on russia. so why should you read this one? well this book departs from existing works on russia. i think in three ways the first departure is that i critique to the most common narratives on russia and i'll call them the putinology explanation and the exceptional russia explanation and our caricature them here just in the interest of time a little bit, but there is, you know, quite a bit of truth in these in these two views. so, let me just illustrate these two views with an explanation of the arrest of mikhail haderkovsky in the expropriation of the largest oil company in russia in 2003. so some emphasize the personal role of putin. it's next kgb man with little interest in markets who sees as you coast in order to reward his concern his cronies and consolidate power and this putinology view says that we should view russian politics largely as a reflection of putin's kgb background in his seeming omnipotence. russia is the way it is because that's the way putin is others attribute the takeover

propose several times a resolution to this problem in a way, russia, russia, unfortunately, we have heard that it's not going to happen. then we've heard all the language. so i think it was predictable that sooner or later it's going to happen like this. i have a question of many of my gas and i want to run by you as well. do you think both my brains and this with your crane was militarized recently as well as with which ukraine openly pursued and to russian policy and policies and politics? do you think it was in fact, based on the calculation that no matter what russia may rumble as much as that one, but he would never average use military force against your brain for a whole host of strategic cultural, emotional, psychological, as well as kinship. read them. now i guess it was keeping in mind that ukraine is going to be the one to start regression, another one against done, but people living down the street and maybe a against russia as well. so target was that we should try ukraine and the main i'd say target number one would be to bring russia into this conflict and make this c

how does russia view this? >> today there is ongoing debate in the world about if russia should participate. i think this is just one example of russia being expelled from very similar organizations that used to be g8. it's not really an organization, it's just the gathering of countries which share the same ideas. >> in this case, how does russia view the possible barring? >> they said the same when they were excluded from the g8 in 2014 and it repeats actually the same narrative currently saying that g20 is not an official membership status the membership organization with membership status the membership tickets are not handed over to any country so china cannot be officially banned from the event. -- russia cannot officially be banned from the event. >> let me bring in thomas from jakarta. so does this put indonesia 6:02 -- in a tough spot because they are the host? it is one thing to say how you respond to the invasion of ukraine but this is also a significant event for the president himself who wants to r

russia would have been difficult to deal with no matter what happened. russia, is after all russia. i think it can confidently be said that dealing with russia and dealing with the problems that arose would have been easier with out this arbitrary exclusion. it is conceivable, although we cannot rerun history so we can never know, that some of those problems would not have arisen. i want to make one more point in response to your question. any one who was involved in the debate in the 1990's understood that the unstated premise of the clinton administration's policy of nato expansion sometime was not even fully unstated. was that russia was weak and could not do anything about it with the implication that russia would always be weak and would have to accept whatever we did. a phrase for the time that has stuck in my mind ever sense. russians need to learn to eat their spinach. they did not learn and here we are. james: can i come in on this issue? mary: please, came early is chomping at the bit as well. james: i think it is important for this council on foreign relations events to s

cars to russia. b, w blames the current crisis and uncertainty for the export stop. the move brings v w in line with other carmakers like b, m, w, and mercedes benz leading us car makers, general motors, and ford of also cut off exports to russia. ah, since russia invaded ukraine, oil prices have been searching, leading industrial nations now want to tap their oil reserves to mitigate the situation for consumers and companies. the international energy agency wants to release 60000000 barrels of crude oil reserves. that's about 4 percent of all, emergency reserves, one and a half 1000000000 barrels. meanwhile, western oil companies continue to scale down their operations in russia. b, p. the biggest foreign investor in russia said it's abandoning it's 20 percent stake and state oil company rosner had a cost of up to $25000000000.00. also oil giant show now says it's ending its cooperation with gas prom and key oil and gas projects. italy's any is joining cell and b, p traditionally neutral switzerland

the end of russia's aggression. the same tough conditions apply if the president seeks to end the energy import ban, and i plan to work with colleagues in the senate to achieve that. going forward, we must continue to work closely with ouralize -- our allies to increase pressure on russia and ensure this is an effective global effort. neighboring canada has also taken serious action to do both of these and other nations have announced their intentions to do the same. unfortunately, the administration's executive orders and the bill we're voting on today both fail to soften the im impact of the oil ban by replacing russian oil with made in america energy. we've seen the highest year over year of wholesale prices ever recorded. nearly half the price comes with the rise of gasoline in the past year. nothing in this bill creates access to more american made energy on or offshore. nor, does it approve american pipelines that could easily replace russian oil with u.s. and canadian energy. or help the world wean themselves

