robertson capitalised in the shift in momentum. roberston will now face either judd trump or barry hawkins in tomorrow's final. you can follow that semifinal at the moment on bbc two. 150th cap in the game. the other match, world champions new zealand lost to australia. novak djokovic is scheduled to begin the defence of his title at the australian open on monday, but he is of course back at the detention hotel in melbourne now ahead of a court hearing that is at 10:30pm tonight uk time. the world number one, who isn't vaccinated against 10:30pm tonight uk time. the world number one, who isn't vaccinated against covid—19, 10:30pm tonight uk time. the world number one, who isn't vaccinated against covid—19, this 10:30pm tonight uk time. the world number one, who isn't vaccinated against covid—19, this is deportation after his visa was cancelled for a second time. his legal team have been preparing his case following the decision by australia's immigration minister to cancel the visa on the grounds of health and good order. thi

neil robertson last won this title a decade ago. a century break in the third frame gave the australian the upper hand. hawkins stayed in touch thanks to a fluke — this missed brown went in the middle pocket and pulled it back to 4—3. but another miss from the englishman in the final frame of the session meant robertson started the evening session 5—3 up. and you can follow that on the bbc sport website, or watch it on bbc two. robinson up 6—4. england's hawkins seeking first masters crown. best of 19 frames at alexandra palace. having beaten south africa yesterday, england have made it two wins out of two in netball�*s quad series. they came back from eight points down against new zealand to win their second group game at london's copper box arena by 49—46. they'll play australia in their final group game on tuesday. much more reaction on those stories at the bbc sport website, including the sacking of benitez at everton. but that's all from me for now, good night. hello, there. expect a quiet week ofjanuary expect a qu

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nic robertson, cnn, moscow. >> fascinating piece there from nic robertson. >>> well, one u.s. national security expert says russian's disinformation campaigns go hand in hand with the arsenal, cyber attacks. >> both are concerted and coordinated and reinforcing. they reinforce each other and it's part of an integrated campaign that vladimir putin can be engaged in. so far we have not seen any destructive attacks against u.s. infrastructure. what we have seen in other parts, pages from their playbook is the disinformation. we saw that in the 2016 elections here where russia mounted a disinformation campaign against our democracy. and we've -- we know they are capable of far more, including ransomware attacks, attacks that can destroy our economy. what we haven't yet seen is actual physical damage. i hope we don't see that, but they certainly have the capability of doing that as they've shown elsewhere. >> of course, we'll have much more on this story, including the latest developments from today's u.n. national security council meeting ahead on cnn. >>> now i want to take you t

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williams missed a key chance to claim victory late on and robertson capitalised on the shift in momentum which provided an extraordinary conclusion. roberston will now face either judd trump or barry hawkins in tomorrow's final. great win for him. things haven't quite gone to plan for emma raducanu since herfairy tale win at the us open. worth remembering she's about to play in only her third grand slam — and her first australian open. raducanu faces a tough opening match in melbourne against fellow us open winner sloane stephens. she's been talking to tennis correspondent riussell fuller ahead of the tournament. obviously the preparation hasn't been _ obviously the preparation hasn't been ideal, but for me i think the last week— been ideal, but for me i think the last week i — been ideal, but for me i think the last week i have just been really enjoying — last week i have just been really enjoying playing here. i haven't been _ enjoying playing here. i haven't been able to train that much even here because, ifi been able to train that much even here because, if i train so much,

nic robertson in moscow. the kremlin is accusing the biden administration of escalating tensions after biden told the pentagon to order 8,500 u.s. service members to be on stand by. to basically prepare for a possible deployment to eastern europe. how would russia respond if they were actually deployed? >> at the moment, they're really sort of holding their position. that is, they're going to negotiate with the united states and nato on the key demands. they're waiting for the responses. the democratic crack is open there on a pause, wading for those written responses to come in. but yes. the kremlin said today that possible deployment would be a cause for concern. he also said a cause for concern is what he described as a ukrainian military build-up of troops and military hardware, close to the front line with the pro russian separatists in the east of ukraine. the kremlin spokesman said that's something that the, president putin's diplomatic representative from the russian presidency will raise tomorrow in

