and in st. petersburg, we cross the alexandria tom. he is a senior lecture at st. petersburg state institute of technology. i tell me, costs are rules and effect. that means you can jump anytime you want, and i would appreciate, daniel, let me go to you 1st year. i started off, the thing is nato in a state of panic because that's the only conclusion i can draw. reading all the headlines. obviously, you know, or whatever it takes. we hear that all the time. and then in the, in the post of the last washington post last new cycle, a senior by the ministration official apparently said, quote, we will continue to try to impress upon them the ukrainians that we can't do anything and everything for ever. so what, what is the matter? the ammo is running out there, going to jack up production 500 percent over the next couple of years years. is that going to be in play in years from now? what i'm, what is the message here? because delta berg is leaving, he's probably very happy to be leaving his position at nato because it's all caving in on them right now. daniel, your thou

and the strategy has clearly been successful. protests have stopped by care and st. petersburg. nothing suggest to war here. almost nothing. dorian, i find these words in the city center, no to war. in putin's russia writing, this could land you in prison. people outside russia need to understand that, says daria, let me, i was just because i thought it's important for me to say that we exist, that we are many with her enough despite everything and for loving us just for one wrong word or wrongly word at sentence on social media, you can get 10 years in prison, the floor. it's difficult to say anything. now you're good enough, but i am certain civil society will still find ways to make its opinions known. will she turn out to be right with slang elephants in postal to president lindsey's fault phone keeps her position and he could shift on his tom author's de la didn't mother you thought linda 1000 is and thought fun lately. half a while going african lies from them. in who from fin invalid eyes on the car? the, i knew the sheets and the eula makes muted. eigen and copa food inc

ah st. petersburg in february 2022 thousands take to the streets to protest against the war. ah, yeah, blood that isn't all of him with him. i was almost arrested 3 times to think it was confusing tanny solution already. many people were angry about what was happening in there, but it's a lot of police were there. even though i knew there was a big police conway at this spot here. what's the big him just themes the alcohol. now, how long gotten doria hickin is a successful tick. tock her at just 18 years old. she's one of the few who are still protesting against putin's regime. she tells me that the police put pressure on her after the demos, what we're going to see them way was they came to my building with a search warrant and searched my apartment for 2 hours. it was full and then they took me to the police station and put me in custody for 2 days it by 12 away of the week for that it would be easier if we and russia could say, take to the streets to day every one of those years the movie, what didn't didn't process that, but today has intimidated us for 20 years and he re

petersburg considering the amount of heavy air defense of between, you know, ukraine in st. petersburg and so forth. but let's assume for the serial sank that they did. of, of course, my micron would have no way of enforcing what targets, what parts of russia russia proper or what the west doesn't considered part of russia. and so, you know, that puts in a bit of a political dilemma there. generally, french has been about a step behind the rest of nato in the procurement of arms. they have provided what they call a light tank, which is it's, amex 10 are see, it's a 1978 era kind of a weird cross. it's a we old light tank somewhere between infantry fighting vehicle and a tank again hasn't been provided in, in numbers that would be substantial such as would overcome the logistical burden of it. and there are a whole host of, well, a very large number of rushing weapon systems that will make as short a work of that as they have done of everything else that the west has so far, so applied to the care of regime on the battlefield. so once again, no wonder weapon, the french were

petersburg considering the amount of heavy air defense of between, you know, ukraine in st. petersburg and so forth. but let's assume for sarah nichols saying that they did of, of course, my micron would have no way of enforcing what targets, what parts of russia russia proper or what the west doesn't consider part of russia . and so, you know, that puts in a bit of a political dilemma there. generally, french has been about a step behind the rest of nato. in the procurement of arms. they have provided what they call a light tank, which is it's an amex 10 are see it's a 19 seventies eighties era. and kind of a weird cross. it's a we old light tank somewhere between infantry fighting vehicle and a tank again hasn't been provided in, in numbers that would be substantial such as would overcome the logistical burden of it. and there are a whole host of, well, a very large number of rushing weapon systems that will make as short a work of that as they have done of everything else that the west has so far. so applied to the care of regime on the battlefields. once again, no wonder

