the optics are not - good. 0k, professor tomila lankina, thank ou good. 0k, professor tomila lankina, you very _ good. 0k, professor tomila lankina, thank you very much, _ good. 0k, professor tomila lankina, thank you very much, thank - good. 0k, professor tomila lankina, thank you very much, thank you. - thank you very much, thank you. thank you. most of the showers today have been across england and wales, that this evening and overnight lows will decay, just a few gathering around enough seacoast as well. for many the skies were clear, it will get colder than it was last night. not quite so cold in at the north—west of scotland, the breeze beginning to pick up here. across england and wales, dry and sunny start tomorrow, some patchy cloud will build up. gail is in the north—west, around 17 degrees typically. by the time get to monday morning, the rain isn't the english channel, sweeping through quickly, followed by and showers. a much stronger northerly wind this time on monday. temperatures at best 15 or 16 in the south but feeling colder in the wind now on bbc news... political t

i'm joined by tomila lankina, professor of international relations at london school of economics andor havinl forjoining us, professor. thank you for having me- _ forjoining us, professor. thank you for having me. we _ forjoining us, professor. thank you for having me. we have _ forjoining us, professor. thank you for having me. we have seen - forjoining us, professor. thank you for having me. we have seen some| for having me. we have seen some reaction to — for having me. we have seen some reaction to the _ for having me. we have seen some reaction to the conscription - for having me. we have seen some reaction to the conscription with i reaction to the conscription with people leaving. who is leaving russia or attempting to leave? people attempting to leave russia our people who can afford to do so. and it is the informed segment of russian population. because there is still a large chunk of russian society that is in now is actually a turn, a shift in the awareness of that other larger percentage of the population that have been... have had the wool over their eyes but are now rea

i've been speaking to tomila lankina, professor of international relations at london school of economics president putin's move to draft civilians in russia. people attempting to leave russia are people who can afford to do so, and if_ are people who can afford to do so, and if the _ are people who can afford to do so, and if the a — are people who can afford to do so, and if the a formed segment of russian — and if the a formed segment of russian population, because there is still a _ russian population, because there is still a large _ russian population, because there is still a large chunk of russian society— still a large chunk of russian society that is in denial, and what we are _ society that is in denial, and what we are witnessing now is actually a shift in _ we are witnessing now is actually a shift in the — we are witnessing now is actually a shift in the awareness of the other percentage of the population that have had — percentage of the population that have had wool over their eyes but are how _ have had wool over their eyes but are now realising war has come to russia _ a

tomila lankina is a professor of international relations at the london school of economics and politicalo leave russia are people who can afford to do so. and it is the informed segment of russian population. because there is still a large chunk of russian society that is in denial. what we are witnessing now is actually a turn, a shift in the awareness of that other larger percentage of the population that have been... have had the wool over their eyes but are now realising that war has actually come to russia. but the people who are fleeing are people who can afford to do so, who have the resources, and who are informed and who have been aware, perhaps for a long time or perhaps recently have become aware, of the reality of the aggression that russia is pursuing in ukraine. but also that this is now personally affecting many more people than has been the case before. but the interesting thing to observe is that the people who have been perhaps watching russian propaganda and not as informed as the kind of liberal maybe moscow and st petersburg—based middle—class groups, they are also r