vladimir putin rejected accusations that russia is preparing to invade ukraine, after amassing thousands of troops on the border between the two countries. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. musical sting it s the most wonderful time of the year if you happen to like long news conferences. vladimir putin s end of year press briefing is always a marathon affair. forfour hours, the kremlin leaderfielded questions and he used the event to vent his resentment at how nato enlarged after the fall of the soviet union. translation: we won t move one inch towards the east, they told us in the 1990s, and what happened? they deceived us. they brazenly tricked us. there were five waves of nato expansion, and now missile systems are appearing in romania and poland. is this russia s response?
insiders tell us by hundreds of pounds, 30 a0% which is a huge amount. and it raises questions about whether the government, as other governments have done around europe, will intervene but that could be costly and could cut against climate change considerations so it is a real test of the prime minister s rhetoric from the energy markets almost immediately. from the energy markets almost immediately- from the energy markets almost immediately. many thanks, faisal islam. as immediately. many thanks, faisal islam- as we immediately. many thanks, faisal islam. as we mentioned, - immediately. many thanks, faisal. islam. as we mentioned, wholesale gas prices in the uk hit a record high, rising nearly 40% in a single day. they went on to fall after president putin indicated that russia might boost supplies to europe. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has more on russia s contribution to the volatile price of gas. europe is facing an energy crisis. spiking gas prices, soaring elect
they gave their all. now they fear it puts them at risk of losing it all. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. in russia, ahead of this week s parliamentary and local elections, many opposition candidates have been prevented from running, and some forced to flee. the authorities insist the vote will be free and fair and deny claims it will be rigged in favour of the ruling party united russia. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg travelled to siberia and bulgaria to meet some of the politicians barred from the ballot. this veterans choir is gearing up
the sea of japan, unidentified projectile towards the sea ofjapan, and unidentified projectile towards the sea of japan, and the suspected missile launch has been confirmed by both south korean and japanese authorities. the japanese coastguard said the object fired may have been a ballistic missile, this time there are no further details at this point. we will bring you more as we do get it. in russia, ahead of this week s parliamentary and local elections, many opposition candidates have been prevented from running, and some forced to flee. the authorities insist the vote will be free and fair and deny claims it will be rigged in favour of the ruling party, united russia. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg travelled to siberia and bulgaria to meet some of the politicians barred from the ballot. the veterans choir of the city is gearing up for a special
37 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, that s an average of 88 a day in the last seven days. 89% of adults in the uk have now had theirfirstjab. and nearly 75% are fully vaccinated. the president of belarus has told the bbc that britain can choke on the economic sanctions it has imposed on his country in response to alleged ongoing human rights abuses. speaking at a press conference one year since securing a sixth term in a presidential election that many view as fraudulent, alexander lukashenko called britain america s lapdog , and denied his authoritarian government had used torture and violence to silence dissent. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. he called it the big conversation. in the end, it was very big. for more than eight hours, alexander lukashenko was live on tv. his first major news conference since the 2020 presidential