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
william rick singer was convicted of funnelling money from wealthy parents to university coaches to secure a place for their children at various elite american colleges. now on bbc news, it s 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
rolling. we re rolling. okay, we re going, guys? yeah. okay, so let s say i want to talk about something that we sort of touched on this morning. and you might hate this, but i really want you to think about it. if you are killed, if this does happen, what message do you leave behind to the russian people? oh, come on, daniel. no. no way. it s like you re making movie for the case of my death. like, again, i m ready to answer your question, but please let it be another movie, movie number two. let s make a thriller out of this movie, and in the case i would be killed, let s make a boring movie of memory. alexei navalny is stepping back into another showdown with the kremlin. what to do with navalny presents a conundrum for the kremlin. let him go and risk looking weak, or lock him up, knowing it could turn him into a political martyr . are you not scared, alexei? what do you expect in moscow? unexpectedly, vladimir putin has a genuine challenger, a hand
gaps in between but expect further spells of rain through the rest of the week and it will often be windy and it will stay mild. very mild out there right now but with outbreaks of rain continuing to push eastwards and very heavy rain right now in scotland, this also sinking south eastwards over england and wales. gusts up to 40 50 mph. temperatures, well, they are above average for what we should see in the daytime and the use of the night time temperatures, 6 12. a really dry start to tomorrow morning i really mild start. more on the way of sunshine but also some showers especially for northern ireland, southern scotland and the far north of england and at the same time cloud could bring rain into the south west of england later in the day. it will stay quite windy but temperatures seven in aberdeen, and 14 in the south of england. this ridge of high pressure will make for a mainly dry start on thursday but that will not last because there is another area of low pressure
lucas: good afternoon, griff, for years the estimated number of illegal immigrants inside the united states was 11 million, now texas lieutenant governor says that could soon be approaching a number 3 times higher. we are approaches 10 to 15% of the total population of the united states will be here illegal by the time joe biden s first term is over. you have to understand this has been an invasion for a long time. this is a plan from the left. they want to bring people in, one day make sure they have citizenship so they can vote. lucas: as you mentioned, griff, this morning a chartered bus from texas showing up at the vice president s home after she called the border secure despite millions arriving this year. the white house thinks republicans are playing dirty tricks. here is jacqui. ending remain in mexico or title 42 had nothing to do with the surge we are seeing? let me step out for a second and lay out what we have done under this administration. 23,000 agents and