goods exported or russia in 2020. but it's not just about the economic impact. it's also a question of the overall gravity. the u. s. has is, indicates the rules for both policy and condemnation. in fact, just last week, the u. s. declared a genocide of the people in medium are a key member of the southeast asian alliance with some even calling for military intervention. the u. s. government should couple. it's condemnations of mine. mars military with action for too long. the u. s. and other countries have allowed my mars generals to commit atrocities with few real consequences. variables of intention to cambodia, which is the chair of the alliance after the u. s. and alton arms embargo back in december, claiming it was concerned about the influence of china's military. we urge the cambodian government to make meaningful progress and addressing corruption and human rights abuses and to work to reduce the influence of the p. r. c. military and cambodia, which threatens regional and global security. so washington is se

russia. natural gas supplies, as e leaders refuse to meet moscow's demand or imports of the commodity to be paid for in rubles, instead of euro's and dollars and russian president vladimir putin, bans purchases of foreign software for critical infrastructure projects, saying it's to protect the country from potential cyber attacks and adverse effects of western sanctions with a debate on a no confidence vote due to start on thursday pakistan's prime minister claims the political turmoil is being orchestrated by the west, specifically the u. s. and he says that he has proof of clear reports that is trans prime minister faces a vote of no confidence after crucial ally switched to the opposition and tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets amid accusations that the government is myth, managing the economy that among con, has lash back saying its foreign hands that are behind the conspiracy to topple him . i think some of the stooges who live in this country, but being used by foreign

at the same time we're holding russia accountable, including russia's economy. back on december 1, i said that russia would face massive consequences for attacking ukraine, including severe and lasting economic costs. the united states and more than 30 allies and partners representing more than half the world's economy have made good on that commitment. with powerful sanctions and export controls on russia, including additional actions just today. we've now sanctioned most of russia's largest financial institutions and the european union removed key sanctioned russian banks from the swift international payments network. we've restricted russia's ability to seek funding beyond its borders. 13 of the most critical russian state-owned enterprises are now extremely limited in raising money through the u.s. market. we poeuplsed sanctions on individuals including president putin, other members of russia's security council, and elites and their family members and we and our allies and partners are launching a task force to identify, track down and freeze it's as ets of

some of his top customers are in russia. the sanctions resulting from russia's invasion of ukraine are now complicating business of america. and what we're currently preparing a contract were several 1000000 euros over the next 2 years. and if the contract can't be fulfilled in its current form resolved, we will of course, need to look for alternative customers who felt that will take time work on this when it was a good currently doing cut and working hours. and in the worst case scenario to layoffs of i feel didn't advise on flips. if i said buffer in the eastern germans city of cabinets, formerly com, march dot many companies have long standing business ties with russia, dating back to the days of communist east germany. at the regents chamber of industry and commerce, we speak to foreign trade expert christoph know that he believes the sanctions imposed after russia's annexation of crimea in 2014 cost this region, hundreds of millions of euros in sales. now he says, this new war could also stop trade with many former sov

and the voice is against the war in russia. russia can fool neither russians nor the world. thank you. erica will nathan foreign, santa barney, he, i thank the representative of france and i know good the floor to the representative of the united kingdom. thank you mr. president. russia has today brought in to the security council a series.

