in saint petersburg in russia.- saint petersburg in russia. russia. our live page on the bbc news website i saint petersburg in russia. our live page on the bbc news website is i page on the bbc news website is continually updated with the latest developments on russia's invasion of ukraine. i am martine croxall, thanks forjoining us. hello. scattered showers just about describes our weather for the rest of today across the uk. in some areas, though, the showers will be more scattered than others. some will stay largely dry, other areas could see some longer, more persistent spells of rain. certainly some wetter weather still to come in the next few hours across eastern—most england, some more persistent showers for the south—west of england, wales and eventually western scotland, too. onto this evening and overnight, many of the showers clearing, however, but some of the wetter weather shifting off into the north sea. but the centre of our area of low pressure that brought the showers through the weekend stays to the north—west, so some more

the bronze age followed in 2013, at the opening in saint petersburg, german chancellor, and get a medical met vladimir putin and delivered a provocative speech. he hasn't them, i know it is our opinion that these exhibits should return to germany, touched on consolation. the collaboration went smoothly, but the return of artifacts remained a sticking point. recently, the iron age exhibition featured at the hermitage in saint petersburg and the state historical museum in moscow. due to the pandemic artifact from berlin were sent to russia, but none of the researchers could go a virtual tour and a glossy catalogue documented the exhibition. will this new war bring with it a new ice age and cultural relations between germany and russia? german cultural commissioner, claudia wrote, hopes that won't be the case, silva, zip. we need more breaches. yep. we have build breeches where others are building rolls small on others does ha, so i'll pose a cultural by cotton and quote, tool boy caught via zit toys. did we were bound by a shared love for these artifacts, forbidden movies that carried us th

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then in 2014, as russia and next crimea screwed up the brighter to 70th birthday in saint petersburg with his friend flooding mia. despite growing unease at the former chancellor behavior, the drop offers kept coming a post with russian oil firm ross never followed should. i was now leaning into his russian lobbyist reputation. at the time he told the w, the german russian relationship should be one off for less probably people were corporation instead of confrontation. just last month should i was nominated to join the board of criminal control gas pump. put in saying his praise. be sure it was issued those 2, we can only rejoice from with that that would move more than a little bit of that. then putting invaded ukraine, while other former european leaders with drops and russia promptly quit them. shrewd up didn't calling only for russia to stop the war. he blamed both sides for mistakes. mate isn't quite all men and you don't need the money. he's just, i don't know how to describe it and it's shameful for our party, then this week shoot us own team resigned and protest having faile

this was - saint petersburg on wednesday. what we have told our children. that is exactly what vladimir putin wants the public to think. the kremlin is doing everything it can at home to control the narrative about what's happening in ukraine. virtually all independent russian news outlets have been either blocked or shut down. and the new law has made it a criminal offence to spread what the authorities deem to be "fake news" about the russian armed forces, punishable by up to 15 years in prison. he already destroyed russian reputation, he already destroyed russian nation... maria baronova rejects that narrative. she's left state broadcaster rt in protest and fears for russia's future. yeah, yeah, no, russian economy is dead, everything is dead. it's the end, it's the end. it's like the death of your very close relative now. it was a big love of my life, russia, and now it is dead as well. on this special day, no celebration. instead, concern over what most of the world calls a war, and what the kremlin calls an operation. s

authorities say they detain 300 people for breach in public order. police also arrested dozens in saint petersburg and 30 other cities. the lexi port city of odessa is preparing for an offensive by russian troops. odessa, mayor says the russian military could soon surround the city, cutting it off from the rest of ukraine. locals are volunteering to defend their hometown, and they are ready to put up a fight. we are in the center of odessa and you can see that the port city has been turned into a fortress. checkpoints, and barricades built of sandbags have been erected throughout the city. makoto ruger, polkas, the jin ruth, we are ready. every day we go to sleep, fully dressed, to be ready to seek sheltering anticipation of a missile strike mortal. but it is for cuba, shoveling sand into sand bags on odessa speech to strengthen the cities defenses. volunteers such as alexander an engineer, say they want to make themselves useful, but the we are trying to support each other. we are trying to organize ourself. and oh, so many people here i, i never know before, but now we are work as a team. and th

