which is the showdown for putin and putin's russia. in the outcome will obviously have lasting impact on the world. and i want to ask you is what i think of famously on his way into iraq turn to a journalist with the war in ukraine but putin's russia ridden with inefficiency and criminal activity. tell me how this ends.s where does it go? you see putin falling from power so you can see stabilizing after that. some people think will be more unstable and dangerous after putin. what you think? how did the story end? >> i am a scenario analyzer. i do not have a one ending scenario for their three scenarios that i see and how this could end. there is a good scenario i put is a low probability about 15%. and that is that ukraine defeats russia militarily. we supply enough equipment and military equipment there fighting for their homeland. russians are inefficient, corrupt, demoralized and theyy win. and they drive russia out of ukraine. it's a low probability scenario. but if that were to happen it is my opinion the russian people would no l

i think putin has weakened right now i think putin has weakened right now i think putin has weakened domestically because of the way the war domestically because of the way the war domestically because of the way the war has gone but i don't think he's in has gone but i don't think he's in has gone but i don't think he's in danger of being thrown out of his danger of being thrown out of his danger of being thrown out of his position if there were a real position if there were a real position if there were a real catastrophe on the battlefield though i catastrophe on the battlefield though i catastrophe on the battlefield though i think that would change and i think for think that would change and i think for think that would change and i think for putin the ability to use a nuclear putin the ability to use a nuclear putin the ability to use a nuclear weapon might be seen as a way to help weapon might be seen as a way to help weapon might be seen as a way to help keep itself in power i think people in keep itself in power i think people in keep itself in power i think people in the we

putin again, you know putin well. do you really think putin is capable of first use of a nuclear weapon in the ukraine war? i don't know him that well and what he's thinking, but what... what i...think or what i have seen actually, that he has like a poker player put all in, including himself at his fate. and...it�*s very difficult to try to estimate. i don't know him, but... to try to estimate. ..for any person who is in such a position, what will happen when the truth comes to your face? what will happen? that's a question for me to... to which you fear the answer is maybe the worst possible outcome? i wouldn't. .. i'm not thinking about nuclear bombs. because, well, everybody who is using nuclear bomb or thinking about that has to realise that nobody is winning anything. and, at the end, everybody is losing as much. we have to end there, but president niinisto, thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. thank you. hello. river flows across the uk have been responding to the much—needed rainfall we have h

do you s see putin's falling frm power and russia stabilizing after that and some after putin. how doesd? the story end? >> so, i'm a sort of scenario analyzer and i don't have a one ending scenario and there's three scenarios that i see in how this could end. >> it could be a palace coup and you end s up with other kgb general doing the other thing or could be a massive uprising or a violent up rising and in which case, i could imagine a scenario where someone like alexi navalni and that's low probability of 15% and more likely scenario that's 70% is that this thing carries on and carries on and carries on. that putin can't decisively beat ukraine and ukraine can't beat putin and they're not giving up their territories and putin can't back down from a conflict he started. in that case, the list goes on and on and on and i should point out that we say this war started on february 24th but in reality, this war started in 2014. that's when russia took crimea illegally and that's when russia sent in serres people and call them russian-backed accept ragainitists ands that term has

putin, australians were murdered. they were murdered by russian-backed rebels using russian-supplied equipment. we are very unhappy about this. mark: i mean, up to this point, russian-australian relations had very much been about trade and cultural contact. suddenly, it became much, much more conflictual, and suddenly we had the australian very much pushing for independent investigations for justice to be done, and that made, in a way, australia a problem for the kremlin, and the kremlin's natural response is, when it sees a problem, it makes problems back in return. sean: when protestors condemned putin over mh17 during the 201420 meetingn brisbane, australian cossack simeon boikov led a counter rally defending the russian president. sean: four corners has learned australian authorities were monitoring boikov over concerns he may have raised money for separatists in ukraine and may have traveled to the conflict himself. sean: do you deny it? simeon: of course, i deny traveling to ukraine. i haven't been to ukraine si

