global questions. hello. i m zeinab badawi. welcome to global questions from kyiv, the capital of ukraine. the build up of russian troops near its border with ukraine has raised fears that moscow wants to extend its influence in former soviet states such as ukraine. in this second edition of global questions from kyiv, we ask what is putin s game in his backyard? applause hello and welcome to the mystetskyi arsenal cultural centre here in kyiv. let me tell you who is on my panel, who will be taking questions from our audience here. the deputy prime minister of ukraine is 0lha stefanishyna. she s been very much the international face of the ukrainian government during this current crisis. kristina kvien is the charge d affaires, that s the acting ambassador for washington, here in kyiv. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europe s leading statesmen, and professor sergey radchenko is a russian born political scientist based in europe. that s our panel. welc
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and talks ofjoining nato, yet its government is seen as sympathetic to russia. it s a diplomatic tightrope, and one my guest needs to walk. salome zourabichvili is the country s president. where does georgia s destiny lie with russia or the west? salome zourabichvili, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me for the third time. do you think that russia wants control of georgia? russia wants control of not only georgia, but probably parts of europe. it has its old ambitions and old aspirations of remaining as an imperialist state. but should we be thinking about what russia wants or what we want? well, the last time that you came on hardtalk, which was at a time when russia was on the back foot in ukraine, it was the end of 2022. you said you didn t think russia would invade georgia. the situation in ukraine looks very different now. and i wonder if you fear for georgia, particularly if president putin is successful in ukraine? well, i think that we should, again, all fe
..old ambitions and old aspirations of remaining as an imperialist state. but should we be thinking about what russia wants or what we want? well, the last time that you came on hardtalk, which was at a time when russia was on the back foot in ukraine, it was the end of 2022. you said you didn t think russia would invade georgia. the situation in ukraine looks very different now. and i wonder if you fear for georgia, particularly if president putin is successful in ukraine? well, i think that we should, again, all fear if president putin is successful in ukraine. but i don t think that he is successful in ukraine. he has been losing in ukraine all his first ambitions, strategic ambitions taking kyiv, dividing the government and the population, dividing ukraine from europe, dividing european between themselves, european with their populations. all of these big ambitions have not materialised. so, yes, he s not yet defeated strategically, militarily, but he is not victorious.
do you think that russia wants control of georgia? russia wants control of not only georgia, but probably parts of europe. it has its. ..old ambitions and old aspirations of remaining as an imperialist state. but should we be thinking about what russia wants or what we want? well, the last time that you came on hardtalk, which was at a time when russia was on the back foot in ukraine, it was the end of 2022. you said you didn t think russia would invade georgia. the situation in ukraine looks very different now. and i wonder if you fear for georgia, particularly if president putin is successful in ukraine? well, i think that we should, again, all fear if president putin is successful in ukraine. but i don t think that he is successful in ukraine. he has been losing in ukraine all his first ambitions, strategic ambitions taking kyiv, dividing the government and the population, dividing ukraine from europe, dividing european between themselves, european with their populations