the security forces are brutal against the demonstrators. nevertheless, people like here in saint petersburg and in many other cities are taking to the streets. when the warn ukraine is not our war, it's not our warner, it's the war of our leadership. but not our war. starting this war was a very bad decision for our people, because many of them have relatives, friends, husbands, and they will die for nothing. with it similar in moscow where this woman says, i feel sorry for those who suffer aren't here. who are there from each side. the economy will recover, but people can't be brought back. for years, critical voices in russia have been systematically suppressed opposition members imprisoned. the media brought into line, we'll resistance against potent grow. mm. so, okay, what do you say will resistance against vladimir putin grow and how dangerous is it to be opposed of letting me put in, in russia? it's quite dangerous if the war and the situation we have right now can continue for weeks and months. put in, cannot afford this war forever. and the situation is already changing. and he can

concerned that russia could view the 3 way deal as a hostile loose police in the russian city of saint petersburg have detained a group of women protesting against the invasion, a few great were holding up posters, which is legal, uphold about the deaths of russian soldiers. most of his past tough penalties for speaking out against the military credit rating agency fits as downgraded brush and debt by 6, such as to see saying that a default is imminent. the agency says sanctions and trade restrictions could undermine russia's willingness to service it. state the western measures of for the countries financial markets into turmoil following its invasion of u. k. u. s. president joe biden has announced a ban on russian oil imports in response to the invasion. it comes as the united states struggles with rising fuel prices and inflation day. the u. s. in ports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the bad is expected to push oil prices even higher. is president by today, i mean, now seen united states is targeting the main order of rush economy. we're branding all in ports of russian o

he recently postponed his shows in moscow in saint petersburg and announced a series of charity concerts abroad, called russians against war. proceeds will go to woods, helping ukrainian refugees. he says, like oxy miran many russians who oppose the war or trying to go abroad. turkey is still allowing russian flights in its air space. thousands are estimated to have escaped to istanbul in recent weeks. oh we so from russia on march 8th, i because we felt very secure and scary and we didn't want to stay there and i'd be, we, we was, we were afraid to get stuck there. so that's why we moved here this hitchow's which is neither is very serious repression, taking place against those who protest in russia. and it's become impossible to take to the streets because people are beaten up with morton and being taken into custody. the g is, this is a nightmare you saw yet though, of shit. a nightmare that rep oxymoron has decided he must speak out against even if that might mean he won't be able to return to russia any time soon with let's get a reminder of our top headline. ukraine has accused rus

authority say the detained 300 people for breaching public order. police also arrested dozens in saint petersburg and 30 other cities. internet traffic monitor say the social media platform. instagram has been restricted across russia, state regulators block the platform efforts owner meta said it would allow users in ukraine to call for violence against russian soldiers. moscow had already blocked facebook also and by met him. russia says it's missile strikes near the polish border, killed up to $180.00 foreign mercenaries, a claim ukraine has rejected. it's called on volunteers from abroad to join a so called international legion to fight the russian army. ukraine says some 20000 people have signed up though those numbers cannot be independently verified. so far . it abused forget to show like a met, some of them in poland as they prepare to enter ukraine. this is anatoly from finland. it's not his real name. we meet him at the polish trade station, permission packed with equipment and protective gear, and i told he is waiting to board the train to ukraine to join the fight. for me was right th

the finish re weighs have therefore decided to extend the time table between saint petersburg and hesitated only those with a valid you visa are allowed to travel. people like this young woman who left the finland the day after the russian invasion of ukraine began. she does not want to be recognized and says she's devastated by events in ukraine. i'm crying and then sleeping. seen it since it's all started. that's how i feel it. i'm pretty sure that i'm then going back and sure if i will be able to leave them. but this fear, this fear of landing in prison for one's opinion, is leading more and more russians to flee the country on the train to helsinki. and we have our colleague, natalia, small and saver with us until recently. she was a correspondent for d w's russian service in moscow. that was before russian authorities closed down d w. moscow bureau. natalia, thanks so much for joining us. you're now here in berlin. did you have a choice or did you feel like you had to leave russia? and so after our bureau was closed, but especially after the war has started and have been you and laws a

