he called the country a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. that is ever truer at this moment. president biden came out a short time ago to deny that there was any u.s. involvement in the attempted coup over the weekend. we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west or nato. we made clear that we were not involved. we had nothing to do with it. this is part of a struggle within the russian system. martha: whatever will happen next, we know that this is just the beginning. there will be shifts that come in this very volatile situation. it could change ultimately the world that we live in. geo politics and how it shakes out. we have not seen putin, as i just mentioned. we re told that there may be a statement coming from him shortly, whether it s live or a press statement. we re not sure yet. we ll stay on top of that. there s his rival who at one time was the caterer and they were good friends. they worked his way up with this wagner group. he basically rocke
against the dollar in early trading. it s recovered most of those losses during today s trading session but investors remain nervous. safe haven assests like the gold have risen. gold was up around 0.6% a short while ago with brent crude also rising throughout the day. let s speak now to sergey vakulenko, nonresident scholar at the carnegie russia eurasia center. welcome, great to have you on the programme. what has been the noticeable impact so far on the russian economy since the events of saturday? there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, ora there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, or a weekend, there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, ora weekend, it there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, or a weekend, it mutiny that was over in about 2k hours. even through the regions, yes, there was a disturbance on the road, yes, a stray missile hit a fuel depot, but other than that there was very little disturbance to civilian life and all that is over and mutinous troops are supposedl
cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go. and when they get their. but certainly we have all sorts of new questions that putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead. the duchess is called for the public to get checked after revealing she had breast cancer surgery. the 63-year-old duchess was diagnosed recently with an early form of the disease. the prince of wales is launching a project and the five-year program brings together organizations and individuals to find local solutions. a man died after a hot air balloon caught fire and felt the ground in worcester. the uk air accident investigation form has confirmed they are investigating the incident. one person s been killed and several others injured when a rollercoaster derailed in stockholm. the ride in the swedish capital has derailed. the park was evacuated after the incident and remains closed until further notice. britain s greatest tennis player marie i
a new wave of deadly attacks on civilians. does a weakened vladimir putin and a divided russian military help ukraine? to the extent moscow is distracted by its own internal divisions, it may help. it s early days. i think this will play out over the next weeks and months. president biden is in chicago to deliver a key economic policy address as the white house crafts a strategy to combat the growing concerns among voters over the president s age. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york today. former president trump s explanation for the leaked audio recording from bedminster, where he appears to be showing a classified document about the war in iran to people with security clearances at his new jersey golf resort or people without security clearances, of course. that s evolving by the day with two new lines of defense on tuesday. first in new hampshire, to fox news digital. a whole desk full of lots of papers, mostly newspaper articles, copies of maga
jonathan charles is back with us geopolitical insight advisor, specialising in russia and the countries around it and a former bbc correspondent in moscow and ukraine markets in moscow and ukraine quick to react and no surprise markets quick to react and no surprise that the rouble has sunk. it surprise that the rouble has sunk. . , , ., ., sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks - sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks and - well for several weeks and months and it was inevitable with uncertainty and that is what we have with russia now, it has exacerbated a trend and we have seen that fall in the rouble. untilwe we have seen that fall in the rouble. until we know what is going to happen, can vladimir putin reassert that sense of strongman rule which at least is certainty, it may not be very nice, but at least it is certainty, then there will be questions about the economy, about the roub