country, that the president is already commenting on some sanctions that were applied less than two months ago. it is also a very musing story with moscow mayor, who actually talked with those people who lost their jobs actually talked with those people who lost theirjobs due to western companies withdrawing from russia, connection get a job from the government of moscow, and for instance can walk in public parks can actually get. it is quite difficult to imagine that some it experts or people who have been working at some big companies, big western companies, in moscow would like to be public servants, to work in parks. like to be public servants, to work in arks. ., ,. ., like to be public servants, to work in arks. ., , like to be public servants, to work in arks. . , ,, in parks. fascinating stuff, sergei. great to talk
it s quite difficult imagining the situation where an it experts will be working as a public survey in a park gathering leaves are cutting trees or something like that. but that s what he has suggested. as for putin s claims about their information into in countries which has imposed sanctions on russia, putin actually also told that information in russia is quite high. he mentioned that merging of families and ordinary people in russia will soon feel the consequences of the information just on their family consequences of the information just on theirfamily budget. consequences of the information just on their family budget. but still it s very difficult to count the consequences of the sanctions because it s been owning less than two months and it will be consequences on the russian economy will come later. i
wave. if january, michelle goh was killed by being pushed in front of a subway train, moments later in new york, a man stabbed four people killing two of them, in mid-february, christina una lee was followed into her apartment building in manhattan s china town and allegedly strand by an intruder. major crimes have gone up nearly 60% compared to the same month last year. much of it experts say is pandemic-related. a lot of the pandemic-related issues revolve around unemployment, housing insecurity, and then a lot of that just leads to mental health stressors. reporter: gun violence rising in new york to disturbing less new york city has seen over 320 shootings so far this year a. 72% increase from the same period two years ago. analysts say that s not just a new york city problem and they
exodus, out of russia, forced exodus because of russia s war in ukraine of professionals that are leaving in droves, hundreds of thousands of intellectuals and executives and it experts, you name it, have left russia and ukraine, forced to do so. your institution has launched an initiative to help fund some of these refugees now as a way of bringing them to the united states, specifically those in the arts area, journalists, what have you. you and i are both refugees to this country as well, talk about why this is so important to the united states and to you personally. we have seen over and over again how dissidents, activists, political leaders, over time have delivered such great impact to the united states. you look at silicon valley, for example, you know, you can t walk a block without hitting someone that has a russian or
so initially they would not support sanctions. that was a key indicator. also, if we go back to the february 4th agreement that was signed between president xi and president putin in beijing in the run up to the olympics, they showed that they have a vision of the future, how they see the new world order, and they need to cooperate and coordinate. ukrainian it experts living abroad are using crowdsourcing technology to help people plot safe routes out of conflict zones in ukraine. they re connecting those civilians, with volunteer drivers, who are transporting bus loads of people to neighbouring countries. the bbc s marc cieslak reports. this bus is filled with ukrainian women and children fleeing the horrors of war at home, heading towards safety in another country. it s a journey that s been made possible by dozens of volunteers, thousands of miles away. yes, i am organising the evacuation of kids with cancer from ukraine to poland, and then to germany, to hospital.