a place in the russian city of saint petersburg had detained a group of women protesting the invasion of ukraine. they were carrying signs, criticising the death of russian soldiers. russia has passed a tough penalties for those opposing the military. now affairs that fighting could break out and parts of western ukraine, thousands of refugees are also streaming across the border with moldova were over $80000.00 people have found refuge. so far, 2000000 people have fledged, the fighting in ukraine rules that were disabled. and since the start of rushes invasion, ukraine's museums galleries and cultural institutions have been scrambling to protect their collections. many have shipped pieces a broad but that becoming more difficult. heavy shelling has already cause damage and museum workers are staying behind to save what's left. a nation's heritage packed up in boxes. the andre shipped hitchcock national museum and levine is ukraine's largest art museum. it stores have been closed since the russian invasion began. the museum already survived world war 2, but whether it will survive thi

authority say they detain 300 people for breaching public order. police also arrested dozens in saint petersburg and 30 other cities. internet traffic monitors say the social media platform. instagram has been restricted across russia, state regulators block a platform after its own, and meta said it would allow users in ukraine to call for violence against russian soldiers. moscow had already blocked facebook, also a product of medicine. the black sea port of odessa is preparing for an offensive by russian troops. odessa, mayor said, says the russian military could soon surround the city on 3 sides. cutting it off from the rest of ukraine. locals are volunteering to defend their hometown, and they say they're ready to put up a fight. we are in the center of odessa, you can see that the port city has been turned into a fortress. checkpoints and barricades built of satin bags have been erected throughout the city. we got all ru ghetto, cuz the gin moves we are ready. every day we go to sleep, fully dressed, to be ready to cease sheltering. anticipation of a missile strike mortal printed for cuba.

he also appealed to britain and the west to do more to help for police in the russian city of saint petersburg had detained a group of women protesting the invasion of ukraine. they were carrying signs, criticising the thea deaths of russian soldiers. russia has passed tough penalties for opposed for those opposing the military. now in berlin, people observed international women's day, but many also used their time off work to join a protest outside the russian embassy protests in support of ukraine and against the russian invasion have become a daily occurrence in germany's capital. international women's day is a public holiday in berlin, but hundreds of people used their day off together outside the russian embassy near the brandenburg gate in the city center. they have one clear demand, stopped the warring ukraine accommodations. it was very, this is so sad that i cannot get enough of it. i must say our generation is so lucky that we've never been confronted with things like this. at least not so close to us. i said, and i find it devastating, elemental, nasty daughter layla, i feel sorry f

somewhere as young as 7 people were also arrested in saint petersburg, monitoring group says more than 8000 anti war protesters have so far been detained . in the past week, more than 40000 people gathered in the german city of munich on wednesday to protest against the war. the crowd was 10 times larger than organizes had expected .

to the streets and if there are millions of russians in the streets in not just moscow, but saint petersburg nevada's two main wherever please go to the streets. this could really help and this will you know, somehow my believe the burden because because right now i think you are guilty of being silent because your army you pay for your army with your taxes and your army and your -- are killing kids and civilians in ukrainian cities, so please do something about that. as for americans, i think the best way to help i know that you are democracy so you can really influence what your government is doing. so again, you can get streets. you can call your congressman whatever way you usually use when you are interested in something when you want to change something in your life. please call your congressman and say you won't know fly zone over ukraine, please say you want to close the sky and and safe people in ukraine, please say you you are ready for the to take the risks related to that because this is the right thing to do. exactly, andrew well, i can only add that we shouldn't forget about th

