for the 17 years vladimir putin has ruled russia, as president or prime minister, he hasn t done it alone. he s been backed by a coterie of trusted associates, connected through past ties in st petersburg, or in the kgb or in business. one of mr putin s inner circle is my guest today. vladimir yakunin ran russian railways for a decade and was a close putin adviser. so much so the us made him a target of sanctions after the invasion of crimea. he left the railway two years ago. is he still a true believer in the putin project? vladimiryakunin, welcome to hardtalk. hello. i think it s fair to say, you, for a decade more, were one of vladimir putin s closest associates and advisers. in general terms, as you look at putin s impact upon russia, would you say that you believe he is taking russia in a very positive direction? thank you for your introduction. listen, to tell the truth, i never considered myself a voice to be in the position to be considered an adviser of mr putin. i
developing story in brussels. now on bbc news it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sacker. for the 17 years vladimir putin has ruled russia, as president or prime minister, he hasn t done it alone. he s been backed by a coterie of trusted associates, connected through past ties in st petersburg, or in the kgb or in business. one of mr putin s inner circle is my guest today. vladimir yakunin ran russian railways for a decade and was a close putin adviser. so much so the us made him a target of sanctions after the invasion of crimea. he left the railway two years ago. is he still a true believer in the putin project? vladimiryakunin, welcome to hardtalk. hello. i think it s fair to say, you, for a decade or more, were one of vladimir putin s closest associates and advisers. in general terms, as you look at putin s impact upon russia, would you say that you believe he is taking russia in a very positive direction? thank you for your introduction. listen, to t
hardtalk. now on bbc news, it s time for welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sacker. for the 17 years vladimir putin has ruled russia, as president or prime minister, he hasn t done it alone. he s been backed by a coterie of trusted associates, connected through past ties in st petersburg, or in the kgb or in business. one of mr putin s inner circle is my guest today. vladimir yakunin ran russian railways for a decade and was a close putin adviser. so much so the us made him a target of sanctions after the invasion of crimea. he left the railway two years ago. is he still a true believer in the putin project? vladimiryakunin, welcome to hardtalk. hello. i think it s fair to say, you, for a decade more, were one of vladimir putin s closest associates and advisers. in general terms, as you look at putin s impact upon russia, would you say that you believe he is taking russia in a very positive direction? thank you for your introduction. listen, to tell the truth, i never considere
but i believe in her cause and what she is doing. it transcended her as a star, and it came down to the fact that a woman has the right to go after someone who was sexually assaulted and she was sexually assaulted. we ll be speaking to a journalist who was in court when the verdict was read out. also one of australia s leading cosmetic surgeons tells this programme that the link between textured breast implants and cancer is more common that doctors originally thought although it s still extremely rare. we speak to him, and a woman who developed the disease. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. also there have been two incidents involving trains at london stations this morning a train has derailed just outside waterloo station after hitting a freight train at low speed no one was injured in the incident, though passengers have been advised to avoid the station all day. that was at 5.40 this morning, and in the last hour a train is reported
we ll hear why throughout the programme. and a royal marine who s in prison for the fatal shooting of a taliban fighter in afghanistan finds out today if he is to be freed or must serve more time behind bars. i m hoping and praying that, along with the former archbishop of canterbury, forformer with the former archbishop of canterbury, for former release. why? because he deserves it and this was an absurd sentence from the beginning and i m hoping the court will be persuaded that we are right on that. we ll bring you the result as soon as it happens. it s due around 1030 this morning. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11. throughout the morning the latest breaking news and developing stories. a little later in the programme we ll look at the latest on scottish independence. and we ll discuss this front page, never mind brexit who won legs it . tell us what you think. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victo