an admirer of putin -- >> president putin denies having anything enter. >> president putin, he just said it's not russia. >> he believed him over his own intelligence agency. >> joe biden. >> putin's friend would end up losing the white house. >> people of the nation have spoken. >> his successor was firmly anti-russian. >> outside of kabul international airplane -- >> desperately trying to hold on. >> but he also presided over a fee as could in afghanistan. meanwhile, oil prices were once again going through the roof and europe was deepening it's addiction to russian energy. the moment felt right. for putin to take back the jewel in russia's imperial crown. >> execution chambers. >> calls for a war crimes trial. >> when putin became the butcher of ukraine. >> you denial truths about the brut brutality. >> the west had awakened. >> billions pouring into ukraine. >> europe began arming ukraine to the teeth. >> putin is getting the exact opposite of what he intended. he didn't think nato would respond. >> the biden administration rallied with western friends. >> a new iron curtain. >> and

we are telling vladimir putin the president of the united states is saying to vladimir putin, we're not going to get involved with you because you're a nuclear state and we don't want to shoot down a plane and engage with you nuclearly. so what's the message that vladimir putin gets so the message is very simple. so what does he do next? but let's just say that that he's had his fun with ukraine. he then pulls up at the estonian border. he points a bunch of weapons at estonia and then he points a nuclear warhead at washington berlin and london. and then he says to us. are you ready to have a nuclear war with me over this country? it's the same question. it's the exact same question. and then what do we respond? we say no, we don't want a nuclear war with you you can have estonia and by the way take lithuania poland latvia and romania as well that way, but it's not the same question because those are nato countries and we have an article 5 commitment to nato countries ukraine is not a member of nato. so it's just really not the same thing. is it well we have the budapest memorandum where

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they expect that putin expect to make schultz do what he wants and on this game, putin is far more successful than all of schultz. the whole issue of world war three and the scare of russian nukes, that's psychological warfare. and schultz has completely fallen for the russian trap. and it is still something that putin has sort of shaping schultz minds when it comes to the risks and consequences of this war. this is exactly why eastern europeans have called this calls to be dangerous. they have not criticized. for example, angela merkel's calls to putin in the same way because she coming from eastern germany has much more experience reading former communist intelligence characters, which is part of your skill portfolio you need. if you reach out to people like putin, let me jump in here. i'm no expert on psychology nor in russia. but what i hear, let's say from political circles in paris and in berlin, is that what's what's, what's one of the reasons why they're keeping this line of communication is because they want to feel the temperature of putin's mental health. it's not just about about

is president putin trying to build a new iron curtain? and if so, who wants to be behind it and who will resist? so, we've set the scene there and clearly there's plenty to discuss. let me introduce you to my panel. george khelashvili, a member of parliament from the ruling georgian dream party. he's also the deputy chair of the government's foreign relations committee. dumitru alaiba, an mp from moldova's ruling action and solidarity party, and he's chair of the parliamentary committee on the economy, budget and finance, and he's a strong supporter of moldova's integration with the west. tikhon dzyadko is a russian journalist who's editor in chief of tv rain, one of the last independent stations in russia and last year he left the country when the station was accused by the authorities of being anti—moscow. and dr sonja schiffers is director of the heinrich boll foundation, a german, state—funded, independent think—tank. she currently advises the german government on conflict prevention and was a senior adviser on eastern europe to

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well, it's one of the big debates with putin. i think that historians will be debating this for a long time. to come what has changed and maybe not that much. maybe he's just shown his true colors in the last couple of months. and what we saw before was a sort of hidden or moderate version of putin. i'm a little bit more inclined to say that putin himself seems to have changed and one way. that seems really significant to me is that he's much more of a risk taker at the moment, and i thought he was before obviously putin could be aggressive. it was a shrewd operator if you have any questions about putin's willingness to use brutal tax extend civilians. you need only go back to the syrian war of 2015 or to the wars and chechnya where much of what's happening in ukraine was was anticipated by the actions of the russian military. so that's not a boundary that he's crossed recently. he crossed that boundary long ago, but the kind of risk that he's taken with his own economy on the battlefields of ukraine. it's a war he could lose and

it's that darn putin again. but biden has got a plan to fight these slavic cast gas crunch, imposing a new tax on energy. that way gas prices will drop because when you make something cost more, actually it's cheaper to buy. does that make sense? joe kernan may be the one sane person left on cnbc, here was his assessment of this. >> here's the final two lines of the letter. vladimir putin's price hike, which price hike are both capitalized, i'm not sure why, but vladimir putin's price hike are driving up costs for consumers. i appreciate your immediate attention to this issue and the efforts to mitigate the economic challenges that vladimir putin's actions have created for american families. so putin is mentioned five times i think. there's your last paragraph. the oil and gas company's respond. this is pure demagoguery, it's not going to help the issue, it's getting your eye off the real problems. i lived through the carter years. every day i get a stronger sense of deja vu. >> tucker: oh, jimmy carter, another