petersburg considering the amount of heavy air defense between, you know, ukraine in st. petersburg and so forth. but let's assume for, for the theoretical saying that they did, of, of course, micron would have no way of enforcing what targets, what part of russia russia proper or what the west doesn't considered part of russia. and so, you know, that puts in a bit of a political dilemma there. generally french has been about a step behind the rest of nato. in the procurement of arms. they have provided what they call a light tank, which is it's amex 10 are see it's a 1978 era. kind of a weird cross. it's a we old light tank somewhere between infantry fighting vehicle and a tank again hasn't been provided in numbers that would be substantial such as would overcome the logistical burden of it. and there are a whole host of, well, a very large number of rushing weapon systems that will make as short a work of that as they have done of everything else that the west has so far, so applied to the care regime on the battlefield. so once again, no wonder weapon, the french were

petersburg considering the amount of heavy air defense between, you know, ukraine in st. petersburg and so forth. but let's assume for the article saying that they did of, of course, my micron would have no way of enforcing what targets, what parts of russia russia proper or what the west doesn't consider part of russia . and so, you know, that puts in a bit of a political dilemma there. generally, french has been about a step behind the rest of nato. in the procurement of arms. they have provided what they call a light tank, which is it's an amex 10 are see. it's a 19 seventies eighties era. kind of a weird cross. it's a we old light tank somewhere between infantry fighting vehicle and a tank again hasn't been provided in numbers that would be substantial such as would overcome the logistical burden of it. and there are a whole host of, well, a very large number of rushing weapon systems that will make as short a work of that as they have done of everything else that the west has so far. so applied to the care regime on the battlefields. once again, no wonder weapon, the

petersburg considering the amount of heavy air defense between, you know, ukraine in st. petersburg and so forth. but let's assume for sierra nichol sank that they did. of, of course, my micron would have no way of enforcing what targets, what parts of russia russia proper or what the west doesn't considered part of russia. and so, you know, that puts in a bit of a political dilemma there. generally, french has been about a step behind the rest of nato in the procurement of arms. they have provided what they call a light tank, which is it's an amex 10 are see, it's a 1978 era kind of a weird cross. it's a we old light tank somewhere between infantry fighting vehicle and a tank again hasn't been provided in numbers that would be substantial such as would overcome the logistical burden of it. and there are a whole host of, well, a very large number of rushing weapon systems that will make as short a work of that as they have done of everything else that the west has so far supplied to the care regime on the battlefields. once again, no wonder weapon, the french were already

petersburg considering the amount of heavy air defense between, you know, ukraine in st. petersburg and so forth. but let's assume for the article saying that they did, of, of course, micron would have no way of enforcing what targets, what parts of russia russia proper or what the west doesn't considered part of russia. and so, you know, that puts in a bit of a political dilemma there. generally, french has been about a step behind the rest of nato. in the procurement of arms. they have provided what they call a light tank, which is it's an amex 10 are see. it's a 19 seventies eighties era. kind of a weird cross. it's a we old light tank somewhere between infantry fighting vehicle and a tank again hasn't been provided in numbers that would be substantial such as would overcome the logistical burden of it. and there are a whole host of, well, a very large number of rushing weapon systems that will make as short a work of that as they have done of everything else that the west has so far. so applied to the care regime on the battlefields. once again, no wonder weapon, the

and exhibition and st. petersburg has gone ahead, despite the dangers a wide, i child doves of peace, and the words love against hate, all displayed on me to long cardboard posters. these are the works of 77 year old st. petersburg artist, alina or sip over. 2 dozen of these posters created from 2014 to the present day were on display here at the local headquarters of the russian political party yap local exhibition opened on the last day of january. the very next day it was rated by police and the works confiscated. organizers had anticipated such a reaction. there decided not to feature or suppose most critical work, fearing it could fall under new laws, restricting freedom of expression in russia. who knew feel of what with mowgli? unfortunately, we were not able to exhibit all the works here publicly because we need to comply with the new laws. and we wouldn't want to put alaina, also pover and the party at risk. but if you don't believe the yoga, some of her work is you are very striking when we can ab

yeah, it's good alexander in st. petersburg here. we had a guest on recently scott ritter and he is a former un weapons inspector and he likes to continue to use the phrase military math. so all the p, all the blankenburg and all of victoria new and shakes, tell them they can say whatever they want, but they don't talk in terms of military math. again, this is why it's becoming so very dangerous. alexander and st. petersburg go ahead . i think the main issue isn't so much a panicking, it's probably more that the leads in nato and in washington, d. c. at least some portion of them are beginning to realize that this war isn't going to, at the very least go as easily as they thought and that worst for them. they won't achieve any of their objectives. so i think that there is, of course, to be a leads who are looking at their strategy and realizing, finally after about a year that they're not going to get what they want. so what they're instead trying to do it seems, as was mentioned just now about these chinese balloons, there's balloon

