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
And the ethics of Artificial Intelligence experts to discuss just how intrusive machines should be in the interconnected world of tomorrow. Im going for lets do business applause roared from Tokyo Prince Hotel today as shareholders kicked. Off the board of the Japanese Comic the ones powerful Auto Executives facing allegations of financial misconduct which the company fears could wreck its image. Holders a right to decide the fate of carlos its a meeting that began with an apology. On behalf of the company allow me to express my sincere regret for any concern the recent events may have caused. He wrote. To trust the board and dismiss carlos. The final decision on the criminal charges will be left to the judicial system. However the two asses of the issue is removal on the grounds of breach of Copyright Ethics even of one is of this misconduct would lead to the dismissal of any executive or employee. Or just before his fourth arrest last week going again denied the charges against him s
been reports of surveilance between top executives at the car giant nissan. mariko oi has the story for us from our asia business hub in singapore. lovely to see you. of course this is interesting given what happened to carlos go and in the not too distant past. the not too dista nt past. indeed, the not too distant past. indeed, sally. it has been really turbulent few weeks for nissan. just last week the company was sued by former boss carlos ghosn for defamation. but separate to that they have been rural rumours of a rivalry between current chief executive and his deputy. and then on friday the company made a rather surprising announcement that the deputy was leaving. he is a chief operating officer of the company and some people even saw him as a possible candidate to one day become the chief executive. now there are
there was no need for him to fire as i really don t get it. but. the particular. gain will be replaced on the sounds board by john dominic sanaa chairman of ren which has a forty three percent stake in the japanese firm he s promised to dedicate his energy to helping their son through the storm. and advice joins us now for her perspective from frankfurt and later i thought this was what this whole power struggle really was about between the car makers within there are a lioness and now miss on is allowing renault s chairman to replace god and it was wired the whole time there were no was really taking over operations. well actually . it s a very different character than carlos go is and so he ever since he was like the interim the replacement for carlos though and i think he has things to try to
and the ethics of artificial intelligence experts to discuss just how intrusive machines should be in the interconnected world of tomorrow. i m going for let s do business applause roared from tokyo prince hotel today as shareholders kicked. off the board of the japanese comic the ones powerful auto executives facing allegations of financial misconduct which the company fears could wreck its image. holders a right to decide the fate of carlos it s a meeting that began with an apology. on behalf of the company allow me to express my sincere regret for any concern the recent events may have caused. he wrote. to trust the board and dismiss carlos. the final decision on the criminal charges will be left to the judicial system.