it's been called a david and goliath story, but the amazon labor union and many other union have struggled to take the next step. their, their battle is less than a half over. they still need to negotiate a collective bargaining, and none of the sort of new waves have even succeeded at that yet. now my view, in order for these workers to succeed, they're going to need tremendous grass roots crush. but they're also going to need the support of a lot of the public and of elected officials, including up to changing our laws to make it easier and more possible for them to, to join unions and collect and bargain collected. that hasn't stopped ryan brown. he's leading an organization called cause, trying to form a union at the amazon warehouse, just outside raleigh, north carolina. he works on the main floor, putting together package. when he's off shift, he's organized. this is someone call me now or you know, we will, it starts at 545. he and his co workers say they face on realistic targets like sending off at least 80 packages in an hour and get far too little money for some here. just 1575

because we are not such open gates of the european union. what is good for russians? the coronavirus or because the war in ukraine is russia 's aggression supports similar sanctions eh let's say it like this maybe it's a part of our russian-speaking population in some way against in our countries but the situation is just like this now that, unfortunately, it is not for tourism, that is, we will have to ... military position before, it wasn’t just a photo- photo visa, it was a tourist visa, and not just without any explanation, a causal one, just for celent tourism, they received a visa at any embassy. critical about 50 khz, such a limited possibility will not be found, it will be possible to find some new ways to evacuate, to rescue, to protect the rights of journalists, civil activists, dci gang, and so on and so on. it's us, it's a small group strangers with these tourists who want to have a rest in europe, that's why they want the alps or the stripes of milan and an example for this, i don't know there, rainer is a children's city, but there is such an opinion tha

but russia is also in the european union. well, i am not leading one example. well , after the signing of the association agreement , i was provoked. and the russian lobby played there - they played a huge role, there is a study about how it happened, in the end it found the fear of some western european politicians that this will lead to a conflict with russia. let's not rush. ukraine is a large enough country and its entry into the european union is definitely not tomorrow , in the future it will change the balance of power in the eu and some western european politicians were afraid of this. so here several reasons worked at once . i will remind you of the comparison until february 24, uh, we were received by many people in europe, especially the so-called skeptics of ukraine, as feldstein as a failed state, despite uh, the various reforms that took place in ukraine, there was such skepticism but then everyone saw that ukraine is capable of defending itself and that our supposedly weak institutions, but they turned out to be working, working, this country sur

ukrainian state arose in the same place as a result of the accident of the collapse of the soviet union of the treaty of zboriv during the khmelnytskyi period is shown to the state archive as evidence, so at the international level, the polish king recognized the rights and borders of the ukrainian state at that time, this is a copy of the document, the original of which is kept in the polish archives, which is the beginning of the ukrainian state, the zaporozhian army covered the territory of three voivodeships kyiv, bratslav and chernihiv states the achievements that were obtained on the battlefield, in fact the zaporizhzhya army or the hetmanship existed in my liquidation of the hetmanship until 1764, in battles with blood and diplomacy, the people under the leadership of bohdan khmelnytskyi were able to distance themselves from the polish-lithuanian commonwealth on the recognition of statehood in the political arena . hetman's communication with one of the most powerful courts in europe, the kingdom of sweden, this is a reproduction of bohdan khmelnytskyi's letter to the swedish que

he is credited of changing bodies today from the soviet union.s russian society, some say he was behind at the dissolution and ruin of the soviet union. so, in many having a positive view of mikhail gorbachev and ti mes. let's get the versa -- first of the international reactions and our washington correspondent. very good evening to you. when american perspective, what would one to think of them signing a treaty. we started the obituary we had of mikhail gorbachev. give us some sense of how the last leader of the soviet union is viewed in the usa? >> he is viewed as that partner help bring the end of the soviet union in a peaceful way. of course, the first american leader you think about when you mentioned the name mikhail gorbachev. is ronald reagan as he said. these two were absolute partners, especially in bringing about arms-control and those two leaders didn't trust each other if you look at the recounting of those years. they went on to build a trust and eventually become some type of a friends because they managed to develop respect for e