started this war under the banner putin started this war under the banner putin started this war under the banner of densification he pretended to free of densification he pretended to free of densification he pretended to free the ukrainian people from the oppression the ukrainian people from the oppression the ukrainian people from the oppression of the nazis in the ukrainian government of the nazis in the ukrainian government of the nazis in the ukrainian government now eight months later the narrative is now eight months later the narrative is now eight months later the narrative is different putin and his army are different putin and his army are different putin and his army are warriors of light who have come out to warriors of light who have come out to warriors of light who have come out to fight the forces of darkness and the fight the forces of darkness and the fight the forces of darkness and the future of humanity depends on the future of humanity depends on the future of humanity depends on the outcome of this battle outcome of this battle outcome of this battle let's look

could president putin escalate with nuclear weapons? what terms could putin accept to end the war? will the russians continue to fight no matter what? but putin's motivations run much deeper than these ultimate decisions. to better understand putin's motivations and the history that helped shape them, andrew weiss, carnegie endowment vice president and former national security council staff, state department, and defense department official has written a new graphic novel with art by brian box brown called "accidental czar: the life and lies of vladimir putin." thanks so much. welcome back to the newshour. >> thanks for having me. correspondent: there are a lot of books about putin, but none that, as far as we could tell, that is a graphic novel. why did you write a graphic >> --a graphic novel? >> vladimir putin is a fascinating character and he's been in the public eye for more than two decades. but a lot of this is deliberately either shrouded in mystery, like what makes the man tick. and a lot of it's constantly being embellished. and i thought it was really important to pull t

it is vladimir putin. whose idea was it to invade ukraine? vladimir putin. so it is hard to imagine that at some point, vladimir putin want be caught up in the consequences of and the fallout from the war, whatever those may be. where are we when it comes to kherson itself? joining me now is keir giles, author of the forthcoming book russia's war on everybody. before we start talking about the bigger picture and what this means for russia, when it comes to specifically this withdrawal from kherson, we heard steve rosenberg say they are the significance of it of this being the only provincial capital that russia had held. now it's lost it. capitalthat russia had held. now it's lost it. ., �* , capitalthat russia had held. now it's lost it. . �* , �* , it's lost it. that's right, it's symbolic _ it's lost it. that's right, it's symbolic. it's _ it's lost it. that's right, it's symbolic. it's not - it's lost it. that's right, it's symbolic. it's not the - it's lost it. that's right, it's symbolic. it's not the only| it's lost it. that's right, it's - symb

>> putin's government. the commanders in this case echo what we hear from putin's forces, and we are getting more video just into outfront this shows the forces liberating a village in the kherson region. that was part of putin's original offensive. i want to show you another striking image. this is an administrative building in kherson city. the flagpole there is bare. and you would possibly not notice that but it looked like this earlier this week. a russian flag flying there. and now those are suddenly gone. and by the way, you see the city it's not like mariupol not destroyed in the center. this is geographically crucial for putin and provides the bridge to crimea. and now the flags have vanished. why? did they retreat or is there something much more sinister going on and putin is trying to trick the ukrainians. i will speak to boris, he was a russian diplomat for 20 years and resigned in disgust because of putin's invasion. first we talk to nick, what is the latest on the ground tonight? >> the ukraini

with respect to what putin has said, matt is free to quote putin, but not erroneously. putin spoke precily what the invasion was. he said it was militarization and -- demilitarization and did not vacation of ukraine. there was no indication he sent an f troops in. they have been reluctant to shell the cities until now. you have to kind of really not do what i call a giuliani theorem. you recall what he said to that arizona legislator about corruption. on the phone he said there's a lot of corruption, we have to look at it because it is corrupt. the legislator said, my god, sure, we will look at it. what is the evidence? and giuliani famously said, well, we have lots of theories, no evidence. i would suggest to matt that he has a nice theory there that putin wants to take over ukraine and putin wants to take over the rest of europe like other people say. there is no evidence of that. with respect to the west germans, west europeans, in particular the germans, i spent five years in germany. some of them are my best friends, right? they are so subservient to the united sta

