the outgoing prime minister sanna marin congratulated mr orpo on his victory. voters in paris have opted overwhelmingly to ban rented electric scooters from the streets of the french capital. the public consultation was called by the city s mayor anne hidalgo after three people died and more than four hundred were injured in accidents involving e scooters last year. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the international criminal court s arrest warrant for vladimir putin on war crimes charges represents a massive boost for advocates of internationaljustice, or does it? moscow has dismissed the move as political and a significant number of governments and people around the world appear to agree. and, of course, putin will not be removed from office, still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human r
around the world appear to agree. and, of course, putin will not be removed from office, still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human rights going backwards? geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed overfor. to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i m imagining people listening to you in moscow and giving a look of complete disdain to what t
geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed over for. to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i m imagining people listening to you in moscow and giving a look of complete distain to what they have just heard. the fact is vladimir putin is still president of russia, comfortable in the kremlin. you say he can t travel. actually, i spoke to a member of the duma, the russian parliament, just a few days ago yevgeny popov who said, forget it. of course, vladimir putin is
chelsea manning information. any method that was made i available, i would have taken. there was nothing that was going to stop me. | you give clinton a pass and you go after trump forjust mishandling classified information, you ll have a real problem in america. welcome to hardtalk s look back at another year of compelling interviews. i m stephen sackur. when historians review 2022, they will surely begin with a simple, grim observation. this year saw the first all out invasion of a european country since world war ii. as the year began, vladimir putin was preparing the biggest geopolitical gamble of his life, transforming russia s low intensity military operation in ukraine into a full scale assault aimed at installing a moscow friendly regime in kyiv. as putin massed his invasion force, ukrainians pleaded with the west to act, to make the kremlin think again. the main message let s show to the kremlin that you are seriously understand the all threats and you can make thi
and ukrainian troops continue to gain ground, taking back territory once grabbed by the russians. many ukrainians are facing their first christmas without relatives. now on bbc news its stephen sackur with hardtalk s review of the year 2022. there will be a lot of blood in the land and it will be a lot of refugees. we expected that it s going to be a pretty, well, long timely operation, and it absolutely goes as planned. this has become much bigger than ukraine versus russia. l we can succeed only- and only if we stay united. let me tell you a secret. i had possession of all the chelsea manning information. any method that was made available, i would have taken. there was nothing that was going to stop me. you give clinton a pass- and you go after trump forjust mishandling classified - information, you ll have a real problem in america. welcome to hardtalk s look back at another year of compelling interviews. i m stephen sackur. when historians review 2022, they will surely b