of the soviet union. gorbachev tried to deal with them. he tried to deal with them in the best way that he knew, taking into account the history that he had learned. but unfortunately for mr. gorbachev, the rest of the country and the rest of the party was not willing to go along with it. laura: do you know anything at all about mikael gorbachev's attitude towards vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine? >> he hasn't been very outspoken or talked about it. it will be very interesting to see how vladimir putin remembers mikal gorbachev. obviously, in the present campaign against ukraine, he's going against what gorbachev tried to do which was a peaceful transition from the soviet union to the russian federation. a peaceful transition to eastern europe. vladimir putin, with this invasion of ukraine, has en outspoken about how russia lost ukraine and he's trying to gain -- game russia back into the orbit of the russian federation. it will be interesting to see how mr. putin remembers mr. gorbachev and whether i

some unions are sa in: with our trade unions. some unions are saying there — with our trade unions.some unions are saying there should be - with our trade unions. some unions are saying there should be a - with our trade unions. some unionsl are saying there should be a general strike, what are your thoughts on that? ~ , l, , l, l, that? well, it is not up to general secretaries _ that? well, it is not up to general secretaries of _ that? well, it is not up to general secretaries of unions _ that? well, it is not up to general secretaries of unions to _ that? well, it is not up to general secretaries of unions to take - that? well, it is not up to general secretaries of unions to take the l secretaries of unions to take the decision for people to take industrial action. we operate in a very restrictive legislative framework. members have to decide to take industrial action, they have to do so across thresholds the government have established for that. if there members do decide to take industrial action, we will support them, but it is for the members to decide.— support them, but i

while he was the head of the soviet union. you know, there's no i would argue that the nuclear arm st signed with united states was a very positive thing. anything towards peace is a positive thing. but i would also argue that you can't have peace in the, you know, poor world. so i think that gorbachev would look positively upon a multi polar or anything that is more than a unipolar world. so i think, and i think, you know, generally much of the world is an agreement. i think that the bricks is something that people are very excited about, as you said. there's even countries like argentina that are now trying to join the rise of china and kind of china's economic influence in partnership with countries in africa is viewed as positively by people in africa. and i think gorbachev's, i would imagine would view international corporate cooperation not centered around one unipolar power as a good thing. now whether or not you know, the disillusion of the soviet union, aided or abetted the rise of the unicorn world that we see today,

e, zhukov's transfer of forces to the northern borders of the soviet union and.pparently, this upset churchill's plans. apparently, he did not find support for e, not in his elites, not in the united states of america. because it did not take place. in general, the third world war. it could have started just on july 1, 1945. today we know what would have happened if churchill's plan had been brought to life was even planned to attack and drop nuclear bombs on moscow st. petersburg. e, murmansk was planned to attack and seize the territory of the soviet union right up to the line that the nazis planned and, in principle, to the arkhangelsk line, stalingrad, confirmation of the plans that really existed - this operation was the so-called e book of an american journalist who published, but secret archives, which the kennedy family provided him. and in this book was published a letter from churchill crossult with a request for the provision of nuclear bombs to bombard the soviet union e, in the middle of 1945. uh, in addition to bombing with nuclear bombs, it was pla

the union and indeed. pardon indeed questions about horse care during the war will reach all the way to the white house. in fact the letter that i found back in 1996 and national archives by alonzo still is the one who really got me thinking more and more about this topic about horses. now in the civil war in particular, i think modern readers perhaps those who have no experience with livestock. tend to think of you know them the rather like vehicles that they can be yes used when needed the set aside when not and ready to go at the next and the next possible need and if horses despite their size and power are actually rather delicate creatures certainly in their feet and their digestive systems. and indeed alonzo still will write to president linking requesting that he do something for greater care of army livestock and you think that that such a letter would really go nowhere, but it goes from the white house to the war department and makes its way through various bureaus to act upon or at least be recog