putin. 0n the dockside was a cabinet minister, transport secretary grant shapps. well, we're not going to allow this yacht to sail. it cannot be right that oligarchs, people who've benefited from putin should continue to sail in and out of london. it looked quite obviously staged. he was posing like a big—game hunter who'd just shot a lion, and it was several minutes before the uniform police officers arrived. boarding the $41; million superyacht phi was the uk's national crime agency. it was gutting, it was heartbreaking. the phi's owner, sergei naumenko, is not on any sanctions list. instead, his yacht was detained on the basis that it is owned, controlled or operated by a person connected with russia. the owner of this vessel is a semi—retired, mid—level, successful russian businessman. mr naumenko is absolutely not an oligarch and he's not, as described, a close personal friend of vladimir putin. if this were an oligarch's boat, it would be four times the size. the phi was now stuc

now one of the biggest critics in the world of russian president vladimir putin. he has a new book, "a true story of money laundering, murder, and surviving vladimir putin's wrath". bill browder, thank you for joining us on washington post live. >> great to be here, thank you. >> reporter: before we talk about your book i want to first ask our viewers to join in our conversation. if you have questions please tweet them to us, we will try to select questions that come in over the next half hour and put them to our guest. i want to ask you to focus before we talk about your book, on the war in ukraine. i would be interested in your sense of the battlefield right now as russia launches its second round, their failure to capture kharkiv. how do you assess this part of the war? >> he has been humiliated, the first 8 weeks of the war everybody thought the first two days of the war that russia would roll into ukraine, take over kyiv, that zelenskyy would flee and they could raise the russian flag with great pride and patriotism and it turned out to be a total disaster. t

i want to return to the war in ukraine, which is the really the showdown for putin and putin's russia. and the outcome will obviously have lasting impact on the world and i want to ask you what i think of as the as the dave petraeus question famously on his way into iraq general petraeus turned to a journalist from the washington post rick axton who's traveling with him and said tell me how this ends. and i'm curious but not simply the war in ukraine, but but the larger story of of putin's russia this corrupt system ridden with inefficiency and and criminal activity. tell me how this ends. where does where does it go? do you see putin's falling from power? you see a russia stabilizing after that? some people think it'll be even more unstable and dangerous after putin. what what do you think? how does this story end? well, so i'm a sort of scenario analyzer. i don't have a one ending scenario. i i there's three scenarios that i see in how this could end. there's the good scenario which is i would put as a low probability scenario, probably 15% and that is that you crane defeats russia

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the main strategical for putin is keeping his power. that's why he invented all this stuff with the russian world and invading ukraine. would you also agree constantine? hassan is a turng point and nonetheless the strategic goals are identical to at the beginning of the war. you don't really know what what what putin is up to. but but basically i think nothing has changed. thank you very much to what what what putin is up to. but but basically all of you for being with us. thanks to roman in bonn maria and constantine here in the studio. and thanks to all of you out there for tuning in if you're watching our program on youtube, please send us

putin will of course want _ ukrainian side. putin will of course want to _ ukrainian side. putin will of course want to save - ukrainian side. putin will of course want to save face, l ukrainian side. putin will of course want to save face, i | course want to save face, i suppose, from this situation in kherson and perhaps use a show of force, a significant show of force, because this is humiliating for him, if this pans out that russia does fully withdraw from kherson. you could be _ withdraw from kherson. you could be right, _ withdraw from kherson. you could be right, we _ withdraw from kherson. 7m. could be right, we should always be grateful that possibility, what's the next way he is going to escalate? however i'm not so sure that vladimir putin has to really defend himself against this loss. he still holds 15% of ukraine. he still has crimea, and the four eastern provinces or most of them. and he still has changed the whole debate about the future of ukraine's association with nato. so we should not view him necessarily as on the ropes. in the western commentary, tha

now it's existential for putin. i think most people would agree putin cannot afford now to lose this war, because if he does, it's not that russia will disappear necessarily, but putin's regime might well disappear. it could very well be the case. but, you know, dr timothy snyder, who's a guy that i really respect, he recently said, "yes, it's bad to lose in ukraine. it's much worse to lose in russia." and so i think at some point, people in the kremlin start thinking about regime survival. sure. but he, as you well know, has illegally annexed chunks of ukrainian territory and defines it now as sovereign russian territory. but i think when it comes down to it, that's not going to be where he falls on his sword. i think his survival is what's number one for himself. and so i think we, all of us, should maybe change the paradigm of how we think about, you know, "putin has to win in ukraine or we have to give him an off—ramp." not necessarily. at the end of the day, he'll kill or lose as many people as necessary to m

