force to think that he already anticipated the other countries of eastern europe. now as we all know now. in 2004 and subsequently the other eastern countries eastern european countries joined nato. and that has provoked the russians by now to claim that baker broke his word. and they have used this one inch further east in their propaganda to say you can't can't trust americans they break their word. so finding that record of that meeting in february 1990 was critically important to understand what really happened. where the gaps i'll tell you what because i hope it's the subject of my next book. there was a very important meeting in february 1992 between president bush and boris yeltsin. was up at camp david. and the content of those meetings really establish the relationship between the united states and russia for the next 15 years. and those are the archives that i'm digging out. great. thank you very much. let's go. the questions but let me call and sorry for pronouncing yourself. could we call them her to? okay, we i think we'll go to. will go to the next. a

that might lead to someone being killed in a forest in eastern europe. does come that's a. clear cutting is also an increasing problem in france but here it's done legally up to $25.00 hectares can be felt in one go an area about the size of $25.00 soccer fields and what up there is the neighbors clearcut. what a mess. when we put our was land 5 years ago this was all covered in sort of trees you can see from the stems that they were huge up to 80 centimeters in diameter.

eight decades after the slaughter of millions ofjews began in eastern europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. my guest today is silvia foti, an american writer whose grandfather was lithuanian, a man hailed as an heroic patriot who paid with his life resisting the soviets. but according to his granddaughter, jonas noreika was no hero. he had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. now she has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. so what happens when truth trumps family loyalty? silvia foti in chicago, welcome to hardtalk. hello, thank you. yours is an extraordinary story to tell. let's begin by establishing why you chose to dig so deep into the life of your grandfather, who, of course, was a man you had never met, because he was executed by the soviets in 1910. so why did you go so deep into his life? um... it's kind of... i sort of stumbled into it, to be honest. i got the story from my mother on her deathbed, and i thought i was going to write about a hero when i started this. i had no idea about his dark past, and it really only came about when i wa

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. all done for us this are a lot to get through there let's look at some of the points that libya was bringing up there with martin mccauley martinus or for a. rochelle list good to have you on the program martin it's fair to say this is being quite a week hasn't it for russia in terms of international diplomacy it's under fire on multiple fronts we will probably get into the specifics in just a moment but what's your main takeaway. i would say that all linked because it's very difficult to resist a view that they're not linked

europe to actually block the soviet army from overtaking eastern europe? as i recall, the allies rejected that front, is that true? thanks. >> i think an argument could be made that that is very true. in fact, and this speech itself, there's a section to which churchill refers to greece. and takes credit for greece as being the birthplace of democracy, has still being democratic and said that his intercession earlier helped make that so. but there were other countries in other areas another regions that were under threat. so, i think you are right that certainly churchill using his impressions, as the word is often associated with the geopolitical vision was thinking about this long before march 5th, 1946. >> let's talk to carroll who is calling from hollies island, south carolina. carol, good morning. >> good morning gentlemen. so, this question is sort of outside the box. we are seeing that global instability because of the covid epidemic, and also the limit crisis. put yourself in winston churchill shoes, as he was a great believer in world debility. ho

eight decades after the slaughter of millions ofjews began in eastern europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. my guest today is a silvia foti, an american writer whose grandfather was lithuanian — a man hailed as an heroic patriot who paid with his life resisting the soviets. but according to his granddaughter, jonas noreika was no hero. he had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. now she has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. so, what happens when truth trumps family loyalty? hello, thank you. was a man you had never met because he was executed by the soviets in 1910. so, why did you go so deep into his life? i kind of a sort of stumbled into it, to be honest. i got the story from my mother on her deathbed. and i thought i was going to write about a hero when i started this. i had no idea about his dark past. and it really only came about when i was burying my mother in lithuania and visiting the school named after him when the director very casually mentioned that, "your grandfather was accused of killing jews." and i almost fainted when he sa

europe to actually block the soviet army from overtaking eastern europe. as i recall the allies rejected that front. is that true? thanks, i think an argument can be made that that that isn't very true. in fact in this by iron curtain speech itself, you know, there's a section where churchill refers to greece and takes credit for greece as being you know the birthplace of democracy as still being democratic. and and said that his his intercession earlier helped make that so but there were other countries and other areas and other regions that were under threat. so i think i think you're right that, you know, certainly churchill using his his his impressions as the word is often associated with his his geopolitical vision was was thinking about this long before march 5th 1946. let's talk to carol who's calling from paul. lee's island, south carol. good morning. good morning gentleman. so this question is sort of outside the box. we are facing global instability because of the covid-19 epidemic and also the climate crisis. putting yourself into winston churc