and they revoked the treaty which established the soviet union. and in those legal terms, that's how the soviet union collapsed. um and it can be seen as the product of everything that the co pitch of started. and that sort of came to a completely different resolution from, from the one that he expected. was he in control at the end? he really wasn't in control. i've just been reading through some of the remarks by some russian officials and. and then from some of the leaders in the, in the west. russia doesn't appear to, to, to, to have any problems talking about his, his warts and all legacy. the good, the great, and perhaps the not so great. do you think he made some mistakes to where we are today in terms of, of conflicts or is that just a rule and amassing over the years or did some things stem with mikhail gorbachev? well, i think maybe it wasn't so much mistake, but it was maybe a, a deficiency of michelle gorbachev's abilities and his character that i interviewed a lot of the young leaders at republic level after those republics became ind

the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev is dead known for promoting openness and democracy in the communist state. gorbachev was also credited for helping to end the cold war. we look at his legacy at home and abroad. tributes are being paid around the world, including from germany's chancellor, while our sites are thinking of mikhail gorbachev and know how important he has been for the development of europe and our country as well in recent years. also coming off a team of international inspectors heads to these upper region nuclear power plants in ukraine as it comes as fears grow over a radiation leak or potential accident at the site which is occupied by russian forces. ah, i manuscripts mckennan, thanks for joining us. the soviet leader who helped end the cold war mikhail gorbachev has died at the age of 91. gorbachev introduced policies that encouraged openness and reform within the communist bloc and forged warmer ty is with the west . now this ultimately brought down the iron curtain that had divided europe since 1945 and put germany on track to re unification. but

he proposed expanding the european union and reforming the european union by depriving the state of theand in his opinion, it means including the countries of the western balkans serbia and montenegro albania bosnia herzegovina northern macedonia, as well as ukraine and moldova in the future, there should also be georgia well, according to scholz how these initiatives are perceived in the eu. what they say on this topic, is it possible, in what perspective is the implementation of such ideas? do you know ideas? i think this u has little chance of being implemented, because if you take u any of the applicant countries, well especially those who actively, but breaks through, and in the european union, it’s for them, but to get it. uh, it’s like a secondary status there without a right, is it there or, uh, something else, that is, well, like members of the european unions of the second category, and i think that this will not suit them, but take the same ukraine too e. i think that for them this would be a rather painful proposal, and then uh, what about? here you e in your list, for examp

the soviet union was under gorbachev. and it resembles to some extent what life was like under the breaking the breaking up period. the only difference is that russians can still, with great difficulty, leave russia. he really has a dismantled most of that, and primarily is how bent on subjugating ukraine on reabsorbed ukraine into rush, aaron, to some kind of slavic federation. so he is deliberately progressing, in essence, the collapse of the soviet union. he said that the collapse of the soviet union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe. and he's determined to reverse that, whether he can do it, i don't know, but it sent me the direct opposite of everything that gorbachev set in motion. and mister, tell me, do you see? then the invention of ukraine is this vladimir putin's remedy to the disaster that occurred during gorbachev swatch. well, putin obviously think, so i don't think so myself because it's hard to characterize a blood bath with all kinds of horrendous consequences as a, as a remedy. a but he said this

she did not miss him it has become a second home for thousands of ukrainians, it gives the soviet union tons of humanitarian cargo and even under missile strikes it continues to work for the victory of the lions. an independent democratic state, ukrainians understand more than ever what the independence of those who were deprived of freedom really is, they understand well what a great value it is. we will win and do this a state where ukrainians will not die because independence is a state that protects each of its citizens fear is natural, you don't choose to feel it or not, but it's only your choice what to do with it, whether it will win or you will turn it into righteous anger anger that will ignite the heart and will give us the strength to move forward this fear, we have something to lose, and therefore at such an incredible price, but great freedom not to agree with a small price, every step we take today is a step into a happy future each of us is here because we tamed the cities learned we have made it our union to manage it, no matter how difficult it may be for us , but it wi

