he is a university lecture in history and political philosophy in saint petersburg. we have gilbert doctorow. he's an independent political analyst, an author, a memoirs of an ex pat manager in moscow during the 1990s. and in province we cross through vladimir goldstein. he is the chair of the department of slavic studies at brown university. our gentleman crosses rose in effect. that means he can jump any time he want. and i always appreciate, i want to ask you all 3. the same question. i'll start off with john. here is the window to europe that same p, that peter, the great envisioned, is it coming to a close? is it closed? yes, it's been slammed by europe or in russia throughout the last her 1020 years has repeatedly said how much it wants to corporate with the west, with europe in particular of course, but even with the americans and are, you know, the door has been slammed in its face or the window has been slammed in its face or in a very, very fundamental way. as angular merkel used to remind people, even at the height of the cold war when there was a very acu

but as it happens, prospects open up along with the challenges every here at the saint petersburg, international economic form, one country as awarded the status of a special privileged guest. and this year, it's the turn of egypt, the land of the pyramids. the number one event at the form is happening on friday, june, the 17th. it is called the plenary session, and this is where almost exactly 4 months after russia's operation in ukraine began . vladimir potent together was his counterparts, will weigh in on everything that happened around the world and in russia, in these 12 weeks stay tuned. well, and we also spoke with some a country only today head of the indian business alliance about the current state of the global economy. one of the big questions that delegates will across with this week the whole while is going in the session. and there is some one has to be blamed for it. so definitely is not russia because they didn't bring this situation . so the western world and i make a broader tradition where wed hold off because wound wound crisis. it's often being said that by boycotting trade

there was a bible legacy production here in saint petersburg. either it was the production or the same number. that is very much thinking people in this city, the city which is a great sound that was created precisely that you're hearing people do, do recall the words. so i know that all of your was coming to russia and come to moscow for the sake of spoils. force and destruction of this country. ready so the, we get that experience is failure is very widespread. and also i don't think there is a crescent charles will last forever and certainly not last generation. i personally think of a 5 year timeline or send a returns a year and we're much to year to see if we changing these insane policies. as a consequence of the road back from your leadership is very good experience. who you are starting as a source going down a whole right? because she governors create somebody ducks in a line to is to implement all the crew and restrictions these have not yet yielded low back. that comes, it will be, let me go back to john here. i mean, the conflict in

one of the world's biggest economic forums kicked off this wedding, stay in saint petersburg. it is russia's premier showcase of the country's investment potential and has gathered together thousands of guests from over a $140.00 countries for the 4 days of event. the fully opening day featured several delegates steeped in russian politics and economics, while the event overall has drawn attendees from all over the world for a quarter of a century. now focusing on the innovations and investment opportunities at russia's foreign ministry spokesman, re as a heart of the seas that especially this year the form is proof that western powers cannot isolate russia on the world stage. up with this usable, like what has the weston? they've isolated themselves from us, but it's impossible to isolate us. the west has cut off partnerships and mutually beneficial cooperation, systematically to strongly entire fabric of our relations. yes, the west wants to cancel us to defeat us to dominate us. but at the same time, they want to coexist with us. they need to fix something within their valu

i'd like to be at home in saint petersburg more often. it's one thing to love culture because you've read literature because you've played a lot of music or conducted a lot of russian music. what makes me happy is that during the last 20 years have seen the country grow in the standard of living and proof. of course, there is no doubt. i will be here forever. yes, nothing. ah. the guns can republic, officials say some ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in the republics city of 70 done yet got a local chemical plant. now official, save that, the number of those who surrendered and their affiliation to certain units has not been disclosed for security reasons. that's to avoid persecution of relatives of those who have laid down their arms according to various estimates, up to 2 and a half 1000 troops, including foreign mercenaries, are believed to be hold up in 70 done yet. industrialism and with more ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries laying down their arms or t correspondent from uncle spoke with to us fighters recently captured in north

road from 16821725 founded the city of saint petersburg as russians window to europe. house, his dream of russia being part of europe come to an end. at this point, this seems very like a no obstacles from moscow. that's the message from russia's top diplomat. the content condemns care for its lack of action to resolve the grain egg issue. that with this tech is counterpart to discuss ways to facilitate brain exports from ukraine. under my feet are thousands of tons of corn which was burned down. the storage facilities were set on fire as ukrainian nationalist battalions were retreating in thank tons of rain in the course of mario pole, which russia says was destroyed by retreating, ukrainian forces with. and i'll take re, finds documents and ukrainian near nazi battalion fi because we're plotting mines in civilian areas that they don't boss back in 2016 with the oh, i see a seemingly aware of that information and a brief, i'm about to prophesy about you in the right, you had no food, angry activists joining the chorus of international condemnation of the us hosted sum