and sa saint petersburg. but i do think that putin is man who only understands strength.hen -- so right now the biden administration is trying to navigate this very narrow lane of supporting ukraine on the one hand, standing up for our values and our interests, but also doing the utmost not to expand the war. and when we look at that as a positive thing, that this is restrained and positive, i think sometimes perhaps vladimir putin looks at it as a sign of weakness. and so, again, this is a very difficult lane to navigate, and right now i think the biden administration is doing a pretty good job of it, but obviously it requires constant calibration and re-calibration in terms of what is going on on the ground. >> dickerson: you talked about s chaufanism at the state department. this week madeleine albright died. tell us about that. >> she was a role model, i think, for many of us. i was very junior when she was secretary of state, but she was a pioneer as the first woman secretary of state. she was -- as an immigrant to this country, in fact, i think a refugee, from war-t

artifacts remained a sticking point. recently, the iron age exhibition featured at the hermitage in saint petersburg and the state historical museum in moscow. due to the pandemic, artifacts from berlin were sent to russia, but none of the researchers could go a virtual tour and a glossy catalogue documented the exhibition. will this new war bring with it a new ice age and cultural relations between germany and russia? german cultural commissioner, claudia volt hopes that won't be the case salvage hip. we need more breaches. yep. we have to build breaches where all these up building roles smell on a risk this high. so i'll pose a cultural bi cotton and quote tool boy caught via zen toys. did we were bound by a shared love for these artifacts forbidden. these that carried us through, even in difficult times on off, and i hope we will be able to pick up where we left off of the de la uncle from con . current exhibition projects are already being affected by the war in the james seaman gallery. and in the noise museum, the special exhibition shaman's world will open in may without the originally planne

but like here in saint petersburg, that can mean ending up in handcuffs. those who dare to criticize the kremlin fe severe punishment. still, people across russia are showing their courage, rising up to show solidarity with ukraine. yes. hooton's invasion of ukraine is reviving memories of world wars scattered throughout this collection put together by artists, alexander pet, laura, or relics of the former soviet union pet. laura comes from an area of eastern ukraine where there's heavy fighting. was nieces on the phone. both are worried about the family. as far as russian troops are on the hill here. mm hm. on it's right near home on the top, it's lighting breaks out. of course, you would be really bad. it is up those national. no green them up like if i were to find out to morrow that my sister in ukraine has died, 3 away. it would cause me so much pain that i'd put on a bullet proof vest gonna take up any old rifle and go down there myself. neither thought him was that thick political we were yet kirkwood, but for now, life goes on. in moscow, he lends

he told me he is convinced that putin being a son of saint petersburg is deep down inside a western orientedesponse him as he is more rather a son of kgb and doesn't seem to be responding to your overtures, but none the less, macron's devoted to this dialogue. he has talked to putin 15 times in the last month and hopes that given the isolation of putin these days, he is one of the only leaders who has continuing contact with him could finally bring putin round to face reality. we saw the leaders — putin round to face reality. we saw the leaders at _ putin round to face reality. we saw the leaders at versailles. - putin round to face reality. we saw the leaders at versailles. we - putin round to face reality. we saw the leaders at versailles. we are i the leaders at versailles. we are now looking at the images after president macron had been elected. he invited president putin to versailles. i wonder, he invited president putin to versailles. iwonder, does he invited president putin to versailles. i wonder, does he genuinely think he can change president putin mind, given where we are now wit

the security forces are brutal against the demonstrators. nevertheless, people like here in saint petersburg and in many other cities are taking to the streets. when i'm the one ukraine is not our war, it's not our warner, it's the war of our leadership, but not our war. starting this war was a very bad decision for our people, because many of them have relatives, friends, husbands, and they will die for nothing. with it similar in moscow where this woman says, i feel sorry for those who suffer aren't here. who are there from each side. the economy will recover, but people can't be brought back. for years, critical voices in russia have been systematically suppressed opposition members imprisoned. the media brought into line, we'll resistance against hootin grow. mm. so again, what do you say will resistance against vladimir putin grow and how dangerous is it to be opposed of lighting they put in, in russia? it's quite dangerous if the war and the situation we have right now can continue for weeks and months. put in, cannot afford this war forever. and the situation is already changing. and