business, russia, and economy at war. the international response to the russian aggression has been swift and concerted as of a broadcast sanctions include russia's exclusion from the international payment messaging service. notice swift restrictions on russian banks asset freezes, and travel bands as well as bard access to high tech. the full extent of the damage rushes war cannot yet be known, but western powers are hoping, inflicting economic pain will push president putin to reverse his course economy sanctions and nothing new for russia. and yet, most people here have no idea how big an impact the latest financial sanctions will have on their lives and their families. the one, it's unclear. yup. and i can't even say much about it. most people are camped anymore spectrum circle her new pretty morning. was just a yuk of to like a 1000 months of business as a business man. i am looking at the factory years. i will likely have to work more for about what can you do? we'll have to live with this and just hang in there it

that's because russia needs china after the west test distance itself from moscow. russia might be optimistic last year. trade with china reached a record $147000000000.00. it's set to reach $250000000000.00 soon. that's 40 percent more than current trade volume between russia and the u. currently, russia is china, 2nd biggest oil supplier providing over 15 percent of its imports. the country also covers 5 percent of china's demand for natural gas. meanwhile, the food trade has been growing fast. in 2019 china allowed the import of soybeans from russia last year. it added beef to the import list, and just last week, wheat, china is also a huge buyer of timber from russia's far east with imports worth over 4000000000 dollars last year. asked for trade in the other direction. china cells, machinery, mobile phones, cars and consumer products to russia with exports up 34 percent last year. china is also russia largest foreign investor having issued at least $125000000000.00 worth of loans for infrastructure projects that are largely tied to china's belt and road initiative. as russia counts on ch

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russia. but among khan is remaining fern, and is called out washington's bullying insisting pakistan's position over the ukraine. russia war is neutral and that there is a foreign conspiracy against him. jessica, we have evidence, and i am disclosing this matter. this is the evidence of how we were threatened. i trust you, but i can't tell you all the details because i always try to protect the interests of my country. in the most weak pressure has power on him on con, and the country has suffered a series of anti government protests. the opposition says his claims of a global plot are more than absurd. if there is an international conspiracy against pakistan, then m ran con, is part of that m round con. your party members left you right under your nose. do you think that was done by joe biden? tell me my brother's was that done by joe biden. now it is time to say good bye to him ran con, are you ready for that? on the corner, chooses the opposition of enjoying wisdom for an aid, and in retur

russia is the aggressor. and despite russia's best efforts the media and -- documented as truth on the ground. russia can't open the front page of the near times which features the bodies of ukrainian mother and her two children who died while trying to cross a bridge outside of kyiv in their attempt to flee to safety. russia cannot cover up the work of abc news reporters he captured a doctor attempting to resuscitate an 18-month-old who died from russian shelling in mariupol. russia cannot suppress the social media post confirmed and amplified by cbs news that told the story of the 11-year-old ukrainian boy who fled to slovakia by himself with only a plastic bag and a phone number scrawled on his hands. russia cannot silence the al-jazeera reporter: russian soldiers terrorizing ukrainian cities and ukrainian journalists are risking their lives every day to deliver to the world the latest on the ground facts such as reporting on the reckless behavior of russian forces towards ukraine's nuclear facilities. rus

, but russia doesn't turn not turn up to the hearing. meanwhile, russia arrest thousands of anti war protesters to police warning. anybody organizing or attending a demonstration will face charges. ah, i'm sim, he's almost gone. that's good to have you with us. ukraine has rejected a russian proposal for humanitarian corridors. ukraine's deputy prime minister said it was not an acceptable option because all but 2 of the planned roots to evacuate, people led to russia or its ally, bella bruce. she have also choose the kremlin of shelling civilians during previously agreed. cease fires to help people escape over night. russian forces stepped up their bombardment of several cities across the country, according to ukrainian officials. there were reports of heavy shelling and hot here in the east. michel life in the south and sheriff in the north as well as on the outskirts of kiff ukrainian president luxury salons. he says his country will not forgive russia for the suffering. the war is causing his part of what he said late on sunday. we met, we will not forgive the shooting of unarmed

that's how the things begin to change in russia. if that when says change is, this is this war is not very popular and it's not very popular with the russian military to. there were dissenting voices and signals coming from there that this is the wrong thing to do. and it doesn't seem that maybe in some instances, the russian military are not fighting to full capacity, or at least maybe holding back maybe under orders or maybe that they don't want to fight this war very much. so it's a complicated situation. the embrace, the integration may begin to bobbo in the coming months. will there be any change or not? again, that's anybody's question. before it begins to happen, you very hard to predict, but the security, the military have to look the other way. if there's a property or discontent, can begin to change anything in russia. ok, given that just end with you from a if also it is where to end and some agreement was reached. how quickly could things economically, in russia, around the world get back on track, or is this, you know,

