky says, attacking it is a declaration of war, gets the whole of euro

conflict lies on the shoulders of russia, that this is all russia's fault. and they echoed a lot of what was said earlier by joe biden, in the statement that we heard from the white house that was released just as the meeting was beginning. here's some of what was said in that statement, and then echoed by the un. the un representative of united states, the prayers of the entire world are with the people of ukraine tonight, as they suffer an unprovoked and justified attack by russian military forces. president putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering. russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring. and the united states and its allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way. the world will hold russia accountable. now, russian ambassador to the un benzene switched roles from his position as the rotating president of the security council to his role representing russia as their ambassador at the un. and from there, he proceeded to refute a lot of the fa

it has had a longstanding, very critical view of russia. the direction of russia has been going in. and there are various voices around other political parties, also calling for, for weapons to be supplied. i would that the government is going to stay with this line. the reality is that we're supplying weapons to crane at this point is unlikely to change the situation on the ground. in effect, weapon supplies. if weapon supplies, we're going to achieve anything, it would be more as a deterrent effect to try to make it clear to vladimir putin that he couldn't just walk in and take ukraine easily. and it's obviously too late, too late for that now. but there is a really intense debate beginning in germany, really since the beginning of this week when vladimir putin announces recognition of these leaders about whether germany is whole attitude to russia in the last, in recent decades. and especially since the annexation of crimea in 2014 has simply been completely wrong headed, based on wishful thinking, that russia was a country that could be engaged with. russia was a country that co

has a huge defense relationship with russia. russia is, is main supply of defense equipment. but at the same time, it is trying to work closely and increasingly closely with united states in asia to push back against china. but there's india feels massively threatened, particularly in his border region with china. so it finds itself in a difficult position of the same try, wanting to keep america and russia happy at the same time. that is a very difficult position. lorenzo modi, the indian primary, spoke to vladimir putin yesterday in the indian. what they call the read out of the cold, the press release that comes after a cool like that. on the one hand, it said the prime minister reiterated his long standing conviction that the differences between russia, nato can only be resolved through honest and severe and sincere dialogue. but also saying that he appealed for an immediate cessation of violence. so also a message. this is, you know, the americans will like bits of that the russian and like other bits of that. but it can be really, i'm really interested to see because in

when ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons. russia can work through the nato, russia council to improve trust and transparency on issues like force, posture, and nato put forward positive proposals, which we want to discuss with russia. and also we can work together with other p 5 nations to stop iran, obtaining a nuclear weapon which minister law for off. and i also discuss russia has a choice which can result in a better future for europe, russia and the russian people. thank you. my colleague, if it wasn't, there was a to the q and a session. now give the floor to the british media, steve rosenberg, or the bbc 1st, please. thank you very much for an extra 1st question to you. a few days ago you posted on social media that you said about ukraine. russia's actions show their claims to have no plans to invade a force. after today's talks, do you still believe that russia has plans for further invasion of ukraine and a question for, for mr. lab, rob, we're increasingly hearing the phrase, coercive diplomacy to describe russia's actions. now this combination of political demands and muscl

as russia voted against russia is keen on continuing its nazi style course of action. me cram and resumes that now be called russian regime. the criminal regime should be called russia st. regime. several nations of unknowns. targeted sanctions against the russian president and foreign minister canada is the latest country to announced measures against vladimir putin and sergey level of european union is sanctioning all the members of the duma, the parliament who back to the invasion of ukraine along with putin and lover of while the u. s says, is going to freeze their assets and impose a travel bag. nato is sending thousands of troops by land, air, and sea to protect allies near russia and ukraine. secretary general gen stuart and bert has called the crisis a new normal in european security. it has pledge of support came hours after ukrainian president vladimir zalinski, criticized both the western nations and the alliance for not coming to his country's aid. those are the headlines. the news continues here on al jazeera, after inside story. good bye. ah. russian tank