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nic robertson, thank you so much for that. laura. >>> as all of this is happening, top diplomats are set to meet in paris in less than an hour. that's where we find cnn's melissa bell. what are you looking for coming out of this meeting today? >> reporter: well, this is very much the focus from the french and german leadership that talks can work, that there is room for diplomacy and that leadership can pull everyone. just diplomat level though the president said speaking in germany that he hoped that could translate into leader level talks. that is a long way off. there is this phone call as well as nic was just saying that is due to take place on friday. another push from emmanuel macron to see dialogue with the kremlin rather than outride confrontation. they are conscious of the sanctions it would have on natural gas and their economy. >>> in washington negotiations continue at the capitol as lawmakers continue to hammer out a bipartisan package of sanctions against russia. we have daniellea diaz live from capitol hill. the

but another miss from the englishman in the final frame of the session meant robertson will start this evening 5—3 up. and you can follow that on the bbc sport website, or watch it on bbc two. having beaten south africa yesterday, england have made it two wins out of two in netball�*s quad series. they came back from eight points down against new zealand to win their second group game at london's copper box arena 49—46. they'll play australia in their final group game on tuesday. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. it's time for an exclusive, the dictator�*s last calls. in the final days of 2010, a series of anti—government protests begin in tunisia after a young graduate sets himself on fire when stopped from selling fruit and vegetables without a licence. they soon gain an unstoppable momentum. injust under a month, the demonstrations reach a scale rarely seen in the arab world. gunfire so far, more than 100 people have died in clashes with security forces amid a wave of arrests. the protesters are calling for an end to president ben ali's reg

and to find out whether it's john higgins or mark williams who robertson will be playing in the semi—finals on saturday head to the bbc sport website but for now that's all your sport. hi there. just a word of warning for you, watch out for the dense fog through the morning. it really could be quite dense, particularly across parts of england and wales. for most of us is actually going to be a sunny day. but this era of high pressure, stable conditions, light winds is leading to the fog and also some very high levels of pollution around the southeast in the landing area just for today. here's the fog to the early hours of the parts of wales in southern england in particular. in some areas the temperatures will be below freezing so you could have some freezing fog two. scotland a totally different story, a lot milder here. they'll be more cloud around in the north highlands comes bits and spots of rain. for most of us is a bright, even sunny day but he one or two areas that fog particularly in the south will linger into the afternoon and as a result it will be colder. for most of us around s

nic robertson back with us. and we also want to bring in the president of the eurasia group. >> i will say the u.s. community has been fairly convinced the most likely outcome the russians are planning a widespread invasion, which would include overturning the ukrainian government. the white house isn't convinced of that, but the intelligence community has, and they've been talking closely with the brits. people who have been following this closely aren't stunned by this, but there's a very big difference between russian intelligence being told they must have a scenario if putin were to decide to invade, they need to have a plan for that. and they've given them a plan. i think that's pretty clear. i think there are also plans considerably smaller in scale, and i think right now diplomacy is still being engaged in by both sides. but there's no question that 100,000 troops with more arriving daily, russian troops to the border including now to belarus for military exercises and the revelation of this intelligence

joining us to discuss is nic robertson and sam kiley. sam, president zelensky just tweeted about the phone call. what does he have to say? >> so he's just -- just in the last few seconds, i think, jake, he's put out a statement saying we had a long phone conversation with potus, discussed recent diplomatic efforts on de-escalation and agreed on joint answers in the future. thank president biden for the ongoing military assistance, possibilities for financial support to ukraine were also discussed. so a fairly bland response. we had been expecting perhaps a little bit more detail on something we were led to believe was going to be discussed, which was a difference in tone and approach in terms of the u.s. and other allied rhetoric when it came to ukraine. and that specifically over the issue of whether or not an attack was imminent on russia, which is the view of the united states and the united kingdom, or the ukraine view which is they don't believe it is imminent. it is under threat and they're trying to calm their population, jake. bu

cnn's nic robertson is in moscow. so, nic what's the reaction from there tonight? >> well, the reaction from the kremlin is, they're saying that this is -- that the british are making this up, and that they should stop doing this. they should go back to studying their history books what the british are saying is that the kremlin in its consideration whether or not to invade ukraine, which the kremlin says it isn't, but the british government's assessment is that the kremlin is considering invading ukraine and possibly occupying it and if they do that, then they would install a pro-russian government. the former ukrainian mp, pro-russian former mp, who the british government is the person they've picked. cnn has contacted him and he said he's under russian sanctions. his implication is that if he's under russian sanctions, why would russia be picking him to lead the government? but what the british government is saying is that there are other people, as well, as part of the kremlin's plan. they say there are four other former members of the ukrainian government, one

