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
we go out on patrol with its helicopter pilots and south korean reality contestants push their bodies to the limit and the world laps it up on netflix the uk where the prime minister, rishi sunak has announced a revised trade deal that s aimed at fixing problems with the brexit arrangements that affects northern ireland. the agreement will remove checks for goods sent from the british mainland and destined for northern ireland. mr sunak and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen declared the deal as opening a new chapter in relations between london and brussels. the us president, joe biden issued a statement saying it was an essential step to ensuring peace from the good friday agreement is preserved. our political editor, chris mason reports for months, negotiations have rumbled on in the undergrowth. finally, then, at a posh hotel near windsor, just outside london, in a spot with a keen sense of its place in british history, the stage is set. t
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
so another government agency has concluded that covid came from a lab. i know and we have a photo of that lab right here. although reports indicate. yet the sun the revelation comes in the u.s. energy department of first thought was welcome to the party you clueless [bleep]. [laughter] sorry i was off a few days i m cranky but how is this news? also who gives a about what the apartment of energy it thinks about anything other than energy? i can hardly wait to see with the department of treasury things about my gastro reflux. the news comes from the wall street journal setting a classified intel report richly provided to the white house and key members of congress. which includes george santos. says george santos. [laughter] a revised version will be provided to members of the squad with every word is replaced with racist. this is all a year after the fbi concluded the same thing that probably wasn t bad soup from a wet market. heck, it was not the walnut walnut shrimp from
is that bioweapons that? balloon did that blew take off from wuhan? a roaring american economy is drowning out the noise ahead of the state of the union. the u.s. adding 517,000 jobs last month. unemployment drops to 3.4. that s the lowest since 1969. wow. then the disgraced ex president made an absurd question. a republican primary litmus test. did you think ashli babbitt was murdered? do you think the police officer was doing his job? i think the police officer did his job. do george santos allegations outpace allegations? i ve always said i knew it. i ve always been that joke. a new report on the creams queens crime fighter setting off spider senses everywhere. you know, i guess one person can make a difference. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. on tuesday of next week, president joe biden will be making his very first appearance under the big top. the capitol dome a housing the utter circus that is the