hello, welcome to the programme. it is nato s expansion eastwards that has infuriated vladimir putin. the kremlin is deeply suspicious of europe s intentions, they don t like western liberal philosophy, and in spite of all evidence to the contrary, they firmly believe it is the united states that is to blame for the situation in ukraine. that paranoia underpins their wharped justification for this war and the more widely held belief in russia that the principal danger to the state is external and ideological, rather than internal and structural. and if you doubt that, then take a listen to sergei lavrov, the foreign minister, describing today the threat in the most extraordinary terms. what is going on in ukraine now is a result of many years of preparation by the united states and their satellite states for the beginning of the global hybrid war against the russian federation. nobody tries to conceal it. they are waging a war against our country with the same task the fin
intelligence operative which claims that makes him unfit for any committees. there is no evidence and nothing confirmed. certainly, appointments on committees have become an issue for the opposite party is that how it should be question mark it shouldn t be. what question mark it shouldn t be. what we are seeing question mark it shouldn t be. what we are seeing is question mark it shouldn t be. what we are seeing is deeply unfortunate for thinking about democracy and how it works for thinking about democracy and how it works when a party at leadership comes it works when a party at leadership comes into it works when a party at leadership comes into control. we are seeing things comes into control. we are seeing things we comes into control. we are seeing things we haven t before which is why we things we haven t before which is why we seemed biden asked what kind of deals why we seemed biden asked what kind of deals are you making? your people in powerful of deals are