(crowd cheering) >> vladimir vladimirovich putin! >> (speaking russian): (crowd chanting "rossiya!") >> we actually do have a lot of people who care about our country falling apart and becoming the next north korea. it's important that the world knows that the resistance is ongoing and there are people who disagree with the current regime. >> all of our characters' voices are significant. but what joins them together is that they are brave enough to confront the government. >> narrator: vasiliy, the russian journalist working with us, is on his way to the southwest of the country to meet another outspoken critic of the war, a law professor whose parents live in ukraine. >> roman is really worried about his parents, because his parents are from ukraine and they are in ukraine right now. (phone ringing out) >> (speaking ukrainian): >> narrator: since the start of the war, roman has uploaded videos to youtube of his conversations with his mom. she and his dad are living under russian bombardment in the southeastern ukrainian city of nik

i think putin long ago abandoned his goal of seizing kyiv. that proved to be too difficult for russians to pull off. he is now going to have to abandon the goal of going after ukraine's southern coast. this is really now a battle of holding the territory that the russians now have in the donbas and the land bridge that connects the russian federation to the crimean peninsula what that means, i think is the russians might well be open to some sort of negotiated settlement in all of this. their ambitions, i think, have changed quite significantly. the other part of this is ukraine. the united states has said from the start of this war was that our goal was to put the ukrainians in a strong position in the battlefield. that can translate into an advantageous negotiating position so they can come up with a settlement to preserve independence and sovereignty, but also at the same time avoid escalation of this war into a direct russia and u.s. confrontation. mark milley, of the joint chief of staff, is essentially saying that he thinks we are proba

they're trying to pacify putin. they were trying, they weren't listening to what zelenskyy was saying and now this is the first tangible consequence of this war dragging on for so long because certain weapons are missing and certain capabilities are going to end this war and is missing from ukraine. we shouldn't be making rash decisions whatsoever. but i think the consequences, this will only serve you know as encouragement for putin to carry on and the fact that whenever there's no price to pay, he keeps going further. >> thank you for being with us. joining me now from capitol hill is congressman, ro khanna. you know probably as much we know at this point although a white house official says we are working to find out what happened, but something did happen. there are reports in polish media about the strike that potentially hit a grain processing plant. what's your reaction to what, and is there anything else you know that you can tell us? >> first of all, my con dole enlss fot families that were killed in poland

and his war the war forget about putin and his war the war forget about putin and his war the war is distant foreign extremely expensive is distant foreign extremely expensive is distant foreign extremely expensive and definitely not american the and definitely not american the and definitely not american the politicians who questioned the coast of politicians who questioned the coast of politicians who questioned the coast of supporting ukraine aimed to capitalize supporting ukraine aimed to capitalize supporting ukraine aimed to capitalize on growing public fatigue the war is not on growing public fatigue the war is not on growing public fatigue the war is not ending and food prices are rising your ending and food prices are rising your ending and food prices are rising your family budget your ability to fill up family budget your ability to fill up family budget your ability to fill up your tank none of it should hinge on your tank none of it should hinge on your tank none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and whether a dictator declares war and whether a dicta

it's all on president putin. he has to stop what he is doing, stop the invading forces, draw his forces back, and then be ready to sit down seriously. the russians are masters at offering things that are not real. there also masters at saber rattling. the only person that needs to do things about nuclear escalation is putin. the only reason it is an issue is president putin. it's incumbent on him to make sure he doesn't use nuclear weapons in ukraine. >> i want to get into that in a bit. is it your view that it is up to ukraine to decide when to engage with president putin, given the west is providing billions in aid? >> well, we've been clear. the president has been clear. it's about ukraine. it's for president zelenskyy to decide. we have lots of conversations. the europeans have lots of conversations, the americans have lots of conversations with president zelenskyy, helping ukraine get to a position of strength, helping ukraine restore its sovereignty is what we are concentrating on. >> president zelenskyy sa