to 1725 and founded the city of saint petersburg as russians window to europe. house, his dream of russia being part of europe come to an end. at this point, this seems very like mm no obstacles from moscow. that's the message from russian's talk diplomat. he condemns kia, void black of action to resolve the great ex issue. i met with his counterpart to discuss ways to facilitate the export from ukraine. under my feet are thousands of channels of corn which was burned down. the storage facilities were set on fire as ukrainian nationals, battalions were retreating. we infect tons of rain in the port of mariano po, which russia days was sabotaged by retreating, ukrainian with penalty crew. fine documents. thank you. crania neo nazi battalion fight is were planting mines in civilian areas that don't bounce back in 2016 with the seemingly aware of that information and a lecture about media. freedom about the boston be about you in the right. you have agreed to this during the course of international condemnation of the u. s . posted summit of the americas now though

he's a university lecture in history and political philosophy in saint petersburg. we have gilbert doctorow. he's an independent political analyst, an author of memoirs of an ex pat manager in moscow during the 19 nineties and in province we cross through laudermill goldstein. he is the chair of the department of slavic studies at brown university. i gentleman cross sack rules and the fact that means he can jump anytime he want. and i always appreciate, i want to ask you all 3. the same question. i'll start off with john. here is the window to europe that same p, that peter, the great envisioned, is it coming to a close? is it closed? yes, it's been slammed by europe or in russia throughout the last 1020 years has repeatedly said how much it wants to cooperate with the west, with europe in particular, of course, but even with the americans and are, you know, the door has been slammed in its face or the window has been slammed in its face in a very, very fundamental way. as angular merkel used to remind people, even at the height of the cold war when there was a very

he ruled from 168221725 founded the city of saint petersburg as russia's window to europe. has his dream of russia being part of europe come to an end. at this point, this seems very likely, ah cross sucking russia and europe, i'm joined by my guest on laughlin in paris. he is a university lecture in history and political philosophy in st. petersburg. we have gilbert doctorow. he's an independent political analyst, an author, a memoirs of an ex pat manager in moscow during the 19 nineties and in province we cross through latimer goldstein. he is the chair of the department of slavic studies at brown university. i joan in cross roads and the fact that means you can jump anytime you want. and i always appreciate, i wanna ask you all 3. the same question. i'll start off with john. here is the window to europe that same p a that peter, the great envisioned, is it coming to a close? is it closed? yes, it's been slammed by europe or in russia throughout the last 1020 years has repeatedly said how much it wants to corporate with the west, with europe in particular of course, but e

of course i would say that again when i was in saint petersburg, i happen to see an exhibition like her to learn off than was ok. so. ringback what and what is the value of each other and to millions of other to learning for the tune and they, they had a current life, they lead a tragic life protecting their country. country means not just a land, just people and culture, traditional language civilization. so their 2nd phase, their life to protect their tradition, their language like that to learn in then boss, since their love additional language says their love for sprint, since they want to look and saw their tradition. so they're being killed and they were being treated like for example then boss, because they spoke additional language. they'd love the show language. so that had fallen there to face. what you call in your nose is because they love to show language and they love to for the so the traditional facial language and tradition of a new teacher and a ship. so i see some similarities. we do in finance, i would sure. and or to learn in the bus, if i can just expand or not, it

young volunteers took part in the fence in the heart of saint petersburg during the war. the city then known as lending ground was under siege for 3 years. in the central city of samarra, people laid out fire paintings on the road during the war. it was a reserve capital of the ussr. moscow fights also marked the anniversary people gathered 2 lights, 1418 candles along the musket river. the number precisely matching how many days the grid patriarch war lasted flooded more potent also laid flowers on the grave of the unknown soldier, which symbolizes the harder witness and sacrifices made during the war. i don't miss any of the big midweek stories by giving ortiz twitter page. i follow you won't be bored there for me now on the news team here in moscow for goodbye. ah ah ah ah hello and welcome to cross hub. were all things are considered? i'm peter lavelle, irreversible split. this is probably the most accurate way to describe russia's relationship with the west today. but this did not have to be the west attempts to cripple the russian economy. have failed, as well as th

