after he was attacked. at ten o clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscow s rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions because a quarter of latvia s population is ethnic russian, and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is latvia s prime minister, kristjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia? prime minister kristjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that war raised the level of fear to new heights? what the war has done has raised the level of mobilisation. so the first effect was the
it also stoked internal tensions because a quarter of latvia s population is ethnic russian, and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is latvia s prime minister, kristjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia? prime minister kristjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that war raised the level of fear to new heights? what the war has done has raised the level of mobilisation. so the first effect was the mobilisation from the grassroots, people rallying to the support of ukraine citizens, ordinary people coming together, asking, what can we do to help ukraine? and we ve had a mass outpouring of. we have communities making camouflage nets, we have people providing medications, companies donating all sorts of vehicles, donating all sorts of humanitarian aid, blankets, you name it, that has been going on. people donating cash and not ver
planted on his car but he escaped assassination after switching vehicles, following an event outside moscow. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscow s rule some three decades ago and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions because a quarter of latvia s population is ethnic russian and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is latvia s prime minister, krisjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia? prime minister krisjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that war raised the level of fear to new heights? what the war has done has raised the level of mobilisation. so the first effect wa
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscow s rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions because a quarter of latvia s population is ethnic russian, and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is latvia s prime minister, kristjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia? prime minister kristjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that war raised the level of fear to new heights? what the war has done has raised the level of mobilisation. so the first effect was the mobilisation from the grassroots, people rallying to the support of ukraine citizens, ordinary people coming together, asking
on the situation. police are currently searching for a robert card, he is considered armed and dangerous, he is a person of interest however and that s what we will label him as moving forward until that changes. if people see him they should not approach him or make contact with him in any way. the shutter in place order that currently stands in lewiston remains. a vehicle which was typical of interest in this case was located and we are asking residents there to shelter in place so please share that information with communities as well. if anybody sees mr card or has any additional information with reference to these shootings in lewiston, please contact 911. if they see anything suspicious, please feel free to call your local authorities. we have literally hundreds of police officers working around the state of maine to investigate this case, to locate mr card, who again is a person of interest and a person of interest only and we will continue to gather information so we