these are the works of a 77-year-old petersburg -- st. petersburg artist. two dozen of these posters were on display here at the local headquarters of the russian political party. the exhibition opened on the last day of january. the next day, it was rated by police and the works confiscated. organizers had anticipated such a reaction. they decided not to feature the most critical work fearing it could fall under new laws restricting freedom of expression in russia. >> unfortunately we were not able to exhibit all of the works here publicly because we need to comply with the new laws. we wouldn't want to put her and the party at risk. some of her works are very striking. absolutely accurate. but they contain words that one would have to pay a fine for. >> she has studied and taught art all her life. she created her first political poster in 2002 after the seizure of a theater by chechen rebels. since then, she has taken part in countless protests often being detained. after russia invaded ukraine, she joined antiwar rallies. she was not afraid then and she

this is one of the best museums in the world or from a touch of st. petersburg to help rough. he's the director here and i bet he has smith ah, shale data flow, fiesta food id, or there is a tune. the when the tv phone, that's silly. basically last day. lackey, quasi divided shaven assault. deductible has so many catalog. hello. so the money to carry out our programs and do our research for free amounts comes from a variety of sources. ah, certainly from the u. s. government and other donor governments, they are interested, they're involved in promoting of democracy. human rights for some america is financed by the u. s. government. and the voice of america is part of the federal government. us international organizational limiting to walker to programs you much partner with the local in june. mm. need legato. we get a floyd inch is super, super hot, a sweet to mit the center for international private enterprise energy to change the thunder bottom dollar, letting one with the lease say that the bottom of the out, the peddler, we moved with nobody who so if you had synergy to s

we have a color from st. petersburg, florida. you have a problem with this resolution. caller: yes, i do, it is a common sense -- in the business world. sometimes i think c-span, you brought this issue up and it is dividing the country. what we should do is just unify our country, so, i wish c-span would not have this type of format. in the real world, this is what happens, even with our budget, it happens and to center this on national media, i don't know, i have high standards and listen to you guys every day. like the last caller said everybody produces hate and division. host: this was on the house floor for a good chunk of time yesterday. it was a lively debate between the two parties. and they voted on this resolution along party lines. the conversation this morning gives all of you and opportunity to tell the lawmakers behind this what you think of the actions they took. caller: absolutely. i understand that but there are a lot of issues in our country right now that deserve more of a platform them what happened with representative omar. host: we are here seven d

he is originally from st petersburg and works on d w ews russian desk and we're very pleased to have with us natalia romaniuk. she is a freelance conflict reporter from ukraine who heads the independent broadcaster homansky tv and founded the public interest journalism lab she joins us from kiev by skype. vladimir with the first anniversary of the russian invasion looming. vladimir putin would like to have some successes to show will um in fact russian forces gratify that wish he's desperately need to deliver some kind of victory to the russian public next week because he will be talking to russian parliament next week with the annual speech to the nation. so everyone expecting a kind of russian offensive in eastern ukraine. but there's signs of trying to start such offensive in recent weeks in recent days. but there's no major success on this. can you say a little bit more about that because the battle particularly for valid are on the eastern front in donetsk is seen as an opening move. in this much dreaded spring offensive by russia. there are varying reports about the scale of ru

this is one of the best museums in the world or from a touch in st. petersburg. to help roughly is the director here and i bet he has met ah, louise to come to the russian state will never be as tight as i'm phoning. being no slant scheme div, asking him then i'll send them up for a group in the 55 when. okay, so my niece, madeline speaking when else with will ban in the european union. the kremlin. yup. machine, the state on russia for date and split our t spoke neck even our video agency, roughly all band to on youtube with . mm. ah, brazil has on one of the countries hit the hard by the coven pandemic. and recently gyre ball snarls government has back measures to east economic hardship for citizens. this included a 50 percent increase and welfare payments for brazil's poorest but these payments will only continue until the end of the year. a move that several have blasted as a cynical, an opportunistic electoral ploy. so what's the cost of having a right wing leader versus the left wing leader like mueller da silva for brazilians? and regardless of who was in