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague while one casualty of the diplomatic rift is the check in a power plant the czech republic has just announced its barring the russian state atomic. from betting for the construction of the facility back in january a chinese company was also excused from the project the remaining bit as included friend south korean and american corporations the russian and chinese firms were excluded on the largest security grounds bought to independent journalist martin summers thinks that might need some explanation. the fact that they're excluding

it�*s lithuania, and it�*s notjust lithuania, it�*s other countries in eastern europe as well. genocide is not a light matter. war is one thing — as horrible as war is, it�*s bad — but genocide is over—the—top, genocide is over—the—top and it really, it really upsets me that my countrymen, first of all, did it, and it also upsets me that my countrymen first of all did it and it also upsets me that theyjust can�*t admit they did it. they should. but notjust your countrymen, your grandfather, and not just your grandfather, but if i am honest with you, your story suggests that your own grandmother and your own mother knew and lied, and covered up, and you have to deal with that. i—i know. all i can say is they�*re products of their generation. i don�*t think my mother knew as much as my grandmother. i think my mother got as far as hearing about it and then going into denial, and i followed her footsteps for about ten years, so i think that�*s far as she got and just called it communist propaganda. my grandmother, though, knew. i�*m convinced my grandmothe

desperation drove him and tens of thousands of others from eastern europe to seek work in germany they often do jobs that germans don't want to do. a 15 minute drive from the demonstration the small town of home too many remain ians who work in the nearby meat and sausage factory. these men tell us that they've been waiting for more than 2 months to be paid they haven't been able to send money home to their families in romania. we've eaten for 10 days this pastor with sugar he's been asking for our wages we're getting no work. they just lie to us. meanwhile back at manson and get us along with the protests are taking place some workers are starting their shifts in the factory including some rumanians who've been in germany for 2 years. before i came here i worked in spain for more than 8 years my husband stayed in romania with the children. when our son finished school came with me to germany and then my husband followed. so so. now they want to stay together here in germany the unions organizing further strikes and planning to keep up the pressure on management until a way to agreemen

it is lithuania and it's notjust lithuania, it is other countries in eastern europe as well. genocide is not a light matter. war is horrible, as bad as it is, but genocide is over—the—top, it is over—the—top, it is over—the—top and it really, it really upsets me that my countrymen, first of all, did it, and it also upsets me that they cannot admit they did it. notjust your they cannot admit they did it. not just your countrymen, they cannot admit they did it. notjust your countrymen, your not just your countrymen, your grandfather, notjust your countrymen, your grandfather, and notjust your grandfather, and notjust your grandfather, and notjust your grandfather, and if i'm honest with you, your story suggest that your own grandmother and your own mother knew and lied, and covered up, and you have to deal with that. i and covered up, and you have to deal with that.— deal with that. i know. all i can say is _ deal with that. i know. all i can say is they _ deal with that. i know. all i can say is they are - deal with that. i know. all i | can say is they are produ

europe to actually block the soviet army from overtaking eastern europe? as i recall, the allies rejected that front. is that true? thanks. >> i think an argument can be made that that is very true. in fact, in the iron curtain speech itself, there is a section where churchill refers to greece and takes credit for greece as being the birthplace of democracy, as still being democratic and said his intercession earlier helped make that so. but there were other countries in other areas in other regions that were under threat. so i think you're right, churchill using his prescience, was thinking about this long before march 5th, 1946. >> let's talk to carol who is calling from hawley's island, south carolina. carol, good morning. >> caller: good morning, gentlemen. this question is sort of outside the box. we are all facing global instability because of the covid epidemic and also the climate crisis. putting yourself into winston churchill's shoes as he was a great believer in world stability, if he were alive today how would he approach the existential threat