., ~' to the table in terms of a threat to mr putin? ., �* ~ ., ~ ., mr putin? i don't like to think of it in terms _ mr putin? i don't like to think of it in terms of— mr putin? i don't like to think of it in terms of a _ mr putin? i don't like to think of it in terms of a threat _ mr putin? i don't like to think of it in terms of a threat to - mr putin? i don't like to think of it in terms of a threat to putin, l it in terms of a threat to putin, but i would like to think in terms of what putin has to think he's facing should he do something stupid. and attack a nato country. and there's no doubt, you have to think very carefully about countries like finland and sweden, they are good fighters and they have got modern equipment and weapons, they're maintained high standards. they know what the threat is like, and i think them joining natojust absolutely shows what a terrible mistake putin is making where i think he thought nato was weak because our country was were not spending money —— our countries were not. what happened because of his terrible error a

troops here say president putin' . , ,., , ., putin's men learned lessons from their defeat— putin's men learned lessons from their defeat outside _ putin's men learned lessons from their defeat outside kyiv. - their defeat outside kyiv. anton tells me they change their tactics and now rely on massive artillery fire. take cover! 0nce take cover! once again, it was coming our way. and as the russians advance, civilians flee from towns and cities here. it's now 100 days and counting of wrenching separations. vladimir putin caused this —— calls this liberation. if he succeeds here, his ambitions may not stop at ukraine. following its offensive in the east, it's thought russia wants to push south and west. president putin's forces tried this in march, and failed. but russian control here would cut off vital access to the black sea coast, and it's feared they may try again. laura bicker reports on the battle for the south of ukraine from the key port city of mykolaiv. the farewell scenes have become agonisingly familiar. ludmila holds her children for as long as she can, trying to put

putin invaded ukraine. putin invaded ukraine with 100,000 forces. look at the facts. since the start of the war in ukraine this year, gas prices have risen by almost two dollars a gallon in the united states and sometimes more around the world. it was not just putin's invasion of ukraine. it was refusal of the united states and the rest of the free world to let putin get away with something we have not seen since world war ii. i said at the time siding with ukraine during the most serious aggression in europe since world war ii, defending freedom, defending democracy was not going to go without cost for the american people and the rest of the free world. we were going to have to pay a price as well. the cost of military equipment, economic assistance, humanitarian relief and sanctioned russian banking industries. russia is the one of the largest -- is one of the largest oil producers in the world. we cut off russian oil into the united states and our partners in europe did the same knowing we would see higher gas prices. we could have turned a blind eye to putin's mur

w. lead for mine's 00000000, well this was vladimir putin masterpiece. the 2018 well cup hosted by russia. it was done now to propaganda try and this war covers change as well. the perception towards russia war has returned to europe. if you pull remains a major battle ground. 15000 people in arrested for protesting the war. the world comp final stadium. ah. 14000000 now hosting war rallies. infants either be for more general, like really, you know, i didn't understand how serious play i play with this is the story of how football health who tend to start to walk how russian sports washing fooled the football community through only got money and state own companies like gosh, from that would i use pretty nice. pretty nice. cool. the fullest fusionsleep i really long hall look about how commission resists but let's stop here. fair to say putin has an obsession with sports fishing horse riding judo and hockey. all these images play a big role and how putin portrays himself to the world. but even more importantly, to his own people, started so teaching in t

but at the same time i fear that we really have more than just a putin problem. there is no guarantee that russia after putin would be a less aggressive russia. putin is exploiting grievances and sensibilities that have existed in russia for a very long time. and he is also relying on, if not explicit consent, but license from many of other countrymen, and that is particularly true of the russian elite. host: stephen in connecticut, hello. caller: i am going to focus on ukraine. there's -- even though joseph stalin said -- has a quality of its own, there is a lot of stuff from russia still coming in. and even though they are slowly pushing forward, they are being ground down. and just recently -- i mean, this is probably the most documented war in history. but there has been a change in some of the numbers, like the spikes in russian tanks that have been knocked off in just the last few days. i think it is because of more western weapons getting onto the field, but it is just not enough. i'm glad to see that they are putting in this area defense for ukraine. afte

