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 russia, but it has become part of russia. in 2015, quick and effective mobilization into syria fundamentally changing the facts on the ground working with iran to maintain but sharla saad. 2016 us presidential election interference as well as interference with the referendum later. giving about $7 million to marine le pen as she prepared for her bid on the french presidency, the us warship considering until now. in 2018-19, in eastern europe, and beyond, the solar wind software, implanting code into

russia. this is because the u.s. sanctioned russians. it is going to stop the u.s. embassies and missions from hiring russians and other third-country nationals to work in their missions, this will affect everything from drivers" to analyst staff. it has also been suggested by the russian foreign ministry that the u.s. ambassador here goes back to washington for consultations because the russian ambassador is in moscow for consultations. 1 several your anchor: several european leaders are urging russia to reverse the russian troop buildup on the border with ukraine. this follows a videoconference with leaders from germany, france and ukraine. police in indianapolis have identified the gunman who killed eight fedex workers before killing himself. 19-year-old brandon whole was a former employee of the carrier company. he had previously been interviewed by the fbi after his mother called police, flagging mental health concerns. the mother of a young black man shot dead by police during a traffic

diplomats here in russia will have to leave russia or is also sanctioning 8 washington administration officials this is because last month the u.s. sanctioned 8 russians it's going to stop the u.s. embassies and missions here hiring russians on other 3rd country nationals to work in their missions this can affect everything from drivers and cooks to analysis stuff and also it's been suggested by the russian foreign ministry that the u.s. ambassador here goes back to washington for consultations because russia's ambassador is in moscow for consultations several european leaders a russia to reverse a troop build up on its border with ukraine ukrainian president vladimir this is vilinsky is calling for a summit with that amir putin and european powers his statement follows a video conference with the leaders of germany france and ukraine. police in indianapolis identified the gunman who killed 8 fed-ex workers before killing himself 19 year old brandon home was a former employee of the korea company he had previously been interviewed by the f.b.i. after his mother called police flagging

but it makes russia specht of partner it makes russia. look strong on the international agenda it doesn't isolate russia the greatest fear of russia to be isolated to be completely neglected to be disrespected by the west and here by this gesture by and to meet maybe in geneva or in vienna in the next weeks i think it will happen and biden will meet the russian leader before he meets european leaders in paris and berlin or in brussels as a sign which russia cannot ignore and i want to come back to that a little bit later on but let me go now to. your opening statement refers to the creeping alex ation of the eastern ukrainian region of donbass in fact an all out invasion is. not generally moscow style until now. infiltration hybrid warfare has been their preferred methods so do you think that is changing would you expect to see a true military offensive here. i would not exclude that but i think it's about 80 percent or 70 percent and. muscle flexing. and threatening ukraine and the west and what 20 or 30 percent maybe military escalation

diplomats in russia will have to leave russia or is also sanctioning 8 washington administration officials this is because last month the u.s. sanctioned 8 russians it's going to stop the u.s. embassies and missions who are hiring russians of a 3rd country nationals to work in their missions this can affect everything from drivers and cooks to analysis stuff. and also it's been suggested by the russian foreign ministry that the u.s. ambassador here goes back to washington for consultations because russia's ambassador is in moscow for consultations police in the u.s. city of indianapolis say it's still too early to know the motive behind says day's mass shooting a gunman killed 8 people and injured several others at a fed ex facility yet entity of the attacker who killed himself hasn't been released members of me at malls alstad political parties ethnic leaders an anti the protesters have formed a national unity government they say it's aimed at restoring democracy after the marriage she killed in february. 9 per a democracy activists in hong kong have been sentenced for taking part in anti

for doing that, not russia. they're saying kilimnick was part of that on behalf of the kremlin. got it. it should be noted that almost the whole republican party under donald trump and most of the conservative media world in this country went for that hook, line, and sinker, even though it was russian disinformation designed to get them off the hook by disguising their own role and blaming it on somebody else. everybody who went along with that "it was really ukraine," you were playing the russian blame game. got it. but the other assertion that they make there, which is a brand-new assertion we've never had from the u.s. government before, about what happened in 2016, they did not need to include that today. but they did. and in so doing, they made big news. i mean, what they just disclosed here about what happened in 2016 was, i think you would call it the collusion. the trump campaign chairman in 2016 was paul manafort, recently pardoned by president trump after trump lost reelection. manafort was described i