these are the works of 77 year old st. petersburg artists, elaina, or sipp, over 2 dozen of these posters, created from 2014, to the present day were on display here at the local headquarters of the russian political party. yep. local. the exhibition opened on the last day of january the very next day it was rated by police and the works confiscated. organizers had anticipated such a reaction there decided not to feature or supervise most critical work, fearing it could fall under new laws, restricting freedom of expression in russia, another new new, new fuel of wood. with mowgli. unfortunately, we were not able to exhibit all the works here publicly because we need to comply with the new laws. and we wouldn't want to put alaina, also pover and the party at risk. but if you don't believe the young lady, some of her work is you are very striking when vision absolutely accurately from the thought they contain words that one would have to pay a fine for a couple of more. who is of what need for the voice. it's elena, i suppo

this is one of the best news in the world from a touch of st. petersburg. how rusty is the director here? and i bet he has met ah, hello, i'm manila chan you are tuned into modus operandi. on today's show, the world consumption of this resource keeps growing, especially as emerging economies, like india and members of the african union continue to rapidly develop natural gas . and the irony is the country rich in this fossil fuel need. it the least because it's frequently found in warmer climate. this week we'll talk about nat gas, and it's liquefied form called l. n g. who has it? and who wants it? because energy is power in the 21st century. all right, let's get into the ammo. mm . according to the gas exporting country flora this year, held in cairo, egypt, in late october of 2022, they say demand for nat, gas will far out pay supply until 2025. when new sources of supply are expected to come on line. but as of 2017, there were about $6.00 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves in the world. and at current usage or consumption levels, it's estimated

petersburg airport was closed for at least an hour or so. but now reports from russian media indicate that it has been reopened. it's one of many incidents that have been seen over russian territories this morning. the russian defense ministry has reported about some drones that are shot down over the territory. they have been reports of a cyber attack against a local radio in crimea, which announced that there were people had to go to emergency shelters, and eric sirens will ring soon and that turned out to be false news as well. so there seems to be a lot that is happening in the cyber space, so to speak, where multiple number of threats have been reported. and as you mentioned, this is coming as the ministry of defense for the 1st time has actually detailed a plan of how allegedly chemical weapons have been brought into ukraine in near the done yes creature. and this is where intense fighting has been taking place for the last few months. they administer defense that can be identified. the number of bull gave the type of chemicals it says

and in st. petersburg, we cross the alexandria tom. he is a senior lecture at st. petersburg state institute of technology. i tell him in cross talk rules and effect, that means you can jump in anytime you want. and i would appreciate, daniel, let me go to you 1st year. i started off, the thing is nato in a state of panic because that's the only conclusion i can draw. reading all the headlines. obviously, you know, or whatever it takes. we hear that all the time. and then in the, in the post to the last washington post last news cycle, a senior by the ministration official apparently said, quote, we will continue to try to impress upon them the ukrainians that we can't do anything and everything for ever. so what, what is the method ammo is running out there? going to jack up production 500 percent over the next couple of years years. is that going to be in play in years from now? what i'm, what is the message here? because delta berg is leaving, he's probably very happy to be leaving his position at nato because it's all caving in on them right now. daniel, your t

and exhibition in st. petersburg has gone ahead despite the dangerous. why'd i child dots of peace and the words love against hate? all displayed on meat along cardboard. paste as these are the wax of 77 year old st . petersburg artist, elaina arsic over 2 dozen of these paste is created from 2014, to the present day are on display here at the local headquarters of the russian political party. yep. local exhibition opened on the last day of january the very next day. it was rated by police and the works confiscated. organizers had anticipated such a reaction there decided not to feature or supervise most critical work, fearing it could fall under new laws, restricting freedom of expression in russia. another who knew feel of all the smuggling. unfortunately, we were not able to exhibit all the works here publicly because we need to comply with the new laws. and we wouldn't want to put alaina, also pover and the party at risk. but if you don't believe the yoga, some of her work is you are very striking when

in st. petersburg, how roughly is the director here? and i bet he has met the joggers archipelago, told me that she goes to san diego garcia, the largest island in the archipelago, is now the location of a very large u. s. military base. you can go from med, geez, i to the u. s. government to make a military base and just deported all of the people from their country so they can return back on the island. no, but we are fighting. that's why i'm fat real fast being for the right. so i, we do not consider the right to self determination actually applies to the jiggle. since i don't the question of self determination, the legal advice we have received is actually the chic options. we're not and all not a people for me, it's time to move on and see what we can do all the time. the said community to return back home is knowledge support from the united nation. i commission african united nish. i don't care about juggling people ah, the headlines on asi, international with disturbing images as russia has slammed the international organization