so absolutely. putin has putin has succeeded in strengthening nato. i don't think that was his intention, but he has succeeded. speaking of us presidents under a president, donald trump, he initially withheld $400000000.00 in, in the military 8 package to ukraine over to quit broke all to do with hunter vibe . and joe biden, son of this, was in the middle of a conflict that was raging in ukraine's east. did an action like this enabled fulton and his ambitions in ukraine. no, not really. a though i, i remember it is true, the trump was impeach the 2nd time for that action. and, and of course, he wasn't convicted because impeachment is broken as a political process in the united states, but speaks volumes that he was impeached for. that the fact is that potent decided to invade for a number of reasons when potent met with biden a year ago in switzerland. it was largely biden's agenda biden was talking mostly about cyber attacks because the colonial pipeline hit. he did not put ukraine high on the agenda putin. shirley noticed that he thought biden was c

so absolutely. putin has putin has succeeded in strengthening nato. i don't think that was his intention, but he has succeeded. speaking of us presidents under a president, donald trump, he initially withheld $400000000.00 in, in the military 8 package to ukraine over to quit broke all to do with hunter vibe and joe biden, son. and this was in the middle of a conflict that was raging in ukraine's east. did an action like this enabled fulton and his ambitions in ukraine. no, not really. a though i, i remember it is true that trump was impeach the 2nd time for that action. and, and of course, he wasn't convicted because impeachment is broken as a political process in the united states, but speaks volumes that he was impeached for. that the fact is that potent decided to invade for a number of reasons when potent met with biden the year ago in switzerland. it was largely biden's agenda biden was talking mostly about cyber attacks because the colonial pipeline hit. he did not put ukraine high on the agenda putin. shirley noticed that he thought biden was

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is that possible with putin still in power? i don't believe putin will be in power when that evolves. partly because of longevity in office. this is the objective. i would think even if putin were in power. but it's not what i would prefer. to look at another problem which is not burning at the moment, but is smoldering, we go back to china and taiwan. what lies ahead for taiwan, in your view? the essence of the taiwan relationship for chinese, taiwan is an inextricable part of the chinese system. so when we reestablish relations, on the one hand, we accept the concept of one china. 0n the other hand, the chinese accepted a long period of evolution which mao described as even 100 years, so how to handle this period? and in my opinion, which is not the accepted opinion, constant confrontations over taiwan have the exact opposite effect, because the more we affirm taiwan as a second china and the more the chinese feel they have to reply to that and the more armed forces are built up around it, the more tense the situation becomes

. >> we start with the putin price hike. this is the putin price hike. i'm doing everything in my power to blunt putin's price hike. >> politically, i get why he says that. obviously, it's a lot more complicated than that. how much does putin's invasion of ukraine have to do with the inflation crisis we're seeing in the u.s., jim? >> it has a small impact. it's not zero. the price of crude oil is a big proponent of why gas prices are going up, but gasoline prices at all time high are not consistent with high in crude oil prices, part of that is refining capacity is down in the country over the last couple of years, first because of covid and then over a lot of green rules as well. also, if we're talking about inflation, there's a lot more going on than just oil prices when it comes to inflation. you mentioned some of the statistics earlier about getting your car repaired or airline tickets. those are not direct oil inputs like crude oil prices would be. so when you add it up, the putin price hike is a factor but it's not a dominant factor in what's going

putin? i think that there are a lot of questions about whether he is fully understanding how, not only how his troops have failed in the field, for example in the northern suburbs, but also the degree to which they are perpetrated. however, there is very clear evidence in the simple fact that president putin has bestowed one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on the russian unit, the status of guards on the specific unit that we believe was involved, or at least some of the members were involved in the atrocities. the fact that so soon, as we are still in the mid of this conflict, so soon after the perpetration that this unit would be singled out by the kremlin with this reward suggests that there is some knowledge and in fact casts public acknowledgment of what they are doing. >> so, you currently continue to build evidence. are we providing that evidence to those that will engage in the procedures of criminalizing putin's actions? >> so, as i stated earlier, congressman, the accoun