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and, of course, russia's bestselling strategy in the world is, "do not provoke russia." we shouldn't allow them to impose that line of thinking on international community and on our societies. we will be defending ourselves. we will be protecting our democratic institutions from russian disinformation and malign influence. but we do not pose a threat to russia. that's the fact. here's what one independent russian journalist, leonid ragozin, has said about the current tensions. he says the amassing of troops by the kremlin was their heavy—handed response to what they in russia interpret as a coordinated attempt by new us president biden and president zelensky of ukraine to upset the fragile equilibrium on the front line in east ukraine. does he have a point? well, it's a good point to start reflecting on what russia imagines as an equilibrium, occupying parts of a neighbouring country, killing almost 111,000 people. if there is an equilibrium, then it is certainly not something that we should take as a sign of stability and something that should be safeguarded for years

you have to also ask what is the kremlin's base of interest that is to be russia's. and to. make clear that it isn't. and then. as a protector once you have a conflict the risk of escalation is the simple reality is that for russia it's like the issue absence of the cross government but it's not who are death issue west nor pans. so what where does that leave us it leaves us in situation we might find ourselves revoking a major conflict and i want to back out of that is not always easy to do once you start upright you can't you can't relate on the ground rules that's right that's why we call it the fog of war marcus i mean looking at it at secretaries they plane can and sullivan here are they ideologues in your mind are they opportunists do they think in geopolitical terms because you know we you know sullivan said he wanted to have a foreign policy for the middle class which if they wanted to get more close the middle class they would end all these wars and stop killing young men and women in wasting all the money maybe put a little money into infrastructure i mean what do

cross talking russia's red lines i'm joined by my guess and washington he's an r.t. column this i mean we have petro he is a visiting fellow at the institute band studies at the university of and here in moscow we crossed through andrew correct go he is a moscow based american political analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rolls in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate you let me go to you 1st here i'm sure you either read or watched putin's address yesterday to the nation and i was quite struck how he actually used the term red lines i think he really wants to get peace. so tangent here there are red lines here because it's always western countries the nato alliance they have their red lines no other countries allowed that it seems the president of the russian federation was making it in vatican clear that there are red lines on russia's side what are some of those red lines go ahead. well he specifically didn't say yes to a word he said that russia would determine whether they were or itself in some respects i see this as an in

the idea of russia would be passed in. a conflict at any cost to be a mistake and so even if you take those of the most. nations and. you have to also ask what is the kremlin's base of interest that is to russia was. and to. make clear that it isn't a popular it's going to. be a monthly rate. and as a project once you have a conflict the risk of escalation is there and the simple reality is that for russia it's like the issue absence of the cross repressive government but it's not who are death issue west nor pans. so what where does that leave us it leaves us in situation we might find ourselves revoking a major conflict and i want to back out of that is not always easy to do once you start a fight you can't you can't lay down the ground rules that's right that's why we call it the fog of war marcus i mean looking at it at secretaries they plane can and sullivan here are they ideologues in your mind are they opportunists do they think in geopolitical terms because you know we you know sullivan said he wanted to have a for

president i'm talking about russia attacking our election russia once again interfered in the race for the white house russia is indeed interfering in the 2020 election with that kind of a double standard it should come as no surprise that people's trust for c.n.n. is on the decline but we don't think that this is all the personal attacks just. makes this worse when you're caught red handed hiding the way you do business from your viewers that's one thing but accusing someone else for breaking the very rules you yourself were caught breaking well that's another it's a rinky dink 2 bit organization what do you want it's c.n.n. that scared defends immunised from any responsibility because nobody takes them seriously and as far as project very nice and james o'keefe god bless him but how many exposé use must be produced before something's done things done and nothing jeff zucker still there everybody still there but let me explain simple their ratings are plummeting those who want to watch c.n.n. if there's no trunk what do you do talk about what a great job biden's knowing what a great