chance in kiev. >> reporter: i'm nic robertson in moscow where the kremlin seems a little uncertain about how to interpret president biden's comments about incursion and invasion. the kremlin spokesman, peskov, saying it perhaps indicates a certain willingness to discuss some issues. but it lacks the clarity that the kremlin is looking for, the written response to russia's proposals, demands for security guarantees. the foreign ministry taking a tough line about a possible invasion, saying this is a western and ukrainian media effort to build a pretext for the cover of some kind of big provocations in ukraine, including military provocations, she said. >> reporter: i'm matthew chance in kiev. and ukrainian officials say they were shocked to hear president biden suggest that a minor russian incursion into ukraine would aoeelicit a smaller respo. one displeased official told me the ukrainian government was stunned by the remarks. the official said they could be seen as a green light for putin to enter ukraine at his pleasure. the white house has been quick to clarify, saying any furth

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neil robertson last won this title a decade ago. robertson's century break in the third frame has helped him to a 5—3 lead over barry hawkins. there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest from england's match against the world champions, new zealand, in the netball quad series and results from rugby union's european champions cup. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. welcome back. you're watching bbc news. novak djokovic has deen deported from australia after losing his legal challenge to the cancelling of his visa. a panel ofjudges upheld the australian government's decision — they held that his refusal to be vaccinated against covid made him a threat to public health. the serbian prime minster has accused australia of a witch hunt. from melbourne, shaimaa khalil reports. he is used to winning on court, but today he was defeated in it. the world number one men's tennis player lost his last ditch battle to stay in the country and was f

and from on this, i'm joined from banker by phil robertson from human rights watch. phil, the so called 5 point plan agreed to buy asi on members. last april, admittedly hasn't worked. good. the can borden prime ministers approach of meeting me and mas military rulers directly be worth trying out. well, judging by the joint statement that came out of that meeting between once and, and our senior gentleman on lying. i think the answer is probably no. the statement itself touted a ceasefire that was agreed by the myanmar military till the end of 2022. but the reality is they are busy bombarding and attacking ethnic organizations all across the country. and no one's interested in talking to them about a cease fire. so the fact that prime minister hans, and how did this as some sort of political progress shows either that he has been duped by the burmese or that he's playing along with the charade to try to indicate there's progress one. in fact, there is none. you mean can border isn't being sincere and its efforts to secure peace in myanmar that is still a very open qu

. >> well, cnn's nic robertson is standing by in moscow with the latest. right now, nic, diplomacy is not dead. in fact, that's all we have after 90 minutes of meeting, no major development, no end to the standoff, but an agreement that diplomacy and dialogue will continue. >> reporter: yeah, and the next step is that written response that united states has agreed to give to russia. this is something that russia has demanded since the beginning of september. united states has resisted until now. they described the talks yesterday not as a negotiation, but as a discussion. when you start putting down answers to questions which is what russia has asked for, and the u.s. says it will also write down some of its concerns as well, then you start getting drawn into, you know, the potential for diplomacy now. senior state department officials are calling this written response a nonpaper. they're not going to announce when they and that over. the expectation is, or a realization from the state department, once that's given to the russian side, there's a potential

cnn's nic robertson has been following it, nic, for good reason, russians have been suffering quite a bit during the pandemic. they just surpassed a record for the month of november. in terms of the tone from putin's address, what did you make of it? >> reporter: yeah, it was an internal message, rather than external. yes, we'll defend the security of the country and the security of the nation, and the security of the citizens consistently, that's what he said. but the overall message was one of, sort of, you know, try to uplift the nation, you know, we've faced many challenges, we've done it together through solidarity. everyone is doing their little bit, you know, was the tone of the message. so it was an effort to uplift. embrace your family, take this time of year to tell them personal messages, hug your family indeed. but, you know, the pandemic, and as you mentioned, the figures of last year, have been pretty bad. i mean, russia's tracking in terms of its vaccination rate, it's lagging many of the other nations, you know, compared to europe and united states, let's say, accordin

