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that was from vladimir kara—murza. do you share that feeling?ne doesn't have to look far to find facts confirming this. he was poisoned in august of last year with a military—grade nerve agent, and the subsequent investigation showed direct link of the poisoning to russian security services. so i think putin, of course, would like to eliminate navalny, who, over the last year, has emerged as the most serious opponent to his regime. i've described you as notjust a political associate of his, very heavily involved in his anti—corruption foundation, but also a friend of his. when he told you, and i'm assuming you talk quite frequently when he was having the medical treatment in germany, when he told you of his intention to go back to russia, did you advise him against it? i was thinking about this all the time since the time of poisoning and when he was still in coma, that it was my duty to — not to dissuade him from going back to russia, but to explain to him that he has options, that he needs to weigh them carefully — returning, not returning, or

this was a particularly not well received statement by vladimir putin. on the other hand we have perception within the united states that russia is an exit stencil threat. the supreme commander of nato, in 2015, and the other statements we make, russia is rewriting the settlement using force. its colleagues in the military proclaiming russia as an exit stencil threat to the united states and most recently president biden when he was running for office last fall saying the biggest threat to america right now in terms of breaking up our security and alliances is russia. secondly the biggest competitor of china. but seeing russia as much more of appear power. and in 2021, 30 years after the collapse of the soviet union having this conversation. as i will explain as the talk goes on it is surprising, having this conversation, in 1991. most people say no, by relying on some of the data just a quick review of russia's disruption internationally. since 2014 and the seizure of crimea from ukraine, a policy of the united states not to recognize crimea as part of

for its part, the government vladimir . west over that.ent vladimir putin says there is nothing wrong with troops, it has in fact been responding to aggression from the west. translation: , , ., translation: in response to the military threats _ translation: in response to the military threats to _ translation: in response to the military threats to russia - translation: in response to the military threats to russia we - military threats to russia we have taken appropriate have ta ken appropriate measures. have taken appropriate measures. as part of exercises during the training period, to check the combat readiness of the troops. check the combat readiness of the troupe— the troops. for years, ukraine has been _ the troops. for years, ukraine has been pushing _ the troops. for years, ukraine has been pushing to _ the troops. for years, ukraine has been pushing to join - the troops. for years, ukraine has been pushing to join nato| has been pushing tojoin nato to the annoyance of the kremlin. even if it happens, and there were no guarantee

plus you add to that that donald trump was able to accomplish something for vladimir putin that vladimirty that vladimir putin couldn't have dreamed of ever bringing on his own, so it would make sense that he would meddle in this way. >> i have to ask do you think that this was a failing of the mueller report that they didn't pursue this line of reasoning. they assessed the collusion because it is not a criminal defense nor a term of art in criminal law, they didn't pursue collusion. but they did find manafort sent internal polling data but manafort briefed kilimnick on the state of the campaign. the briefing encompassed internal polling data and it focused on michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, minnesota. those were three of the four -- three of those four states delivered the election to trump. do you wish that mueller had gone a little further down that road to provide more information earlier? because we could have known this then. >> yeah, there are things that i wish they had investigated and that they had made more clear in the report that certainly true, no doubt about that. but d

joe biden has called vladimir putin a thug.e relationship with russia going forward. give me 30 seconds on what stable relationship looks like. >> joe biden said it should be possible to walk and chew gum at the same time. one of the key issues, of the forthcoming personal meeting between president biden and vladimir putin, should be the issue of political prisoners and the top of that list is alexei navalny, who is now as we speak entering the third week of his hunger strike in protest at deliberate denial of medical care. navalny just a few months ago was poisoned by russian security services. he is being denied medical care, and this should be among the top of the issues on the list when biden and putin meet this summer in european. >> you put a lot into a short amount of time. we'll continue discussing this. the one thing you remind us we should always be reminded of, we're not talking about the russians. we're talking about the administration and the regime of vladimir putin and that's a discussion because there's a whole