, russia can full neither russia nor --fool neither russia nor the world. >> i give the floor to the representative of the united kingdom. >> thank you mr. president. russia has today bought -- brought to the security council a series of wild, baseless, and irresponsible conspiracy theories. let me put it diplomatically. they are under nonsense. -- utter nonsense. there is not a shred of credible evidence that ukraine has a biological weapons program. ukraine is a state party to the biological and toxin weapons convention in good standing. as we have heard, the research facilities are established facilities set up to deal with public health hazards. you in brief -- u.n brifers today --briefers today confirmed this. this is another lie in russia's campaign. they said they would not invade ukraine. they invaded. foreign minister lavrov said they did not invade and repeated that absurdity yesterday. that is a pack of lies. they said ukraine was preparing a dirty bomb. that was a lie too. they said yesterday that a pregnant woman stage sure -- staged her injuries in the hospital bombing.

so russia count for china accounts for an important part of russia trade. and the question is whether china is willing to sacrifice everything else. because china is more important to russia than the other way around. russia accounts only 435 percent or chinese trade. so now with the situation that were being seen, any support from chinese, from the chinese state or chinese companies might be seen very negative from the rest of the world, especially from the u. s. the european union in the united kingdom. if we see also the dynamics, i was going, some of the chinese companies have already discontinued their positions, russia because they don't want to incur into a war. they have become within became to be known as secondary sanctions from the united states. so long story short, it is possible that china can provide some support. busy to rush in the stage, but it, the needs would be a very risky move from, from china as a state, but also from each individual company that engage with the, with rush at the moment. all right, thanks so much for your analysis. b

and russia will accommodate that. all right, just sending back then to to tom burgess, who is on what's probably going to be the last word on this coming back to the, to the all the galks. is there a kind of, if you look at the optics of this, is there a sort of messaging problem that the west has with with ukrainians in the, you know, what's, what's going off there? a few russian billionaires going to do for the millions of ukrainians who are suffering right now that, that you know, that they've got enough money to whether they so what kind of, i mean if you think you think there's, there's a messaging issue there in terms of showing ukraine that the west is fully behind them. yeah, actually, i think it goes much further than that. i think can you read the, the, the statement that the u. k. in other western governments have made to accompany the sanctions decision to justify why eagle set, you know, on a data pasco, and you room and remove it. so whoever is going on this list and who's very little information as far

and those, for instance, leave russia. they can't access their like their cards have been denied access in cash machines around the world. so they'll have to find out how to, how to leave outside is actually really, really difficult to leave the country now because there's space, the aerospace has been closed and a major and aero lenient, dont really fly out and into russia. so it's been also very difficult in the station to even decide what to do with the future. so i see will few will, i think we'll see more and more fear in one more a sanctions coming. and we'll have to have to reporting this as it goes natalia mullins for thank you so much for joining me in the studio with that update. really appreciate it. thank you. now there are growing international calls for beijing to take more concrete action over russia's invasion of ukraine. a chinese foreign minister at wong, he on monday, refused to condemn the kremlin military actions. instead, he called russia china as quote strategic partner, while also pledging to send a

it could lend to russia. do you see there's a new domain of influence for china to some extent, but i think it's a very, it's a very limited domain and it's are, it's a pretty good friend to choose. ultimately, russia, rightly so, is a long, long to play from rich culture. and what not simply going to become a vassal state of the chinese and roll over and do the chinese a sound like a bar is clearly a very unstable and unpredictable leader. which means that that's a lot of problems for china. so trying to me say, hey, we've got russia very much on our economy. ok, at the same time that will almost certainly the end of a negative impact for china's react relations with america. with japan, rest of asia with the rest of your day. we can talk about money flow as g, d, p, and so on. but is that realistically, any benefit to china in using russia? natural resources as europe used? it's oil and gas. china needs a lot of promises, but russia with family commodities anyway. so in that sense, it's not really got a muc