it is vladimir putin. whose idea was it to invade ukraine? vladimir putin's. so, it's hard to imagine that at some point, vladimir putin won't be caught up in the consequences of and the fallout from this war, whatever they may be. we can now speak to steve pifer, who's a senior fellow at the brookings institution and was previously us ambassador to ukraine from 1998-2000. thank you forjoining us here. what's your assessment of the significance of all of this? well, i think that the russian retreat in kherson is significant both in military and political terms. first of all, kherson was the only place in ukraine where there were russian forces on the western side of the dnipro river which roughly bisects ukraine. they are now pushed back to the eastern side. that's good news. it means for example there is much less of a threat that the russian military may strike edessa. it also is politically a huge setback, just six weeks ago vladimir putin announced he was annexing everyone, along with three other ukrainian oh busts —— 0desa. regions. in six weeks later

and majority of russians support putin and majority of russians support putin and his war and these 25 30 percent who are his war and these 25 30 percent who are his war and these 25 30 percent who are cheerleaders just want to be part of cheerleaders just want to be part of cheerleaders just want to be part of this majority if you subtract them from this majority if you subtract them from this majority if you subtract them from the total number of supporters you are the total number of supporters you are the total number of supporters you are left with those who truly support the left with those who truly support the left with those who truly support the war at the very least declare that they war at the very least declare that they war at the very least declare that they are willing to somehow contribute to it are willing to somehow contribute to it are willing to somehow contribute to it this is the base of support the extreme this is the base of support the extreme this is the base of support the extreme scan project put this group at 30 38 scan project put this group at 30 38 s

i hope putin will ask himself this question. if i detonate a mushroom cloud in a losing cause, a mushroom cloud that won't change my gravest losses, i can't stay in this country. i might be able to hold onto locations that i possessed before i waged this war. the longer i stay, the more my position crumbles. i will be the only person in human history who has waged an aggressive war and used a mushroom cloud. and against a country that voluntarily gave back to my country, the nuclear weapons, the soviet union left behind when the soviet union dissolved. the same country by the way that my predecessor, boris yeltsin provided security assurances. its territorial integrity and national sovereignty would be expected. do i want to be that guy. do i want to find myself in the lowest rung of dante's inferno? i think it's capable of making the right decision. whether i am a right or wrong, to continue to help ukraine with military assistance, economic assistance and humanitariane assistance it's the right thing to do, it's the moral thin

putin had not -- he had not sent a telegram, he ignored vladimir putin. but to add insult to injury, three or four days later, he sends the telegram to -- so by oriental standards, that shows that he viewed vladimir putin as a dead man. ms. kissel: but he benefits either way. if vladimir putin wins, i mean, then -- or keeps us wrapped up, it reduces our focus on what china is doing. and if he loses, and he has a new very large geography to dominate. it's less what they say and more on what they do and they are purchasing an enormous amount of energy. they have not said a word against what russia is doing at the u.n.. and in terms of sanctions activity, well, they are all in on helping iran, helping sanction russian entities etc. and we are not doing very much about that. that is back to the conversation, right? we need to be clear about who is helping who. we need to be not afraid. >> joe biden meeting with xi jinping. you mentioned having an understanding of what is in the core interest. what should our' towards china right now vis-a-vis what is going on

i think there's overwhelming evidence that putin's committed that crime. that crime cannot be... he cannot be prosecuted in the international criminal court for that. but a special tribunal — and there are about three efforts to create it in different ways — would be a place to hold him and his accomplices accountable because once those accomplices, the people close to him... yep. ..feel two things. one, that putin may turn on them and remove them in some fashion, and, two, that they may have to go to prison if they stay loyal to him, might want to become witnesses against putin and, indeed, find some way to remove him and stop this barbaric conduct themselves. all right. you've also been working with people like yegor sobolev, who fights corruption in ukraine itself, because of course there's been a lot of attention on that. the european union has talked about this in the past. he was chair of parliament's anti—corruption committee in ukraine, so to what extent have you got to make sure that you use your influence with the likes of yegor sobolev to tackle corruption in ukr