how to cave, she and jude nazi germany, 2 and a half year blockade of the city now known as saint petersburg. he's either absolute, penny wrangler. i could never imagine that a new war would stars in my old age. in my worst nightmare, i could not even imagine that such a massacre would be repeated. it's horrible. we've been living in ukraine for almost 60 years. when we came here, it was so good. i went to the upper and i said, bungler, according to it i hid from bombardments in the corridor. we took shelter in old buildings and it's the same now. once the shelling of hockey begins, when the air raid siren is on, we go to the corridor. we don't know if it will protect us or not. it's terrifying when young people die when beautiful buildings collapse. and silicon is happy when i recall the fun in leningrad, it was dreadful. my mom said the most scary thing is to look in your child's hungry eyes and not be able to feed them or did the it's a disaster for the russian people to their children are dying for nothing. i'm asking what for? during the great pottery arctic war, fine, it was clear we f

jim, when he was in power in both sanctions or the hermitage museum in saint petersburg on the multiple state university. and he's like nice west someone culture. so i'm quite the opposite. do gotten, i mean it's very easy to appeal to people's emotions. yes, more is more than that. it's very easy to do one tosh. you show that if you're geez, you show that it's going to show, put in space and, and go to all these math is to blame for everything. just so easy. you know, it's just such an easy or difficult. but if you look what happens for 8 years, russia has been in the west. don't expand nato is dangerous. don't support these review when you grant what they're doing, you know, they are all their own people. they're essentially the members. they own the hermitage from the west. you know, they heard democratic elections, you know, they, they change or shank off was human and i'm just going to call professor joiner. we encourage the radiance to play hardball with russians. we told you bring us a line that they could become a part of the west and we told ukrainians that they should, that ki

this is saint petersburg and this is moscow where police out in fools. then the kremlin threatened to jail demonstrators for 15 years, and it's illegal to call the invasion of ukraine, anything but a special operation. oh, on the edge of red square, to protest to sing the ukrainian national anthem before being dragged away. large numbers of russians opposed to the war and now fleeing back country squeezed by western sanctions and persecuted by the russian state. yet, many of these anti war demonstrators went over the edge of the base that we might be able to pull ourselves back from time. now say many of these demonstrators for western leaders to help grow good, almost impossible political solution to help bring us all back from the bring me faulkner al jazeera london or to other news. now israeli forces have killed a palestinian teenager in the occupied westbank. 16 year old that yemen, jaffa was shot dead near aberdeen on sunday after allegedly throwing molotov cocktails and soldiers. 9 are the palestinians, have been killed by israeli forces in the oc

i celebrated his 70th birthday in saint petersburg with his friend flooding mia. despite growing unease at the former chancellor's behavior, the drop offers kept coming opposed with russian oil for him. ross left followed shoot. i was now leaning into his russian lobbyist reputation. at the time he told the w, the german russian relationship should be one of 4. it was housing corporation instead of confrontation. just last month should i was nominated to join the board of kremlin controlled gas pump. put in saying his praises. be sure it will be issued those $2.00 to $3.00. we can only rejoice almost through digital it to move more mobile, but little borrowed then put in, invaded ukraine, while other former european leaders with drops and russia promptly quit them. shrewder. didn't calling only for russia to stop the war. he blamed both sides for mistakes. mate isn't quite old men and you don't need the money. it's just, i don't know how to describe it and it's shameful for our party. then this week, shoot us own team. resigned in protest, having failed to persuade him to cut ties with