so, russia's a foreign minister, mr. law for av says that aside from peacekeepers, russia has no immediate plans to send troops to those new republics, and such a decision will be made on possible future threats. meanwhile, president fulton has voiced alarm over nato's plans. immune to sir wilson financing earth. according to our information about ukraine's accession to nato. the issue is a foregone conclusion. we understand that under such a scenario, the level of the military threats against russia will multiply. the risk of an attack on our country will increase many times over, enshrined in us strategic planning documents is the possibility of a preemptive strike against enemy missile systems. and who is that enemy? russia, ukraine's presidents and lawmakers change. but the regime that seized power in kiev retains its cool line of aggressive nationalism. that is why we're taking the long over g decision to recognize the sovereignty of the nets and ganske republics. act on some disturbing numbers for you right now. as we understand more than $14000.00 people have now died since the star

if russia furthers it's a good aggression against ukraine, ukraine and seeking transparency on russia's military build up, the number of russian forces in bella roost is the largest since the end of the cold war. they're engaged in intensive wargames. canadian police arrested several people while clearing the remaining kobe 19 protesters and vehicles blocking a bridge on the border with the united states. the bridge is due to reopen on sunday. hundreds of protests of march through the dutch city of the hey, for a 2nd, a day to denounce corona virus restrictions across demanded the right to move freely in line with that truck drivers protest in canada opposition parties. engineers say they will unite against president case after he and i'm sweeping changes to the judiciary. they have been more protest in the capital tunis after he gave himself the power to dismiss judges is where the police of clear protest is in the flashpoint suburb of shakes aurora and occupied east jerusalem demonstrations broke out a far right is really empty. began reopening a political office in the neighborhood.

on the borders of russia.ajority of— ready on the borders of russia. the majority of its air force has been mohiiised~ — majority of its air force has been mobilised. you've got to be aware that there — mobilised. you've got to be aware that there is a gap potentially between the rhetoric coming out of moscow _ between the rhetoric coming out of moscow and the reality on the ground~ — moscow and the reality on the ground. and i think that we saw tonight— ground. and i think that we saw tonight from the 40 minute phone call between boris johnson and joe biden— call between boris johnson and joe biden that there is still the sincere _ biden that there is still the sincere hope that diplomacy can win the day— sincere hope that diplomacy can win the day and — sincere hope that diplomacy can win the day and that the security crisis can he _ the day and that the security crisis can be resolved peacefully. but there _ can be resolved peacefully. but there is— can be resolved peacefully. but there is also an egg ackno

russia, close to one million. a reserve corps of 2 million in russia, around 900,000 in ukraine. the attack aircraft disparity, some 1500 to 98 attack helicopters, over 534 tanks. 12,000 to maybe 2500, and so on down the line. that estimation, by the bbc and the global firepower accounting. this is grant in washington, d.c., independent. good morning. caller: good morning. some of the questions are very uncomfortable questions. one of my questions for next friday is, why is it ok for morocco to be supported in its occupation and annexation of western zahara under the abraham accords plans under trump and supported by biden. and why is israel's annexation and exploitation of the golan heights, which it captured in a war of aggression in march, ok, and russia's occupation and invasion of ukraine is not ok. can you answer, why some annexations and occupations o.k. from the u.s. standpoint and others are absolutely not? guest: i will not go through the entire explanation for all these various occupations, but in ukraine, we need to emphasize, and you need to consider, that russia rec

no, i think russia has had to plan a plan is over. no, russia has a plan b, b. that means that russia may mexican. what it's good to do is to recognize a separate this republics like russia that in the georgian war of 12 years ago. but russia has also forced, at least part of the west, the germans in the french. and i would also say the americans in serious negotiations about the correction kind of correction of the european security system. and both of those points that we want to drill a bit deeper on later on roman, you say that putin has given the west and you create simply more time to as you put it, raise the white flag. so you don't think, i guess that rushes claim to pull back is real. no, i don't think so. and the reason arisen, why is the press conference we saw between president putin and german chancellor, all of sholtes in moscow during that pro, a press conference or president putin seem to be in very good spirits. and he said several times that we are not breaking down on our key demands and the key demands are no further enlargement of nato, no h

and in crimea, which russia annexed in 2014. russia is attacked the capital kiev, and the major cities of car keys, mario paul, and any pro. and it's military immediately targeted ukraine's air defenses as well as caves main, add ports and add bases in several other cities. russian military vehicles have been deployed from crimea and better roost where russian troops were taking part in joint military drills. and in the east, the ukrainian military says it killed 50 troops in the la hon. squeezen and down to 6 russian war plains. ukraine is saying the russian forces have taken the chernobyl nuclear plant. there is this video from inside the zone, and it does appear to confirm that it is the site of the walls, was a nuclear disaster, and lives just 130 kilometers from the capitol. the exploded reactor is covered by a protective shelter to prevent radiation leaking. the entire plant has been decommissioned when all the developments more than 1400 people have been arrested at anti war protest across russia. now thousands have turned out it these protests and at least $5050.00. includes mo