i don't think we can do business with vladimir putin. it was possible to do business with him after the cold war ended, believe it or not. he was willing to do business with us. he expressed some concerns that we disregarded decades ago. we expanded nato, just a little bit at first, and then a lot, and we kept getting closer and closer to russia's borders. and then one of the really bad decisions that george w. bush made was to push nato to agree in principle where ukraine and georgia would also become members. so he started pushing in 2007. and in 2008 that's when putin started blatantly violating this intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. that had been negotiated in the reagan administration, between reagan and gorbachev. just waved it aside. and around 2007, 2008, by my reckoning, putin said i just can't play by the rules that the west is imposing. i'm going to make my own rules, and they are going to suit me fine. and given what he's done in ukraine, i think he not only has to lose, but he also has to go. but that's none of my bu

president putin is not attending, but president zelensky will address the gathering by video link. now on bbc news it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zainab badawi. global leaders often come together to work for what they hope is the greater good, such as tackling climate change, conflict, and the economic crisis. how far does the world need a new body to put on trial leaders who are accused of widespread and rampant corruption that deprives their citizens of what is rightly theirs? my guest today is the senior us districtjudge mark wolf, who is trying to establish an international anti—corruption court to bring to justice leaders who abuse their power for private gain. is this an idea whose time has come, or do we already have sufficient levers to bring the kleptocrats to court? judge mark wolf, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. why do you believe that the time has come for an international anti—corruption court, an iacc? as the chair of integrity initiatives international, i and now many others around the world believe the international anti—corrup

russia's retreat from kherson creates a danger for vladimir putin. it risks changing how he's perceived here at home. not so much by the russian public, but by the russian elite, by the people around him, the people in power here, who for years have viewed putin as a great strategist, a winner. less so now. and the mood on the streets? "of course we'll win the war," he says. "when have russians ever lost?" i really hope that russian soldiers will come back and vladimir putin will leave his post, and ukraine and russia will be free from this dictator. for now, the russian public is watching, waiting... ..to see where the kremlin�*s war goes from here. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. president biden is embarking on a whirlwind diplomatic tour which will take him to egypt, cambodia and indonesia. over the next few days, he'll attend cop27, the us-asean summit and the east asia summit before joining the meeting of 620 leaders in bali. that's where the most anticipated event of the trip will take place — a face—to—face meeting with the chinese

it is vladimir putin. whose idea was it to invade ukraine? vladimir putin. so it is hard to imagine that at some point, vladimir putin want be caught up in the consequences of and the fallout from the war, whatever those may be. so how significant is russia's withdrawalfrom russia? a question i put to keir giles, author of a forthcoming book entitled "russia's war on everybody". it's symbolic. it's not the only major city that russia has held. let's not forget the siege of mariupol early in the year. the problem of grace is that russia has realised long ago that it will not win this war on the battlefield. as you heard from your correspondence earlier, the war is not over by a long way because russia is looking for alternative ways of winning it, realising that it is on the back foot with the face of this ukrainian offensive. that's the reason why russia is hammering ukraine's economy and its power infrastructure to help make sure that its people cannot live through this winter. that's why it's trying any means possible to slip away that western support and

putin. ., ., ., ., putin. you are a tax raising chancellor i putin. you are a tax raising chancellor presiding i putin. you are a tax raising chancellor presiding over. putin. you are a tax raising chancellor presiding over a | chancellor presiding over a government, and spending not being what you have to would be, do you have any hope of winning the next election? well, conservatives win elections when they are trusted with the economy and what you have seen today is a conservative chancellor outlining a very difficult path that gets us through this crisis. ., ,, ., it's been more than a week since polls closed in the us mid terms — and we now know the result. the republicans will take control of the house of representatives. the seat that handed them the majority was california's district 27, with the republican incumbent mike garcia re—elected. it means they have passed the 218 seat threshold. although our partners cbs, project the republicans majority will be five seats at most. and