but as it happens, prospects open up along with challenges, ah, every here at the saint petersburg, international economic form, one country as awarded the status of a special privileged guest. and this year, it's the turn of egypt, the land of the pyramids. the number one event at the form is happening on friday, june, the 17th that is called the plenary session. and this is where almost exactly 4 months after russia's operation in ukraine began. vladimir potent together was as counterparts, will weigh in on everything that happened around the world and in russia, in these 12 weeks, stay tuned. among the ag guests that are ti spoke to out the for him today was young. will ye, general director of the company hoping china and this book about the future prospects for ties between russia and it's roughly developing neighbor to was a little slow. you tours of sher russia and china are great friends. our countries have trusted relations and trade economics and politics were continuously developing our bilateral ties. rush and china have prospects for cooperation and green energy in nature conservation

the dates versus key international economic forum kicks off is wednesday in saint petersburg with thousands of v. a piece over 141 countries worldwide gathering for the 3 day events. i'll see if a drinker takes a sneak peak when russia is supposed to be boycotted by everyone in every possible aspect. well, that's what these people want. the new world order to be like the nation still goes for it. it goes for hosting a big international business gathering. it's called the st. petersburg international economic form. it's been happening every summer for 25 years. $140.00 countries are taking part and it's always been a chance for russia's businessmen and government officials to showcase rushes full potential and also lower investment. so what's happening this year? nobody's coming. and the st. petersburg rain. you know, it's famous. does it make it more pleasant? let's have a look at the venue. mm. well, the vibe is quite usual when you see all these bright cool monitors around you representing top russian companies. you always feel like you're part of something very promising. modern full of

but the majority is owned by the russian government . guys prom tucker was in at saint petersburg in 2005 and made the club a major force in brush and football with gas bronze backings. and it won that 1st everly title in the, and pinion these they could now make big money transfers and low international stars from the top leagues to russia. guys from also had long sponsorship deals with red star belgrade for sabby. and since 2006 was shaka, one of the most popular clubs in germany with a working class mining background, the russian government and gasoline particularly used. i think they used h in one sense to build legitimacy to build credibility. it was a form of energy politics or energy diplomacy, ready to coin football as a means through which to, to cover all to distract from what you're really doing, which is obviously try create gas dependency. germany upon russian sol says by sponsoring shall cup polluted and gas from were able to whitewash their image. while popular figures like former german chancellor got screwed, a lobby for the company to opening the door for huge profi

they travel several times a day between moscow and saint petersburg. siemens has cancelled their delivery and ended its business in russia after some 170 years. the exit of foreign firms and western sanctions is weighing heavily experts worn even so many are skeptical as to whether these measurable force of the kremlin to change its course. oh, i don't think that we can change the current political situation in russia and political decisions in near future by look, alexander has given up hope for better times, a hat, at least for the one sprout russian aerospace industry, which are more than just the road for many colleagues aren't just trying to get jobs abroad. they also want to leave russia entirely. in my opinion, the current situation won't change for at least another 5 years, nor lived at 30. alexander also has a new job offer in the west, so he is days in russia, a numbered we spoke earlier to erie ross shadow who made that report. we asked him about the impact western sanctions are having on russia both to go through moscow's grocery stores. for example, you would think that there

you don't have to travel the globe now, whether it's the museum of modern art, new york or saint petersburg, they can all be seen here the and sing fremont. it's why i feel so at home here. it's such a great place. and we really enjoyed that. we don't have to travel far, i mean, nevertheless, have that big city feeling live when the arts and exhibition whole of the federal republic of germany is officially open. german chancellor, helmut kohl inaugurated his face 30 years ago. he wanted to showcase germany's intellectual and cultural wealth. this has included the treasures of pharaoh tootin common as well as fashioned by karl lagerfeld and even music concerts. funded by the federal government. its location in the small city is a kind of compensation for bon, losing its status as west germany's capital. according to its long time curator the bona hum. this is the people of bon immediately took to this place because one of a kind at the school bon notches for the city in region one for the whole country within the scope of deutschland. the exhibition hall doesn't have its own collection. the

to gym and high speed to trains from siemens, which is around several times a day between moscow in saint petersburg, a lifeline connecting the 2 cities are in the medical industry. components are already missing as well. if you look around trasha, you, you can find to western machines, western technology, and now how everywhere these machines needs to be served, cared for and renewed, and they can probably around for a few years without mandates. but what then then russia might start facing the threat of production closures and lay offs, which would mean more, an employment and a lower standard of living. so it can only get worse perhaps that can the sanction that force vladimir putin to stop this far i think sanctions alone definitely can not force put into and to the war. putin started it for political reasons. he obviously didn't expect this kind of resistance and is now preparing his country and the whole world for a long war. even if the sanctions cause and deterioration and living standards, even if people in russia no longer have the same food in their fridge. russia propaganda ma