but if you look at russia, for instance, about 3 percent of oil imports are coming from a russia but to a clearly, i mean if you limit the supply side and that is in general, pushing prices higher, but on the other side, and that would be a pretty useful, a tool to put pressure on a russia if you of start m. yeah. while limiting or even stopping in imports of from a russian commodities against federal reserve chairman jerome pals saying today that he will seek a corner point rate increase in the coming weeks. will that help? well, i mean it definitely, it won't do the trick. curt, immediately as tiffany hit would be a 1st a baby step. i mean, recently was breed expected that by a mid to march, we might even see a 50 or basis point an increase of interest rate. so that seems so less likely was all the turmoil going on with the war in the or crane. i mean, what the federal reserve tries to do is if money gets more expensive with multiple interest rate increases. so you would a sort of a cool down of the economy a little bit at this point, cooled down a demand and was that it was such a

yes, but so far _ work in russia currently. yes, but so far these _ work in russia currently.but so far these are _ work in russia currently. yes, but so far these are probablyl but so far these are probably minor inconveniences they are facing. with inflation likely to surge in russia, much more than anywhere else in the world, almost anywhere else, then the russians will feel the pain. with the central bank tries to go against that by printing the rouble to give to people so they have more money to afford the higher prices, the only thing that would happen then is even more inflation and misery for russia. significant shock, especially for those russians on lower incomes quite the question is, will it change the strategy in the kremlin? very open question which only putin can answer, probably. he seems to be removed from reality on many counts. probably the war he has started will not affect very much his immediate calculus but will likely affect the calculus of the people around him, the russian elite, as to their medium—term future and their outlook beyond the next few wee

some of his top customers are in russia. the sanctions resulting from russia's invasion of ukraine are now complicating business of america. and what we're currently preparing a contract were several 1000000 euros over the next 2 years. and if the contract can't be fulfilled in its current form resolved, we will of course, need to look for alternative customers that will take time work on the financial good. currently do a cut and working hours. and in the worst case scenario to layoffs of i feel hidden in fi zone flips. if i said muscle in the eastern german city of cabinets, formerly com, march dot many companies have long standing business ties with russia, dating back to the days of communist east. germany at the regents chamber of industry and commerce. we speak to foreign trade expert christoph noise that he believes the sanctions imposed after russia's annexation of crimea in 2014 cost this region, hundreds of millions of euros in sales. now he says this new war could also stop trade with many former soviet republics,

he is imposing on russia. the main focus will be ending russia's ability to export oil to the united states. the united states will no longer receive petroleum from russia. now, in addition to that, there will be efforts to shut down the assets owned by russians in the united states. the john just department is involved in that, and there will be efforts to cut off technology and prevent rushes ability to import key technological products. joe biden also referenced how certain corporations are boycotting and shutting down their operations in russia. now joe biden emphasized that this was going to cost a average american, the price of gasoline is already soaring, and there will be a higher cost of gasoline for average americans as a result of this move. now joe biden said, essentially that americans should blame russia for this. this is what joe biden said about the rising fuel costs sponder by his sanctions. this is a step that we're taking to inflict further pain on prudent for there will be cost as well. her

i've got after his visit china, russia. mr. we are trying to india, we should quickly increasing the energy contrast with russia. understanding bern against western pressure. moscow. russian, deputy foreign minister said k recalls and says moscow and beijing are committed to strengthening their partnership. no news in these in terms of our very consistent and longstanding policy and developing comprehensive strategic partnership with china. this is just yet another step and important step ah, on this road. and this is also where we find opportunities to develop of practical cooperation to develop a new form swain direction. given the complexity of challenges we face because of very failed policies of so called collective west, we also work to develop to develop our ties practical pies, political dialogue and interaction with countries everywhere with every single country who is interested in this type of cooperation with russia we are facing an extraordinary challenge from the west. we have a hybrid war, which is being fought a

i mean, russia, russia, so around the world is a huge contracts with india, with china, with brazil, with london. so what's the point of this thing? if you go off to the bank, i mean, it's part of the international financial system. and if you block business in london, that's a serious inconvenience. i mean, it's the same with the states. if they put sanctions on the bank, then you can also sanction anybody who does business with it. and so if a u. s. sanction on a russian bank, that's effectively a global bank on using that bank at school. so that it's not stupid. i mean, if they go after it's going to have to find another bank student business based. right. well, of course, the big story is the delay announced by a love sholtes with a it's a delay. but it's another review, isn't it? it's not actually a cancellation. well, i understand just having no stream to gas pipeline is complete. it has been since september is full of gas. it could be turned on literally tomorrow. however, it was waking, waiting for the german, regulates. it's given. approval has to check to make sure it's not

