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putin's first two terms from 2000-2008, vladimir putin is the first international leader to call george w. bush in 2001 after 9/11 to express his condolences on behalf of the russian people for our loss that day. vladimir putin by some accounts to georgetown, was disappointed, he thought at the time there would be more coordination in terms of international terrorism problem that russia had this coming out of chechnya and had hoped he could work together more with the united states and there were periods of working strongly together. when vladimir putin's protÉgÉ was a russian president 2008-12 russia -- during this period of so-called reset in us american relations vladimir putin was involved in these things medvedev cooperated on with the united states with the start agreement that was in the news last month, with strategic nuclear weapons with the united states and russia can have and it includes also sophisticated verification. another thing was northern distribution network which a lot of americans don't appreciate existed but it was russia allowing us to send military equipment

is putin about to eliminate his most dangerous opponent? vladimir ashurkov, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i think we have to begin with the very latest news you have on the condition of yourfriend, your ally, alexei navalny. what are you hearing? so today's the 22nd day of his hunger strike. i remind you that he demands just the medical attention, an independent doctor to see him, because his health deteriorated in prison. we were particularly worried on friday when we got the blood test results and they showed abnormal level of potassium, which is associated with imminent kidney failure and heart issues. so that's why we have been pulling all our strings. we accelerated the date for the mass protests. it happened yesterday. but before we get to the mass protests, let's continue with the medical condition. it's several days now since you publicised this news about the dangerous levels of potassium. you talked about organ failure being imminent. so right now, what is happening to him? is he getting any different treatment? we only get sketchy information. a lawyer

is putin about to eliminate his most dangerous opponent? vladimir ashurkov, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i think we have to begin with the very latest news you have on the condition of your friend, your ally, alexei navalny. what are you hearing? so today's the 22nd day of his hunger strike. i remind you that he demands just the medical attention, an independent doctor to see him, because his health deteriorated in prison. we were particularly worried on friday when we got the blood test results and they showed abnormal level of potassium, which is associated with imminent kidney failure and heart issues. so that's why we have been pulling all our strings. we accelerated the date for the mass protests. it happened yesterday. but before we get to the mass protests, let's continue with the medical condition. it's several days now since you publicised this news about the dangerous levels of potassium. you talked about organ failure being imminent. so right now, what is happening to him? is he getting any different treatment? we only get sketchy information. a lawyer

many believe this is about vladimir putin reacting to tougher language from washington and attempting to assert dominance over the biden administration. i think putin believes the west is a paper tiger with tough language but not willing to step up militarily to confront russia. so he is trying to prove the hollowness of the western words as he sees it. does he have a point to an extent? i does he have a point to an extent? ~' ., , ., ., extent? i think he does to a degree- _ extent? i think he does to a degree- it _ extent? i think he does to a degree. it is _ extent? i think he does to a degree. it is fair _ extent? i think he does to a degree. it is fair to - extent? i think he does to a degree. it is fair to say - extent? i think he does to a degree. it is fair to say no l degree. it is fair to say no one in the west wants to engage in a military conflict with russia about ukraine. no one is going to go to war from the west over that. for going to go to war from the west over that.— going to go to war from the west over that. for its part, the government _ west over that. for it

defended putin from that exact same charge. >> so you know vladimir putin. do you think he's a killer? >> mm-hmm, i do. >> putin is a killer. >> there's a lot of killers. we've got a lot of killers. you think our country is so innocent? >> while trump was complicit in the face of russian aggression, biden's hard line has left putin rattled. now putin is acting out using ukraine as a pawn in his game of chicken against the u.s. he's amassing troops on the border of that country in an attempt to provoke a confrontation. russian state tv is warning that an all-out cyber war with the u.s. is inevitable. it comes after putin threw his chief political rival, alexander navalny, in prison where he's threatened with force feeding during his hunger strike and deteriorating healthwise. just last week putin signed a law allowing him to stay in power for another 15 years until 2036. meanwhile today's announcement on sanctions included other explosive news. for the first time the u.s. government confirmed that russian intelligence actually received privileged campaign dat

