at the heart of the debate because there were corruption allegations in both camps. for younger generations of course, the gender divide was one of course, the gender divide was one of the biggest things because the misogyny and feminism, anti feminism, all of these things both campaigns used, especially until the final few weeks of the election for them to gather supporters. north korea, outsiders often presume it s not a mean issue but has been a recurring theme for these candidates, they use to strengthen their image of charismatic leadership. strengthen their image of charismaticleadershi. ., charismatic leadership. thank you so much forjoining charismatic leadership. thank you so much forjoining us charismatic leadership. thank you so much forjoining us on charismatic leadership. thank you so much forjoining us on the charismatic leadership. thank you so i much forjoining us on the programme with all the latest analysis on that story for assignees day. back to our main sto
mcdonald s, too. the fast food giant employs 62,000 staff here. he already destroyed russian reputation, he already destroyed russian nation. maria baronova fears for russia s future. she s left state broadcaster rt, in protest at what russia s doing in ukraine. yeah, yeah, no, the russian economy is dead, everything is dead. it s the end, it s the end. it s like the death of your very close relative now. it was a big love of my life, russia, and now it is dead as well. on this special day, no celebration. instead, concern over what most of the world calls a war , and what the kremlin calls an operation . steve rosenberg reporting for us and russia.
at what russia s doing in ukraine. and from the kremlin, a request for russian women to support the offensive. translation: i want to say this to mothers, wives, - sisters and girlfriends of our soldiers and officers in battle, who are defending russia in this special military operation. i understand how worried you must be about your loved ones. you should be proud of them, like the whole country is. what the whole country isn t is fully behind the kremlin s decision to send in the troops. this was st petersburg on women s day. the sign says, stop sending our soldiers to their deaths . many russians, though, do believe the kremlin line that this is not a war,
of subsidising puin s war. clear we will not be part of subsidising putin s war. claudio galimberti is the senior vice president of analysis at rystad energy, an independent energy research and business intelligence. hejoins us from houston, texas. it s great to get you on the programme. let s start by looking at the immediate reaction to that decision by the united states on energy prices. what are we looking at? . ~ energy prices. what are we looking at? ., ~ , ., energy prices. what are we looking at? . ~ , ., , energy prices. what are we looking at? ., ~ , ., , . energy prices. what are we looking at? ., ~ , . ., at? thank you very much and good evenina. at? thank you very much and good evening- we at? thank you very much and good evening. we are at? thank you very much and good evening. we are looking at? thank you very much and good evening. we are looking at - at? thank you very much and good evening. we are looking at prices i evening. we are looking at prices increas
steve rosenberg reporting for us in russia. well as the fighting continues poland says it is ready to deploy all its mig 29 jets to the ramstein air base in germany and place them at the disposal of the us government. i m joined now by robert person, professor of international relations at the us military academy, west point who s speaking to us in a personal capacity. great to get you on the programme. in the first instance, if i could just get your assessment of how you think either side is doing at this point in time in terms of achievements or progress in the war? certainly. the last couple of weeks really have been a surprise because i m the one hand, it seems clear that russia s forces are significantly underperforming in their attacks on ukraine. they are not achieving the objectives that were expected of them, and simultaneously, ukraine s military forces have been fighting much more