approach to russia under the biden. well. basically of course russia was unpleasantly surprised when france used that was mildly under polemic language about our president when by them basically he left and then in 2 weeks biden says i call that person on post personal relations are very important you know between him and president. we are used to this the united states is no longer a democratic country it divides the wall to democracy and not democracy just so basically the united states sometimes behaves in a very personally tarion manner which we are very familiar with you know it's like stalin and hitler in the end of the one can still get to date where i cannot to morrow but have a lot to prevent go back the same story with biden yesterday when was the cuba today by going to have a summit meeting somewhere in europe and personal relations very important and of course the narrative about trump being the russian agent and somehow focus on russia is completely false you know you just have to look at the fact you have to loo

had to do russia didn't overthrow the government in 2014 george. though that's exactly right i mean the united states is interested in ukraine for one reason it wants ukraine in nature that has been the goal since the end of the soviet union and the dissolution of the warsaw pact because if you look at the map pretty much every country that is west of russia has not been scooped up within nato i mean other than serbia and bosnia herzegovina everybody else is now in. military alliance russia ukraine is the standout and this is the united states is go so really the americans don't care very much about ukraine other than as a a dagger to direct at russia so that's why the americans have been rather. encouraging the ukrainians egging them on maybe it's a mountain of bend and be written thinking that well either way to go is whether ukraine wins in and pushes back on the breakaway provinces or ukraine loses and russia wants to intervene it's a win win for united states and nato because then ukraine could be just. you know be a great great defeat for rus

in conflict with russia. the united states has sanctions in retaliation for washington imposing restrictions on russia. has been a week of unrest in the state of minnesota over the police killing of right shows no sign of. the c.n.n. director is secretly filmed admitting his channel spreads propaganda slogan claiming to be the most trusted media outlet. very good morning to you thanks for joining us for the weekly here. this week marked another low point in russia u.s. relations as both countries are least sanctions on each other moscow expelled 10 u.s. diplomats from russia and advised the acting american ambassador to return. the latest attack country by the by didn't ministration cannot. it seems that washington does not want to accept the fact that in the new geo political realities there is no place for unilateral dictatorship and the broken scenarios of containing moscow which the us short sightedly continues to deploy when you risk further degrading russia u.s. relations we knew that this was coming in

the military me and you know russia when you hear russia saying that it would not accept you created. would it be going to forward with the west be penetrating too much into the russian sphere of influence if ukraine would become a member of nato. no i walk in the question but it's a little bit in that not directed at you but it's a little bit emblematic of kind of the philosophy of a lot of nato members and countries bring we're constantly looking for the problem with us couldn't just be that putin's a bully i mean might just be i mean if the distinguished i correspond to said earlier the russian might go to war in ukraine where they've already done that they invaded crimea and illegally annexed it the use hybrid gray zone marker to do that and they're using proxy warfare as we speak in doma so this is not a hypothetical it's already happened you know so you know the obama's racial ring gets hands of do we provide lethal systems ukraine so that in the fandom sells well they didn't and provided blankets and meals and we see how that worked out and so you know. who does not want ukrain

the oceans that separate the united states from both russia and china at least the european part of russia from the united states so i do have some hope that some of these geo political factors and geo strategic factors. the real 'd ism will kick in at some point and i think biden at least as. he's an experienced foreign policy and but on the other hand been saying that can be a wag meyer being captive to you know all thinking and the bureaucracies and that's what he's going to have to fight trump had to fight the opposite that he was he didn't really follow any of that and sometimes he got himself into trouble by just going doing whatever he wanted so you know it's one there's advantages and disadvantages to both approach but i think the united states really needs to pay attention to that the world has changed and needs to. be rid of some of these alliances i'm pretty radical on that point i think they're outdated and you know they can drag us into wars that we don't want to be in both in east asia and in europe i absolutely do but on many times on cross talk and you and i completely agre