the unite union's general secretary sharon graham has told the bbc unions are emerging as the only people standing up for workers — accusing labour of "moving the goalposts" in terms of what it's prepared to do to support them. labour has not backed inflation—matching pay rises, but has said if they were in power the party would join negotiations between employers and unions. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. what do we want, 10%! could the summer of strikes turn into a winter of discontent? at felixstowe port, 900 dock workers are finishing an eight—day walk—out. impacting uk supply chains for food, clothing and essential goods. there are now calls ahead of next month's gathering of trades stack there are now calls ahead of next month's gathering of trades unions, stack at the tuc conference for future strikes to be synchronised, or staggered, to maximise the impact. and sharon graham, the general secretary of the uk's largest union, unite, has called on the labour party i think that if they came out now strongly and said, these profits that are going on, what is happenin

e of the soviet union er, when we were the assembly shop of the soviet union yes, without resources,estored the machine building industry and the petrochemical industry because we have a very small percentage of localization, but you know, uh. if we now go on this topic again, then i want to tell you that u why the president u criticizes, because uh, today this is how the world and international economic relations work that our partners. uh, well, too. they have their own interests, they are not only interested in buying. we have goods. they have an interest in creating a product together. that's why we, too, if, well, let's say. uh, entered into cooperation with the people's republic of china, then it should be cooperation on an equal footing and beneficial to both the chinese side and the belarusian side, therefore, of course, it is necessary, uh, higher localization in manufacturing there as well. uh, bicycles. e motorcycles. uh, geely and so further and the like. well, we have a lot of specific examples. eh, let's even say so. here is an example of the minsk automobile plant, whe

the 20th century. knows posts $991.00 post the collapse of the soviet union. and gorbachev standing down. he took very much a back seat role in russian politics. that's with the exception of 96, where he did have a brief for re, again into politics. he did run for president, but he only received not point 5 percent of the votes. and since them he the focus mainly on economic sorry, educational and humanitarian projects, he is expected to be buried. most goes nowhere. devi cemetery next to his wife reiser and she passed in 99 of leukemia and he's known to have missed her very soul is so as and when i get more information on, on his death, on the ceremonies, etc, around i can bring it to you don't thank you. all right, thanks a lot our team peer scott given us the details on that. now back home, garbage have implemented a swath of domestic social, political, and economic reforms, including the complete democratization of soviet policies and a boost for the economy. of course, no discussion of soviet policies would be complete without mentioning glasnost and pere

part of a great, very long history, because it is necessary to clearly understand that the soviet union in the coordinate system of 1922, when it was created, it would not have been created if it were not for the resistance of the ukrainians, who proclaimed the ukrainian people's republic, and again, their statehood, and even the bolsheviks were forced. let's put it creatively to supply their already bolshevik ukrainian institutions with the name of the ukrainian people's republic, that is, instead of the central council, call the quasi-parliament of ukraine the verkhovna rada or again the ukrainian people's republic is a safe account . and all these games are the names of secretariats and the ministry. it was all over again. here are the parts of this big game in order to convince a large part of ukrainians. look. we are creating for you such a mini quasi-statehood within the framework of of the soviet union, it will not be much different from what you created in the ukrainian people 's republic, and in principle many people believed it, again, we can remember that i have the experienc

so that was very result of the weakness or central following the soviet union. and then these was continue a sort of hired us, which is itself when again $949096.00. that was we start up for a different reason because natal started to expand and we've had this 1st i would say a war call if i need to expand from the georgia what already in 2008. and it was also a result of the dissolution of the soviet union that was doesn't want to admit that . so what we're chose, legacy on that is, is very nice. you know, he or she is referrals were human, but they also started a lot of it's in good in that see what was in the former soviet union. so he had legacy was mixed and will remain. the historians will argue about it and simple people in the former soviet union will argue about it. would you was, i understand you met him personally and didn't interview with gorbachev. that's correct. what. what kind of impression did you get from him as a person? and what did you discuss in the interview? well, he was a very charming person. when he talked to you, you felt like you mea