i always thought that the, the transport of linen from switzerland tor st. petersburg in 1917 was the last minute decision tour to get rid of the eastern front. no, sir. a book by an austrian historian like elizabeth parish. i learned that actually have been a long, a long reach, a far back, reaching into lay 18 ninety's, a development in how to for command russia and does support of debauchery movement, which was not em most what it was not the majority of representative movement of the russian stan, demand from the anna, their money from mister haled pant, pavel saw, organize all that. i was moving into it. it was all about frank mounting. russia and the dan minister of foreign affairs of austria said before 1914, i russia is too big that we can attack it. we will have to make sure that it somehow implodes from inside. so do you think that this will remind side of the current decision makers because they do not make an impression of people who actually study books does no history does come to a historical approach. but when you hear from think tanks, unive

i always thought that the, the transport of linen from switzerland tor st. petersburg in 1917 was the last minute decision tour to get rid of the eastern front. no, sir, a book by an austrian historian like elizabeth harish. i learned that actually to have been a long along reach of far back, reaching into lay 18 ninety's, a development in how to for command russia and did support of the voucher rec movement, which was not em most what it was not the majority of representative movement of the russian stan, demand from the anna, the money from mister harry pant, pavel saw organize all that. i was moving into it. it was all about frick mounting . russia and the dan minister of foreign affairs of austria, said before. 1914, i or russia is too big that we can attack it. we will have to make sure that it somehow implodes from inside. so do you think that there's a mindset of the current decision makers because they do not make an impression of people who actually study, he's not books, does no history does come with a historical approach about when you hear from

look at for the vision and st. petersburg. ah, i'm to call for a link to our viewers. joining us on p. b. s. in the united states and all around the world, of course, welcome. we begin with a diplomatic spat over an alleged chinese spy balloon that's been tracked. flying across the united states, u. s. secretary of state antony blank and has postponed, a planned, visited china following the discovery. the balloon was 1st detected over the state of montana which houses so $150.00 intercontinental ballistic missile silos. pentagon officials have described the airship as an intelligent gathering balloon. china claims the balloon is for civilian purposes and says it regrets the balloon accidentally sailed into u. s. air space. and for more on this, let's go to washington worthy w correspondence to me. so misconduct standing by and following all of this of course very closely. so me a tell us more about at antony blanket decision to postpone his plan trip to china for this. right, so the state department has now confirmed that the

an exhibition in st. petersburg has gone ahead despite the dangers, a wide eyed child tubs of peace and the words love against hate, all displayed on me to long cardboard posters. these are the works of 77 year old st. petersburg artist elaina also over. 2 dozen of these posters created from 2014 to the present day were on display here at the local headquarters of the russian political party. yep. local exhibition opened on the last day of january the very next day it was rated by police and the works confiscated. organizers had anticipated such a reaction that decided not to feature or supervise most critical wac fairing. it could fall under new laws, restricting freedom of expression in russia. another who knew knew feel of what with mowgli. unfortunately, we were not able to exhibit all the works here publicly because we need to comply with the new laws. and we wouldn't want to put elaina or suppose her and the party at risk. but if you don't believe the yoga, some of her work is you are very striking

petersburg. my hometown, there was a lot of talk about, you know, german law or austrian discipline and the treatment of everybody as equal be the law, the presumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty. when you look at how you were treated or how some of the russian nationals are now being treated, what do you think happened to that concept? there were little, except that as somebody who studied law, i'm simply struck. i'm, i'm shocked by what's going on. the way law has been twisted confiscation, cutting of bank accounts, lists have replaced loss. this is to put it in a nutshell to come back to which found which we discussed before. and, ah, let me put it in a little bit of irony. but when you were accused of witchcraft and 17th century, you can walk to the court. you were tortured, but at least that you were told your crime you had danced with the devil. you had a pie. some children are. in my case, i only learnt by sheer coincidence that i am blacklisted, and i don't even know my

