is going on in ukraine, it s also partly because of the works of this company. it s pretty amazing as you say, you know, however she got such a position to go from being an olympic gymnast to chairwoman of the largest media organization in russia is absurd on its face, but it s an important role, a role that s central to this so certainly from just that i understand your point would deserve to be sanctioned. but the wall street journal reports, andre, the u.s. officials fear sanctioning her would be so deeply personal to putin it would further escalate tensions and be punitive for its own sake because of that. do you think there s merit in that argument? yes, maybe, because at least we know for a fact that putin can be extremely emotional. that s somebody saying, writing anything about this relationship with kabaeva, at least one newspaper was closed down only because they published a story
provided by the west, and they want more drastic accidents. they want more bombardments and more things to do in ukraine for the infrastructure of the country. so they want all-out war and feel that s being denied them by putin now, that s the bottom line? yes. wow. andre, thank you very much, appreciate your time and sharing reporting with us. next, minority leader kevin mccarthy worried his own party would incite violence against other lawmakers on january 6th, his own party, and naming names, among them, matt gates. putting people in jeopardy plus my next guest spent nearly a year in space, often side-by-side with russians, why he s convinced these yellow and blue space suits actually had nothing to do with protesting putin s invasion of ukraine. walking o on walking on the moon
do you know anything about an effort to bring sanctions against her? first answer is no and second answer i guess is if i did know, i wouldn t be able to fair enough. reporter: whatever kabaeva s proximity to putin, her financial moves never more closely watched than now. so the question, if they could have sanctioned her, why not, was it fear because putin hates the sanctions on him, hates the sanctions on other top officials and would really lose it if someone dear to him as she appears potentially to be was sanctioned? is that the reason? or is it because in diplomacy, you often leave something on the table that the other side knows you can take away. he knows that s hanging over his head potentially. all right, nic, thank you very much, i want to go now to andre solotov russian
investigative journalist, watch dog of the russian secret services activities now blocked in russia. so andre, there are, you know, these calls to sanction putin s rumored girlfriend, rumored to be the mother of multiple children with putin, alina kabaeva, wall street journal says s the administration had the sanctions ready to go but somebody pulled them at the last minute. why do you believe she should be targeted? well, i think because she s not only his rumored wife, but also because she is an important part of the russian propaganda machine. putin made her several years ago a chairwoman of the largest, biggest media holding in the country and this company controls several russian tv channels, including the first channel which is a source of news for most of the russians these days. so if now, we are asking ourselves all these questions about brainwashing russians and why they do not understand what