you know, he sjust one among thousands who ve been injured and, as you said, laura, you know, millions who ve left. i would just like to say, amidst all of this, lots of russians are having to leave their homes in russia as well. i mean, i ve got a friend i spoke to at the end of last week, and he was in a state of great excitement. he was pumped with adrenaline and he was like, we left, we left. i grabbed my wife, and my three kids under 12. we ran for the airport, we got the last tickets, we re in dubai. it was like in the movies, he said. why, just because they thought this country is going down. no, he s a journalist, and journalism is effectively now punishable by 15 years injail, and nobody knows the parameters any more. before, you knew what you could get away with and where, but now it s a guessing game. so he made a dash for it, he was pumped with adrenaline. when i spoke to him a few days later, the reality had sunk
from democratic countries to understand the level of fear in dictatorships, because you are scared to say a word. you are scared to go for the streets to say what you really want to say, because people in democratic countries don t understand, why aren t you fighting against your regime? it s impossible, the price is too high. the price is 18, ten, 15 years injail. thousands of people had to flee the country because of repressions, but they continue the fight. i suppose you face a big strategic decision now for yourself and the whole anti lukashenko opposition movement. how do you respond to what putin has done in ukraine? because his message is quite clear he will use all the force necessary to enforce his vision of a greater russia, which clearly includes control of ukraine and clearly includes control,
are having to leave their homes in russia as well. i mean, i ve got a friend i spoke to at the end of last week, and he was in a state of great excitement. he was pumped with adrenaline and he was like, we left, we left. i grabbed my wife, and my three kids under 12. we ran for the airport, we got the last tickets, we re in dubai. it was like in the movies, he said. why, just because they thought this country is going down. no, he s a journalist, and journalism is effectively now punishable by 15 years injail, and nobody knows the parameters any more. before, you knew what you could get away with and where, but now it s a guessing game. so he made a dash for it, he was pumped with adrenaline. when i spoke to him a few days later, the reality had sunk in and he said to me, oh, my god, i m a refugee. what happened to my middle class moscow life? like, it s gone. ahd he can t get any of his money out. he can t use his visa cards because of the sanctions.
correspondent. it is almost six years since they were last together as a family. now, barring any last minute hitches, a reunion is at last imminent. this was the moment, in april 2016, when nazanin zaghari ratcliffe was arrested at tehran airport where she was trying to leave the country trying to get back to visit her parents. now she is back at the airport with fellow british national anoosheh ashoori, who has also spent years injail. since her arrest, nazanin has endured solitary confinement, psychological torture and the agony of separation from her daughter. she served a five year sentence and then was immediately given another. her husband richard has campaigned around the clock for her release, last october going on hunger strike in an act of desperation to pressure the uk government to do more to get her home. he s always said she was being held as a hostage for a debt that britain owes iran. in the 1970s, iran bought more than 1,500 chieftain
russian energy, it is still being sold elsewhere, and as the price continues to bracket some of vladimir putin s government is still making more money than it was previously. so we are in a bit of a catch 22 and that is the most important area of stop we really need some european allies and countries to come up with radical solutions, as we must as well to try to wean ourselves off the energy. let s talk about this extraordinary woman, this russian state tv producer who staged a bat on air protest against the invasion, she had a big placard behind her, the newsreader, an act of immense courage. and she has been farming 30,000 roubles, £200,000, it could ve been an awful lot worse. she could have been sentenced to years injail. absolutely incredible bravery.