that is a message you hope will have gotten through to vladimir putin.nd really interesting is that of course vladimir putin had a better relationship with donald trump, and it is clear putin did not want joeiden to come to power. but at least the kremlin knows what america has redlines are, and that could be the start of some kind of dialogue. laura: steve rosenberg live in moscow, thank you. president biden held his first in person meeting with a foreign leader at the white house today, and the marquis treatment went to the japanese prime minister. japan is the strongest u.s. ally in the pacific region. there was much for the two to talk about from the threat from china to trade. president biden said cooperation between the u.s. and japan is vital. president biden: i am really pleased to welcome such a good ally and great partner. the united states and japan have a big agenda ahead of us. we are two important democracies , and our cooperation is vital, in my view, and i believe in both of our views, to meeting the challenges facing the nations and ensu

what is actually going to stop vladimir putin from invading? >> i think what happened a few years ago, when ukraine was invaded, it is not th the failure of diplomacy. it is the failure of credibility, vis-aÀ-vis russia. when we make the lines, we have to make them respected by our people and the orders. and i think we have to be clear and tough. it was a failure of a naive approach with russia. i'm definitely in favor of discretion with russia, with an open, quiet, and resolution with russia. but i think when we put red lines, we have to be sure to be credible and to make these red lines respected by the orders. >> brennan: understood. >> if we want to be efficient, we have to accelerate the diplomatic agenda and u.s./europe -- all of us have to be very clear that we will never accept a new military operation on the ukrainian soil, and we havto bey to be edible. >> brennan: do you think that what president biden did with sanctions will make any difference to vladimir putin this time? will it stop him? >> i think we need an approachapproach to

and anyone suggesting leaving afghanistan would bow to vladimir putin.a matter of principle, american troops had to stay in afghanistan. and they did stay peer they are still there today. official washington went berserk over "the new york times" story. though the piece contains no actual facts, cnn senior intelligence correspondent declared it richly reported. a rich tapestry of reporting. and the rest are there agreed with this. the times story was independently confirmed by many other outlets no one explain how independently confirmed. but they didn't need to because it was definitely true. we knew that. the story was real. the only question was, why hadn't donald trump attacked russia in retaliation for the killing of u.s. soldiers? the white house yet to authorize any steps in response to this gravely noted appeared suddenly it was clear who donald trump was really working for. >> we need to look at the real threat to u.s. troops and the risk that russia is putting a bounty on their heads, no matter what memos may have been ignored. what is the trut

if you cast your mind back to that press conference in helsinki with president trump and vladimir putinhe threw his own intelligent services under the bus saying they were wrong that russia had not interfered in the 2016 election, very much different tone from joe biden and an indication that the norms of great power rivalry are reasserting themselves and pivot away from the war on terrorism back toward a focus on russia and china as the great adversaries and competitors facing america today. anchor: thank you. that is the view from washington. let's go now to moscow where our correspondent steve rosenberg as more on how these sanctions are received by the kremlin. reporter: there has been an anger response in moscow. the russian foreign ministry h accused america of aggressive behavior and of dangerously raising the temperature of confrontation between the 2 countries. there has been reaction from the russian foreign intelligence service, which washington believes was behind the hacks, and svr describe the accusation as meaningless weather. what did russian state television say tonight

united states east of the russia russia lost the cold war and we've never forget and forgive and vladimir putin we're trying to rebuild russia in the aftermath if you want to understand what's going on in ukraine today you need to understand that united states in the decade investing in a gentleman named boris yeltsin who was supposed to subordinate russia to all things western all things united states and this failed. and the people who promoted this promoted the embrace of course yeltsin had to deal with the reality of latter mere putin under barack obama there was a reset attempt but it wasn't a reset for vladimir putin it was a reset for dimitri meant the a.v. while crude was prime minister so his hopes that $130.00 min v.a.d. of we could push putin out of power and have russia rip current to the fold down minutes this didn't work so what's happening in ukraine is an extension of a policy that seeks to undermine vladimir putin's russia by empowering them near abroad we saw that in georgia we see that ukraine we see that within the former republics in the baltic. it's a policy that's o

