who s died at the age of 90. ms lynn enjoyed a successful, six decade long career. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. as the war in ukraine rages on, we speak to a russian rock legend whose life and career have mirrored his motherland s journey from the soviet era, through the break up of the soviet union, to putin s authoritarian state. my guest is boris grebenshchikov. he last played in russia the day before putin invaded ukraine in february, and is now living in london. bg, as he s known to his fans, risks prosecution for his anti war comments if he returns to russia. the role cultural icons have to play in the politics of protests is a well trodden one, but do their voices have any impact inside russia? boris grebenshchikov, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. all right, so you last performed in russia just six hours before putin invaded ukraine. you say you had a sense of foreboding that something monume
ukraine in february, and is now living in london. bg, as he is known to his fans, risks prosecution for his anti war comments if he returns to russia. the role cultural icons have to play in the politics of protests is a well trodden one, but do their voices have any impact inside russia? boris grebenshchikov, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. all right, so you last performed in russia just six hours before putin invaded ukraine. you say you had a sense of foreboding that something monumental was going to happen. what did you think was going to occur? you know, we played a concert on the night before the invasion, and i had this weird feeling that i m playing in hamburg in 1939. so i knew that something really bad is coming. i couldn t predict the war, but, you know, it felt bad. and now, when you see ukrainian cities, where you performed, either being destroyed, some of the very theatres where you actually played, and also places like kherson, one of the four provin
in ten days defects. so why some labour long faces? just as rishi sunak tries to gee up his mps, another one bites the dust, and heads for the labour benches citing housing and immigration. tory mp neil o brien will be here to tell us the big problem is legal migration. our other guests might not agree. also tonight. inside the afd. we investigate if germany s far right alternative for deutschland party have a neo nazi problem. you could call me a nazi as well, because i want to defend my own country. i don t know what s wrong with it. but you mean you re comfortable with that? i m comfortable with the programme we are fighting for, yes. as the home secretary expels the russian defence attache, and the national crime agency exposes an alleged top russian ransomware boss, just how cold is the new cold war going to get? the nca is here, along with our former defence attache to russia. good evening. today rishi sunak tried to press the reset button after last week s local electi
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