A giant colors allegedly belonging to president putin that triggered more claims and counterclaims and violent protests across the country so on to the points we ask in a valley against putin who will win the russian showdown. Thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point with me in the studio is stari asuka a freelance reporter and presenter born in russia and based in berlin darrius says novelle these investigations and the attack on him have for the 1st time politicised many young people in russia also with us is alexander our expert on russia an advisor to the energy giant gazprom he argues that Russian Society can live with corruption but if the Younger Generation feel theyre losing out. That could change quickly and a very warm welcome to steven pifer academic on a list and former u. S. Ambassador with a focus on Europe Russia and much else besides he says the west should push back against the worst of russian misbehavior but it should also leave the door open for d
Different views on that he has tolerated an incredible amount of corruption in russia and i guess that was probably the Biggest Surprise when i was still in the u. S. Government back in the 2000 when putin came to power i think the one thing that we really expected was he will type of things i mean i think there was a sense in russia that things had become too loose in the 1990 s. Too much chaos so he would restore a degree of order but theres also a sense that this is somebody who actually you know crack down on corruption and i dont think weve seen that crime somebody have said its going to be some some somebody who would who would be he was viewed as an honest lida a man who stood by his word that was the that was always the message around putin there was hope i mean i dont remember. That hed stop or. But there was hope that something will change that russia will become the western country that so many people hoped for it would in the ninetys and im the mass. Be cleaned up and we wo
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome the Health Protection agency with Accurate Information when those threats arrive. As the head of the agency, doctor redfield has been one of the leading voices in this pandemic sharing and issuing publichealth guidance and about how to safely return to work, school and daily life. Cases are spiking across the country and as a result we are seeing some states resort to different types of lockdowns like we saw in the initial and americans everywhere are hungry forer information and guidance about how to navigate the Holiday Season and an uncertain winter. We will address all of these issues and more and take questions from the audience as well. Without further ado, doctor redfield, welcome. What can we tell the audience about the state . G thank you for having me. We are at a very pivotal time in this pandemic. We have a significant number of jurisdictions in the stas that are in what we call the red zone and lasted a lot longer than say the spring and s
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In afghanistan, military readiness, and the importance of emerging defense technologies. This is an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is a sincere pleasure for me to welcome our featured an honored guest today, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley, United States army. Since becoming the 20 the chairman of the joint chiefs in 2019 general milley has worked to realize the u. S. National Defense Strategy which prioritizes competition with china and russia, and American Defense plenty. Chairman milley has worked tirelessly with civilian and uniformed leadership towards developing the u. S. Armed forces into a truly modern armed force, capable of deterring and heading off the threats of all types that we may be facing today including those emanating from nearpeer competitors that have now really pronounced once again the idea of Great Power Competition. He has kept a close and careful eye on the perennial defense issues associated with iran and north korea, v