embassy, according to a social media usa somewhere as young as 7 people were also arrested in saint petersburg. a monitoring group says that more than 8000 anti war protesters have been detained in the past week. more than 40000 people gathered in the jam and city of munich on wednesday to protest the wall. the crowd was 10 times larger than organizes had anticipated. and one of the biggest demonstrations the city has seen in used to live with the war in ukraine is also disrupting the entertainment industry. oper stars with ties to president potent have been shot out of western oper, houses, and hollywood top films. kiddos have canceled the release of films in russia, including the new batman movie, which he hits cinemas this week. it's one of the biggest movies of the year, but not for everyone. the batman will not be shown in russia. warner brothers and other top studios protesting rushes war against ukraine. the batman star, robert pattinson, and co stars at the premier in new york. it's an impossible situation, so anyway, so i'm on believable tragedy. i cannot fathom what the people in ukr

the security forces are brutal against the demonstrators. nevertheless, people like here in saint petersburg and in many other cities are taking to the streets. when i'm the one ukraine is not our war, it's not our warner, it's the war of our leadership. but not our war. starting this war was a very bad decision for our people, because many of them have relatives, friends, husbands, and they will die for nothing. with it's similar in moscow where this woman says that i feel sorry for those who suffer aren't here. who are there from each side. the economy will recover, but people can't be brought back. for years, critical voices in russia have been systematically suppressed opposition members imprisoned. the media brought into line. we'll resistance against hootin grow. mm. so okay, what do you say will resistance against vladimir putin grow and how dangerous is it to be opposed of lighting they put in, in russia? it's quite dangerous if the war and the situation we have right now can continue for weeks and months. putting cannot afford this war forever, and the situation is already changing.

in saint petersburg.buy something in advance and it is already shortage on shelves at supermarkets. people are panicking. and there is a problem with the banking system as well. so i think it hurts the average people from the beginning. from the second day, i would say. my friends in moscow, - many of whom are journalists and many of whom have been forced to flee because, - as you said, journalism has effectively become a crime | punishable by 50 years injail, they now find themselves - in a position whereby — i have got a friend - who hasjust left. his visa cards don't work- because of british sanctions, he cannot get any this money out of his bank accounts - in russia because of russian counter sanctions, some - of these are hurting the wrong people. i absolutely, absolutely. most of my colleagues found themselves on tuesday morning without money. no money and they can�*t work? in georgia, in istanbul, no money. cards stopped working. it is a disaster for them. talking about unintended consequences, we

somewhere as young as 7 people were also arrested in saint petersburg, monitoring groups as more than 8000 anti war protesters have been detained over the last week. francis sees the super yacht linked to a russian oligarch. the morning vero is owed by a company with ties to ego section is head of russian oil group rosen, f french customs since the 85 meter long vessel at a shipyard near ma say in accordance with sanctions against vladimir putin in a circle of un refugee agency says the number of people flee. ukraine has now passed a 1000000 making it the fastest exodus of refugees this century. most are heading towards poland, but neighboring countries like romania, moldova, also taking people in some having to wait longer than others to cross to safety. the w correspondent, i'm a for sure, saw when she visited pub rodney on the romanian border. finally here, thousands are pouring towards the ukrainian border with romania as word spreads of the tale. back of refugees at the polish crossing with harrowing image is still in our minds and few items in their hands. they arrive at the las

frances knocking temperatures up by several degrees above the average breath got in contrast at saint petersburg and dan uminski took about 5 below average. this is a cold, very light windier. here's an harrington. colder a few snow shall seem likely still in poland. paris than towards ukraine. where is the sun's coming out in germany and at least western side of poland that more active weather around the edges? in spain and portugal range, likely it's going to increase, i think was snow at height. significant rain for time in the southern front and very strong winds across the creation coast. italy does with central med bringing rain snow tight again, still snow for the high ground of grease and probably turkey. that this is likely to once more wind up into something like a light winter storm dry, whence a huge mattress there once will certainly in the caucasus. i went to the south of that pic yet the sun in fact, sandy weather is like to be very obvious in libya in egypt all the way down towards southern nigeria. ah frank assessments for china. well banish it from the 0, call it strategy. if t