some of them have close ties to vladimir putin. that there was one who changed the modern game for ever by buying chelsea in 2003 lawyers is, you know, i think that was very much a part of a brand, which is strategy. who's obviously made his money in the various ways either the previous decade. and he appears like like a normal football fan. and he did you see jack in his little small and i just am for the war brown of each. i think the naval himself to do, but i think also enables russia and whoever he represents within russia is to be legitimized. politics is and always will be part of football. the question is, what kind of politics do we want? we're actually talking nation. i mean, cats are saudi arabia in the u i. e z, in best visa, not me all ago. ok. so independent business people these, these are purchases and policies that are absolutely central to a nation states foreign policy. you know, if you look at hungary, for example, talkie west, the state of the corporations and site life business, people have come to dominate th

so absolutely. putin has putin has succeeded in strengthening nato. i don't think that was his intention, but he has succeeded. speaking of us presidents under a president, donald trump, he initially withheld $400000000.00 in, in the military 8 package to ukraine over to quit broke all to do with hunter vibe and joe biden, son. and this was in the middle of a conflict that was raging in ukraine's east. did an action like this enabled fulton and his ambitions in ukraine. no, not really. a though i, i remember it is true, the trump was impeach the 2nd time for that action. and, and of course, he wasn't convicted because impeachment is broken as a political process in united states, but speaks volumes that he was impeached for. that the fact is that potent decided to invade for a number of reasons when potent met with biden the year ago in switzerland. it was largely biden's agenda by and was talking mostly about cyber attacks because the claudio pipeline hit, he did not put ukraine high on the agenda putin. shirley noticed that he thought biden was comp

vladimir putin responded to reports the u.s. and allies plan to supply ukraine with long-range missiles. >> translator: in general, all this fuss about additional weapons deliveries is to draw this out longer than possible. we will use our own weapons, of which we have enough, to it strike at those facilities we are not targeting yet. >> that warning as russian missiles shattered the sense of calm in the capitol. they say russia fired five cruise missiles on sunday. moscow claims they were targeting soviet-designed tanks. this as the nuclear power station operator says a russian missileal flew dangerously low in the south and accused russia of threatening the world with a new nuclear catastrophe. for more, let's bring in claire sebastian joining us from london. let's begin with the strike ises in kyiv. the capitol in more than a month shattering that sense of relative safety that perhaps residents had been feeling. >> and i think there's two key things to read into the missileal strikes. one is that while clearly the donbas regi

there is the russia of putin and those like him, and these are thugs. i know the streets, a lot of them from leningrad, and the driveways from which they came from, and i know their language and their ways, it's based on brutal physicalforce — who is stronger? "i'm stronger, i've proved it and that's how it is," without thinking that tomorrow someone will come who will be stronger than you, and that's why they always end up very badly, every single one of them. and for me, that part of russia is the russia, that noble russia of pushkin, shostakovich, rachmaninoff, you name it. it's the russia that they kidnapped. it's a russia that still exists. a final thought, it springs out of much that we discussed, do you think there is a place for nationalism and national identity in music? there's a universality music but there is also something national about the way music appears in the world. absolutely, absolutely there is. i think the word �*nationalism' is sometimes misunderstood and turned into something very negative and threatening. i don't believe t

so absolutely. putin has putin has succeeded in strengthening nato. i don't think that was his intention, but he has succeeded. speaking of us presidents under a president, donald trump, he initially withheld $400000000.00 in, in the military 8 package to ukraine over to quit broke all to do with hunter vibe and joe biden, son. and this was in the middle of a conflict that was raging in ukraine's east. did an action like this enabled fulton and his ambitions in ukraine. no, not really. a though i, i remember it is true, the trump was impeach the 2nd time for that action. and, and of course, he wasn't convicted because impeachment is broken as a political process in the united states, but speaks volumes that he was impeached for. that the, the fact is that potent decided to invade for a number of reasons when potent met with biden the year ago in switzerland. it was largely biden's agenda biden was talking mostly about cyber attacks because the cloning pipeline hit. he did not put ukraine high on the agenda putin. shirley noticed that he thought biden

as president putin trying to build a new iron curtain? and, if so, he wants to be behind it and she will resist? so we've set the scene there and clearly there's plenty to discuss. let me introduce you to my panel. a member of parliament from the ruling georgian dream party. he's also the deputy chair of the government's foreign relations committee. an mp from moldova's ruling action and solidarity party, and he's chair of the parliamentary committee on the economy, budget and finance, and he's a strong supporter of moldova's integration with the west. tyrone zlatko is a russian journalist who's editor in chief of tv rain, one of the last independent stations in russia. and last year he left the country when the station was accused by the authorities of being anti—moscow. and dr sonia chivas is director of the heinrich boll foundation, a german state funded independent think tank. she currently advises the german government on conflict prevention and was a senior adviser on eastern europe to the german parliament. that is our panel. wel

