a russian politician publicly calling for putin to resign. as dissent in russia appears to grow over its failures in ukraine. a municipal leader in st. petersburg spoke to me moments after leaving court today just after he paid a fine for speaking out against putin. in his first television interview, he was unafraid. he doubled down on his call for putin to step down. translator: we will continue to insist on his resignation. perhaps our words about putin have a harmful effect on russia, and the need to leave power will continue to spread. i said it s extraordinary, right? when he went to pay a fine and it could get a lot worse than that. he came out, and he doubled down. so i asked him, why is he speaking out right now? taking these incredible risks. and here is what he told me. translator: i have two little children. i don t want for them to go through what i am going through in 15, 20 years, namely, to be afraid of going out on the streets to speak their minds at dem
scotland where queen elizabeth ii now lies at rest at the royal family s official scottish residence. as the queen s coffin arrived following what was a six-hour journey from her balmoral estate, crowds of mourners and admirers packed the streets to pay their respects. this is or was the first leg of an eight-day journey to her final resting place in england. the public in london will also be able to pay its respects to the queen starting on wednesday afternoon at the palace of westminster where she will be lying in state until her funeral next monday. well, ahead of that, an emotional and poignant moment on sunday. princess anne, the queen s daughter curtseyed to her mother as her casket entered the palace of holyroodhouse. she had followed the hearse from balmoral to edinburgh on that 118-mile, six-hour journey. and you can see the grief reflected on the face of her daughter. the loss of the queen, of course, being felt by many across the uk. this is probably something qu
media going after the generals who are losing ground in ukraine? yeah. and not just the generals, there is a lot of discussion about potential mistakes on the battlefield. i think people are emboldened by those comments that you hear from people like raman kadyrov. pretty pretty vitriolic. one prominent blogger saying you re holding a billion ruble party, in emphasis to the fact that putin was inaugurating a ferris wheel as his sources in ukraine were taking these defeats. he goes on to say what s the matter with you. this is no longer a special military operation, this is a war. we are seeing mounting criticism. there is some increased debate that we re seeing even on television in russia. but i think you have to sort of take this in the context that the kremlin has strengthened the flow of information, the tight control over the flow of information to such a degree
meantime, the pro kremlin leader of the chechen republic has offered some rare public criticism of russia. raman kadyrov is calling for changes in russia s military tactics in the coming days, saying mistakes have been made on the battlefield. his comments were posted in an audio message on his telegram account. the chechen leader has supplied thousands of fighters to the russian campaign. and cnn s clare sebastian is tracking events in ukraine. she joins us now live from london. a good morning to you, clare. so what s been russia s military action to these ukrainian advances? reporter: they re not denying that there has been a loss of territory. but as you noted, they are sort of repainting this as an intentional and orderly regrouping of troops to try to redouble their efforts to take the donetsk region. the loss of areas around kharkiv