petersburg on friday, who can called the sanctions imposed on russia. insane and thoughtless. and said the punitive measures were also hitting the you hard enough with russia he said would cope with the challenge, but the annual st. petersburg form is smaller this year for western firms are notably absentee, recorded well, for an analysis of hooton's remarks. let's bring a timothy ash, emerging, emerging market strategist at blue bay asset management. thanks for joining us. now putin's said today that russia's financial systems and markets have stabilized, and that a crisis has failed to materialize. would you say this is accurate? well, they crushed initially. no huge rocks in equity and bon prices. washy, bon prices of state, very low. they would about a $0.13 for the russian long bond and the trade about $0.20 now. so that's not true . the rouble has stabilized, but it's a pretty artificial exchange. rate at the moment because it's of a liquid market imports of collapse and obviously energy prices the highest. that's helping them. but you know, sanctions are not meant to us

he ruled from 16821725 founded the city of saint petersburg as russians window to europe. how's his dream of russia being part of europe come to an end? at this point, this seems very like look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such order that conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about of personal intelligence at the point, obviously is too great trust rather than fear i would like to take on various job with artificial intelligence. real summoning with a robot must protect his own existence with.

it's an outlook that economists outside of saint petersburg say isn't so self evident. while for an analysis of today's events, i'm joined now by jak kierkegaard of the peterson institute for international economics. so jak up we heard the head of russian energy giant gas prom today saying our product, our rules, of course, talking about here in the wake of cutting gas flows to europe for various reasons for sanctions due to their demand for rural payments. this is a pretty straightforward statement he's made here, but realistically is gas prom in a strong enough position to have the sort of attitude? well, i mean, they are for a brief period of time. yes. their product is their rule, but only as long as europe needs this gas, and that probably won't be very long after which they're going to be trying to find customers elsewhere around the world, which will be very, very difficult. so it strikes me as, as sort of the rather empty rhetoric actually. but it's also clear that the timing of these cutbacks of gas for europe is not coincidental. it's obviously linked to the f

he ruled from 168221725 founded the city of saint petersburg as russians window to europe. how's his dream of russia being part of europe come to an end? at this point, this seems very like no obstacles from moscow. that's the message from russian's talk diplomat. he condemns kia, void black of action to resolve the grain eggs into like a lot of met with his counterpart to discuss ways to facilitate the export from nucleic acid under my feet are thousands of channels, of course, which was burns out. the storage facilities were set on fire as ukrainian nationals, battalions were retreating. we infect tons of rain in the port of marielle po which russia days were sabotaged by retreating, ukrainian forces penalty crew fine documents.

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young volunteers took part in the fence in the heart of saint petersburg during the war. the city then known as lending ground was under siege for 3 years. in the central city of samarra, people laid out fire paintings on the road during the war. it was a reserve capital of the ussr. moscow. it's also marked the anniversary people gathered to light 1418 candles along the mosque of a river. the number of precisely munching how many days that rid kitriana war lasted flooded more potent also laid flowers on the grave of the unknown soldier. which symbolizes the harder witness and sacrifices made during the war. okay, don't miss any of the big mid week stories by giving our teeth twitter page a follow you won't be bored there on for me. now the news team here in moscow for no good bye. ah. with a reversible split, this is probably the most accurate way to describe brushes, relationship with the west today. but this did not have to be the wes attempts to cripple the russian economy. have failed, as well as the attempt to isolate russia. the west is isolated itself. ah, with so

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petersburg, except jack the mayor of saint petersburg. i think the way to think of putin in year 2000 is as a modernizer. that was the promise he sort of made to the russian people and for a while it it worked the modern builder right modernizer in the sense that you'll create a system that works a powerful state, you know an economy that's comprehensible. and so he did engage in confrontation with various oligarchs, of course a lot of the modernization has driven by oil money, so it's not as if putin did something magical to make the country prosperous. he just sort of benefited from those from those revenues, but i think he presented himself and was understood by the public as younger new generation efficient competent, you know, not somebody who had a drinking problem like yeltsin, so that's not somebody who had these personal weaknesses, but it was in the name of modernization. i think democracy would be a bit of a misnomer. i agree. i'm not trying to make him out to be the next coming of thomas jefferson over here, but no because you