russia russia russia russia and europe. yeah and i one we all have to wonder on this on this program where that's going to lead what does mean what does it mean a successful policy that's a big question you're going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on ukraine state with our. what the fundamentalists are you know borders just lying to nationalities. as a word we don't have with the leaders of the black sea the whole world needs to be . judging. coming crisis of this sentence. we can do better we should know better. everyone is contributing a way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges quickly the response has been massive so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we're in it together. the swarms of them so most. of us who was before. much of those who heard the preview. we were going to. move. move. move show didn't look beautiful the militants who looked good. muslim also these girls will giv

sanctions against russia. because in that executive order it can only be described as a sanction sprit you know excited to russian entities and vigils have been sanctioned for allegedly attempting to interfere in the last year's presidential election stateside a range of financial technology companies top. get it for a parent cyber attacks on federal agencies 10 russian diplomats expelled russia's ability to borrow money also made a lot more difficult so it was pretty far reaching as it appears moscow's retaliatory measures too though it was interesting that joe biden claimed that really he took the sort of soft approach on russia that he could have made it a lot harder. on moscow which actually leads me to something which could be seen as quite confusing perhaps illogical about a lot of the rhetoric coming out of the white house that there seems to be a very big disconnect between what washington says and what washington actually does and not something that my colleague wolf looked into big politics is all ab

top of the list china followed by russia iran and north korea it is the danger posed by russia that is at the center of u.s. foreign policy this week today the new u.s. defense secretary was here in berlin to reassure an ally that america has no plans to pick up and leave president biden is reversing a trump plan to withdraw u.s. troops stationed in germany instead about $500.00 additional troops will be sent here a beefing up of troop numbers is a reaction to what washington and nato both see as russian provocations especially along russia's border with ukraine the u.s. secretary of state is in brussels meeting with his ukrainian counterpart he is expected to offer u.s. and native support what he cannot offer nail what kiev would like most is nato membership for the kremlin that would be an unacceptable threat to. russian warships on their way to the black sea parts of the military buildup around ukraine that's been stoking tensions in recent weeks. military camps like this one have sprung up and witnesses have reported seeing reza tanks in the area now the west is condemning russia's

russia u.s. relations are in tatters at this point there is no reason to believe they will improve any time soon it appears washington is determined to force moscow to take the need this is delusional this will never happen we live in the most dangerous of times. cross-eyed. russia u.s. relations i'm joined by my guest lattimer goldstein in providence he is the chair of the department of slavic studies at brown university in pittsburgh we have dan like he is a professor of law and author of the plot to scapegoat russia and tell us how we crossed the general me whose motto he is managing editor of covert action magazine and author of 4 books on u.s. foreign policy including the russians are coming again all right gentlemen cross how girls in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it glad i'm here let me go to you 1st here as i said in my introduction the relationship is in tatters there's virtually no relationship right now and it seems to me that washington sim

but generally the relations with it's really between initially and russia are good and a russia will not try to change that does not want to push for a more complicated relation because russia needs it's really it's really is one as i said before one of the strongest e.u. allies that it has. part of this whole thing is really extraordinary in the says that you might think the whole weist east espionage activities were over by the by the end of the cold war which doesn't seem to be the case when you look away as has been happening over the last few years in europe russia using sometimes absolutely sophisticated to be in sometimes very pretty primitive means to try to get more information from europe what is russia's trying to establish here. oh you should really understand which westerners often don't and that russia has 2 main intelligence services its military intelligence former g.r.u. and former 1st director of k.g.b. and now now on the hill to hear it it yes and so that's one is political the other is military and the political as yeah that look take into consideration political