and other stenting against vladimir putin.ons running time, but in terms of the mass protest, it is nothing like the size of the protests saw back in january. anchor: let us talk about president putin's annual address. it lasted 90 minutes, largely focused on internal affairs. there were no specific mentions of alexis -- alexey navalny or russian troop buildup at the ukraine border. there were several messages for the west. >> i just have to say, we will have patients, responsibly, professionalism, self-righteousness and common sense when making any decision. but i hope that no one will think of crossing the so-called redline regarding russia. anchor: a pointed message, plenty of them. alexey navalny is one of many causes of tensions between vladimir putin and the west. that tension has been building since mr. navalny was poisoned last august. the russian state is widely suspected of carrying that up, though it denies this. mr. navalny spent five months recovering in germany and was arrested when he arrived back in russia in j

mr zelensky says he wants direct face—to—face talks with vladimir putin.foreign minister. you've presumably been involved in efforts to arrange that. is it going to happen? hopefully, we all understand that, if you want to end the war in ukraine and bring peace, you have to speak with president putin directly. our main goal is to have a normandy four full—fledged summit, because the conditions are there. ukraine implemented all the parts of the normandy summit decision from paris 2019, so we can move forward. the only party that has not implemented its commitments is russia. we have to talk with them and we want to talk in the normandy format. but if putin escapes that format, my president is ready to meet with him in person and discuss how to remove russia from ukraine, how to deoccupy our territories and bring peace. so, that's what you want. you want that face—to—face putin—zelensky meeting. putin says, "well, if you want that, first you have to agree "to talk to the separatist leaders in donbas. "and then, when you've sorted out some of the issues "wit

they criticized vladimir putin.the streets in cities all over russia, chanting russia without putin, putin is a thief, freedom to political prisoners and simply let him go, meaning the jailed opposition leader alexei navalny. the most prominent political prisoner in russia, he continues his hunger strike after having been moved to a prison hospital and now to civilian hospital in a city 110 miles east of moscow. with his lawyers saying he could die at any moment, alexei navalny released this statement today. i will sincerely say, two feelings are raging inside me. pride and hope. people are marching in the street. it means they know and understand everything. they won't give up their future, the future of their children, their country. yes, it will be difficult and dark for some time, but those pulling russia back historically are doomed. there are more of us in any case. yesterday's protesters came -- yesterday's protests came immediately after vladimir putin delivered the equivalent of the russian state of the uni

this was vladimir putin's 17th state of the nation address., threatened by the west. and he warned, "don't mess with russia." translation: i hope no one will cross russia's red line i but each case, we are the ones who will decide where the red line is. organisers of any provocation threatening our security will regret it, like they have regretted anything for a long time. —— like they haven't regretted anything. but is it moscow that's the threat? the us and nato say they are concerned by recent troop movements and a military build—up near ukraine. there is also concern about alexei navalny. the jailed opposition leader, is on hunger strike and in poor health. america has one russia of consequences if he dies. today, police detained more than 1,000 supporters of mr navalny. there were protests across russia. this was the scene in moscow, close to the kremlin. people marched through the city, defying the authorities, who called the protests illegal. russia will be free, they chanted. and "we're the power here". vladimir putin always says every

[inaudible] >> you have any conditions before meeting with vladimir putin? >> one at a time. >> if the risk is so low outdoors, why doesn't apply to everybody? >> the most certain way to make sure it doesn't spread, people vaccinated, the people you are with and your outside. >> you chose to wear a mask when you walked out here, what message are you sending by wearing a mask. >> i put it back on inside. >> do have preconditions before meeting with vladimir putin? >> i'll discuss the another day. [inaudible] >> faster for them to get the vaccine india -- >> i'm sorry, last question. regarding india, i spoke with the prime minister, we are sending immediately a full series of help he needs including providing for remdesivir and other drugs are able to deal with this and prevent in some cases but recover, help recover. second, we are sending the actual mechanical parts needed for the machinery they have to build a vaccine and that's being done as well. we are discussing, i've discussed with him when we can send actual vaccines to india which would be my intenti

