A giant colors allegedly belonging to president putin that triggered more claims and counterclaims and violent protests across the country so on to the points we ask in a valley against putin who will win the russian showdown. Thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point with me in the studio is stari asuka a freelance reporter and presenter born in russia and based in berlin darrius says novelle these investigations and the attack on him have for the 1st time politicised many young people in russia also with us is alexander our expert on russia an advisor to the energy giant gazprom he argues that Russian Society can live with corruption but if the Younger Generation feel theyre losing out. That could change quickly and a very warm welcome to steven pifer academic on a list and former u. S. Ambassador with a focus on Europe Russia and much else besides he says the west should push back against the worst of russian misbehavior but it should also leave the door open for d
Different views on that he has tolerated an incredible amount of corruption in russia and i guess that was probably the Biggest Surprise when i was still in the u. S. Government back in the 2000 when putin came to power i think the one thing that we really expected was he will type of things i mean i think there was a sense in russia that things had become too loose in the 1990 s. Too much chaos so he would restore a degree of order but theres also a sense that this is somebody who actually you know crack down on corruption and i dont think weve seen that crime somebody have said its going to be some some somebody who would who would be he was viewed as an honest lida a man who stood by his word that was the that was always the message around putin there was hope i mean i dont remember. That hed stop or. But there was hope that something will change that russia will become the western country that so many people hoped for it would in the ninetys and im the mass. Be cleaned up and we wo
Asked in the valley against putin who will win the russian showdown. Thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point and with me in the studio in starry asuka a freelance reporter and presenter born in russia and based in berlin darrius says novelle these investigations and the attack on him have for the 1st time politicised many young people in russia also with us is alexander our expert on russia an advisor to the energy giant gazprom he argues that Russian Society can live with corruption but if the Younger Generation feel they are losing out that could change quickly and a very warm welcome to to steven pifer academic analyst and former u. S. Ambassador with a focus on your. To russia and much else besides he says the west should push back against the worst of russian misbehavior but it should also leave the door open for dialogue thank you for those 3 statements thank you for being here and id like to begin with you if i may and begin with flooded me putin himself hes
We are still fighting for more money. We think the administration is coming in far too low for our heroes. I think we are close in terms of money, we are yielding on that quite a bit. Close on that except we have to see the language. One of the biggest differences is how we put money in peoples act theand in the cares republicans selfishly put in 150 billion for net operating losses benefiting a small percentage of people. Billion, a similar number in this legislation, the for poorer that is families. It is a refundable tax credit, a child tax credit, earned income tax credit. They have zero. 150 for the wealthiest, zero for the others. We are the reverse. 149, which we took down to 54 billion which we took down by shortening the amount of time it applies. As of yesterday they are still at zero. We are hoping they will come up on that, and we have great opposition in our caucus to the tax cut that is retroactive, having nothing to do with the coronavirus. Then we have issues that relat
Vornado, Regency Centers and kimco down 40 this year on growing concerns about their tenants ability to pay rent as most nonessential retail remains shuttered across the United States back to carl eric, thank you very much good morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with Morgan Brennan and jon fortt is back after a week off coming to you live from separate location. Major averages off of the morning lows dow was down 500, now down half of that. A big week of earnings, ibm tonight, netflix and others in the days to come and then, jon, oil is a major story as the front month contract does expire tomorrow. It is thats had a big impact on the markets overall. Im looking at all kinds of retail and ecommerce as well, making some strong moves in the past when i was off and over the past month as well, guys that is where well start this morning. Lets bring in heath terry, Goldman Sachs internet analyst good to see you. Yeah, good to see you too, thanks, jon. So as i was just sayi