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
following the mass shooting at a school in texas, local police are now being blamed for a slow response. we meet the mother of two boys, both of whom were apparently forced to serve in the russian army, despite president putin s assurances. and from the palace archives the rare images of the queen s life being shared with the public for the first time. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we have the latest from the french open, with another win for world number one iga swiatek, but britain s number two, dan evans, is out. good evening. faced with clear evidence of a worsening cost of living crisis for millions of households, the chancellor, rishi sunak, has unveiled a new support package worth £15 billion. it will be funded in part by what he called a temporary, targeted energy profits levy in other words, a windfall tax on the energy companies, a policy the government has resisted until now. these are the main elements of the package. all households regardless of