of the invasion. ukrainian forces have launched a long awaited counter offensive in the south of the country. a very good early morning to you. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. not only has ukraine been irrevocably changed by vladimir putin s military aggression, so has russia. putin has used the conflict to crack down harder on dissent and instil an ever more strident brand of nationalism that made life in moscow unbearable for my guest today. pinchas goldschmidt was chief rabbi of moscow till he fled from russia and left his post. his fate has exposed the scale of widerjewish flight from russia and divisions within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it s the second time with you. it s the second time and it s a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last talking
within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it s the second time with you. it s the second time and it s a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last talking to me there. you sit in jerusalem. you served as chief rabbi of moscow for, what, pretty much three decades. you made your life in russia and just a couple of months ago, you chose to leave. why? i went to sleep the 23rd of february in the evening in moscow, and i woke up in the morning in a different country. it was still moscow, but with different rules, with different laws. and ifelt. ..that the world is changing and. ..isaw. ..the bombs, bombing of kyiv. the new laws in russia cracking down on dissent. we saw that the remnant of any free media was closed down. ekho moskvy, the novaya gazeta and others. and. but this is only the beginning. intere
before he was hired by first lady, rosalynn carter, in 1979. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. not only has ukraine been irrevocably changed by vladimir putin s military aggression, so has russia. putin has used the conflict to crack down harder on dissent and instil an ever more strident brand of nationalism that made life in moscow unbearable for my guest today. pinchas goldschmidt was chief rabbi of moscow till he fled from russia and left his post. his fate has exposed the scale of widerjewish flight from russia and divisions within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it s the second time with you. it s the second time and it s a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last talking to me there. you sit in jerusalem. you served as chief rabbi o
of widerjewish flight from russia and divisions within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it s the second time with you. it s the second time and it s a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last talking to me there. you sit in jerusalem. you served as chief rabbi of moscow for, what, pretty much three decades. you made your life in russia and just a couple of months ago, you chose to leave. why? i went to sleep the 23rd of february in the evening in moscow. and i woke up in the morning in a different country. it was still moscow, but with different rules, with different laws. and ifelt. ..that the world is changing and. ..isaw. ..the bombs, bombing of kyiv. the new laws in russia cracking down on dissent. we saw that the remnant of any free media was closed down. ekho moskvy, the novaya gazeta and oth
gustavo petro. also, crazy about cannabis as thailand legalises marijuana, we report on a boom in weed related businesses. a big bid to help the refugees of ukraine: the russian nobel peace laureate dmitry muratov auctions his medalfor more than $100 million to raise funding for children displaced by the war. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. five general elections inside four years that is where israel is heading as the current prime minister, naftali bennett is to step down from his post, dissolve parliament and trigger yet another election. in the meantime, the current foreign minister, yair lapid, who was due to share the prime ministerial post with mr bennet, will take temporary charge. mr bennett has been in thejob forjust over a year and has struggled to stabilise his increasingly fragile governing coalition. translation: i held a series of talks with officials - and i realised that in 10 days, with the expiration of the west bank regul