about the claims he s made in a series of tv interviews to promote it. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin s ruthless bid to impose his will on ukraine hasn t worked, at least not yet. 0n the contrary, it has taken an enormous toll of russian blood and treasure, and left the country militarily and economically weakened. so, how come there hasn t been more open dissent within the russian elite? is it fear, brainwashing or a deeper, shared ethno nationalism? well, my guest, boris bondarev, is unique. he s a russian diplomat who quit and condemned putin s ukraine war. why is his a lone voice of insider dissent? boris bondarev, in switzerland, welcome to hardtalk. i want to begin, if i may, by getting a sense of what life is like for you today. last may, you quit your post. you delivered a scathing condemnation of putin and his war. so how is life for you today? well, it s become relatively easier than it was because i don t have to
from the east coast, but scattered skies rattling in on that wind from the east coast, particularly heavy for scotland and northern ireland, wintry over the high ground, and most of the same temperatures between 4 7, to a largely frost free start to your wednesday morning. wednesday sees low pressure sitting to the north of the uk. the proximity of the isobars shows us it will be another blustery sort of day, those wins really picking up for the english channel and those irish sea coasts as heavy downpours, mainly in the west during the morning. there could be some thunderstorms drifting their way further eastwards by the afternoon. early sunshine in the east, but we will all see rain at times through the day. winds gusting 50 60 mph close to the coast. temperatures a little bit down on what we have had today, between 7 11 and feeling cold where you are exposed to those brisk winds, and with heavy downpours around too. as we head through the night, more rain to come into the
intentionally or recklessly. and london s metropolitan police under scrutiny, a damning report find evidence of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia . we start with an accusation from both china and russia that the united states is undermining global stability. it came on the final day of president s xi jinping state visit to moscow. there was plenty of pomp and ceremony. the chinese leader was treated to an orchestral rendition of the chinese and russian anthems, before moving in to the grand hall of the order of st catherine for talks. but consider the circumstances: with russia under heavy international sanctions and increasingly reliant on china. high on the agenda was the war in ukraine and beijing s12 point peace proposal to resolve the conflict, which vladimir putin said could be used as a basis to end the war. but the russian leader said the west had dissmissed the proposals as the basis for talks. we believe that many of the provisions and the peace plan pu
democrat party and its radicalism. the war on constitutional ism, on national sovereignty ocapitallism, classrooms and parents. almost an alien party if you will with its embrace of american marxism. there is other great threat we face because of its association and attachment to democrat party, i hate to say this, someone who spent part of his career a wonderful time at the department of justice as chief of staff. we have to fear federal law enforcement. in specific, the u.s. department of justice, and the fbi which is a piece of the department of justice. first, i want to make a recommendation to you, each american, each of you file a freedom of information act request with the department of justice and fbi for any information the government might be keeping on you. with all of these stories of big tech and fbi, working together. and the massive databases now and montherring that is taking place monitoring, you may not believe it many of you most of you are patriots. but
in romania as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation. and the fashion world pays tribute to vivienne westwood. the british designer who was a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 1970s has died aged 81. if in doubt, dress up. don t ever dress down, you will be so disappointed. dress down, you will be so disappointed. dress down, you will be so disa ointed. ., , ., disappointed. and the trade body for ni . htclubs, disappointed. and the trade body for nightclubs. bars disappointed. and the trade body for nightclubs, bars and disappointed. and the trade body for nightclubs, bars and restaurants - disappointed. and the trade body for nightclubs, bars and restaurants has| nightclubs, bars and restaurants has warned the rising cost of living and recent rail strikes is going to cost a huge amount of hospitalityjobs in the new year. we will here live in the new year. we will here live in the next half hour, stay us. stay with us. tributes are b