Vladimir putin talks Vladimir Putin talks of restoring greatness of restoring greatness to what he calls the russian to what he calls the russian world an expansive Territory World an expansive territory which, as ukrainians know which, as ukrainians know to their cost, to their cost, stretches far beyond stretches far beyond russias current borders. Putins expansionist russias current borders. Putins Expansionist Nationalism requires military power, nationalism requires military power, but its harnessed the to February 2022. But its harnessed the cultural spiritual authority cultural spiritual authority of the russian of the russian Orthodox Church, too. Orthodox church, too. My guest, andrey kordochkin, my guest, andrey kordochkin, was a russian Orthodox Priest who spoke out against was a russian Orthodox Priest the ukraine war and the putinisation of his church. But is he swimming against but is he swimming against an unstoppable tide . An unstoppable tide . Andrey kordochkin, welco
The deaths that occurred were all avoidable and those who lived in the tower were badly failed by those who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the building and its occupants. The country failed to discharge its most fundamental duty to protect you and your Loved Ones, the people that we are here to serve, and i am deeply sorry. Human life was never a priority and we lost friends, neighbours and Loved Ones in the most horrific way. Through greed, corruption, incompetence and negligence. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Vladimir putin talks of restoring greatness to what he calls the russian world an expansive territory which, as ukrainians know to their cost, stretches far beyond russias current borders. Putins Expansionist Nationalism requires military power, but its harnessed the cultural spiritual authority of the russian Orthodox Church, too. My guest, andrey kordochkin, was a russian Orthodox Priest who spoke out against the ukraine war and the putinisation of his c
But is he swimming against an unstoppable tide? andrey kordochkin, andrey kordochkin, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you. It s a great honour it s a great honour and privilege to be here. And privilege to be here. Well, it s great to have you well, it s great to have you in the studio. In the studio. Let me take you back let me take you back to february 2022. To february 2022. Putin orders putin orders an all out invasion of ukraine. That this would be the end an all out invasion of ukraine. Within days, you, a priest within days, you, a priest in the russian orthodox church, in the russian orthodox church, choose to speak out choose to speak out against the invasion. Against the invasion. When you did that, did you feel when you did that, did you feel that this would be the end of your career in the russian orthodox church? i think that when the war has begun, very few of us could actually give a prediction of what is going to come through. So i think that
Catherine the great. Over the next half hour we will look at the impact of the election for those in russia, ukraine and around the world. But first, we start our coverage with this report from our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, in moscow. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. A