petersburg. my hometown, there was a lot of talk about, you know, german law or austrian discipline and the treatment of everybody as equal before. the lord, the presumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty when you look at how you were treated or how some of the russian nationals are now being treated. what do you think happened to that concept? that all except as somebody who's studied law, i'm simply struck i'm, i'm shocked by what's going on. the way law has been twisted confiscation, cutting of bank accounts, lists have replaced loss. this is to put it in a nutshell to come back to which found which we discussed the foreign. ah, let me put it in a little bit of irony, but when you were accused of witchcraft and 17th century, you can walk to the court. or you were tortured, but at least you were told your crime. you had danced with the devil. you had a pie. some children are in my case, i only learnt by sheer coincidence that i'm blacklisted, and i don't even know my crimes. but

uh huh. ties in st. petersburg. how roughly is the director here and i bet he has met today, and this is new and never done before. we trigger the general his cape club. that means national government can pump into the economy as much as a nickel. yeah. but it calls up and yeah. and i'm a fanatical plenty to get holding them up and yeah, we didn't have that. i'm not gonna get it to us on to that at all. the denial suspend my son. he got it. did the mean and i meant to be sick at sickle miyoshi staff and he started on monday, but i've had to do jonah, this is a for me, i didn't just do this and he bad. i mean so that it resets your home phone, go out shamefully. from lam, i'm not really sure, but i thought i'll likely to give you a couple of not bringing about these. assume this will be nice to me. so this will be 2. 0, i know i could probably my chima. it blocked the model. received by not could be fine up with what i would give them. the daughter last last you know, ah, a tim vitale. many focus you can get that. we

petersburg. my hometown, there was a lot of talk about german law or austrian discipline and the treatment of everybody as equal before. the lord, the presumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty when you look at how you were treated or how some of the russian nationals are now being treated. what do you think happened to that concept? the rental, except as somebody who's studied law, i'm simply struck i'm, i'm shocked by what's going on. the way law has been twisted confiscation, cutting of bank accounts, lists have replaced loss. this is to put it in a nutshell to come back to which one to which we discussed before. and ah, let me put it in a little bit of irony. but when you were accused of witchcraft and 17th century, you can walk to the court. you were tortured, but at least you were told your crime. you had danced with the devil you had placed some children. ah, in my case, i only learned by sheer coincidence that i am blacklisted and i don't even know my crimes. but the effect

petersburg. my hometown, there was a lot of talk about, you know, german law or austrian discipline and the treatment of everybody as equal before. the lord the presumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty. when you look at how you were treated or how some of the russian nationals are now being treated, what do you think happened to that concept? the rattle except that as somebody who's studied law, i'm simply struck i'm, i'm shocked by what's going on. the way law has been twisted confiscation, cutting of bank accounts, lists have replaced loss. this is to put it in a nutshell to come back to which found which we discussed before. and, ah, let me put it in a little bit of irony. but when you were accused of which craft in 17th century, you can walk to the court, you were tortured, but at least that you were told your crime. you had danced with the devil you had put some children. ah, in my case, i only learnt by sheer coincidence that i am plucked listed, and i don't even know my cr

the european champions league final g to be played in st. petersburg was withdrawn from washington. do sports. boy cox like that old russian athletes work. the degree to which they work depends on what you will measure of success is if the object is to punish a nation state and to force its hand, then you know, not necessarily, you know, the evidence is in a single event is unlikely to do that. they use the longevity of the sporting sanctions against apartheid south africa that eventually continuity to the change period of hormones. beautiful ah, foster half ski sitting in the ruins in his countries capital city. there is no doubt of the role sports during war. we all believe olympics, this is fair, fair for sport. equal opportunity. there's nothing equal in today's world. john, i guess raska al jazeera nominees, now the death toll from the earthquake. sir devastated parts of turkey and syria has now passed $50000.00. rescuers in northern syria, still search in the rubble of buildings destroy 2 weeks ago. aid has been slow to reach the region complicated by the ongoing civil war in

i always thought that the, the transport of linen from switzerland tor st. petersburg in 1917 was the last minute decision tour to get rid of the eastern front. no, sir, a book by an austrian historian like elizabeth harish. i learned that actually to have been a long, a long reach, a far back, reaching into lay 18 ninety's. a development in how to, for command russia and as for port of debauchery movement, which was not em muscle, it was not a majority of representative movement of the russian stem demand from vienna. the money from mister hed pants, powerful so organized all that ah, was moving into it. it was all about frequenting russia and the then minister of foreign affairs of austria sat before 1914. ah, or russia is too big that we can attack it. we will have to make sure that it somehow implodes from inside. so do you think that this will remind said of the current decision makers because they do not make an impression of people who actually study, he know books. there's no history as complete a historical approach, but when you hear from think tan

