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Assassination of the woman who walked into the congress and was shot and killed by a policeman? do you know that 450 individuals were arrested after entering the congress, and they didnt go there to steal a laptop. they came with political demands, 450 people had been detained. >> youre talking about the capitol? >> translator: theyre looking at jail time between 15 and 25 years. and they came to the congress with political demands. isnt that persecution for political opinions? >> keir simmons w...

Demands, 450 people had been detained. >> youre talking about the capitol? >> translator: theyre looking at jail time between 15 and 25 years. and they came to the congress with political demands. isnt that persecution for political opinions? >> keir simmons with that exclusive interview with vladimir putin. for the record, trying to poison your political rivals and then imprisoning them on false charges for opposing your regime is not the same as jailing someone who tried to violently overthrow...

Of course, big deal for americas allies in eastern europe and ukraine. also some of the more subdued language as far as the navalny case is concerned, thats something the russians viewed very positively. i talked to a senior member of navalnys team just a couple of days ago. he said the u.s. had said they wanted quiet diplomacy on all of this. they said they havent seen much of that. they hope thats going to be brought up in this meeting. >> well see how quiet the diplomacy is going to be when t...

>> reporter: the state of the relationship has been terrible to put a fine point on it, because joe biden as vice president and erdogan had clashed a number of times over erdogans desperate efforts to try to get a cleric opposition leader who he blamed for a coup a number of years ago, an attempted coup against him which had been in exile in pennsylvania in the pocono mountains. he demanded the president turn him over to turkey for some kind of punishment or jailing or worse. of course, the pres...

0 good evening, everyone. were waiting for president biden. he is expected to answer questions on a host of topics. we will bring it to you live as soon as it begins. the news conference comes after a day filled with meeting with nato leaders, with the president working to repair relationships with key nato allies that became frayed during the trump administration. were going to have a lot more on all of this. also as well a wide-ranging interview with my colleague keir simmons with russian pr...

To deliver at the summit? is he going to raise the issue of the poisoning and jailing of alexi navalny? >> reporter: hes made it abundantly clear hes going to raise all the issues he thinks are important and international human rights, the attempted murder of a dissident, very much falls under that preview. and president putin has said, this is off limits. were not going to be discussing internal domestic russian political affairs. but weve heard from the white house, it doesnt matter whether he...

Reputation. >> the look on his face was something there. so what kind of message is president biden expected to try to deliver at the summit? is he going to raise the issue of the poisoning and jailing of alexi navalny? >> reporter: hes made it abundantly clear hes going to raise all the international human rights, the attempted murder of a dissident, very much falls under that preview. and president putin has said, this is off limits. were not going to be discussing internal domestic russian po...

The table either. >> putins spokesperson said the poisoning and jailing of dissident alexei navalny is not on the agenda of the meeting. is that true? >> it may not be on his agenda and thats not a surprise, but certainly the president has every intention to raise human rights bowses, the jailing of dissidents and activists which is a violation of what we kneel should be norms around the world. >> how with trevor reed and paul whelan, americans in russian jails right now on very fishy charges. >...

To global pandemic. stephanie, let me ask you how important is all of this forjoe biden, do you think? it is his first overseas trip as president and, you know, some people are saying, actually, he shouldnt be seeing putin at all. he is rewarding putin by even having that face—to—face meeting with him. yes, absolutely. many people are questioning what he is hoping to achieve by meeting him. for putin, the meeting itself is a victory. it signals his acceptance on the global stage, you know, a...

Stephanie, let me ask you how important is a lot this for joe biden, do you think? it is his first overseas trip as president and, you know, some people are saying, actually, he should not be seeing putin at all. he is rewarding putin by even having that face—to—face meeting with him. yes, absolutely. many are questioning what he is hoping to achieve by meeting him. for putin the meeting itself is a victory. it signals his acceptance on the global stage, you know, and as thomas pointed out t...