he also sought the approval of the soviet union. and as a very memorable meeting in february of 1990 when he visited moscow. and he said that gorbachev was basically in favor of german reunification. and this clearly explains why gorbachev's until to day remains an incredibly important figure. not only for the fall of the berlin wall, but also for german reunification. and that's something that, by the way, you see most of the statements that have come out to day responding to mr. gorbachev's death. he w as thomas ferry. thank you so much. that while in the west, gorbachev is often described as a unique elder statesman who changed the course of history for the better in russia . some blame him for the demise of the soviet union and even view him as a traitor. as day broke in moscow. so to did the news of mikhail gorbachev, death russia's news channels reported that president vladimir putin had expressed his deepest condolences. but musk invites themselves were not united in mourning. their former leader on weight was kaiser with i h

they are splitting the european union.hey again demonstrate the lack of a unified approach from the outside. uh, the european union and i think that here different eu countries will follow national paths. that is, yes some countries, uh, will uh, tighten or ban, uh, others won't, only very briefly. i very briefly, you know, there has never been such a thing in europe that you had a monstrous stratification between the european establishment and ordinary citizens. so today, it is the large countries of europe, such as france, spain, italy, to a lesser extent, germany, that are beginning to produce the conflict that did not exist before. they sincerely begin to hate their authorities and monstrously hate brussels. the revolutionary situation is on the face. this situation also shows the lies, uh, that russia was fed in the nineties, when the same baltic countries were talking about returning to europe, in fact, it was a departure from russia now they want to really isolate themselves from russia already on the physical level

, because the soviet union was a rival.orry , i got a bit carried away. i don't think she was interested because by the time i became president. you remember, it has already been, respectively, the eighty-ninth year, gorbachev is doing so much to weaken the soviet union that he did not need help, and gorbachev and yakovlev did so much. and, of course, they did with yeltsin on the other hand to destroy their own the empire that they did not need any help, and i have repeatedly heard. unfortunately, i had no contact with the president. i knew the brand very well, kraft said, and i knew him well for many years before he took this post. he was the chairman of the advisory board for my small program. i have heard this said many times, just not concerned that the soviet union might be too strong, and that it might become weak, that gorbachev might lose power, that there could be a chaotic situation in a nuclear power? yes, of course, uh, if you want both bush and kraft's grin had cold war instincts. they, in principle, were aimed

ready soviet union, he oversaw the collapse of the soviet union. we know later he said that he had always intended to destroy communism. and he accomplished it. much to the chagrin of the soviet people, there was a referendum held throughout the soviet union earlier in 1991. and i think it was the spring of $991.00, which i think it was like 78 percent of the soviet citizens said they wanted to maintain the soviet union. notwithstanding that gorbachev. and of course, boris yeltsin oversaw the collapse of the soviet union. and a 2000000 people died as a result of the collapse. and that is why gorbachev now is one of the most unpopular leaders russia has ever had. when you look at poll after poll, he's one of the most unpopular leaders. but in the west, again, he's a darling because he brought you know, unfettered capitalism to russia and the former soviet republics, he allowed the former soviet union to be looted of assets and resources. so yeah, of course he's held as a, as a hero in the west, but where he comes from, he's largely seen is a villain

these are various types of programs in the european union and not only in the european union, by theh provide for the provision or the right to permanent residence, staying in the relevant country in exchange for investments or, conversely, obtaining citizenship in exchange for investments, and these programs are today a very controversial issue for the european union, today in the whole world, somewhere around 20-21 countries provide such programs, more than a few countries of the european union and the most popular point of entry into the european union is portugal and greece, where the most favorable conditions are the simplest and easiest. well, just today the ukrainian union is considering such an issue in order to, on the one hand, in principle, for about 3-5 years, to close the programs for granting citizenship in exchange for investments in the european union and to significantly limit or strictly regulate the market for obtaining permits for permanent residence in the european union a lot is quite a lot, uh, in economic terms, there are different estimates because there are