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

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

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

under barack obama there was a reset attempt but it wasn't a reset for vladimir putin it was a reset for dimitri meant the a.v. while crude was prime minister so his hopes that $130.00 min v.a.d. of we could push putin out of power and have russia rip current to the fold down minutes this didn't work so what's happening in ukraine is an extension of a policy that seeks to undermine vladimir putin's russia by empowering them near abroad we saw that in georgia we see that ukraine we see that within the former republics in the baltic. it's a policy that's out of control and not in touch with reality supporting more of the most corrupt governments in the world who are supporting a state a nation that doesn't function properly and we're destabilizing an entire region all out of fight. and that's all this is his fight for glad to hear putin yes i mean for him that's not a foreign policy and demonization is not a foreign policy and i mean let me come back to what the team in washington you know what i find so peculiar here the all of the. quote unquote help from the obama administration to

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

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

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

under barack obama there was a reset attempt but it wasn't a reset for vladimir putin it was a reset for dimitri meant the a.v. while crude was prime minister so his hopes that $130.00 min v.a.d. of we could push putin out of power and have russia rip current to the fold down minutes this didn't work so what's happening in ukraine is an extension of a policy that seeks to undermine vladimir putin's russia by empowering them near abroad we saw that in georgia we see that ukraine we see that within the former republics in the baltic. it's a policy that's out of control and not in touch with reality supporting more of the most corrupt governments in the world who are supporting a state a nation that doesn't function properly and we're destabilizing an entire region all out of fight. that's all this is his fight for glad to hear putin yes i mean for him that's not a foreign policy and demonization is not a foreign policy and i mean let me come back to what the team in washington you know what i find so peculiar here the all of the. quote unquote help from the obama administration to help

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

this was vladimir putin's 17th state of the nation address. he used it to portray his country is a besieged fortress, threatened by the west. and he warned, "don't mess with russia." translation: i hope no-one will cross russia's red line, i but in each case, we are the ones who will decide where the red line is. 0rganisers of any provocation threatening our security will regret it like they haven't regretted anything for a long time. but is it moscow that's the threat? the us and nato say they're concerned by russian troop movements and a military build—up near ukraine. there is concern too about alexei navalny. the jailed opposition leader is on hunger strike and in poor health. america has warned russia of consequences if he dies. today, police detained more than 1,000 supporters of mr navalny. there were protests across russia. this was the scene in moscow, close to the kremlin. people marched through the city, defying the authorities who'd called the protests illegal. "russia will be free," they chanted, and "we're the power here". vlad

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

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

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

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

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

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

well it wasn't a reset for vladimir putin it was a reset for dimitri. was prime minister so his hopes that. we could push note of power and have russia rip current to the fold. minutes work so what's happening in ukraine is an extension of a policy that seeks to undermine glenarm or putin's russia by empowering the near abroad we saw that in georgia we see that ukraine we see that with the former republican the baltic. it's a policy that's out of control and not into the ality we're supporting more of the most corrupt governments in the world we're supporting a state and nation that doesn't function properly and we're destabilizing an entire region all out of right yeah. that's all this is is why. yes i mean for me that's not a foreign policy demonization is not a foreign policy and i mean let me come back to what we tell you in washington and what i find so peculiar here the all of the quote unquote help from the obama administration to help ukraine you know the being part of the overthrow of the legal government in 2014 as a result of crimea left and

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

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

. >> would you have any preconditions before meeting with vladimir putin? >> one at a time. >> if the risk is so low outdoors, why doesn't it apply to everyone? >> the science indicates the most certain way to assure that it doesn't spread is that both people vaccinate. >> what message were you sending to wear a mask? >> you watch me take it off and i will put it back on when i get inside. >> do you have any preconditions before meeting with vladimir putin? >> i will discuss that another day. >> will you make it faster for them to get the vaccines that we will get soon? in india? they are suffering. >> i'm sorry, this last question i will take. then, i'm going to be in trouble. with regard to india, i spoke at length with the premised are. -- with the prime minister. we are sending to india a whole series of help that he needs, including providing for the remdesivir and other drugs that are able to deal with this and prevent or in some cases help recovery. secondly, we are sending the actual mechanical parts that are needed for the machinery they have to bu