this was vladimir putin's 17th state of the nation address. besieged fortress, threatened by the west. and he warned, "don't mess with russia." translation: i hope no one will cross russia's red line. | but in each case, we are the ones who will decide where the red line is. organisers of any provocation threatening our security will regret it like they haven't regretted anything. —— fora —— for a long time. but is it moscow that's the threat? the us and nato say they're concerned by recent troop movements and a military build—up near ukraine. there is concern too about alexei navalny. the jailed opposition leader is on hunger strike and in poor health. america has warned russia of consequences if he dies. today, police detained more than 1,000 supporters of mr navalny. there were protests across russia. this was the scene in moscow, close to the kremlin. people marched through the city, defying the authorities who'd called the protests illegal. "russia will be free," they chanted, and "we're the power here". vladimir putin always says everyth

he suggested to vladimir putin they should meet for a summit in a third country in the coming months,try and de—escalate tensions, because there are some key things where the two countries will have to work together — not least nonproliferation, the iran nuclear deal and the longer—term challenge of climate change. gary o'donoghue in washington. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has more on the reaction from the kremlin to these latest sanctions. well, there's been an angry response in moscow to these sanctions. the russian foreign ministry has accused america of aggressive behaviour and of dangerously raising the temperature of confrontation between the two countries. and there's been reaction, too, from the svr — that's russia's foreign intelligence service, which washington believes was behind the solarwinds hack. the svr described that accusation as "meaningless blather". and what did russian state television say tonight about the new sanctions? "has america gone bananas? how are the two presidents going to talk after this?" and that is a key question, because talks — or th

>> would you have any preconditions before meeting with vladimir putin? >> i, uh at a time. , one >> if the risk is so low outdoors, why doesn't it apply to everybody? >> because the science indicates the most certain way to assure that it doesn't spread is that both people vaccinate. >> sir, you chose to wear a mask as you walked out here. what message were you sending to wear a mask? >> you watch me take it off and i will put it back on when i get inside. >> do you have any preconditions before meeting with vladimir putin? >> i will discuss that another day. thank you. >> will you make it faster for them to get the vaccines that we will get soon? in india? they are suffering. >> i'm sorry, this last question i will take. i am really going to be in trouble. with regard to india, i spoke at length the prime minister. we are sending immediately a whole series of help that he needs, including providing for those remdesivir and other drugs that are able to deal with this and prevent in some cases, but help recover. secondly, we are sending the actual mechani

that's because of vladimir putin now because of us.id, i don't think we should look forward here, i don't think that we should be going to look for cyber escalation upon escalation. the big complex relationship between u.s. and russia has enabled for corruption -- sorry for cooperation on things like the iran nuclear deal or nuclear arm control, at the same time, we're confronting each other in other areas. again, i do think that we have to do certain things because we care about the, not just in russia, but globally. >> the reason to go after corruption and autocracy is not because we're seeking to get rid of putin and russia is because we're seeking to get rid of those things globally, and the united states can take a stand on those principle not just an opposition putting but everywhere. >> the point about money laundering is very well said. ben rhodes, thank you so much. that is all in on this tonight, the rachel meadow show starts right now. rt right now. happy to have you here. >>> a big news day today, president biden announcing

well it wasn't a reset for vladimir putin it was a reset for dimitri. was prime minister he was already been viewed of we could push note of power and have russia rip current to the fold. and it's this didn't work so what's happening in ukraine is an extension of a policy that seeks to undermine glenarm or putin's russia by empowering the near abroad we saw that in georgia we see that ukraine we see that with the former republics in the baltic. it's a policy that's out of control and enough and but the reality we're supporting more of the most corrupt governments in the world we're supporting a state and nation that doesn't function properly and we're destabilizing an entire region all out of right there. and that's all this is is why. yes i mean for me that's not a foreign policy demonization is not a foreign policy and i mean let me come back to what we tell you in washington and what i find so peculiar here the all of the quote unquote help from the obama administration to help ukraine you know the being part of the overthrow of the legal government