with russia. the sanctions, punitive to russia alone or the rest of the world is also going to be affected by that move. first of all and some of those when it comes to the metals, we've seen that those also have car, val, to believe both steel and aluminum. have carved out so they're not directly affected by sanctions. however, we've seen that even when something has a carve out like some russian oil, for example, that companies may still shy away from it. and so boeing, for example, has a joint venture with a russian entity for titanium, which is very important for the aerospace industry. it's very unclear what's gonna happen with that. are the payment systems there for it to continue to operate with a can it bypass public pressure if there is any for it not to sort of pursue those avenues? you know, when it comes to other things, like airlines, for example, there is a big effect. we heard tons of c o saying the other day that it's going to cost is company millions because of air space because o

cars to russia. b w blames the current crisis and uncertainty for the export stop. the move brings v w in line with other carmakers like b, m, w, and mercedes benz leading us carmakers, general motors and ford of also cut off exports to russia. ah, since russia invaded ukraine, oil prices have been searching, leading industrial nations now want to tap their oil reserves to mitigate the situation for consumers and companies. the international energy agency wants to release 60000000 barrels of crude oil reserves. that's about 4 percent of all, emergency reserves, one and a half 1000000000 barrels. meanwhile, western oil companies continue to scale down their operations in russia. b, p. the biggest foreign investor in russia said it's abandoning it's 20 percent stake and state oil company ross enough at a cost of up to $25000000000.00. also oil change so now says it's ending its cooperation with gas prom and key oil and gas projects. italy's any is joining so and b p traditionally neutral switzerland. w

that's certainly the case that russia is trying to advance, and russia has sounded deep displeasure with native moving formerly in formerly towards the borders for quite some time, including when you were in office. you visited me as president trump national security advisor. you shook hands with why did we put in? i remember, i think it was in summer, 2018. you even talked about the value of communication between leaders in the most difficult of times. in all fairness, didn't the crumbling use all the diplomatic means at its disposal to limit the welcome and i would say malicious us presence close to russian borders. there's simply no truth to what you're saying. nato didn't move toward rushes borders just just for, for the benefit of people in russia who may not hear this. it was the nations on eastern central europe once the warsaw pact broke up. after decades of repression by the soviet union, that came to nato and requested membership so that they could create their own free governments and societies and so that they could have peace and security against external threats. nato didn'

this is how russia puts it. probably meaning that there are some, some extremists in power in ukraine, which is of course, not the case. russia also insists on the demilitarized ukraine, and this is what we see from the very beginning, russian army striking military objects. ukraine, but not only admitted to objects, of course. and russia also wants ukraine to put into its constitution to write down the passage that it will not be part of nato. and this is what we've heard from the president that maybe ukraine is no more pursuing that goal. but she didn't say quite like that. you said that maybe it will be difficult and that she is disappointed. so i think there is some movement, but in the key question for you, great now, which is humanitarian corridors, there has been little progress, some but little ukraine claims russia has been escalating. it's bombardment of civilian targets. do you think that's a strategic move? of course, of course it is a move and i think russia is trying to terrorize you crying to terr

to and, and trap russia. it has similar liquid quagmire in ukraine by pouring huge with the sources by arming the resistance, the insurgency, they want to bleed russia. that's the strategy, or whether they succeed not returning the strategy when it can. in fact, binding has asked congress for an additional $6400000000.00 for wide arms and other military id ukrainian forces, whether they are armed forces, the resistance forces in sentence that says, carrying amount of money that biden is willing to warranty, no grain. those are certainly the figures being thrown around hell in capitol hill when it comes to the budget then. so apart from all these countries in the global south using turning away from the dollar to get round the sanctions and so on. why do you think politicians in the russian duma wanted their boot in to support the recognition of danielle skin to hands and pushed putin, whoever's, he wanted it as well to act in this way. if you believe it, sir, you appear to believe it's a catastrophic geopolit