he's been arguing on the phone with his wife's cousin in saint petersburg, who he's known for 50 years he told me, "you've been killing - "russians, we did nothing. "0ur putin is a king and a god." i told him a person like that should be in a mental hospital. how could you russians let him be president for so long? so, i said, "we should probably end this conversation." in the other burnt flats in this block, more fragmented lives. people who survived the attack but lost everything that was certain. it is obvious that a young family lived here. war is made up of thousands of incidents like this — not even necessarily involving loss of life, but destroying homes, wrecking everything. personal tragedies, and afterwards, nothing is ever the same. in the basement of kyiv maternity hospital number three, they're doing their best to make it better, but it's hard. a baby born to a surrogate mother was being picked up by a doctor, dressed to protect. "we're strong," says the woman in ukrainian, who'd carried the baby. herfriend, who'd done the same for another couple, agreed in russian. they w

the security forces are brutal against the demonstrators. nevertheless, people like here in saint petersburg and in many other cities are taking to the streets. when the warn ukraine is not our war, it's not our warner, it's the war of our leadership, but not our war. starting this war was a very bad decision for our people, because many of them have relatives, friends, husbands, and they will die for nothing. with it similar in moscow, where this woman says that i feel sorry for those who suffer aren't here. who are there from each side. the economy will recover, but people can't be brought back. for years, critical voices in russia have been systematically suppressed opposition members imprisoned. the media brought into line wheel resistance against potent grow. mm. so again, what do you say will resistance against vladimir putin grow and how dangerous is it to be opposed of lighting they put in, in russia? it's quite dangerous if the war and the situation we have right now can continue for weeks and months. put in, cannot afford this war forever. and the situation is already changing. and

relations, tourism, cultural educational ties. ever for me personally, you know, i was born in saint petersburg and for me, a very indicative moment was when finland decided to cancel the relations between 2 and petersburg. these brought with relations were established in 1963 with the city of lang and ground. and nothing later, you know, including the approx green, you know, soviet invasion, inter, get them, nothing preventive, the continuation of those rather good relations. but today it decided to cancel them. so all the body of relations is now burned down in these the very paradigm of russian and directions with the west is or which was the paradigm of russia, of west centers i, in russian foreign balls. and russia really rise to establish something common european security system and many other things with the western europe. you know, in mind in mind is not the price to integrate into the western system. it failed. after that, russia has been trying to establish some sort of you some sort of arrangement and agreement on the rules of the game between russia and europe. it also failed. and

these pictures show a rest at a demonstration in saint petersburg.ary action in ukraine with thousands detained since the start of the invasion. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. nearly 200 countries have agreed to start negotiations on an international agreement to take action against pollution caused by plastic. the decision to draw up a global plastics treaty was made at a meeting of the un environment assembly in nairobi. it will look to set rules for the production, use and disposal of plastics. bottom line is, we will eliminate plastic pollution from our environment and that is critical. western australia has become the country's final state to re—open its borders, after closing them to prevent the spread of covid—i9. vaccinated people can now travel there, for the first time since april 2020. one of hong kong's most prominent lawyers has left the territory after reports that he'd been interviewed by the national security police. paul harris, a british barrister, led the hong kong bar association, a professional body tha

since the invasion began, police arrested people in several russian cities including moscow and saint petersburg. they warned that organizers and participants in demonstrations will face charges. authorities have imposed restrictions on protests citing the coven 19 pandemic. we can now talk to constantine edgar, to w's russian affairs analyst constantine a. tell us a little bit more about these protests and were you surprised by the large number of protesters? well, it's not really yet a very large number for a country of 140000000 people, but it is significant. i think it's coming close to the protests that were held in 2021 when seen by the russians positionally the jail. but i think what's more important here is the geography of rotor russia has about 1819 cities with the population of 1000000. the more the geography now is actually 50 cities, which means that some very small russian standard places also c enter war protest. and that means that a information seep through even to the russian province. and secondly, in such places where everyone knows everyone else, the fact of the protest is i