neil robertson is currently taking on anthony mcgill. you can watch that via the red button and on the bbc sport website and app. that is all from us here on sportsday. thanks very much for watching. we'll have more throughout the evening. take care. hello there. we have seen welcome sunshine across much of the uk today, but it will turn cold quickly this evening across the eastern side of england and scotland. still a few showers to move away, then clearer skies, but more cloud coming in from the west, which will bring rain into western areas. by the end of the night, temperatures will have lifted across the eastern side of the uk. these are the temperatures by the end of the night. could be an early frost in eastern areas, especially around aberdeenshire. it looks a lot cloudier for tomorrow, light rain and drizzle moving eastwards across england and wales. most of the wet weather in the north—west, where we have stronger winds, mainly northern and western parts of scotland. despite the cloud, temperatures higher than today for the e

nic robertson in moscow. thanks very much, nic. >>> the possible invasion of ukraine and the federal reserve has investors on edge. it was a frenzied day. stock traders traded in the red. at one point the dow was dow could. we have seen gas and oil prices very high recently. how much does ukraine and the geopolitical tensions play into this, anna? >> there are exit risks weighing on the markets. tensions between russia and ukraine are beginning to weigh on it ever so slightly more. one analyst said he felt the selloff we saw yesterday was very dramatic on wall street. the turning point was that the u.s. and the u.k. announcing they were withdrawing some of their embassy staff from ukraine, suggesting they see the risk increasing for conflict there. that's the rift of sanctions as well-being imposed on russia. this is something president biden was discussing with european leaders yesterday. they're looking at costly sanctions to punish russia for any kind of incursion. those would have a much broader impact. r

nic robertson joins us live from moscow. what more are we learning about the call between president bide dep and zelensky? >> reporter: the ukrainian president welcomed the call. said it was a clear indication of the strength of bonds between the united states and ukraine. he thanked biden for that support. biden promised him, you know, that -- to back ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. there was a couple of key take aways from both sides here. i think from the ukrainian side the message that came clearly from them was the importance for them and others to decase late the tensions. ukrainians talked about this in terms of de-escalating tensions to keep the peace in europe along with the united states and partners in europe. he said that clear sense of a bond between ukraine, the united states and european partners and that sense of the de-escalating tensions in ukraine keeps the peace in europe. i think from the united states side we began to see an area where i think we'll hear a lot more of the conversation d

cnn is at the state department and nic robertson is in moscow for us. what are you learning about what's in this written response to russia? we know russia has been asking for certain commitments. >> reporter: secretary of state tony blinken laid out the united states believes what they put forth here is a serious diplomatic path forward, the opportunity for that should russia choose it. what the united states did was put pen to paper with regard to what they've already been saying. identifying the areas they think the u.s. and russia can work together on issues of security such as placement of missiles in europe, such as arms control, more risk reduction tactics, those areas were identified in this document that the u.s. ambassador in russia gave to the russian foreign mince trip today. what was also laid out clearly in the document were the core principles of the united states. of course one of those is that the u.s. supports by all measures nato's open door policy which would, of course, potentially allow for ukraine to join in the long term and just

international diplomatic correspondent nic robertson and international correspondent sam kiley on the scene in ukraine. nic, we'll start with you. how is the kremlin responding to the news that u.s. troops are put on high alert and ready to go at a moment's notice? >> reporter: the kremlin claiming this is part of the informational hysteria over recent days but also saying this move raises the tensions, and i think you put this in the context of what the kremlin has been saying over the past few weeks which is, it sees this sort of gathering of nato troops and military hardware closer to their borders, russia's borders, as a sort of provocation, a cover for provocation. their line has been that the sort of more this build-up continues, the more it raises tensions, and the kremlin implies that nato is using this as some kind of cover to start some kind of issue along the borders. that's russia's position. and i think we just had a very interesting line from the russian federation council. this is something being reported by the state news agency here and this really gets to the heart o

and nic robertson is joining me now from moscow. it seems that the u.s. is sending a signal by publicly announcing the shipment and releasing all the video of that shipment. they are trying to warn putin that this is not going to be taken lightly. >> yeah, this is a real sea change. and military support for ukraine not just in what is actually happening but in the way that it is being publicized. it is meant as a message to president putin to have him rethink his calculus on the possibility of invasion. particularly this coming week when he will receive the written response from the united states that his demands that rush that put out in the middle of december, and there has been real -- to go with a theme of this time of year, a blizzard of these kinds of announcements of military support coming. you have latvia and lithuania will be sending air missiles good for attacking helicopters, low flying fast jets. estonia will be sending javelin missile systems taking on the tanks that russia has lined up. ed a and british announced had they were sending simil

