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Since Russian President Vladimir Putins war against Ukraine began on February 24, some 4.9 million Ukrainians have fled for neighboring countries, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

The events in kazakhstan are being closely watched by opposition groups in other former soviet republics, including belarus and its exiled opposition leader, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. it is shameful belarusians should not fight abroad and should not participate in such operations, should not help another dictator to stay in power, by all means. russia says its deployment of troops is temporary. china has expressed support for what it calls "strong measures" taken to restore stability in kazakh...

Abandoned diplomatic rules and had been seeking to undermine our country with unilateral sanctions as well as military pressure on russia with mean rivers along the russian borders. they are trying to draw kyiv into provocation. joining me now is james nixey who is the director of russia & eurasia programme at chatham house. we have the rhetoric, we have the diplomacy, we had the military build—up. looking at the latter specifically, how do military analysts think this situation is going to ev...

Also the diplomatic consequences of taking this step.— taking this step. former british ambassador — taking this step. former british ambassador to _ taking this step. former british ambassador to the us. - well, we can speak now to keir giles, whos a senior consulting fellow in the russia and eurasia programme at the chatham house think—tank. he joins us from northamptonshire. picking up on what lord derek was saying. he said it is difficult for the west to bring any new messages to russi...

A group of 30 nations in a military alliance — were united at "a moment of extreme danger". the ukrainian president has said his country is determined to protect itself from russia — with or without the support of western allies. 0rysia lutsevych is a research fellow and manager of the ukraine forum in the russia and eurasia programme at the think—tank chatham house. shes been explainig what the so—called "false flag" strategy is, and how russia is using it. that is the strategy that we ...

Closer to the border, despite the nervousness about the days to come. fergal keane, bbc news, ukraine. we can speak now to andrew lohsen, a fellow in the europe, russia, and eurasia programme at the centre for strategic and international studies, non partisan us—based think—tank. thanks so much forjoining us, andrew. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says the us wants to prevent a war — how? i antony blinken, says the us wants to prevent a war - how?— prevent a war - how? i thin...

And eurasia programme. great to have you with us on a context. ijust read out a little bit of time tugendhat�*s tweets there, what do you think about some of his comments of a seeping into london which equals poisonous russian money? i london which equals poisonous russian money?— london which equals poisonous russian mone ? ~ , ., , russian money? i think the problem is it aoes russian money? i think the problem is it goes very. _ russian money? i think the problem is it goes very. very— ...

"is article five of nato — an attack against one agreement?" so we need to get this right because china is watching and iran is watching. youre watching bbc news. 0rysia lutsevych is a research fellow and manager of the ukraine forum in the russia and eurasia programme at the think—tank, chatham house. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. first off, can we look at the false flag issue? where hearing about this more and more now. do you definitely think that is the strategy russia is lik...

Spread to the country. moldova is a former soviet republic, its also home to the pro—russian separatist region of transnistria. nikolai petrov, a senior research fellow at russia and eurasia programme of london think—tank chatham house, says the lack of progess in diplomacy signals russias intent to press ahead with the military campaign. i think that the fact that the second round of negotiations is over and there are no agreements except for these humanitarian corridors, i think it means t...

About it. he is clearly wanting to get peoples attention distracted from what is going on on the ground. the uk defence secretary ben wallace. with me now is mathieu boulegue, research fellow, russia and eurasia programme at chatham house. he is also a expert on russian military strategy. whats your reaction to the threat from vladimir putin? if whats your reaction to the threat from vladimir putin?— from vladimir putin? if we talk about the _ from vladimir putin? if we talk about the nuclear ...