time for the media show. hello. some big topics on the media show today. in the west, it s reported as the ukraine crisis 100,000 russian troops assembled near the border. president macron is on a whirlwind diplomatic mission this week to avert a conflict. but i want to look at how the situation is being reported in russia and in ukraine. is there the same sense of urgency in domestic media? how are both sides using the media to advance their own objectives? francis scarr is in moscow with bbc monitoring and he s going to help us do that. francis, on a lighter note first, you ll have seen those images of putin and macron sat at either end of it gigantic negotiating table this week. is this a table the kremlin rolls out for photo opportunities when they want to see the idea through the media that the west should sit at a distance from russia, or are all the tables like that? as you say, katie, plenty
is there the same sense of urgency in domestic media? how are both sides using the media to advance their own objectives? francis scarr is in moscow with bbc monitoring and he s going to help us do that. francis, on a lighter note first, you ll have seen those images of putin and macron sat at either end of it gigantic negotiating table this week. is this a table the kremlin rolls out for photo opportunities when they want to see the idea through the media that the west should sit at a distance from russia, or are all the tables like that? as you say, katie, plenty of political commentators have been saying that this was about political projection, about putin making macron feel uncomfortable while they were talking. but actually, in the last couple of weeks, he s also held talks with the president of iran and the prime minister of hungary, both of whose country arguably enjoy better relations with russia than france does. was he still using that table? yeah, at the very same table. in
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hello. some big topics on the media show today. in the west, it s reported as the ukraine crisis 100,000 russian troops assembled near the border. president macron is on a whirlwind diplomatic mission this week to avert a conflict. but i want to look at how the situation is being reported in russia and in ukraine. is there the same sense of urgency in domestic media? how are both sides using the media to advance their own objectives? francis scarr is in moscow with bbc monitoring and he s going to help us do that. francis, on a lighter note first, you ll have seen those images of putin and macron sat at either end of it gigantic negotiating table this week. is this a table the kremlin rolls out for photo opportunities when they want to see the idea through the media that the west should sit at a distance from russia, or are all the tables like that? as you say, katie, plenty of political commentators have been saying that this was about political projection, about putin making macron
the media show. hello. some big topics on the media show today. in the west, it s reported as the ukraine crisis 100,000 russian troops assembled near the border. president macron is on a whirlwind diplomatic mission this week to avert a conflict. but i want to look at how the situation is being reported in russia and in ukraine. is there the same sense of urgency in domestic media? how are both sides using the media to advance their own objectives? francis scarr is in moscow with bbc monitoring and he s going to help us do that. francis, on a lighter note first, you ll have seen those images of putin and macron sat at either end of it gigantic negotiating table this week. is this a table the kremlin rolls out for photo opportunities when they want to see the idea through the media that the west should