Vladimir milov in vilnius, lithuania. Welcome to hardtalk. Great to be with you. Thanks for having me. Well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. You know as well as i do that this war has now lasted for more than 18 months. It has turned into an attritional fight, which is proving to be terribly, horribly costly on both sides. Would you accept that that suits Vladimir Putin right now better than ukraine . On one hand, yes, because putin wants western patience and ukrainian patience to be exhausted and he still has a lot of resources to fight a lengthy war. On the other hand, there are a lot of bad news for putin. His army and personnel is becoming exhausted and depleted, too. Resources are also not endless. And here is where the western sanctions are working. So in the longer run, i think the odds are that ukraine is set finally to win this battle. But we need patience and we might see a protracted conflict. And patience is the key word here. Just on the question of the levels of s
Vladimir milov in vilnius, lithuania. Welcome to hardtalk. Great to be with you. Thanks for having me. Well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. You know as well as i do that this war has now lasted for more than 18 months. It has turned into an attritional fight, which is proving to be terribly, horribly costly on both sides. Would you accept that that suits Vladimir Putin right now better than ukraine . On one hand, yes, because putin wants western patience and ukrainian patience to be exhausted and he still has a lot of resources to fight a lengthy war. On the other hand, there are a lot of bad news for putin. His army and personnel is becoming exhausted and depleted, too. Resources are also not endless. And here is where the western sanctions are working. So in the longer run, i think the odds are that ukraine is set finally to win this battle. But we need patience and we might see a protracted conflict. And patience is the key word here. Just on the question of the levels of s
From its scheduled date on monday. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. To hike or not to hike. We will look at the Rate Decision of the federal bank and its impact on asia. And why is rechargeable gear becoming popular among the Gaming Community . Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Its a tuesday. Im rico hizon. We kicked off with the us Federal Reserve. Investors will be keeping a close eye on this weeks meeting from the central bank for any clues for the rest of the year. The outlook will further rate rises is nowhere near certain. The Chief Economist told me why the Us Central Bank is expected to raise the cost of borrowing by another quarter of this week. It is pretty unanimous that they will raise rates. That has been the clear Forward Guidance. If they dont, it will be a shock to the markets. The interesting thing the markets are looking for is any Forward Guidance going forward. In view, given the e
With aaron and World Business report. Never mind those Exploding Phones samsungs on track for its best profit in years and pledges to put the Galaxy Note 7 debacle behind it. Plus, technology, trade and trump. The boss of sony tells us why goods and information must keep flowing freely. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. Also coming up, mr trump locks horns with toyota over plans to build a new car plant in mexico. But first we start with samsung. In the last few hours South Korean Tech Giant has said its on track for the best quarterly profits in more than three years. Its a major boost for the company after the exploding Smartphone Scandal that put a serious dent in its reputation. Lets give you the numbers. In the three months to the end of december, samsung is forecasting profits of 7. 8 billion. Thats up by half on the same period last year, much better than expected and the best quarter since mid 2013. That might come as a surprise as we know samsung was force
Indonesia changes its tune on mining exports, relaxing two year ban. And how the art world has lost its lustre, as buyers from china shy away. Good morning asia, hello world. It is a friday, almost a weekend. Glad you could join us for this edition of Asia Business report. I am this edition of Asia Business report. Iam rico this edition of Asia Business report. I am rico hizon. This edition of Asia Business report. Iam rico hizon. We this edition of Asia Business report. I am rico hizon. We start off with indonesia where the government has done an about face on its ban on raw mineral exports. Indonesia will now allow exports of more unprocessed minerals, a big change from two years ago when the government banned most exports to force Mining Companies to process minerals within the country. The president , joko widodo, explained his decision. Translation we need to make sure that our Natural Resources benefit our own people. Thats the founding principle, and oui thats the founding princ