and the national team will be known as football, union of russia, rather than russia. but this was not enough of the punishment for the invasion of ukraine, according to poland, sweden, and the czech republic. those nations were future or potential opponents for the russians. in march, his play off for katara, after consultations with our players on the polish national team, the decision was made that it does not matter in what location we do not want to play against russia. and this way, we want to show our protest against putin's aggression against ukraine. england followed suit in saying they would not play russia for the foreseeable future. this all gave fee for no real wiggle room when it came to russia, playing at the wills cup, with the international olympic committee also adding to the pressure. despite in those close bond with putin, he's been left with little choice. let's get a global view now from the group global athlete. kara donovan is a former world champion kickboxer and now speaking to speaking to and for world class athletes around the world. thank y

the russian foreign minister said that not only would russia not attack another country, but that russia had not actually attacked ukraine. that would be news to people ukraine. they said the war is not a war. they said the reason by they had to go to war in ukraine is because it is run by drug addicted nazis and they needed to de-nazify the country. we are seeing a strong attempt to mask and even denied the cause of the war that putin has unleashed in ukraine. what you see on the american side is a free-for-all that allows for the kind of exchange of ideas we are having right now. the difference is about as stark as one might get. host: republican line, scott, tampa, florida. caller: good morning. host: you are on with our guest. go ahead. caller: i could not hear you. my question is, where does the u.n. fit in this picture? with all the talk that is cheap, where does the u.n. -- how can they not put in u.n. peacekeeping forces in parts of the ukraine? host: scott in tampa, florida. guest: the u.n. has a role in passing resolutions and taking action if they can be passed at the -- russi

tv channels here don't call what russia is doing in what russia's doing in ukraine a war.eration. but critical voices have been creeping in. on a popular talk show, this film director says he can't imagine russia taking cities like kyiv and warns that close allies like china and india might distance themselves from russia. but this is more than just criticism. it's a direct challenge. one woman taking on the kremlin. quite extraordinary. i have never seen anything like that here. what it shows is is that despite the control of the media, the kremlin is still struggling to persuade some people that what they are doing is right. she has reportedly been detained by police and the tv channel has launched an internal investigation. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, in yuroslav, russia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — we report on the impact the war is having on global energy supplies. the uk government has announced that all covid travel restrictions for people entering the uk are to be dropped. after nearly two years of changing restricti

it has hurt russia's economy and russia's currency, the ruble in the short term. but really in the long run, it's only going to end up to backfire against the u. s. d. when you start to kick people out as a loaded economic warfare. when, for example, we've been as wailer with iran and now with russia. all that's going to do in the long run is make, in this case the u. s. the less valuable on the international market and eventually come back and hurt the american consumer. if anybody is doing something to undermine the world, economic stability is going to be the us and nato by forcing countries into economic sanctions and putting them under the boot of economic warfare of imperialism. that's what undermines the stability of the world economy. this idea that china is the one moving to undermine stability as fall it's nonsense in the u . s. who's doing that? trying to once win win cooperation. america one. when all economic policy the scottish government meantime has been left in a flutter over its national flag. that's because, as you can see here, the scottish one

some of his top customers are in russia. the sanctions resulting from russia's invasion of ukraine are now complicating business. i'm up to and what we're currently preparing a contract were several 1000000 euros over the next 2 years on if the contract can't be fulfilled in its current form resolved, we will, of course, need to look for alternative customers that will take time work on this unit. which i'll get crudely do a cut and working hours, and in the worst case scenario to lay offs of i feel hidden in facilities limited. if i said nothing in the eastern german city of cabinets, formerly com, march dot many companies have long standing business ties with russia, dating back to the days of communist east. germany at the regents chamber of industry and commerce. we speak to foreign trade expert christoph noise that he believes the sanctions imposed after russia's annexation of crimea in 2014 cost this region, hundreds of millions of euros in sales. now he says, this new war could also stop trade with many former soviet

these companies that are still in russia, the must expect retaliation when it comes to russia. these last 2 weeks. the one thing we've learned is that their actions are hard to predict and well, it is, isn't it better to be safe than sorry, and these are in some small mom and pop shops or some guy wren thing trying to sneak out and disappear overnight from a landlord, after not paying rent. these are multimillion dollar american companies doing business in russia. and what's the rule when you reside on their soil? you play by their rules and their customs, even as it changes. what have been the knock on effects for the american firms that have been pulling out to russia though other than any threat? so they might be from the russian government. what impact is it having on them anyway? well, when these companies leave russia in the 1st place, you're going to lose a large market of consumers. some of them are pretty wealthy. as we've read the past 2 weeks. you also may lose the trust of some of the russian people who don't know why you an american company is pulling out over an e