vladimir putin is a killer. he agreed with that assertion in an interview on abc - a few days ago.clear- that the build—up of troops along the border with ukraine and russia is completely outl of order and crosses a red line _ vladimir putin has pulled back those troops to their barracks| because of the possibility i of a summit with president biden. so this sort of steel - that he is putting forward is enough to make those figures | in the international community, j who perhaps believe that. america was, in their eyes, a soft touch, and a spent force and those lines were flexible, i that they could basically cross those lines when they felt - like it, those red lines- are being marked out very, very clearly now. and i think that is- a very important point. but going back to what jefj was saying and eunice has mentioned this, 54% popularity. if you have got the public with you, that will help . you in your governance, i whether it is foreign policy or domestic policy. and asjef made clear, - donald trump never had that for the whole of the four years of his time in office. _ you me

he suggested to vladimir putin they should meet for a summit in a third country in the coming months,try and de—escalate tensions, because there are some key things where the two countries will have to work together — not least nonproliferation, the iran nuclear deal and the longer—term challenge of climate change. gary o'donoghue there. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has more on the reaction from the kremlin to these latest sanctions. well, there's been an angry response in moscow to these sanctions. the russian foreign ministry has accused america of aggressive behaviour and of dangerously raising the temperature of confrontation between the two countries. and there's been reaction, too, from the svr — that's russia's foreign intelligence service, which washington believes was behind the solarwinds hack. the svr described that accusation as "meaningless blather". and what did russian state television say tonight about the new sanctions? "has america gone bananas? how are the two presidents going to talk after this?" and that is a key question, because talks — or the prospe

. —— vladimir putin. aleem maqbool reports. it's the biggest russian troop movement in seven years.o emerge of military vehicles heading towards the ukrainian border. now the russian defence ministry is proudly releasing footage of military aircraft and boats heading that way, too. a few days ago, the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, made a dramatic visit to the front lines, where his country because my —— where his country's army has been fighting with rebels. it was an appeal to the world to help. others are now seeing the need others are now seeing the need for urgency. antony blinken met a ukrainian delegation to discuss the issue, with the promise the us will increase its military presence in the region. nato has called the russian build—up of troops unjustified and unacceptable and want moscow to withdraw them. ~ ., , ., _ them. we are seriously concerned _ them. we are seriously concerned by _ them. we are seriously concerned by ongoing l concerned by ongoing developments, and nato is monitoring the situation very closely. in the recent weeks, russia has moved thousan

alexi novotny is a long-time critic of the kremlin in general and vladimir putin in particular.ys he is at the end of his life now. and beonna, we are talking about a man that nearly died last night from poisoning and now he's dieing in prison, and what more can western leaders do at this stage except to ask for him to be treated humanely. >> well, it may not be enough. as you mentioned those allies around him say he's just days away from death. he's entering his 20th day of a hunger strike now. he has lost nearly 40 pounds since he has been in prison and we have heard from president biden, his first phone call with vladimir putin, he talked about the need to release now svotny,d i expected to hear this week from the second phone call was the readout that novotny was brought up again and we didn't hear his name brought up, and jake sullivan addressed this issue this morning. take a listen. >> we actually made the judgment direct communication to the russian government including how we see it and how our allies and partners see it and what might unfold should something terrible h

russian president vladimir putin addresses the nation amid of rising tensions with ukraine and growing concern for the health of dissident leader who was on hunger strike in prison. and was covered 19 cases soaring in india and oxygen supplies dwindling people are camping outside the hospitals where their loved ones are being treated. plus it is game over for a proposed european super league after an exodus of elite football clubs from the controversial project even its founders are having 2nd thoughts. welcome to the program a jury in minneapolis has found former police officer. guilty of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the death of george floyd last year he was filmed killing floyd a black man but pressing his knee on floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes the murder spot global outrage and protests against racism and police brutality people in minneapolis celebrated the verdict we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count one unintentional 2nd degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty to the words so many had been hoping and waiting for their guil