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets so the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington kit be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow and the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. let's go live in the program now to mark and mark is director of the u.k.'s crisis research institute always a pleasure to have you mark russia has been threatening a response so now it's come. further than you expected well in this sort of incident you're going to have more. the more i think more important question is is this. crisis or is it. all the growing darkness between russia. and the you know could it be was we more dangerous by far could this go than without a lunde. well for instance some british commentators of bri

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not for the central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular house puppets so the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington can't be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow and the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. but the situation increasingly tense experts think the demonization of russia is the girl that was 7 years ago and that's been brought up you know and then the intended coup. that's been linked as well because the west seems. who is illegal and he's been talking about you elections and so on and so therefore. this is all this. put together. and we'll get is a member of. the united states the americans here so you. know i'm not saying that i can directly will be so you know it's difficult to resist. that they have it in view.

europe nowadays there's hardly any jewish life there left at all. and. use of quotes novel job tells about life in the shuttle or jewish village his main character a torah instructor named mendel singer faces challenges of biblical proportions like the job of the bible he survives one twist of fate after another and his horrible loss has put his face. i am alone i will remain alone during all these years i have loved god and he hasn't hated me all the arrows from his quiver have already taken but kill me but he's too cruel for that. job was published in 1933 years before hitler took power but even then it was read as a swan song to the jews of eastern europe those opposed spoke allows us to see and smell the dirt poverty and misery of the status we understand mental singers struggles with tradition his longing for freedom and his anger with god but it's also an uplifting novel full of warmth and hope the actress and singer marlena de twice called job her favorite book maybe you will too. don't forget about our website for more arts and culture and u

europe into the ussr and is an honor of khrushchev. he falsely declares our political positions are well known. we have held and hold to the position of nonintervention in the internal affairs of other countries. the example of finland, november 30th, 1939, grossly violating their nonaggression packet of 1932, russian planes without warning bomb helsinki signaling the ruthless aggression. some 400,000 displaced fins move by every possible means of transportation. the 8 million fins are heroic against the russians, but the soviet war finishes to russia. the example of latvia, also in 1939, borders are forced open. on promise of friendship, moscow gets basin. on june 16th, 1940, the soviets issue an ultimatum, submit to occupation or be attacked. the red army moves in to complete the occupation of latvia. to initiate the new order, a public government is appointed. russia technicians are sent in with the troops. banners and signs prepared demand admit tense of latvia into the soviet union. the secretary of the lat vee yan party makes the

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets so the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague and here trying to speaking to me earlier with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction to the story from a number of guests. that was 7 years ago and that's been brought up now and then the attendant coup in. that's been linked as well because the west see. who is illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so on and so therefore this and not all this is here is through fit together. and there's occasional rebuild area. and bulgaria is a member of nato remember. the united states the americans here s

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow and the main to the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. well one casualty of a different matter grifters a check nuclear power plant the czech republic says it's now planning to bar the russian state of tomic nuclear farm ross artem from bidding for the construction of the facility and back in january a chinese company was all all of a sudden just excluded from the project of the remaining bidders include french south korean and american corporations well let's get details on this now and cross live to the independent journalist martin summers coming on the program today good to s

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. but you're saying with the situation increasingly tense some expos think the demonization of russia is the goal. this story in the czech republic it's ludicrous i mean 767 years ago our russian agents and by the way that they must be changed thongs because so russian change sponsors because they were you know not to to sow discord and you know make an explosion that's completely due to cross sense but once that you know it will be a food very soon this story about the munition depo of the czech army which is not the 1st in na