look at her exhibition in st. petersburg. ah, i'm nicole phillips could have you with us. we begin with the diplomatic spots over an alleged chinese spy balloon that's been tracked flying across the united states, u. s. secretary of state antony blanket has postponed. a planned, visited china following the discovery. the balloon was 1st detected over the state of montana which houses some 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos entered on officials, described the airship as an intelligence gathering below china claims the balloon is for civilian purposes and says it regrets the balloon accidentally sailed into you as airspace a moments ago, you as secretary of state antony blank and spoke about his decision to not go ahead with a visit to china yesterday, the department of defense announced that we had detected and were tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon that remains over the continental united states, we continue to track and monitor the balloon closely. we're confident this is a chinese surveillance balloon. once we detected the balloon, the u. s. governm

these are the wax of 77 year old st. petersburg artists, elaina arsic, over 2 dozen of these posters, created from 2014, to the present day are on display here at the local headquarters of the russian political party. yep. local. the exhibition opened on the last day of january the very next day. it was rated by police and the wax confiscated organizers had anticipated such a reaction that decided not to feature or supervise most critical work, fearing it could fall under new laws, restricting freedom of expression in russia. another who knew who fear of what with mowgli? unfortunately, we were not able to exhibit all the works here publicly because we need to comply with the new laws. and we wouldn't want to put elaina or suppose her and the party at risk. but if you don't believe the yoga, some of her work, you are very striking reading absolutely accurately from what they contain words that one would have to pay a fine for the building more room the board did for the voice. it's elena, our supervisor has studied and t

he was in jail and then became a hot dog seller in st. petersburg. he started setting up restaurants an at some point when putin back in the late 90s was deputy mayor of st. petersburg, he seemed to take a liking and before long he was catering meetings between putin and other leaders. then somehow he gets into this inner circle and they take the decision to annex crimea which is different from the one we saw last year, they're trying to keep it covert, they're denying that there are any russian troops on the ground even though, you know, all of us that were reporting there at the time could see there were russian troops. but in the kremlin, they started to think what could we do to have more plausible intervening and deny that they were there and that is the genesis of the wagner idea. in the spring of 2014, there is say meeting in the ministry of defense and progshin is given this bit of land where he could train fighters. and later on this group will grow and grow and turn into the wagner group. >> and fred, you've been covering it for a long time

this is one of the best museums in the world, the competition st. petersburg. how prophecy is the director here? and i bet he has met ah shale, there will be a school id, or there is a to live in the theda from that silly. basically last day. lackey, quasi divided, shipping to solve the deductible good. if somebody cannot loosen the money to carry out our programs and do our research for free amounts, comes from a variety of sources and certainly from the u. s. government and other donor governments that are interested, they're involved in promoting of democracy. human rights force on america is financed by the u. s. government and the voice of america is part of the federal.

the transitional president will attend a russian africa summit in st. petersburg in july. president joe biden is said to tout his economic strategy in his coming state of the union speech. he said to offer a reassuring stance of the condition as he delivers his second state of the union seeming to overcome pessimism in the country with concerns about his leadership. our reporter is in washington. >> just hang a conversation with the american people that's how joe biden sees his state of the union address. this conversation will be looking back at the past two years with the president expected to tout some of his major achievements whether it's the inflation reduction act or the bipartisan infrastructure law as well as more concrete measures like lowering drug prices or tightening gun laws. the speech will also be laying the plan for the next couple of years leading up to the 2024 presidential election with joe biden expected in the coming weeks to officially launch his reelection campaign. very different this time around will be backdrop to the president's speech. gone is

this is one of the best museums in the world are huh. touched and st. petersburg. how rough he is, the director here, and i bet he has met none of what is me spoken by the united states all by you when he's actually fighting a war essentially to prove when the better done the surgeon. so rushing forward once again in, in this region and saw that it was one of the deposit its limits. i've won as it is, it's possible ah november 22nd 2020 to outraged orthodox christians, confronting ukrainian security service offices are looking entrances and exits to keep the oldest monastery. they were looking for alleged russian spies among the monks. we mean dealer seeming or full. no reason for the brutal crime down one church. his parishioners had song a song about russia. ah me. it's long been reason enough to condemn any old adult christian attack in prison and even kill them. russia, what i mean? rush up, i need to pick it up when you last store you, when you start to grow offline. when you, when you started a shoe, use a senior bomb. i used to miss dodd, this seems to me we

