we are back with andrei soldatov from london and julia yoffi correspondent at pak news. julia, you are attending a future of russia conference. what is your sense and what is the general sense of what is going to happen next with this ukrainian counter offensive? it has been, you know, it s been much telegraphed. are the ukrainians going to be able to take back the territory they lost in 2022? i think the offensive has become a punchline in washington in the sense that any question you ask any policymaker or anybody in the think tank or on the hill they ll say we have to wait until the ukrainian counter
russian president vladimir putin says this morning russia does not want any confrontations with the west, even as he s placed tens of thousands of forces along the border with ukraine. putin made those comments on russian state media today, one day after having a two hour and one minute video call with biden. he described as diplomative and constructive. president biden sent a clear message warning putin against a possible invasion saying the u.s. is prepared to take action it did not take when russia annexed crimea seven years ago. julia yoffi is the founder of puck news. thanks for joining me. good to be with you. is it your sense that the warnings from biden and the threats of new sanctions, et
and others see them as willing to drive a truck off a cliff with no purpose. as a reminder of how it flexes its muscles, heritage action pressured gop lawmakers today to oppose president obama s nominee to run the federal reserve, meaning anyone who votes for janet yellen will be scored by the group as traitors and invite a possible primary challenge. joining me is julia yoffi, senior editor at the new republic who wrote that article which appears online and in the current issue of the magazine. ,a microcosm of where the right is at this moment. we ve made the point on this program that it used to be there s a policy shop and the politicians and the propaganda arm goes and sells the message they cook up. now it s the propaganda arm that s running things and that s what s happened to heritage. that s right pch and ironically, they ve modeled themselves after the center for american progress, which they ve long derided as the liberal political action lobbying arm masquerading as a th
with no purpose. as a reminder of how it flexes its muscles, heritage action pressured gop lawmakers today to oppose president obama s nominee to run the federal reserve, meaning anyone who votes for janet yellen will be scored by the group as traitors and invite a possible primary challenge. joining me is julia yoffi, senior editor at the new republic who wrote that article which appears online and in the current issue of the magazine. ,a microcosm of where the right is at this moment. we ve made the point on this program that it used to be there s a policy shop and the politicians and the propaganda arm goes and sells the message they cook up. now it s the propaganda arm that s running things and that s what s happened to heritage. that s right pch and ironically, they ve modeled themselves after the center for american progress, which they ve long derided as the liberal political action lobbying arm masquerading as a think tank, and they saw themselves get
pelosi could write a check to them, she would. and others see them as willing to drive a truck off a cliff with no purpose. as a reminder of how it flexes its muscles, heritage action pressured gop lawmakers today to oppose president obama s nominee to run the federal reserve, meaning anyone who votes for janet yellen will be scored by the group as traitors and invite a possible primary challenge. joining me is julia yoffi, senior editor at the new republic who wrote that article which appears online and in the current issue of the magazine. ,a microcosm of where the right is at this moment. we ve made the point on this program that it used to be there s a policy shop and the politicians and the propaganda arm goes and sells the message they cook up. now it s the propaganda arm that s running things and that s what s happened to heritage. that s right pch and ironically, they ve modeled themselves after the center for american progress, which they ve long derided as the liberal pol