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

well it wasn't a reset for vladimir putin it was a reset for dimitri. was prime minister so his hopes that. we could push note of power and have russia. to fold. the minutes this didn't work so what's happening in ukraine is an extension of a policy that seeks to undermine glenarm or putin's russia by empowering the near abroad we saw that in georgia we see that ukraine we see that with the former republics in the baltic. it's a policy that's out of control and not in touch with reality supporting more of the most corrupt governments in the world were supporting a state a nation that doesn't function properly and we're destabilizing an entire region all out of right yeah. that's all this is is by. yes i mean for me that's not a foreign policy and demonization is not a foreign policy and i mean let me come back to what we tell you in washington here what i find so peculiar here the all of the quote unquote help from the obama administration to help ukraine you know with the being part of the overthrow of the legal government in 2014 as a result of crimea

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

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

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

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

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

reacting to this interview, vladimir putin's spokesman said that it was another alarming signal from ukraine. he said it would be impossible to modify minsk ii without putting an end to it. perhaps another sign these recent tensions between russia and ukraine are not over yet. >> ukrainians have been paying tribute to victims of the chernobyl nuclear disaster 35 years ago. morris took place -- memorials began at the same moment the nuclear meltdown happened in 1986. the town was built to house tens of thousands of people. dozens were killed in the disaster. and thousands more died in the years following. due to radiation related illnesses. th internation navy is trying to find ae way of retrieving the bodies of the 53 sailors who died in last week's submarine disasters. this guessing plans with specialists and international allies. the vessel was found at a depth of 850 meters. experts say retrieval will be difficult. family members i have been paying tribute to their loved ones. jessica washington has more from the indonesian capital jakarta. jessica: in java this father endures wha

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

this was vladimir putin's 17th state of the nation address. he used it to rtray his country as been seized rtress, threatened by the west. and he warned, don't mess with russia. president putin: i hope no one will cross russia's redline. but in each case we are the ones who will decide where the red is. organizers of any provocation threatening our security will regret it, but they haven't regretted anything in a long time. but is it moscow that's the threat? the u.s. and nato say they are concerned by the russian troop movements in a military buildup near ukraine. there is concern about alexei navalny, the jailed opposition leader's on hunger strike and in poor health. america warned russia of consequences if he dies. today, police attained more than 1000 supporters of mr. navalny. there were protests across russia. this was the scene in moscow, close to the kremlin. people marched through the city, defining the authorities who called the protests illegal. russia will be free, they chanted. and we are the power here. >> they always say that e

this was vladimir putin's 17th state of the nation address. he used it to portray his country as been seized rtress, threatened by the west. and he warned, don't mess with russia. president putin: i hope no one will cross russia's redline. but in each case we are the ones who will decide where the red is. organizers of any provocation threatening our security will regret it, but they haven't regretted anything in a long time. but is it moscow that's the threat? the u.s. and nato say they are concerned by the russian troop movements in a military buildup near ukraine. there is concern about alexei navalny, the jailed opposition leader's on hunger strike and in poor health. america warned russia of consequences if he dies. today, police attained more than 1000 supporters of mr. navalny. there were protests across russia. this was the scene in moscow, close to the kremlin. people marched through the city, defining the authorities who called the protests illegal. russia will be free, they chanted. and we are the power here. >> they always say that

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

or ukraine's leader has challenged russian president vladimir putin to meet him in ukraine's war torn east to discuss ending the conflict there a lot of resilience he also urged ukraine's western backers to signal they are willing to support kiev and its standoff with russia. which you agree. the son of the deceased leader in the east there has been officially named to succeed his father as head of state nominee that is that he takes over as the rebel fighters blamed for killing his father close in on the capital and vowed to depose the new leader government troops have been deployed to the streets of the capital. the military council says the security situation there is serious mystery 3 said debbie was regarded as a western ally in the fight against extremism french presence and modern mccall says he'll attend mr davies funeral ceremony. people flee the chatty in capital as uncertainty looms borders in airports are closed a nighttime curfew has been imposed chad's military council has named the late president's son as interim leader but that has done little to ease the tension. many