programme. what is your reaction to the news we are hearing that potentially prigozhin might have been on that plane which crashed? i think it s good news. i don t think you will think it s good news. i don t think you will find too many people who would you will find too many people who would you you will find too many people who would you be upset if prigozhin is gone would you be upset if prigozhin is gone he would you be upset if prigozhin is gone. he was killed, whether he was in the gone. he was killed, whether he was in the second plane, i would not be surprised in the second plane, i would not be surprised if in the second plane, i would not be surprised if he was using the second plane surprised if he was using the second plane but surprised if he was using the second plane. but prigozhin was a major operative plane. but prigozhin was a major operative for the russian government. so he was involved in major government. so he was involved in major missions,
dr sergey radchenko, an historian and professor of international relations at the john hopkins school of advanced international studies. there is a reason that the whole world is interested in this development because this sort of personal relationship between vladimir putin and neck are too played out on the international stage in a hugely significant geopolitical way. stage in a hugely significant ”eooliticalwa . ~ , geopoliticalway. absolutely. putin has a lot of geopoliticalway. absolutely. putin has a lot of power. geopoliticalway. absolutely. putin has a lot of power. it geopoliticalway. absolutely. putin has a lot of power. it goes - geopoliticalway. absolutely. putin has a lot of power. it goes after i has a lot of power. it goes after his enemies as other presenters here and commentators have said. when he made the original statements and criticise the minister of defence, that was a moment of great surprise. i thought how could prudent allow this mutiny? i thought to
galvanised been galvanised by putin s comments? the galvanised been galvanised by putin s comments? putin s comments? the west has disla ed putin s comments? the west has displayed solidarity. putin s comments? the west has displayed solidarity. we - putin s comments? the west has displayed solidarity. we heard . putin s comments? the west has l displayed solidarity. we heard from liz truss, and president macron and president biden gave an impressive speech. what we have not heard much of is how the rest of the world, the global south, is responding. an interesting moment this afternoon when the chinese will pitch into the debate and i would watch what they contribute with interest. it is suggested they are getting more uncomfortable with what russia is up to. while the russians feel they can put up with the hostility of the west, if they lose a key ally, which is china, they are in real trouble. the former british ambassador to moscow, thank you for your time. here s carol. a
putin s limits? putin s limits? once again, i mean, putin s limits? once again, i mean. we putin s limits? once again, i mean, we don t putin s limits? once again, i mean, we don t know. - putin s limits? once again, i mean, we don t know. even | putin s limits? once again, i- mean, we don t know. even those who expected horrible things from putin, like me, and a lot of others, i am still completely just stand of others, i am still completelyjust stand by of others, i am still completely just stand by the brutality that is being exerted on ukraine altogether, and it does seem that at the beginning at least, they were sort of a more cordial approach to the war but once ukrainian started fighting back and hitting back, then the russians became as brutal as possible, and also they have been changing troops a lot and i think the russian guard has been particularly, and also the chechen battalions from north caucasus, they have been particularly brutal. so, it actually depends what kin
but i think what s important is putin s aggressive nuclear actions that united the european. this is the most unified the u.s. has been around ukraine in decades. i would be remiss if i didn t mention, in 2019, i was there when colonel vindman was raising the alarm about getting military aid and security aid to the ukranians. most americans didn t understand why that mattered then. they are seeing this force of president zelenskyy and they are realizing this is people standing up for their borders. and the united force that the americans are holding against russia. it s the ukranians that are fighting, they seize the initiative. he s trying throeaten us on othr things like economic support. but we have to remember this is part of the playbook, that putin