union. it was clear he was a stark contrast to his predecessors. we is 40 was the old right. i live in peace and freedom is the most important basic right of each individual for our kilobit. gorbachev wanted to change the soviet union to bring it closer to the people. he promoted glass in aust openness and perestroika reforms to words that will forever be associated with him. his new outlook was popular with many his policies also applied to the military, despite the resistance of soviet generals to us, if we are foreigners all, unless i'm convinced that we will also have to reform our military law. we have far too many weapons law, sickly. we have to seek dialogue with other superpowers and reduce our arsenals to a reasonable extent, yourself. as a result of that dialogue. gorbachev and you as president reagan find the 1st of many disarmament treaties in 1987. it was the beginning of the end of the cold war in october 1989 when he visited east berlin for the g d r's, 40th anniversary celebr

it is showing that the european union is not at all democratic institution. the european union is incapable of managing major crisis, as we've seen these past years. they still think those who are at the head of the european union, that there are no problems that they're managing, managing everything seamlessly. and instead of taking a full back and taking a look at the situation and trying to find solutions there, thing, but we'll make more countries enter this this, this union and without. and that means that they wouldn't be doing this without even respecting their own rules, saying that there has to be a majority vote. and more than a majority are unanimous vote. so they're just trying to get these new countries into the european union as if they wanted to get them as soon as possible. so they could set the doors and make some sort of big european union family. but what type of company we're talking about when people are chewing around european union nations, countries queuing, to get bread queuing to get coal. it's not working. mikhail gorbachev legacy w

union is to oppress ukrainians and the ukrainian people. whole essence of the union was russia's desire to colonize ukraine, and when ukrainian politicians and ukrainian leaders at that time felt that such a people fought so much for an ally will support it, and then the people voted for it as usual when ukrainian students went to the first maidan and argued for the fact that ukrainian boys served only on the territory of ukraine and not in the soviet army, which was scattered throughout the union, when they opposed the monopoly between horses from the communist party because they wanted to see a democratic society even then when they opposed the signing of the union agreement and when people supported them. i remember those shots, i was working as a young journalist then and was actually i was the only television journalist who was appointed, they let you in while starving, because while starving, they were my friends, fellow students, i was the same as them, i also wanted to go there, but i was already working on ukrainian television, the

but he was blamed in russia for unleashing forces that led to the collapse of the soviet union. in 1991 general looks back on his life. mikhail gorbachev left office in 1991 recent survivor of an attempted hard line, communist qu, but victim nonetheless, of unstoppable change. the vast soviet empire had suddenly ceased to exist. gorbachev left behind moscow reduced in stature. the capital now of a newly independent russia. of course, he was very, very disciplined in man because he was at his house. he had not only by the russian state of soviets stayed bud by the russians. i mean, he used to that very popular. he'll be remembered more warmly abroad than at home go b. as he came to be known, one the confidence of world leaders by dismantling the structures of the cold war. he played a crucial role in the re unification of germany. joining east with west as the berlin wall fell last last and perestroika formed the new more attractive face of an old foe. he became sick right there in general like the time when the soviet economy was beginning to collapse. he realized that he had to

still within the union. without losing them to the confederacy. yes to walk a fine line when it comes to slavery. for the most, parties interested in the preservation of the union. emancipation becomes a war strategy and goal once becomes apparent that that is a way of hindering the confederacy from within. confederacy had long -- the slave states within the south had long been concerned with the idea of the internal enemy that are black americans. they want emancipation, they want equality. they might resort to violence in order to achieve that. it is the ruling logic behind these slave codes and maintaining control, maintaining superiority and continuing their interests. it is when the interests of black americans, particularly in the south, to inside with the union that emancipation becomes possible. there are limitations. there is still lower pay for black soldiers. the limited application to the areas for emancipation, particular areas, such as surrounding neurons are exempt from the emancipation block

many russians held him responsible for the demise of the soviet union. but while his own country turned its back on him, gorbachev was hailed around the world as the man who helped tear down the iron curtain and bring about a peaceful revolution. i'd like to welcome e wayne mary senior fellow for europe and eurasia at the american foreign policy council. think tank in washington, d. c. h is been 26 years in the u. s. foreign service, including at the embassy in moscow. at the end of the ussr, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us because gorbachev was the last leader of the soviet union. and we've just heard some of what made him a towering figure of the 20th century. what do you think his legacy will be? i think at the moment, given what's going on in the war in ukraine, perhaps his greatest legacy is that he let the soviet union fail without spilling a lot of blood to try to preserve it. now he did accountant, some bloodshed in lithuania, some georgia when it really came to the question of, are you willing to use massive tours to prese