has already imposed a series of sanctions against russian individuals and russia of corporations russia in turn has responded with sanctions against the united states in a tit for tat measure so there are sanctions in place already unclear as to exactly what steps further the u.s. could take but this once again just accent 2 aides the relations in existence at the moment between the u.s. and russia president biden having spoken to that emir putin in recent days very critical of him publicly on the telephone call cautioning him against russian interference in u.s. elections blaming him for russia's actions on the crimean border and it is believed bringing up the issue of alexei navalny as well and mike you mentioned there that the united states already has sanctions on america and relations between the 2 powers certainly aren't gree war where does this leave the relationship between russia and the united states particularly if these consequences are enforced. well indeed years so it's hard to see what stronger measures the united states could take at this point what these consequences wo

to europe, but we still operate seamlessly with our people outside of russia, inside of russia. we see increased pressure. it's not the first time that we see it. we have adjusted before. we'll adjust our work now. so our activities will definitely continue. this is a hard question to ask, and it's probably an even harder one to answer — but what happens if alexei navalny dies in prison? maybe he's an abstract person for you and for most of your viewers, but for me, it is a friend, a live being and i'm not ready to... i have to say i have interviewed mr navalny on hardtalk, so i have some experience, i've spent time with him in moscow. i know him as a personality, as a person, but i suppose i'm also exploring what it means politically if the man who so dominates the opposition movement and for whom you and others, you know, you work with, with this sense that he is the leader. if he is no longer there, what do you do? he's alive now. we're applying all our efforts to put domestic pressure on russian authorities, international pressure. we are not ready to entertain this though

russia russia russia and you're going to see. yeah and i want we all have to wonder on this on this program where that's going to lead what does mean what does it mean a successful policy that's a big question you know i am going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on ukraine state with our. i mean this is what i get a call to this is do. you do this for the 1st one of the last we just can stumble from. what is. actually seriously don't. you think it was national capital. petroleum i thought. the plane into. the. sunlight it was a difficult. nope i will support school board if he's going to clean up the school is a good thing because the. change in the life of the smear. job of. post someone. is a tough sell if you believe it. was a pandemic no certainly no borders and is blind to nationalities. as america we don't live with the we don't look like seeing the whole world needs to be. judged. come in every crisis with this system to. we can do better we should.

it was not of course russia will start this base confrontation because look for russia it's the least appropriate moment you know the fate of their north jim joyce been decided right now this is a new administration in the united states we don't want a terrible start for it you know with a bomb or you know the table and all he's administrative so the only party that was interested was your creation because you know. basically mr selenski lost the local election here was his ratings were down he didn't get any calls from western leaders for months now you've got a call from biden he's got a call from boris johnson he talked to young stole them back from april store them back said the vote of stupidity is lake nato will not give you a lol your a privileged partner georgia was also privileged bachmann 2008 so these are all dangerous brew occasions whose aim is to put the blame on russia and this was discussed in russia and a lot of people said by the ukrainians prove all you can us you know the russian hawks and then you know my friend roxanne you should from understand who is already ex

russia responds to u.s. sanctions by expelling 10 american diplomats and slapping a travel ban on 8 current and former u.s. officials. and kim but now this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up police in indianapolis identify the gunman who killed 8 people at a fed ex facility as a 19 year old former employee. for the 1st time in decades cuba's communist party won't be led by a castro. and an important scientific advance all the stuff of nightmares research is create the 1st embryo from human and monkey cells. relations between the u.s. and russia have hit the lowest point in years moscow has retaliated to u.s. sanctions by eggs banning 10 diplomats and banning former and current officials from entering the country came a day after the u.s. imposed similar mischa's cues in russia of election interference and cyber attacks but its move has more from moscow. the russian government says its response to u.s. sanctions is tit for tat 10 u.s. diplomats will have to leave and a senior current and former admin