so this doesn't compel russia to do anything. but this is the 1st time that there's been a sort of litmus test of international opinion about what's happening here. now as i just mentioned, there was a vote in the un security council just a few days ago, but that only has 50 members. but what's interesting also is to look at some particular countries and to see which way they voted, because there are some surprises in there. and for instance, in the un security council, the other day, united arab emirates was one of 3 countries that abstained. so not voting with russia, but they sat on the fence. well, this time the united arab emirates voted against russia. also, interesting. cuba abstained in this vote. now just a few weeks ago, the russians in the kind of, in the, in the run up to this invasion, the russians even held up the prospect of potentially a positioning weapons in cuba and venezuela. as a sort of as a sort of retaliation to what they see as america encroaching on on their sphere of influence in eastern europe. well, c

supplies now come from russia. , . , . , ., , russia.a. uk prices are still likely to rise, but for europe, the - to rise, but for europe, the challenge is harder. there an uncomfortable truth — when russia annexed crimea, it was widely condemned. sanctions were introduced, but the eu kept buying vast amount of russian gas, with nord stream 2, it plans to buy more too, and the military might we are seeing connect to the economic might of gas and oil exports. europe knows this needs to change. it done so already is one question. whether it can do so now without crippling price rises for everyone is another. let's explore some of these issues. christof ruehl is a senior research scholar at the centre on global energy policy at columbia university. thank you very much for your time. you would've heard in that report the european ambition to wean itself off russian gas, but in practical terms, how can it do that in the short term?— terms, how can it do that in the short term? good evening. in the short term. _ short term? good evening. in th

and they found those out, and they reported them specifically from russia in russia. and that's how twitter and facebook, they work backwards from that in a lot of cases. to find flags internally in their systems. to see what was coming from that building at st. petersburg. but now, those places are shut down, they're gone. places like tv rain, they're not allowed to broadcast. the truth anymore. you can say the word war right now, when you're referring to which russia is doing in ukraine. it's only a special operation in ukraine. so they had problems for year coming through our social media networks. for example, facebook. now, you can't use facebook and russia anymore, it's banned. look, this was a place that had access to some pre-press. now they have access to no free press. i'm sure it will be a little jarring for people, even if they generally believe in what the government is putting out. >> bobby, putin reportedly planned on capturing ukraine in just a couple of days. at least, that was the assessment made by some in the west. his strategy seems to be untether

any of the steps we've taken as it relates to russia and the actions of russia and holding president putin accountable is to take every step to the maximum impact that will impact president putin, the russian economy. we are looking at options, we can take right now to cut us consumption of russian energy. but we are very focused on minimizing the impact to families. if you reduce supply in the global market place, you are going to rise, raise gas prices, you're going to right ride the raise, the price of oil. and that is something the president is very mindful of. and focused on washington. got plenty of strong words for russia, but as the recoil from western sanctions causes more and more collateral damage. it may be only a matter of time until bided. we'll need to play nice area. we spoke to daniel shaw a university of new york professor of latin american studies, who stays the political elite in washington has dug themselves into an energy crisis. republicans and the democrats are blaming one another. it's a full informational war, a media war against russia. no matter what presi

and consumer goods to russia. last year, exports increased by about a 3rd. russia is an important partner for china. but just one of many. china has strategic partnerships with many countries and doesn't want to jeopardize it's close ties with the west. the real chinese ambition and the shipping is global is not regional. and they have full shipping. does not want a returned to the coal, with the world being bifurcated into 2 rocks, china and russia on the one side and bench, the american mesh west being on the other side. china wanted to be a globalized well, in which china is that tall, tall ah, china really wants one thing to trade with as many countries as possible. and conflict and war definitely stand in the way of that global. he can amik interest and a speaking of balancing acts, switzerland has long been proud of its political neutrality, which helped its economy prosper, even when war raged outside its borders. but am, if the outcry over russia's aggression, switzerland has joined the west and sanctions