coming on the programme this evening. what can you tell us about kevin s state of mind at the moment and where he is being held? 50 he is bein: held and where he is being held? 50 he is being held at and where he is being held? 50 he is being held at the and where he is being held? 50 he is being held at the prison and where he is being held? so he is being held at the prison in and where he is being held? so he is being held at the prison in moscow, | being held at the prison in moscow, the fsp s mean prison. we have. he is doing as well as can be expected, from what we understand commits 100 days as of today that he has been detained. he receives letters and care packages from his family and friends from all of us in the newsroom as well. he reads a lot, he s able to write back out, he has some personal items, but he is in a small cell with a cell mates, so clearly it s a difficult situation for him. . ., clearly it s a difficult situation for him. , , ., clearly i
damage. there is no end in sight. we ll look at how russia views this grim year with the anchors of exiled russian broadcaster tv rain. then we ll examine the present and future on the bloody battle field. is the war in a stalemate now and how might it finally end? i ll ask the experts. also, while all eyes are cast upward looking for more chinese balloons which of beijing s other actions are we missing on the ground and in the cyber realm? we ll explore. in the 360 days since russia s invasion, ukraine has become the front line in the global battle for democracy. it is a fight that is being fought in the airwaves as well as on the battle field. putin s minions are working overtime to control the message overseas and at home. under a law passed last year journalists in russia can be jailed for up to 15 years for reporting what the kremlin considers fake news about what its military is doing. and calling the war in ukraine a war could land one in prison. because of the crack
that the us is not seeking decoupling. i think she used the words it would be destabilising and in fact impossible, that what we are looking to do is what she is calling targeted selective measures for national security purposes. she s trying to convince china that, yes, we have restrictions, but it is in a limited area, and these measures are justified, but there are a lot of other areas in our economic and trade relationship where both countries can cooperate. areas as well where they are not cooperating. they ve already picked up i think five chinese nationals who are working for the means group. how concerned you think the white house is about that? i know the state department has issued a warning to americans working in china. the department has issued a warning to americans working in china.- americans working in china. the us is very concerned americans working in china. the us is very concerned and americans working in china. the us is very concerned and the americans wor
anthem, marriott, aviation companies, ostensibly building out this large, personal data base of americans personal information. in the beginning i think the theory was that they could cross match which american government workers are traveling and staying in the same place as chinese citizens as a counterintelligence effort to root out chinese spies. but it has gotten much more broad than that. president biden has tried to avoid thwarting a relationship already at its lowest point in years and said he is planning to speak with president xi in the near term. we saw secretary of state blinken speak with his counterpart over the weekend. the president is this is a relationship that should be driven by competition and not another cold war. is that realistic at this point? i think there is still hope for that. i think covid had a huge
well, i think we ve seen china hack our pipelines for instance. a little over a year ago the government declassified its findings that china has been implanting itself in our network of pipelines not for intellectual property theft but to maintain a foothold in the event they would ever need to do something to those pipelines in the event of some larger geo political conflict say over taiwan. we ve seen them hacking our businesses for years. i always say if you could see a balloon over every american corporation hacked by china americans would be flabbergasted. we ve seen them hack our personal data. they hacked the office of personal management several years ago which is where everyone submits their application who wants a security clearance. we saw them make off with tens of millions of fingerprints for every american government worker who sought a security clearance. we ve seen them hack equifax,