Arkady 0strovsky News Today

tonight with the context, joel rubin who served in the 0bama administration as assistant to the secretary of state and nathalie tocci, director of italys institute of international affairs welcome to bbc news. turkeys president recep tayip erdogan has said there was no way to prepare for a disaster as big as the earthquake that devastated southern turkey, as well as northern syria, on monday. speaking on a tour of turkeys worst hit areas, president erdogan acknowledged thered been diff...

two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. the government spent less than it received in tax injanuary leaving a £51; billion surplus and finances. a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of englands grammar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies, despite most taking steps to be more inclusive. the russian leader vladimir putin has accused the west of starting the war in ukraine. almost a year after launching the invasion, mr putin has made a two—hou...

Fear coming out of kyiv certainly is because vladimir putin has already escalated, in the words of so many people you speak to, how much worse can it get? arkady 0strovsky is the russia editor at the economist. thank you forjoining us. what would you conclude and what would you think president putin wants us to conclude from his speech? he clearly wants us to — conclude from his speech? he clearly wants us to conclude _ conclude from his speech? he clearly wants us to conclude that _ conclude ...

Joining me now is arkady 0strovsky, russia editorfor the economist, who also wrote the preface to a message from ukraine, a compilation of zelensky�*s war speeches. thank you forjoining us. you must have been watching president zelensky speech to parliament today. what did you make of it? i zelensky speech to parliament today. what did you make of it?— what did you make of it? i think is a sort of great _ what did you make of it? i think is a sort of great rousing _ what did you make of it? ...

To forget ukraines already endured eight years of russian aggression. it has brought fighting, cyber attacks, misinformation and constant uncertainty. next week, the us will continue to discuss russias demands that nato will both scale back its military presence and rule out ever letting ukraine join. for the country at the heart of it, that uncertainty goes on. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. joining me now is russia and eastern europe editor for the economist, arkady 0strovsky. thank you ...

Im a complete ingenue in this, and having after that experience, my respect for you, lyse, and everybody else who does what you do has gone up, you know, even more. itsjust extraordinary what youre doing too. so im, you know, its itsjust, for those of us who are not war correspondents who dont do this as a as a dayjob, its just remarkable to see the bravery of ukrainian journalists and the bravery of international journalists who are there. the reason you the reason you were there was to intervi...

As peace talks between Ukraine and Russia get underway, the war on the ground continues. How is the war being reported differently by Ukrainian and...

Im a complete ingenue in this, and after having that experience, my respect for you, lyse, and everybody else who does what you do has gone up, you know, even more. itsjust extraordinary what youre doing, too. so, you know, its just, for those of us who are not war correspondents who dont do this as a day job, itsjust remarkable to see the bravery of ukrainian journalists and the bravery of international journalists who are there. the reason you the reason you were there was to interview preside...

Lyse, and everybody else who does what you do has gone up, you know, even more. itsjust extraordinary what youre doing, too. so, you know, itsjust, for those of us who are not war correspondents who dont do this as a dayjob, its just remarkable to see the bravery of ukrainian journalists and the bravery of international journalists who are there. the reason you the reason you were there was to interview president zelensky. do you think you got that opportunity because of your senior position wit...

You were there was to interview president zelensky. do you thank you got that opportunity because of your senior position within the western media? do you thank you got access to this key figure in this story because you werent ukrainian? i think it was a combination of factors. i think my colleague arkady 0strovsky, who is our russia editor, has interviewed president zelensky before, has very good contacts, knows a lot of people in the government in kyiv and had been in touch with them. and the...