ah, ah, with vladimir putin masterpiece? the 2018 well cup hosted by russia team. it was not to propaganda. try this. one covers change as well. the perception towards russia war has returned to europe. if you pull remains a major back over 15000 people in arrested for protesting the war. the world cup final stadium with now hosting war rallies in front of a more general. like really, you know, didn't understand how serious play i play with this is the story of how football health who tend to start to warp how russian sports washing fools the football community through only got money and state own companies like gosh, prob, with football, the football institutions leads to really long hold, look about how commission resists but let's stop here. fair to say putin has an obsession with sports fishing horse riding judo and hockey. all these images play a big role and how puts in portrays himself the wells. but even more importantly, to his own people, ah, started. so teaching the official discourse of since 2007 on 2007. now that was the year one of the so chilly peak

gas prices are high right now because vladimir putin made them. hi. how did putin do that ? simple from his lair in a torture chamber deep beneath lubyanka prison in moscow surrounded by empty vodka bottles and the severed heads of his enemies, putin signed an executive order raising the price unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel in the united states and also while he was added of cauliflower and wheat thins dimensional lumber and plywood and plumbing parts and fish tacos, well was a whole bunch of other things you buy in fact of everything you bought, vladimir putin's single handedly caused inflation, high gas prices. he did this on purpose just as he got his orange accomplice elected president the united states five years ago. >> putin did that . why did he do it is if you even needed to ask putin did this because he hates our freedoms. that's why the freedoms that joe biden gave us that putin wants to take away is joe biden himself wrote in a letter today scolding the oil companies for not selling more oil. quote, we're living with the economic challenges that vladimir putin

, a former spy chief like putin, who has a track record of invading other countries, like putin, who has a track record of ripping off assets from other countries, like putin, a track record of repression and stifling free expression, eliminating rivals... all these things, the hypocrisy is utterly grotesque. the idea we are doing this deal with a dictatorship like rwanda, it sticks in my throat. the other thing to warn l about here, australia has a huge cultural- anxiety with border. it would be a real shame i to see the united kingdom, an open, progressive society, move down that route. - during the pandemic, australia locked out its citizens - and no one cared. this was because it was a direct transposition . of the politics that had - played out against others, refugees, anyone outside - the country, and that has now morphed into a treatmentl of anyone who is offshore. that would be really, - really sad and tragic to see britain follow that. the issue here is complicated. asylum seekers are meant to claim asylum in the first country they land in, which is often greece or italy. w

is this a sign from your viewpoint of a more confident putin, a putin that's in it for the long hall, clearly playing the long game here? >> reporter: i think vladimir putin at this point in time is very confident. one of the things we heard when we were in russia he said his special military operation, as he calls it, meaning the invasion that the russians are currently conducting in ukraine, that that is not going to stop until all of their military objectives have been achieved. i was unable to speak to his spokesman, to dmitry peskov. he said that certainly means the russians want to take all of donbas. they say these are the republics of donbas, they could possibly have a referendum. but in the end they want to have that territory. and i asked them, does that mean they're going to stop if they, if they manage to get those, those territories? and he wouldn't commit to that. he said maybe or maybe not, that that was up to the military. so certainly right now the russians feel more confident in their military operation, but they do, of course, still understand there is substantial w

negotiated settlement would simply give putin what he wants. ukrainians are strongly opposed to this approach. in fact they condemned it coming from emannuel macron. last thing you want is some kind of a negotiated deal that carves up ukraine and rewarreds the russians for their brutal behavior. eric: that seems the beginning of what could be a fissure in the solidarity with macron and some others talking about a negotiated peace, giving putin a chunk of ukraine. you're talking about north and south korea. talking about a east and west ukraine, kind of like east and west germany was in the past. is the biden administration, is president biden doing enough to try to keep the pressure on putin and support zelenskyy? >> it's a good question. i do think the biden administration has been often she to move, slow to act on the ukraine front. pols have been wait out in front of biden presidency in terms of initiative. the latest initiative to impose gold sanctions against russia originally came from the british government. good to see the u.s. strongly