europe for a number of outlets including our team our across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mary let me go to you 1st here this is a very ominous situation that we're facing right now we have 10 tensions are escalating the rhetoric from kiev is quite harsh moscow is reacting and nato allies are reacting as well here what's going on here i mean who's driving this is this is it washington is that a combination of bold and what about the timing the early days of the biden ministration because the b. team that's running american foreign policy was the b. team over the obama administration same figures same people same names same agenda go ahead mary. well it was very very complicated for me to figure out what on earth is going 'd on because frankly as seen from london the whole. hue and cry about what was going on between russia and ukraine has been building rather slowly and i only sort of woke up to it last week that what we were looking at was every day practically every hour we're seeing accusations from london and from washin

europe nowadays there's hardly any jewish life there left at all. use of quotes novel job tells about life in the shuttle or jewish village whose main character a torah instructor named mendel singer faces challenges of biblical proportions like the job of the bible he survives one twist of fate after another and his horrible loss has put his face. i am alone and i will remain alone during all these years i have loved god and he doesn't hate at me all the arrows from his quiver have already hit he can but kill me but he's too cruel for that. job was published in 1933 years before hitler took power but even then it was read as a swan song to the jews of eastern europe he was a poet spoke allows us to see and smell the dirt poverty and misery of the status we understand mental singers struggles with tradition his longing for freedom and his anger with god but it's also an uplifting novel full of warmth and hope the actress and singer marlene a ditto called job her favorite book maybe you will too. don't forget about our website for more arts and cultu

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague well with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the depo blast in the czech republic in 24 dean and why it's only been spoken of. number 7 years ago and that's been brought up now and then lee attended coup in in bill. that's been linked as well because the west see. it was illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so on until they're for this and no all this is here is through fit together. there's occasional rebuild area. and bulgaria is

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. with the situation increasingly tense experts think further demonization of russia is the goal. this story in the czech republic is ludicrous i mean 767 years ago russian agents and by the way they must be changed bombs because russian change spawns because there were you know in seoul spring 2800 there were in prague in 20140022 so discordant. make an explosion that's completely ludicrous sentence but once that you know it will be a food very soon this story about the munition depo of the czech army which is not the 1st in n

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague or one casualty of the diplomatic rift check nuclear power plant the czech republic says it's now planning to buy the russian state atomic nucleus. from even bidding for the construction of the facility back in january a chinese company was also suddenly excluded from the project the remaining bidders include french south korea and north american corporations. parts of eastern ukraine where the self-proclaimed republic has accused the ukrainian army of firing 15 more to a show is ultimately in violation of a truce in place sin

behind the line, lionel the capitals of the ancient status of central and eastern europe. berlin, rome, vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest and austria, all these famous -- and the populations around them lie in a must go over to the soviet and all our subjects, and one form or another, -- to a very high and sometime increasing measure of control. an attempt is being made to build up a communist party in their zone of occupied germany by showing special favouritism. at the end of the fighting last june, the american and british armies who withdrew westward, in accordance with an earlier agreement. -- in order to allow our russian allies to occupy this vast expanse of territory which western democracy had conquered. if now the soviet government tries by segregation to build up a pro communist germany in their areas this will cause new serious implications in the american and british service. we give the defeated germans the power of putting themselves up between the soviets and the western democracies. whatever conclusions can be drawn, this is certainly not deliberated i

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not for the central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington can't be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow and the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the depot blast in the czech republic in 2014 and why it is being spoken of now. 7 years ago and that's been brought up you know and then the intended coup. that's been linked as well because the west sees. it was illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so on and to look for. this and all this. together. and there's occasional. bulgaria is a member of need to remember. the united states the amer

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europe for a number of outlets including our team our across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mary let me go to you 1st here this is a very ominous situation that we're facing right now we have 10 tensions are escalating the rhetoric from kiev is quite harsh moscow is reacting and nato allies are reacting as well here what's going on here i mean who's driving this is this is it washington is an accommodation of bowl and what about the timing the early days of the biden ministration because the b. team that's running american foreign policy was the b. team over the obama administration same figures same people same names same agenda go ahead mary. well it was very very complicated for me to figure out what on earth is going 'd on because frankly as seen from london the whole. hue and cry about what was going on between russia and ukraine has been building rather slowly and i only sort of woke up to it last week that what we were looking at was every day practically every hour we're seeing accusations from london and from washingt

