kensington palace and buckingham palace have both said they will not comment. the great british race to space , the countdown s on for the first ever rocket launch from uk soil you are watching bbc news now stephen sackur speaks to the russian opposition activist evgenia kara murza. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in russia, voicing opposition to putin s war in ukraine is a crime. it can mean years injail. imagine, then, the resolve of a russian opposition activist who returned to his homeland after the ukraine invasion in order to speak out against the putin regime from within. not only that, vladimir kara murza had already survived two apparent poisonings inside russia. he is now languishing in a russian prison. his wife, evgenia kara murza, is my guest today. has putin s repression effectively neutralised meaningful opposition? evgenia kara murza in washington, dc welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me here. it s a pleasure to have you on the show.
time for the midterm elections. white house is calling opec s decision short sighted look at alternatives to wall street to reporting the administration is preparing to ease sanctions on venezuela and its dictator nicholas in an effort to increase the supply of oil on the market. let s bring in our panel also journal columnist kempster also, editorial board members kyle peterson. so why did saudi arabia make this a judgment after all the president had gone to the country earlier this year to try to persuade the crown prince there to produce more oil. now they are going in the opposite direction, what happened? from saudi arabia s perspective you have to consider they are looking at two factors. once the long-term alliance with the united states and hopefully try to keep that altogether. but they also have to look at their bottom line. and frankly, if you look at the signal sediment coming from all corners of the economy recently it looks like a 20 a pretty major slowdown la
jury investigating fundraising fraud. and breaking reports that stephen miller has been subpoenaed. then, new signals that donald trump s favorite judge maybe backing down to the justice department. plus, a victory for democracy and reproductive rights as the states supreme court smacks down michigan republicans. and as king charles greets his subjects for the first time, melissa murray on coming to terms with the imperial past of the british empire. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the department of justice s investigation into january 6th, attempted coup, is once again expanding its scope. quite a bit, in fact. the doj sent out a raft of new subpoenas this week for just learning about. subpoenas of former trump white house and campaign officials. reportedly relation to trump save america pack, as well as the fake elector scheme. top trump policy advisor in speech writer stephen miller, and trump s white house political director brian jac
poisonings inside russia. he is now languishing in a russian prison. his wife, evgenia kara murza, is my guest today. has putin s repression effectively neutralised meaningful opposition? evgenia kara murza in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me here. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, and i must begin by asking you about the condition of your husband, vladimir. he s been imprisoned in russia since last april. what can you tell me about his current condition? he s still being held at moscow s fifth pre trial detention centre, where he awaits trial for three criminal cases that have been initiated against him since april. he s being kept at the most secure part of that pre trial detention centre. there are three locks on his door, including on the feeding slot, there are bars and barbed wire on his window. he s always accompanied by a number of guards wherever he goes to. i mean, to the courtroom and back guards with dogs. so he s bei
now on bbc news hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in russia, voicing opposition to putin s war in ukraine is a crime. it can mean years injail. imagine, then, the resolve of a russian opposition activist who returned to his homeland after the ukraine invasion in order to speak out against the putin regime from within. not only that, vladimir kara murza had already survived two apparent poisonings inside russia. he is now languishing in a russian prison. his wife, evgenia kara murza, is my guest today. has putin s repression effectively neutralised meaningful opposition? evgenia kara murza in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me here. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, and i must begin by asking you about the condition of your husband, vladimir. he s been imprisoned in russia since last april. what can you tell me about his current condition? he s still being held at moscow s fifth pre trial detention centre, where he