one is halfway between moscow and st. petersburg. the second is in southern russia and the third one is in moscow. all three stations are highly guarded, and antimissile systems are installed next to at least one of them. based on the fact that we found, we cannot say this is directly related to the war because according to the satellite images we have, secret railway stations for putin began to be boot in 2017. >> that is fascinating in the context of the buildup and where we are. as you started talking about it, we know where his mind was and what he was thinking even then. thank you so much. i appreciate you sharing that with us. thank you both. >>> next, what china does not want you to see. cnn getting the first look at a chinese lab that makes spy balloons and the military vehicle parked on the premises is pretty much the proof. these are not weather balloons. >>> documents show one fox news host privately said sidney powell was lying and called rudy giuliani a complete nut. why is the network still dealing out election lies? >>

because we came by calling from in, from st. louis to saint petersburg. that was the only way that we could easily get there. that's right, that's right. that's right. let me just let me, let me ask you one question here because we talked about the start treaty. and as the russian president said, that the start treaty has been put on hold. roger is not walking away from it, but on, on, when it comes to the conflict in ukraine, putin said that if the west supplies long range weapons, russia will have to push back further. putin said that russia cannot be defeated on the battlefield. so the west us is an information war. how would you read that statement? so i agree with him. i agree with him because the, the west is trying to give and all kinds of. busy weapons to the ukraine, and now they're, they're even contemplating. i think there was one country opponent i think, who is willing to give f sixteens to, to the ukraine, and that changes everything. so the war of propaganda continues. the weapons continued to, to be sent to your grade. and i think that the

this is one of the best museums of the world, the competition st. petersburg to help roughly is the director here, and i bet he has met a public authority say russian troops had nearly encircled the ukrainian held town club and they were new defensive in u. s. secretary of state lincoln council says it's a beijing following hysteria in american media. it caused by a chinese where the balloon swaying into us. on the leak documents came, a british intelligence project spied on palestinian refugees using as we previously alleged to have provided funds to come with.

this includes a warehouse in st. petersburg. it says it has obtained regulatory approvals both from the eu and russia for the sale of the sites. a cyprus based company operates the sites jointly with a russian company. maersk had more than 30% stake in a poor operator but sold it last year. european union leaders should approve a third round of sanctions against russia this week. it will target four more russian banks and includes curbs on imports and experts. last week, the eu president said the proposed export mains -- bans were designed to keep pressure from accessing technology and goods to make military supplies. here is minister for foreign affairs speaking earlier. >> we have began discussing the 10th sanction of sanctions. we have presented as a regulation for the council to approve. we are on the way to approving it. they are saying it will be approved in the next days, before the 24th in any case. yuka: russia's economy shrunk less than expected last year despite western sanctions. it is estimated that gdp contracted 2

huh tarzan st. petersburg, how roughly is the director here and i bet he has met the claims of the king of the belgians, leopold the 2nd to the congo were finally authorized by the leading european countries in 18. 85. in the very heart of the african continent. a state under the rule of the belgian monarch was declared since the beginning, the congo free state was total, may him for the local population and functioned as a universal concentration camp. the majority of the population, including women and children, were forced to work on the rubber plantations. those who failed to fulfill their quota were beaten and mutilated to keep the congolese people under control. the king set up the so called forest bleak which were punitive detachments that cast terror on the captured country and its inhabitants, fearing that their subordinates would simply waste bullets hunting for wild animals . the officers demanded that the soldiers gave an answer for every bullet used, and as proof presented a chop hand o

he spent moesst of his 20s in jl and then became a hot dog seller in st. petersburg. he started setting up restaurants an at some point when putin back in the late 90s was deputy mayor of st. petersburg, he seemed to take a liking and before long he was catering meetings between putin and other leaders. then somehow he gets into this inner circle and they take the decision to annex crimea which is different from the one we saw last year, they're trying to keep it covert, they're denying that there are any russian troops on the ground even though, you know, all of us that were reporting there at the time could see there were russian troops. but clearly in the kremlin, they started to think what could we do to have a little bit more plausibility to intervene and deny that we are here. and this is really the genesis of the wagner idea of somewhere in the spring of 2014, there a meeting of the ministry of defense and progoshin is given this bit of land where he could train fighters. and later on this group will grow and grow and turn into the wagner group. >> and fred, yo