what i did was defend the soviet union to the last bullet to see what i failed. i don't agree when people say that perestroika failed, didn't fail. it was disrupted derailed at the beginning of $990.00. gorbachev approval rating in the u. s. s. r stood at 70 percent. by the end of the year, it was roughly 20. the survey people felt let down by perestroika when their hopes for a better future simply were not met. at the same time, go to the officer rating in the west, went through the roof, 81 percent approval rating in america, $75.00 in germany, in britain, and 70 percent approval rating in italy. now a slew of economic, social and political failures during put us through a lead to an attempted coup as take you back. august 1991 with senior government and military officials tried to take control of the country away from gorbachev. it failed in just 3 days, but it did precipitate. the disillusion of the soviet union were then future leader boris yeltsin. poise to come to the full august the 19th. 1991 on every tv channel in the country, a continuous loop of the b

the union as well, if possible. unfortunately, the months later the college of came into the office and said, i'm so glad i most. i finally met with president reagan in geneva in november 985. that was the 1st meeting. yet then the leaders of the soviet union and the us hadn't met 6 years, awarded the whole world in attempt situation, a very real threat of nuclear, if anything could have happened. so that time the 2 countries holding the most nuclear weapons, wouldn't people talk to each other over short, brief. you literally had to get how ridiculous dead n situation when build a healthy relationship. yes. someone had to take the 1st step. they tried to scare us and overwhelmed with the arms race. so a lot of things were miss job. it wasn't working. we offered a different approach, a shot to acknowledge the situation that it was dangerous. and to announce to our people that we had to process. and work on piece cooperation and creating a new well on a lot of that process as it started in geneva. and the 1st thing th

e of the soviet union er, when we were the assembly shop of the soviet union yes, without resources, resources we restored the machine-building and petrochemical industries because we have a very small percentage of localization. e. well, you know, er. if we now go on to this topic again, then i want to tell you why the president criticizes, because, uh, today the world and international economic relations are arranged in such a way that our partners. uh, well, too. they have their own interests, they are not only interested in buying. we have goods. they have an interest in creating a product together. that's why we, too, if, well, let's say. uh entered into cooperation with the people's republic of china, then it should be cooperation on an equal footing and beneficial to both the chinese, uh, side and the belarusian side, therefore, of course, it is necessary, uh, higher localization in manufacturing there as well. e bicycles. e motorcycles. uh, geely and so on and so forth. well, we have a lot of specific examples. eh, let's even say so. here is an example of the minsk automobile

until krakow, the soviet union. a person who did not understand the national problems of the country in which she ruled. a person who tried to use force and stopped . the mechanisms stopped, i understand. of course, from the western point of view, gorbachev is a giant because they are all the post-war decades thought that they would die from a nuclear war and they did not die and the soviet ally, but a person who looks like a giant to someone who didn't kill her doesn't look like a good politician to someone who had the same passport with her. do you understand that this is our difference from those western leaders? do you associate such a change in gorbachev's rhetoric with regard to ukraine? yes, in 14th year he said that he supported the annexation of crimea, in 16th year he repeated this thesis, by the way, when the full-scale invasion took place, well, at least that's what russian journalists who are with him tell we talked, he was already sick, he didn't support putin's policy too much, we know what gorbachev

he was leader of the soviet union. normally we would expect there to be some type of state funeral for someone like mikhail gorbachev. is that something that you expect in a russia that is being led by vladimir putin? it is difficult to imagine a big or est funeral because he is very much disliked by, by the majority of russians. but you never know there was a when his or when, when, when boris yeltsin this excessive from gorbachev was president of russia. and the 1st president of russia died there was kind of a state funeral, but it was not a soul so big and huge. i would say, so we're going to expect something like that here. now, in this case, ah, we do not know how russian propaganda will try to use it, but we have to remember this war in ukraine. i've mentioned in the beginning of our conversation is actually about dismantling what gorbachev created. it's about turning back the clock and trying to restore the soviet union by force, something which are all expert work experts i've talked to and, and people i've tal