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if you take european union speaking of russia, do you see russia benefiting from the increasing prices? could that help it perhaps soften or the impact of sanctions if there were sanctions? i think it was over the short term, but ultimately would probably hurt russia. but most of not be your crime. oh. but they might have sanctions imposed, but it would actually cause supplies. so the recordings basically as i have to foreigners, the war. so they would be very, very bad for russia and very bad, especially for. ready the you crime probably a risk so rank might be economically to roy. i interesting. thank you so much, tim for talking to us and given us your views on this, tim harker, professor in chief economy, said institute for public policy and governance at the university of technology sydney. we appreciate your time. thank you. thank you always. now the crisis in ukraine has pushed russia closer to his giant neighbor. china presents vladimir putin and changing, paying announce of friendship with no forbidden areas of corporation as they met at the 2022 beijing winter olympics. and e

we all wore our and we will stay passionate, passionate fans of russia by russia. i dont necessarily mean russian politics, but the people of this great country in my opinion, stories from russia all with incredibly exciting and this country is a very rich in culture. we have reported on politics, the economy, and sparks and on many, many other aspects of people's lives here and of course, died shallow will continue to report on russia in 30 different languages on television, on social media and online. there is no doubt that, that the country plays a very important role in the world and trying hard to understand it is. it remains extremely important, especially in these difficult times. the w moscow bureau chief uri were shadow while the german government has called moscow's move unacceptable, did use director general peter lambert said in a statement that the network was being used as a pine. earlier i spoke to him to get his reaction or we had been expecting some measures by the russian side. but i think this sir, is a total overreacting from the russian governm

but let's talk about russia.- the ability of the russians to get into these circles is bar none. and there's this belief, this refusal to accept that russia targets people, that they can direct people, they can get funds from the united states. that those funds can change your perception and get you to be a direct agent. not unwitting or useful idiot. the russians tried to do that with me for three years. it happened. we have to get past this idea that russian intelligence is not playing in the united states, that russian intelligence does not see the divisiveness in the united states and that it is beneficial to russia. the more there is chaos in this country, it is better for russia. for them to spend $120 million, that's nothing for them. we've got to take this moment that biden, who unveiled intelligence that showed russia was going to invade. we have to look at that in the same prism of what's happening here in the united states. i promise you the russian intelligence is active here and they're attempting to

so the idea of nato expanding to the east was clearly seen as russia by russia for 20 years. and 1st pointed out 2007 by a president, putin and munich, a security con conference that this had to stop. and finally, when you stand up to bully, most bullies will stand back with the united states to doubling down. and when a victim says, please don't really please remove the nato troops at nissan. you are. what did the u. s? do they put more troops? yes, right in eastern europe, they said that was in response to the crisis in ukraine, but that style, hundreds of kilometers away, is not in the theatre of expected war. why did they put those troops there? because the issue for us was also, we're not gonna to accept russia standing up to us and the expansion of nato. and that is a very troubling development there. that the u. s. will not even talk about this. they've doubled down and acting in a very strange way and not wanting a russia to have their security. now what happened, of course, is the french and the germans were at least listening and understand it, particularly micro on

call buffer zones in between nato and russia. and most importantly, the baltic states, so we should be under no illusion that any decision that the west is making any kind of projection of power. that nato is making any decision that nato is making at this point in time, will eventually determine how far russia is going when it comes to actually threatening they to territory as they are already doing at the moment. so the resilience and also the results that need to ask the show now it has to be asked to be very, very fun. we can have certain countries opting out, and i think germany has been one of the countries that has been most li, opting out of a, of a joint european joint nato decision against how to clamp down on russia. i think britain is taking kind of a lead in europe and taking a very firm position when it comes to supporting you crying, and also doing more. this is a very dangerous moment, but it's also a defining moment, i think, for the next decades to determine the relationship and also the boundaries between weste