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the depo blast in the czech republic in 2014 and why it is being spoken of now. another 7 years ago and that's been brought up now and then lee attended coup in it in bill. that's been linked as well because the west sea negotiating coup is illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so on and so therefore this and no all this is here is through fit together. and there's occasional rebuild area. and

dominate europe and to turn the peoples of eastern europe into slaves of its might as art international law from moscow nearly half past 2 in the morning have appreciate you spending a time with us we're back in about half an hour with more of your well quite nice to. the pandemic no certainly no borders into nationalities. has emerged. world peace to. people. coming. to sleep. we can do better we should be. everyone is contributing to each of our own way but we also know that this crisis go on forever the challenge is creating the response has been massive so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. historically speaking in the cold war was a great ideological confrontation western liberalism versus soviet communism according to joe biden the great political struggle of our time is democracy versus autocracy. we are in another great ideological struggle but there is a difference the west particularly the united states is the only ideological. if you're born into a poor family. family if you're born into a family that has a single parent t

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular house puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. well with the situation increasingly tense experts think further demonization of russia is the goal. this story in the czech republic it's ludicrous i mean 767 years ago russian agents and by the way that they must be changed thongs because russian change sponsors because there were you know in seoul spring 2018 they were in prague in 20140022 so to score didn't. make an explosion that just completely drew to cross its sense that you know it will be a food very soon this story about the munition depo all the czech army which

europe. spoke allows us to see and smell the dirt poverty and misery of the shuttle we understand mental singer's struggles with tradition his longing for freedom and his anger with god but it's also an uplifting novel full of warmth and hope the actress and singer marlina de twice called job her favorite book maybe you will too. don't forget about our website for more arts and culture and until next time. i was going to from up here in berlin and he doesn't just. go after. i'm fearful. * * the promise of the moment crystal man. the only one dancing in high on the criminal cartel a one internationally and our increasingly brutal we investigate how long the german boda knew france christo man who saw. it in 30 minutes on d w. a small markets can inspire big changes in the people making up long ago in africa sometimes sitting right. join them as they set out to save the environment learn from one another and work together for a better future good. many dogs do you all for tuning in cocoa for go

europe for a number of outlets including our team our cross talk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime he wants i always appreciate mary let me go to you 1st here this is a very ominous situation that we're facing right now we have 10 tensions are escalating the rhetoric from kiev is quite harsh moscow is react. thing and nato allies are reacting as well here what's going on here i mean who's driving this is this is it washington is an accommodation of both and what about the timing the early days of the biden ministration because the b. team that's running american foreign policy was the b. team over the obama administration same figures same people same names same agenda go ahead mary. well it would very very complicated for me to figure out what on earth is going 'd on because frankly as seen from london the whole. hue and cry about what was going on between russia and ukraine has been building rather slowly and i only sort of woke up to it last week that what we were looking at was every day practically every hour we're seeing accusations from london and from washington

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington kit be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague we have to try to go talking to my colleagues you know neal earlier now with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the depo blast in the czech republic in 2014 and why it is being spoken of now. that was 7 years ago and that's been brought up now and then lee attended coup in it in bill. that's been linked as well because the west see negotiating through is illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so on and so therefore this and no all this

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not for the central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington can't be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow and the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the depot blast in the czech republic in 2014 and why it is being spoken of now. 7 years ago and that's been brought up and then the attempted coup. that's been linked as well because the west sees. it was illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so i'm going to look for. this and all this. together. and there's a real gorilla. and bulgaria is a member of nato. the united states the americans you

europe for a number of outlets including our team. all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mary let me go to you 1st here this is a very ominous situation that we're facing right now we have 10 tensions are escalating. the rhetoric from kiev is quite harsh moscow is reacting and nato allies are reacting as well here what's going on here i mean who's driving this is this is it washington is an accommodation of both and what about the timing the early days of the biden ministration because the b. team that's running american foreign policy was the b. team over the obama administration same figures same people same names same agenda go ahead mary. well it was very very complicated for me to figure out what on earth is going 'd on because frankly as seen from london the whole. hue and cry about what was going on between russia and ukraine has been building rather slowly and i only sort of woke up to it last week that what we were looking at was every day practically every hou

