welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin s ruthless bid to impose his will on ukraine hasn t worked, at least not yet. on the contrary, it has taken an enormous toll of russian blood and treasure, and left the country militarily and economically weakened. so, how come there hasn t been more open dissent within the russian elite? is it fear, brainwashing or a deeper, shared ethno nationalism? well, my guest, boris bondarev, is unique. he s a russian diplomat who quit and condemned putin s ukraine war. why is his a lone voice of insider dissent? boris bondarev, in switzerland, welcome to hardtalk. i want to begin, if i may, by getting a sense of what life is like for you today. last may, you quit your post. you delivered a scathing condemnation of putin and his war. so how is life for you today? well, it s become relatively easier than it was because i don t have to go to my office any more. and i. well, officially and practically, iam now unemployed, so i have a
about the claims he s made in a series of tv interviews to promote it. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin s ruthless bid to impose his will on ukraine hasn t worked, at least not yet. 0n the contrary, it has taken an enormous toll of russian blood and treasure, and left the country militarily and economically weakened. so, how come there hasn t been more open dissent within the russian elite? is it fear, brainwashing or a deeper, shared ethno nationalism? well, my guest, boris bondarev, is unique. he s a russian diplomat who quit and condemned putin s ukraine war. why is his a lone voice of insider dissent? boris bondarev, in switzerland, welcome to hardtalk. i want to begin, if i may, by getting a sense of what life is like for you today. last may, you quit your post. you delivered a scathing condemnation of putin and his war. so how is life for you today? well, it s become relatively easier than it was because i don t have to
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from the east coast, but scattered skies rattling in on that wind from the east coast, particularly heavy for scotland and northern ireland, wintry over the high ground, and most of the same temperatures between 4 7, to a largely frost free start to your wednesday morning. wednesday sees low pressure sitting to the north of the uk. the proximity of the isobars shows us it will be another blustery sort of day, those wins really picking up for the english channel and those irish sea coasts as heavy downpours, mainly in the west during the morning. there could be some thunderstorms drifting their way further eastwards by the afternoon. early sunshine in the east, but we will all see rain at times through the day. winds gusting 50 60 mph close to the coast. temperatures a little bit down on what we have had today, between 7 11 and feeling cold where you are exposed to those brisk winds, and with heavy downpours around too. as we head through the night, more rain to come into the
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