in the energy balance of the european union has been decreasing, and this was foreseen by the energyopean union of many eu countries, decarbonization of the energy sector , decarbonization of the ice economy implementation of the provisions of the climate agreement of the paris climate agreement exactly where a strong reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and also pollution is expected air pollution and coal is very important here, because it has reduced its role on the one hand, on the other hand - it is still, in my opinion, the european union , in my opinion, inappropriately quickly abandoned the role of coal and relied on russian gas, but we see that it didn't work and because russian gas turned out to be a politically political weapon of oil and petroleum products, too, and well, the european union has to restore the operation of some thermal power plants on a temporary basis, of course, germany today is already restoring the operation of one test and plans to restore the operation of another 15 thermal power plants in the near future well, some countries of the european union a

in the former soviet union, he failed those people. he did the bidding of the west, but he failed his own people. a slew of economic, social and political failures during perestroika lead to an attempted coup will take you back to august 1991 with the senior government and military officials trying to take control of the country away from gorbachev. now it failed in just 3 days, but precipitated the dissolution of the soviet union with future liter. boris yeltsin then poise to come to the for oh, good. the 19th 1991 on every tv channel in the country, a continuous loop of the ballet swan lake. meanwhile, in moscow, dramatic scenes were playing out a moment, vehicles rolling into the capitol. the presence of the usa seller is out of town and not a house arrest the holiday home in crimea will radio and t v announcements proclaimed mikhail gorbachev was no longer fit for duty. and the country was now under the control of an emergency committee. ah, cities is new as motionless. stoopa stay unused at all yet these bonia go to my children. w

guest: when you talk about unions, there is a disassociation with labor unions today. labor unions today are not representing coal miners. they are representing irs agents in a government office. number one spending is politics. the number one special interest group in america and the scandal of it is they have taken this money from your everyday public employee and funneled into politics. we just did an analysis of the national education association's budget. it was less than 10% of their whole budget being spent on representing teachers. over 50% of their budget was being spent on political activities and grants to file one three c4's which is basically political and nonprofit. we talk about special interest groups, government unions are special interest groups in america. host: when you say -- to target conservative groups? is the same happening in conservative --? guest: i haven't seen any evidence of that. i have never seen an irs go after liberal groups in america. i have never seen peoples irs status from liberal groups being there's like we saw in the obama adm

this union is up for change.king about what the customer wants and i'm sure you would agree customers want convenience and to receive goods pretty quickly after the order them and they want that seven days a week and they want that seven days a week and if it is later in the day later in the day i am sure they don't mind so long as they get what they ordered and i'm sure that is something you agree on. is that something you agree on. is that something the members of your union are prepared to do in terms of a sunday service, deliveries later in the day and so forth? share sunday service, deliveries later in the day and so forth?— the day and so forth? are already deliverin: the day and so forth? are already delivering a _ the day and so forth? are already delivering a sunday _ the day and so forth? are already delivering a sunday service - the day and so forth? are already delivering a sunday service which | the day and so forth? are already i delivering a sunday service which we agreed 18 months ago as part of t

and you know, the soviet union collapsed.e really began to live extremely hard lives, the economy fell apart, there was no structure left anymore to the economy or even societally, people began to blame him. and to this day, many russians revile him. so to me, he is the person who absolutely changed history with his own personality, to have that vision that somehow things could change. and it didn't work out the way he wanted it to, but he certainly will go down in history as a person who really reformed and brought russia out of the darkness, into what eventually became some type of democracy. we know the problems that exist right now, but gorbachev certainly, i would hope that russians eventually, many years from now, will remember him as a person who actually improved russia and saved russia from itself at many moments. >> certainly someone who improved the world. jill, stand by for me, please. i want to bring in cnn's fred pleitgen in moscow. fred, what is the reaction in russia to the news? >> hi, there. this is obviousl