let's bring in nic robertson in moscow. the russian foreign minister has been meeting with reporters. give us a sense of what he had to say in the last few minutes. >> reporter: i think it's really a place holder at the moment. that's the best way to describe it. he said, we're still working out our lines. the foreign ministry is going to take the proposal to the president. he'll make a decision. he made the point as well. we've waited over a month to get our response from the united states and nato. that's their way of doing it in the west so he's sort of indicating there they've taken their time so it might take us a little bit of time. but the tone of it, you know, we heard from him yesterday saying the responses have failed to deliver what russia wanted. today his saying appearing to sort of try to create a bit of a division between the united states and nato and the assessment has been i think the outside assessment has been that this is something the kremlin will try to do. the foreign minister here saying, look, the

cnn's nic robertson live for us from moscow. many thanks. >>> covid cases in the united states appear to be trending down. many states are reporting far fewer cases than the week before. so, could the pandemic be nearing an end? dr. anthony fauci says we should not be overconfident, but it is a step in the right direction. >> there are still some states in the southern states and western states that continue to go up. but if the pattern follows the trend that we're seeing in other places, such as the northeast, i believe that you will start to see a turn-around throughout the entire country. so, things are looking good. we don't want to get overconfident, but they look like they're going in the right direction right now. >> and in washington, d.c., protesters gathered to express their anger at government vaccination mandates. the defeat the mandates rally took place on the national mall sunday. organizers said they expected 20,000 to attend, but only a few thousand showed up. cnn's joe johns was there and has the story. >> repor

. >> for the latest, cnn's sam kiley is live in the ukrainian capitol of kiev and nic robertson is in geneva, switzerland. nic, these are high stakes talks. what are the challenges ahead of finding ways to avert war? >> reporter: the challenges are extreme, and i think they're exemplified with the positions both parties go into. deputy secretary of state wendy sherman coming into the same room as sergei rebekov. they're including diplomats and military officials. that tells you something about the nature of these talks. the united states is coming into these talks saying nothing about you without you to its allies and partners ukraine and its nato and european allies and partners. that is designed to send the message to russia that they're not going to talk about broader issues that are outside of a very natural, narrow bilateral relations with the united states that could potentially include missile reductions in the future as long as they're reciprocal. the russians come into this thinking that they must get the united states to agree to changes in nato's posture so that the united

cnn's nic robertson is in geneva with a look at what led to these talks. >> russia's troop buildup on ukraine's border triggered t tensions. by mid november, close to 100,000 troops, u.s. nato fearing an invasion of ukraine, and russia claimed they were doing exercises and training on their own soil and wanted to have talks. president vladimir putin got joe biden's attention and a video call. biden warned putin an invasion would prove sanctions. the uk backed him up. days later russia responded launching, among other things, legally binding guarantees nato deny ukraine membership, a nonstarter for nato. in 2014, leaving putin's credibility on the eve of talks at an all-time low. >> the capability of this, and the track record, of course, that sent a message, that's a real risk for a new armed conflict in europe. >> from putin's perspective, the collapse of communism, and nato's expansion since hit his red line. ukraine -- >> are we deploying missiles at the border? we are not. >> by pitching u.s. and nato separate demands and seeking separate meetings, putin wants to weaken nato. >> t

nic robertson, thank you very much for that eye-opening report. appreciate it. joined by legendary chess grand master and outspoken putin critic garry kasparov and chairman of the human rights negotiation and human rights initiative. gary, you recently made the point vladimir putin is not playing chess, playing poker, and you think he is bluffing. what to you make of what we just saw in nic robertson report how they are, you know, manipulating their audiences into thinking that because tucker carlson is spouting these talking points there is a decent level of support in the united states for what vladimir putin is up to right now? what do you think is his overall end game? >> tucker carlson -- >> both. >> tucker carlson has become a mouth piece of russian propaganda. yes. he's all over the place. that's the gift from heaven for putin's propaganda machine. now they can quote as a legitimate, host of big talk show who can address nearly half of american households, and his views are you know, to say russia is not correct because it's for putin. russia has no inter

