it s hard to see the public here supporting a large scale conflict with the ukraine. many russians have said to me that they see ukrainians almost like brothers there are very deep cultural and historical ties. war is the last thing that people want here. but it won t be the public that decide this, it will be the president. so what happens next? well that may depend on whether president putin is willing to compromise over ukraine and european security, even if he doesn t get everything he wants, like an end to nato enlargement eastwards, whether he is willing to reach a deal or determined to continue with coercive diplomacy. steve rosenburg, bbc news, moscow. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. there appears to be a drumbeat towards war yet president putin and his foreign minister sergei lavrov talked today about the need to keep diplomatic talks going
push nato back. today, with moscow sensing a lack of unity in europe, perhaps feeling that america is too busy with problems at home, a resurgent russia may feel this is the moment to take action. but if there was all out war with ukraine, how would the russian public react? it s hard to see the public ear supporting a large scale conflict with ukraine. many russians have said to me that they see ukrainians almost like brothers. they are a very deep there is very deep cultural historical ties. what is the last thing people wanted but it won t be the public that decide this, it will be the president. so what happens next? that may depend on whether president putin is willing to compromise over ukraine and european security, even if he doesn t get everything he wants. like an an end to nato enlargement eastwards. whether he is willing to
that people want here. but it won t be the public that decide this, it will be the president. so what happens next? well, that may depend on whether president putin is willing to compromise over ukraine and european security, even if he doesn t get everything he wants like an end to nato enlargement eastwards. whether he is willing to reach a deal or determined to continue with coercive diplomacy. steve rosenburg, bbc news, moscow. the world anti doping agency said it s disappointed that the 15 year old russian ice skater, kamila valieva, has been allowed to compete at the beijing winter olympics despite failing a drugs test. the head of wada said the doping of children was evil and unforgivable and promised to investigate the case properly.
to carve out a new sphere of influence for itself in europe, basically to dismantle the post cold war european security order, to push nato back. today, with moscow sensing a lack of unity in europe and perhaps feeling that america is too busy with problems at home, a resurgent russia may feel that this is the moment to take action. but if there was all out war with ukraine, how would the russian public react? it s hard to see the public here supporting a large scale conflict with ukraine. many russians have said to me that they see ukrainians almost like brothers. there are very deep cultural, historical ties. war is the last thing that people want here. but it won t be the public that decides this. it ll be the president. so what happens next? well, that may depend on whether president putin is willing to compromise over ukraine and european security even if he doesn t get everything he wants, like an end to nato enlargement eastwards. whether he s willing to reach a deal or determ
enlargement eastwards. whether he s willing to reach a deal or determined to continue with coercive diplomacy. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the head of the international olympic committee s disciplinary commission, denis 0swald, says the case itself still hasn t been decided but it wants to see the team around the skater, investigated. is clearly a wish and decision