deal with russia as it is why do you think they're still led by the side that they can't change a russia that liking and that russia that they know right now will sooner or later collapse and they can you know find you know better partner and it's quite you see . their mistake is there. as well at least i cannot speak for the for the whole american for the american public as a whole but this for their leadership especially. the president ministration leadership they saw their belief. being be in big or they were seeing president who. is everything will change be cheech all for them it will be over if you're going. to change russia and that's their mistake . i'm sure about. well mr brzezinski it's always a great pleasure talking to you we have to get there but thank you very much for sharing your thoughts thank you thank you it's not breaking for watching hope to see again next week here on walter part. it's been decades since the fall of spain's fascist regime but old wounds still haven't healed. the times when. because for me from your. computer mr pole to me on the bus at us it's mean

but it makes russia specht of partner it makes russia. look strong on the international agenda it doesn't isolate russia the greatest fear of russia to be isolated to be completely neglected to be disrespected by the west and here by this gesture by and to meet maybe in geneva or in vienna in the next weeks i think it will happen. and biden will meet the russian leader before he meets the european leaders in paris and berlin or in brussels as a sign which russia cannot ignore and i want to come back to that a little bit later on but let me go now to. your opening statement refers to the creeping alex ation of the eastern ukrainian region of. in fact an all out invasion is. not generally moscow style until now. infiltration hybrid warfare has been their preferred methods so do you think that is changing would you expect to see a true military offensive here. i would not exclude that but i think it's about 80 percent or 70 percent and. muscle flexing. and threatening ukraine and the west and about 20 or 30 percent maybe military escalation

russia russia russia and you're going to see. yeah and i want we all have to wonder on this on this program where that's going to lead what does mean what does it mean a successful policy that's a big question you know where i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on ukraine stay with aren't. you know a lot of people speculate why they're not god exists or not i'll tell you one thing that i can guarantee does not exist financial regulators. today the industry prefers to millions of you know the. daily beast is. all about making money and profits the corporations international markets import export do you imagine the number of crime the diseases that are in every community it is not due to new viruses or new microbes that's not true so it is due to environment. and say you know that moment of discipline this sort of muscles are really just accumulate could only come in to be seen to be sad. if the so food industry is successful it will create more jobs i

russia's military buildup near ukraine. 2015. to. the program. well the 200000 people in india have now died from cope with 95 the numbers of new infections and deaths are rising fast driven in part by a new more infectious corona virus variants medical supplies have now begun to arrive from abroad but distributing them to areas most in need is a challenge for hospitals across the country are confronting diet shortages of oxygen. the heart sidewalk contest the physical limits of a healthy person for someone sick with cover 19 it can be a death sentence the hospital beds an oxygen unattainable for desperate patients and his health care system is failing. a new variant has taken hold. you want it has got a. primary and i start. to understand more but it seems these barriers as well as the capacity of potash. humans are. easily dr obvious. fact and next. punishable to keep up with the daily death toll city parks have been turned in the crematorium and scientists are pinning the blame squarely on the country's leaders . bork our political and religio

russia russia russia and you're going to say. yeah and i one that we all have to wonder on this on this program where that's going to lead what does mean what does it mean a successful policy that's a big question you know i am going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on ukraine staying with our. we're segregated. by social class. people for the 1st. if you're born into a 4 family if you're born into a minority family if you're born into a family that only has a single parent that really constrains your life chances people die now they stick on years old if you're born into generational poverty. so by every day you meet your needs and the needs of your family. welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing ukraine. go back to gabriel here in moscow. i find it rather odd in many ways is that if you indeed ukraine is pushing is a landscape which essentially was selected as a. compromise figure they could

it makes russia. look strong on the international agenda it doesn't isolate russia the greatest fear of russia to be isolated to be completely neglected to be disrespected by the west and here by this gesture by and to meet maybe in geneva or in vienna in the next weeks i think it will happen. and biden will meet the russian leader before he meets a european leaders in paris and berlin or in brussels is a clear sign which russia cannot ignore and i want to come back to that a little bit later on but let me go now to. your opening statement refers to the creeping alex station of the eastern ukrainian region of. in fact an all out invasion is. not generally moscow style until now. infiltration hybrid warfare has been the preferred method so do you think that is changing would you expect to see a true military offensive here. i would not exclude that but i think it's about 80 percent or 70 percent and. muscle flexing. and threatening ukraine and the west and what 20 or 30 percent maybe military escalatio