europe nowadays there's hardly any jewish life there left at all. use of quotes novel job tells about life in the shuttle or jewish village whose main character a torah instructor named mendel singer faces challenges of biblical proportions like the job of the bible he survives one twist of fate after another and his horrible loss has put his face. i am alone i will remain alone during all these years i have loved god and he has hated me all the arrows from his quiver have already the temper kill me but he's too cruel for that. job was published in 1933 years before hitler took power but even then it was read as a swan song to the jews of eastern europe he was a poet spoke allows us to see and smell the dirt poverty and misery of the shuttle we understand mental singers struggles with tradition has a longing for freedom and his anger with god but it's also an uplifting novel full of warmth and hope the actress and singer marlene a detainee's called job her favorite book maybe you will too. don't forget about our website for more arts and culture and

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ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. well with the situation increasingly tense experts think further demonization of russia is the goal. that was 7 years ago and that's been brought up you know and then the attendant coup in in bellew's that's been linked as well because the west seems. to is illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so on and so therefore. this and all this because he threw a fit together. and his occasional really good period. and we'll get is a member of nato in. the united states so the americans here seem to have influence and

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the depot blast in the czech republic in 2014 and why it is being spoken of now. that was 7 years ago and that's been brought up now and then lee attended coup in it in bill. that's been linked as well because the west see. it was illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so on and so therefore this and not all this is here is through fit together. and there's occasional rebuild area. and bulgaria

that might lead to someone being killed in a forest in eastern europe. that's come that's a. clear cutting is also an increasing problem in france but here it's done legally up to $25.00 hectares can be felled in one go an area about the size of $25.00 soccer fields. and there's the neighbors clear cut. what a mess. when we bought our was less than 5 years ago this was all covered in sort of trees you can see from the stems that they were huge up to 80 centimeters in diameter they were.

on the bottom of the society these immigrant workers from italy and especially from eastern europe were radicalizing they were forming labor unions socialist political parties anarchist party's newspapers. they were going out on strikes and they were voting. and not necessarily the way tammany told them to and at the top of society there was a movement called progressivism. teddy roosevelt and his republican new york friends who didn't agree with the radicals on everything, but they did share this idea that life could be made better. and when those two forces came together, they could squeeze tammany hall. silent charlie murphy the boss of the hall had been waiting for years to find the right moment. to seize this spirit of change at least in a limited form enough to drain the energy off of these competing movements. get tammany on the side of the future and he chose the triangle fire. he had control of the legislature. it was in the hands of two young tammany men. the assembly was being run by alfred e smith. and the state senate was being run by robert f wagner. smith and wagner creat

ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets so the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow and the main to the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. one casualty of the diplomatic rift is a check nuclear power plant in the czech republic says it's now planning to bomb the russian state atomic nucleus. from even bidding for the construction of the facility and back in january all of a sudden a chinese company was also excluded from the project the remaining bidders include french south korean and north american corporations. are shifting our attention to eastern ukraine now where the self-proclaimed republic has accused the ukrainian army of firing 15 mortar shells in viol

behind that line, like all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern europe. warsaw, berlin, prague, vienna, budapest, deliberated, you bucharest, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what i must call the soviet sphere. all their subjects in one form or another, not only under soviet influence to but to a very high and in some increasing measures in some an attempt has been made by the russians in berlin to build up a communist party in their zone of occupy germany, by showing special papers to groups of left-wing german leaders. at the end of the fighting last june, the american and british armies with two westward in accordance with an earlier agreement to a depth of some point of 150 miles to nearly 400 miles in order to allow our russian allies to occupy this vast expanse of territory which the western democracies had conquered. -- if now, the soviet government tries by separate action to build up a pro communist germany in their areas, this will cause very serious )qáhr' the american and british zones and will give the defeated