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
With a range of more than 350 km, and the occupiers also have more than 260 calibers and 440 onyx in their reserves, with which they attack the southern regions of ukraine. By according to skibitskyi, this supply will be enough for the russians for three more massive attacks, then the kryvniv killers will have to take a break to accumulate these weapons. A 79yearold resident of tokarivka was killed by russians for information. Of the Regional Military administration, the occupiers shelled the village the day before, the body of a man was discovered today by Law Enforcement officers , the circumstances of death are often being investigated, and the man blew himself up on enemy ammunition in the beryslav district of the kherson region, the state Emergency Service reported. The victim was looking around on the tractor field, when a shell exploded, the tractor driver suffered minor injuries, he refused to be treated. And in khmelnytskyi region, 64 settlements were cut off due to strong gus
With our strategy regarding ukraine, that is, what to do with it next, well, how to behave further, where is our victory, what should it look like, how should we emerge from this massacre, relatively speaking, a winner , i dont know how he will come out to these congressmen, what he will report there, but the situation, of course , worries them very much, i think blinkin came with a certain message, because with regard to personnel issues, this question was raised. Zelensky is mobilizing, sending people to the front, the americans are allocating money, weapons, the issues have been resolved, but there is one nuance, the only center for the legitimation of illegal ones. Authorities all over the world, this is the United States of america, now the task is for biden, no matter what they will discuss, what to talk about, it is important that they meet, and thus he gives a signal to all his allies that we consider zelensky legitimate president , and zelensky will be accepted after guaido an
Ver tarasova. Hello. Vladimir putin and the Prime Minister of iraq will take part today in the Plenary Session of the International Forum Russian Energy week. This is the first personal meeting between Vladimir Putin and mohammed assudani. The iraqi politician arrived in moscow on an official visit the day before. The trip was planned even before the events in israel. The russian leader noted that the meeting is taking place against the backdrop of a sharp worsening of global crises. About how this should be done, put pressure on both sides, namely on both, then on one, then the other, but each time without taking into account the fundamental interests of the Palestinian People, bearing in mind first of all the need to implement the decision of the Un Security Council on the creation of an independent sovereign palestinian state, which from. The community was silent, unable to fulfill its obligations under the resolution, arab and islamic countries, as well as major powers , have a mor
I prefer to look at the opportunity. And in the last year, weve had modelling that shows well lift 100,000 children out of poverty, weve had statistics just last month showing that weve had Record Numbers ofJunior Doctors joining the nhs, weve had statistics that show that school leavers, Record Levels are going to positive destinations. And just in february, at the turn of this year, weve seen that private Sector Employment growth is outstripping any other nation or region of the uk here in scotland. So challenges plenty. 0pportunities plenty as well. And thats why, probably, because of that success, the last two polls that have come out, of course, have shown the snp in lead position come a general election, whenever that may be. What about, if i may, the shadow and the uncertainty that comes with, i have to say, an Extensive Police investigation into quote Potential Embezzlement And Fraud at the heart of the snp. Its an investigation which has, of course, involved your predecessor,