That is it from me. Now on bbc news: hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. Russia s relations with the west have been poor for some time, but now they ve reached a new level of hostility. Since the imprisonment of russian opposition leader alexei navalny, new sanctions have been imposed by both the us and the eu. The ukraine conflict, allegations of cyber attack and covert operations, the list of unresolved issues is growing. My guest is russia s eu ambassador, vladimir chizhov. Is confrontation with the west president putin s strategic choice? ambassador vladimir chizhov in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ambassador, you ve been in post a long time. I think i m right in saying 16 years. Is this the worst state of russia eu relations that you can remember? well, actually, is and a half, but never mind. Long enough. I would say that our relations have seen their ups and downs over these years and definitely before that. Now, they are in what i would call an abnorm
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. Russia s relations with the west have been poor for some time, but now they ve reached a new level of hostility. Since the imprisonment of russian opposition leader alexei navalny, new sanctions have been imposed by both the us and the eu. The ukraine conflict, allegations of cyber attack and covert operations, the list of unresolved issues is growing. My guest is russia s eu ambassador, vladimir chizhov. Is confrontation with the west president putin s strategic choice? ambassador vladimir chizhov in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ambassador, you ve been in post a long time. I think i m right in saying 16 years. Is this the worst state of russia eu relations that you can remember? well, actually, is and a half, but never mind. Long enough. I would say that our relations have seen their ups and downs over these years and definitely before that. Now, they are in what i would call an abnormal state. Whether we
Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. Russia s relations with the west have been poor for some time, but now they ve reached a new level of hostility. Since the imprisonment of russian opposition leader alexei navalny, new sanctions have been imposed by both the us and the eu. The ukraine conflict, allegations of cyber attack and covert operations the list of unresolved issues is growing. My guest is russia s eu ambassador, vladimir chizhov. Is confrontation with the west president putin s strategic choice? ambassador vladimir chizhov in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ambassador, you ve been in post a long time. I think i m right in saying 16 years. Is this the worst state of russia eu relations that you can remember? well, actually, 15. 5, but never mind. Long enough. I would say that our relations have seen their ups and downs over these years and definitely before that. Now, they are in what i would call an abnormal state. Whether we have a possibility to bottom out
Hello, i m shaun ley. Welcome to the programme that brings together bbc specialists with foreign correspondents who file their stories to audiences back home from the dateline london. This week america draws its troops down and out of afghanistan. Russia builds them up, but would it go into ukraine? and the changing of havana s revolutionary guard this weekend after six decades in charge. With me is the american henry chu of the los angeles times, italian writer and film maker annalisa piras, whojoins us from italy, and here in the studio at a safe social distance, the bbc s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. Good to have you, lyse, and good to have both of you with us on dateline. Now, it was the 9/11 attacks on the united states in 2001 which led to the invasion of afghanistan. Presidentjoe biden announced this week that september the 11th 2021 will mark the end of its military presence there. 20 years ago vladimir putin, already running the kremlin, was one of the first
elizabeth for more than 70 years. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme that brings together bbc specialists with foreign correspondents who file their stories to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week america draws its troops down and out of afghanistan. russia builds them up, but would it go into ukraine? and the changing of havana s revolutionary guard this weekend after six decades in charge. with me is the american henry chu of the los angeles times, italian writer and film maker annalisa piras, whojoins us from italy, and here in the studio at a safe social distance, the bbc s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. good to have you, lyse, and good to have both of you with us on dateline. now, it was the 9/11 attacks on the united states in 2001 which led to the invasion of afghanistan. presidentjoe biden announced this week that september the 11th 2021 will mark the end of its military pr