cnn's diplomatic editor nic robertson joining us now from geneva. so how did things go after these talks today? any progress here, nic? >> marginal. i think that's the best way to explain it. the russians have said that the talks were difficult but business-like. and the secretary of state says the talks were frank and forthright. the russians reiterating again that the most important thing to them is security guarantees that nato will not accept ukraine as a member of nato and that nato essentially roll back its deployments and former eastern european nations back to 1997 levels. the u.s. position has been, and we heard this from a readout from the meeting afterwards, that wendy cherman hand her team told the russians that what they wanted was essentially a non-starter, and they did discuss the possibility of arms control and similar to the non-proliferation and missile systems that could develop nuclear weapons that nell by the wayside a couple of years ago, that that could be a point of discussion going forward in the future. the russians from th

nic robertson in moscow, thank you very much. >>> now, u.s. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are weighing in on how the u.s. should respond if russia invades ukraine. one republican senator says u.s. shouldn't wait, and must act immediately. >> we do need to go ahead and impose sanctions on russia now. we need to show them that we mean business, and we will be there for ukraine should they invade. they see a very weak administration and president putin sees every opportunity to do what he wants to do in ukraine with very little pushback from the united states. >> i do think we should take up and pass a bipartisan bill that will show resolve and determination and apply some sanctions now, but the very strongest sanctions, the sorts of sanctions we use to bring iran to the table is something we should hold out as a deterrent. >> if we don't do something strong right now, i'm afraid that he's going to invade ukraine, which will have, as the secretary talked about, he's right. and i think you and i did, it will have global ramifications here

monitoring all this for us, our international diplomatic editor nic robertson who joins us live from gentlemen nevada a. nic, this was seven hours of talks that apparently were frank and forthright. as we just laid out, no breakthrough as they try to understand each side of the argument as you told us yesterday. what kind of tension, nic, does this create as we look ahead to the upcoming meeting between russia and nato here? >> reporter: yeah, we just heard a read out of how the talks went here in geneva from the kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov. he said so far in the talks they see no reason for optimism, but that they're going to get what they want at these round of talks. however, he said they will continue -- they were open, substantive and direct. that's how he describes the talks. he said there are another two rounds of talks. the ones with nato and the ones with the osc organization for security and cooperation in europe. so those will be had on wednesday. and on thursday, russia's committed to those, but he said it's impossible, peskov said it's impossible to draw any conclusi

thank you, nic robertson, sam kiley for your reporting. >>> joining us is max boot, a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and columnist for "the washington post." max, you have a new op-ed in "the post" arguing the u.s. can't afford to leave ukraine and europe at putin's mercy. i think some americans are wondering, but how does this impact my life? max, make the case for why the average american should care about the outcome of this international crisis. >> well, we've cared about the fate of europe for a long time, ana. ever since world war ii. and we did not care enough about the fate of europe in the '20s and '30s and you can see where that got us. i think u.s. presidents going back decades, have recognized we have a major take keeping it as free as possible. it's the largest economy in the world, one of our major trade partners and largest concentration of democracies in the world and ukraine sothe outer edge of europe, a pro-western democracy that wants to be part of the west. we justice allow putin to get awiwei with invading ukraine that's going to be bad news for

we're covering the developments from all angles as cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson in moscow, white house reporter natasha bertrand in washington and lieutenant general curtly is a former commander u.s. army general for europe and the 7th army. good to see all of you. nic, you first. there was no, you know, breakthrough in the talks friday, but both sides say they will keep talking, but is time running out? >> reporter: well, it's very difficult to say. it really is in the minds and hands of president putin because is he playing for time? because his diplomatic track sergey lavrov his russian foreign minister opened up by saying that he will accept the united states to present a written response to what russia has been demanding for some time, in answer to their questions, they already know the answer is no. nato and the united states will allow ukraine to become a member of nato if it should so desire in the future and nato will not roll back its troop deployments and presence to pre-1997 levels which is what the russians are asking for. so, you know, is time runni

. >>> we have more from nic robertson. good to have you with us. after a 90-minute meeting, no major development, no end to this standoff. the u.s. and russia agreeing to continue dialogue and diplomacy. >> reporter: yeah, and that was the aim of secretary blinken when he went into the meeting. he said he wanted to figure out if russia was still committed to the diplomatic track, and russia pushed and got what it wanted which was their written response. it's been -- to its demands, security proposal as it calls it. that it placed with the united states back in the middle of december. it's been pushing for this written response. so this is an engagement in diplomacy, although the secretary of state's characterizing this not as negotiations but a conversation. but the diplomatic track is open. now state department officials say that will be delivered to russia this coming week, and then the next move is to get russia's read on what it sees. although it's been -- the united states has been so clear up to now that the demands russia has made, it's not