in a negotiated settlement and i think, this week, i we were kind of in a place where it could either be - a short war with a negotiated settlement perhaps something recognising crimea and the separatist - republics and neutrality- for ukraine or a long war. and i think we were kind of in that pivot point - when we saw talks in turkey that did not go incredibly- well, i think that is - being decided right now. gabriel gatehouse, henry chu, vera, thank you all very much. vera, thank you all very much. vera, i look forward to welcoming you back into the studio very soon and to have henry back with us. see you again soon, i hope. this is it from us. see you again next weekend. goodbye. hello, there. it s mid march, days are getting longer and the sunshine
a little soviet fairground, with a frozen ferris wheel and a bunch of frozen bumper cars. it s like this was the soviet union mid 1980s, and it s remained that way. and you really got this kind of strange premonition about which way the world was heading. but i couldn t even. i could not bring myself to believe it then. and now what are we? it s about a month since i was there. it really feels like russia is heading back to the soviet past. i mean, putin today has been talking about effectively nationalising the foreign businesses and their assets that are ceasing to work in russia. so i never thought i would use these two words next to each other in a sentence. he s talking about nationalising mcdonald s. i mean, this is mental. that is spooky on quite a lot of levels. gabriel, thank you so much, and thank you forjoining our podcasting family. i m so happy to be part of your family. what am i, a cousin or a brother? i d go brother. half brother?
east to depend on it? controls on wheat etc. joining us this week: henry chu, an experienced foreign correspondent at the la times, who as the us west coast sleeps, is ensuring its readers are kept up to date on what s happening in ukraine. vera krichevskaya is a documentary film maker. she helped to found tv rain, an independent channel in russia which has now been shut down. gabriel gatehouse, internationsal editor for bbc television s newsnight programme, is here in the studio. thank you very much. and to vera forjoining us for the first time on this programme. i would like to start with you, if i may, how are russians are finding out about what the kremlin calls its special operation? good evening. can i start with the latest news in one hour and 30 minutes, instagram in russia will be
is ensuring its readers are kept up to date on what s happening in ukraine. vera krichevskaya is a documentary film maker. she helped to found tv rain, an independent channel in russia which has now been shut down. and joining me in the studio, gabriel gatehouse, international editor for bbc television s newsnight programme. thank you very much, and to vera, who isjoining us for the first time on this programme. i would like to start with you, if i may, how are russians are finding out about what the kremlin calls its special military operation ? good evening. can i start with the latest news? in one hour and 30 minutes, instagram in russia will be officially banned before, on this week, twitter and facebook was banned, so but all this started two weeks ago, the first day of the war. the new law was enforced that restricted to say the word
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