>> and longer than putin, right? putin thinks he can wait the west out. sorry, go ahead. >> that's absolutely right. he thinks he can wait the west out. to exactly that point, i think one thing we should not forget, it is likely to take more than just one election, more than just president biden's election for our european allies to start feeling more confident in the united states' place leading the world. they're not necessarily convinced that the forces that brought trump to power don't still exist and aren't, you know, waiting in the wings to step back up basically at a moment's notice. i don't get the sense, you know, i talk to sources on the hill in particular, even some republicans will privately acknowledge that it is a problem when we are at the negotiating table, you know, talking with our allies, that this is kind of what is hovering over everything, hovering over the january 6th hearings is the specter of another trump nomination as the republican nominee and potentially a win in the general election. >> people, when i speak to european diplom

there is the russia of putin and those like him, and these are thugs. i know the streets. and the driveways from which they came from, and i know their language and their ways. it's based on brutal physicalforce. who is stronger? "i'm stronger, i've proved it and that's how it is". without thinking that tomorrow someone will come who will be stronger than you, and that's why they always end up very badly, every single one of them. and for me, that part of russia is the russia, that noble russia of pushkin, shostakovich, rachmaninoff, you name it. it's the russia that they kidnapped. it still exists. a final thought, it springs out of much that we discussed, do you think there is a place for nationalism and national identity in music? there's a universality to music, but there is also something national about the way music appears in the world. absolutely. absolutely there is. i think the word �*nationalism' is sometimes misunderstood and turned into something very negative and threatening. i don't believe that. for me, nationalism is a reaction. react

no wonder putin was interested in hosting major sporting events. the 2014 winter olympics. and so she was 1st personal mega project. after the collapse of the soviet union, russia could show that they were back in the game as a global power. and it was 2 twins, crown jewel approval rates before getting please deborah, just 64. by the end of the year, it was declined. mistake in the runs 80 percent. only days out of the olympic flame was put out. putin sent his troops to ukraine for the 1st time. alex crimea, russian president vladimir putin casts his shadow across the boundary of europe and russia. to night, his troops are holding firm in a corner of ukraine, known as crimea. rushing dealership was much more interested in getting noisy booty on his leadership on the actually the sick city, washington, dean, god, during the so chilling, based on world till the 2018 feet 5 o'clock later agenda monday, will be organized in after such booty landed the greatest show on earth, the football will come together, lead us to make sure that food boat promotes fair play tolerance. elena

what we are doinu putin to end the war. what we are doing now. _ putin to end the war. what we are doing now, sanctions, _ putin to end the war. what we are doing now, sanctions, the - putin to end the war. what we are doing now, sanctions, the real- putin to end the war. what we are l doing now, sanctions, the realfight on the ground, more and more bodies coming back home, that is reminding him he is not getting what he wants byjust him he is not getting what he wants by just attacking him he is not getting what he wants byjust attacking us. he will have to recreate his plans, think of his strategy stop we are not giving up. maybe not ten, but his surrounding, start to understand that you are saying, if it does not care about how many troops russia losers, maybe that will not drive him to the negotiating table. —— losers. there is a huge number support putin, because they do not feel the pain stop they can do so many places. but each and every day, sanctions, isolation, they are getting this message. i hope it will be enough for them.— getting this message. i hop

or anybody connected to putin or anybody who is a puppet of putin remains in office. putin needs to be gone, either arrested or handed over to the ukrainians or exiled, whatever it is, but the putin regime has to go forever, before russia could even think about rejoining the world stage. my question would be, what do you think the long-term solution is to normality and what do you think the chances are of putin being ousted for good? guest: i think that the long-term economic consequences are that russia will be isolated from the international economy. it will try and restore some semblance of international trade, relying on china, india and other established nations but the united states has already said that it is going to revoke most favored nation status which was granted to the russian federation when it joined the wto. russia has threatened to nationalize industries which would again alienate any attempts to reincorporate russia into the global economy. russia has decided to introduce certain imports, lift import limitations to allow parallel imports of western

so, any notion of saving putin's face is, is farcical. and honestly, when i heard my co make this statements about not humiliating putin, i had the sense that maybe it's about not humiliating. miss jo mccomb, he went on his very high profile diplomatic commission to moscow before the war began. said i'm going to sit down with vladimir putin and talk to him, make him see reason. well, that didn't work. and, and it's exactly what cool stuff was saying before. vladimir putin has a much better measure of the men in high office here in western europe. then our leaders have of him, he's been in this game for a very long time. he's much more experienced in psy ops and like a logical operation, logical operations. yeah. i mean, our leaders have 0 experience in this. and this is a tactical weakness that russia is also playing with. puttin knows that the egos of our leaders can be manipulated for his aims. he also knows that the fears of our voters and our democracies are for him and weapon he can use by spreading fear in the population. he can ens