board of the ukraine from vladimir putin orsomething more?ale, thank you very much. the hong kong media tycoon, jimmy lai, who's one of the territory's most prominent pro—democracy activists, will go on trial tomorrow under a new national security law from beijing, which critics say is draconian, and erodes people's you're right. hey, good morning, everybody. this is a very nice day in hong kong today... despite the fear, jimmy lai continued his criticism of beijing. live—streaming from his newspaper headquarters, he'd broadcast his talks with prominent western political figures on a weekly basis. yeah, i think the freedom of speech is in danger here in hong kong. beijing says the new laws were needed to restore stability and end violent protest in the city. and the laws also makejimmy lai's broadcasts a risky move. given their vague wording, it's unclear if the discussions could land him with even more charges. his every word spoken could be used against him. beforejimmy is finally detained, we meet him one last time. i'm prepared for the wo

vladimir putin refused sullen skis -- refused a request to meet, he invited him to moscow but he laidown some details unacceptable to ukrainians. the g4 are going to meet to discuss the situation. at the moment, the ukrainian side is not keen on the idea. one of the reasons they were not keen on the idea is it might jeopardize the possibility of a meeting at the top between resident zelensky and vladimir putin. it seems that talks about talks are underway, and it is possible because they felt they might the able to organize a some kind of meeting, that's why the russians felt that was an objective achieved. but really this is just speculation. we also don't know why they were there in the first place, that's what the current ukrainian foreign minister said every clearly in a statement, that russia owes the world an explanation about what is going on. anchor: we don't know why russia was there in the first place or why they have decided to withdraw now, nevertheless, ukrainians breathing a sigh of relief. reporter: yeah, there certainly is relief in tf. -- kiev. less than half of ukrai

would a meeting with vladimir putin be conditions based?or instance, to remove more of its troops from the ukrainian border before meeting? >> reporter: it's a great question and we really haven't gotten a lot of answers from the white house on this. one big concern looming over a potential summit, of course, is the health of alexei navalny, a leading russian opposition figure who is in jail and his health has been deteriorating rapidly. jake sul vain the national security adviser did say there would be consequences if alexei navalny were to die in prison, but he would not go as far as to say a potential summit would actually be cancelled if he did die. so, there are still some questions about whether russian aggression if it were to continue would impact the prospects for that summit, but in one sign that the summit is likely to occur, we are told that secretary of state antony blinken is being dispatched to ukraine early next month to meet with his counterparts in the hopes that it might ease ukrainian anxiety over a potential biden/putin

>> i'm not sure, chris, that it's possible with vladimir putin running russia.ir putin, not because of us. that said, i don't think we should be looking to go to war here, i don't think we should be looking for cyber escalation upon escalation. the big, complex relationship between the u.s. and russia has enabled for corruption -- sorry, for cooperation on things like the iran nuclear deal or nuclear arms control, at the same time we're confronting each other in other areas. again, i do think we have to do certain things because we care about them not just in russia, but globally. the reason to go after corruption and autocracy is not because we're seeking to get rid of putin in russia. it's because we're seeking to get rid of those things globally. the united states can take a stand for those principles, not just in opposition to putin, but anywhere. >> the point about money laundering is really, really, really well said. >>> that is "all in" on this wednesday night. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris, thanks

reacting to this interview, vladimir putin's spokesman said that it was another alarming signal fromhe said it would be impossible to modify minsk ii without putting an end to it. perhaps another sign these recent tensions between russia and ukraine are not over yet. >> ukrainians have been paying tribute to victims of the chernobyl nuclear disaster 35 years ago. morris took place -- memorials began at the same moment the nuclear meltdown happened in 1986. the town was built to house tens of thousands of people. dozens were killed in the disaster. and thousands more died in the years following. due to radiation related illnesses. th internation navy is trying to find ae way of retrieving the bodies of the 53 sailors who died in last week's submarine disasters. this guessing plans with specialists and international allies. the vessel was found at a depth of 850 meters. experts say retrieval will be difficult. family members i have been paying tribute to their loved ones. jessica washington has more from the indonesian capital jakarta. jessica: in java this father endures what no paren