and russia. hospitals across south asia are at breaking point some say more severe wave of covert 19 sweeps across the region india is reporting the world's highest number of new infections within 261000 in just 24 hours egyptian local media are reporting at least 16 people having killed in a train derailment and 100 others have been injured that happened as the train was traveling near the city of north of cairo. a massive fire in the south african city of cape town has ravaged large parts of table mountain far as often breakouts in this part of south africa during the periods of traits. at least 70 people have been killed in violence in yemen smart and thais province's government forces say a battle for control of the all rich regions has intensified securing the past 24 hours well those are the headlines stay with us an al-jazeera inside story is next . well russia could go to war against ukraine moscow masses its troops along the border what's prompted the escalation how much of a threat is i

this is the the view news live from berlin rallies across russia meet with a tough police response. 14 hundreds are arrested as people turn out in the thousands demanding freedom. for jailed kremlin critics health is failing after 3 weeks on hunger strike. also coming up with ukraine seeking its national help against russia's military buildup visits a ukrainian city where residents are preparing for the wars. and the race to stop global warming the u.s. prepares a virtual summit to tackle climate change on the day when more than 50 years ago people 1st rallied to sound the alarm. as well come to the program rights groups say police have detained more than 1400 protesters in dozens of cities across russia demonstrators marched for the release of jailed opposition leader. whose health is said to be deteriorating their protests were held on the same day as president vladimir putin's annual state of the nation address in it he warned foreign powers against what he called provoking russia the un the us have told moscow it will face consequences if he dies in prison. i mean of all these supp

well will have to abandon russia. michael we don't have a whole lot of time left on ask you to please keep your answer brief or just have about a minute but essentially at the end of the day here president putin remains firmly in control is that right. absolutely and you know he doesn't only have the state operators that is disposal but the one thing i'm really worried about do are so-called tree lights elements of the security service or military dad might act within russia to go after his opponents or feel like they have license to go after their opponents overseas as well that is a very worrisome and chilling element here and i think it's one that the west has to be cognizant of and keep surveillance over those elements like to put and that may go after put in opponents totally in russia but overseas as well all right we've run out of time for going to have to leave the conversation there thank you so much to all of our guests alexander salafi of michael buster q. and maria lipman and thank you too for watching you

crain refuses russia's demand that it talk directly to pro moscow separatist leaders russia refuses to withdraw from crimea but she documented in 2014. and lists a political deadlock on many levels remain the breakdown in the current ceasefire was fairly predictable because the sides were negotiating in good faith it's not negotiating in good faith in it probably in about october and they've reached the point where they were instead of trying to find common ground they were deliberately putting forth proposals that they knew would annoy the other side or that they knew would be nonstarters and once that starts to happen then you know that the breakdown of the ceasefire is only a small it's only a matter of time russia calls it a military exercise ukraine says it is a dangerous provocation after 7 years of failed peace negotiations the un says almost 3 and a half 1000000 people are an urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection in eastern ukraine. but al-jazeera. let's bring in our guests into the show we have joining us from moscow victor all over church a political analyst a

it was not of course russia will stop the confrontation because look for russia it's the least appropriate moment you know the fadal the north jim joe has been decided right now all this is in you would be astray shouldn't you know the united states would all want a terrible stop for it you know i think we had we had a bomb or you know the table and all of ministration so the only party that was. interesting point you're creating because you know. basically mr selenski lost the local 'd election here was his ratings were down he didn't get any calls from western leaders for months now you've got a call from biden he's got a call from boris johnson he talked to a young stole the back from a fuel stop and back said the whole stupidity is slake nato will not give you a lol your a privileged ah odors you was also pretty spot name 2008 so these are all dangerous brew occasions whose aim is to put the blame on russia and this was discussed in russia and a lot of people said by the ukrainians prove all you can us you know the russian hawks and then you know my friend roxanne you should trump unde