from russian eyes. my guest is tikhon dzyadko, editor in chief of dozhd or tv or tv rain, founded as an independent tv channel in moscow, now broadcasting from riga. are russians ready to question what their government tells them? tikhon dzyadko in riga, latvia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me here. it s a great pleasure to have you on this show. now, it strikes me this past year has been one of extraordinary challenge and disruption for you at tv rain. the reason, i guess, is simple vladimir putin would like to see you cease to exist. how close to ceasing to exist has it come for you? well, we can say that, last march, tv rain, or dozhd, died. we were out of air for four months because, at the beginning of march, we were forced to leave the country, and most of ourjournalists left the country, and the tv station stopped operating. but then injuly, we decided to relaunch the tv station here in riga, and also we have a studio in amsterdam, because we kno
damage. there is no end in sight. we ll look at how russia views this grim year with the anchors of exiled russian broadcaster tv rain. then we ll examine the present and future on the bloody battle field. is the war in a stalemate now and how might it finally end? i ll ask the experts. also, while all eyes are cast upward looking for more chinese balloons which of beijing s other actions are we missing on the ground and in the cyber realm? we ll explore. in the 360 days since russia s invasion, ukraine has become the front line in the global battle for democracy. it is a fight that is being fought in the airwaves as well as on the battle field. putin s minions are working overtime to control the message overseas and at home. under a law passed last year journalists in russia can be jailed for up to 15 years for reporting what the kremlin considers fake news about what its military is doing. and calling the war in ukraine a war could land one in prison. because of the crack
in that year hundreds of thousands dead, tens of billions of dollars in damage and there s no end in sight. we ll look at how russia views this with the anchors of exiled russian broadcaster tv rain. then we ll examine the present and future on the bloody battlefield and is a stalemate in, and how will it end? i ll ask the experts. while all eyes are cast upward looking for more chinese balloons, which of beijing s other actions are we missing on the ground and in the cyber realm? we ll explore. in the 360 days since russia s invasion, crane has become the front line in the global battle for democracy. it s a fight being fought on the airwaves as well as on the battlefield. putin s minions are working overtime to control the message overseas and at home. under a law passed last year journalists in russia can be jailed for up to 15 years for reporting what the kremlin considers fake news about what its military is doing and to wit, calling the war in ukraine a war could
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. as russia s war on ukraine grinds into a second year, how complete is vladimir putin s control of the home front? critics of the war risk prison, independent media outlets have been closed down, and the kremlin propaganda machine has been supercharged. but thanks to the internet, the costs of this war cannot be entirely hidden from russian eyes. my guest is tikhon dzyadko, editor in chief of dozhd or tv rain, founded as an independent tv channel in moscow, now broadcasting from riga. are russians ready to question what their government tells them? tikhon dzyadko in riga, latvia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me here. it s a great pleasure to have you on this show. now, it strikes me this past year has been one of extraordinary challenge and disruption for you at tv rain. the reason, i guess, is simple vladimir putin would like to see you cease to exist. how close
the attempt to revive a deal to curb tehran s nuclear ambitions is as good as dead. the iranian government is enriching uranium, repressing its people, and arming moscow with drones. my guest isjoe biden s iran envoy, robert malley. he s the arch diplomat. but where does the us go when diplomacy fails? robert malley in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it s great to have you on the show. you ve had two years now, trying to use diplomacy to diffuse the tensions, tackle the differences with iran. is it time to acknowledge that that diplomatic effort has failed? well, stephen, what i d say is diplomacy never ends, even as we are doing other things and we ve always taken several steps against iran, whether it s sanctions, pressure, countering what they re doing in the region and also mobilising the international community even as we do all that, we had negotiations, indirect negotiations with iran. we ve said publicly we re prepared to continue those