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Sovereign and independent estate. russia wants to expand its sphere of influence. it wants to force ukraine to be subjected to it. this is the only reason. and we cannot accept the fact that in a free and democratic world, an agreement which would be supposed to put an end to this war could happen without the participation of ukraine and without the agreement of ukraine. if this war is to come to an end, it has to come to an end upon such conditions which ukraine will agree sitting at the negoti...

Dazzled by some country, company, or technology promising to burst forward, force change, dominate the next decade. this year the focus was not on the future but the past, people delved back into history to debate what caused russias invasion of ukraine. the swedish finance minister explained why his country, which hasnt been at war since the napoleonic wars was break its 200-year tradition of neutrality with its bit to join nato. the finnish foreign minister called the resistance to moscows agg...

The one genuinely cheerful sign i saw said, will the saudi gdp now be fueled by yolo, fomo, and wywh? with oil at over $100 a barrel, the saudi regime has much to be excited about. the storefront that dominated attention was one that used to be booked for years by russians who hosted lavish cocktail parties and caviar tastings there with the countrys money de lite. now it has a sign in the window that reads in small, clear type, this used to be the russian house in davos, now its the russian war...

The U.S. general nominated to take over European Command told senators Finland and Sweden joining NATO may not require more U.S. ground forces

A school in the usa. this is terrible, to have victims of shooters in peaceful times. so if you ask me about my opinion, about the protection of the war, it happens everywhere. it happens in the world. it happens within seemingly peaceful societies. >> for me, the most gut wrenching aspect of this shooting, as well as all the others, is that what needs to be done is so blindingly obvious. let me make some points about it that i have made ten years ago after the newtown massacre. the most importa...

New world, youre in a new security environment. >> yes, totally a new world. and also we think its a long-term change. its not just the war right now. this is a new russia. this is a new environment. so, for many swedes, i think this really brought the debate to a different level. so we had a debate in sweden, but it was quite cautious, it was quite respectful. you could have different opinion. but, in the end, most people, the population, but most political parties agreed this was the time to s...

Being put in europe to the russian government as far as we understand, an italian proposal, that offers a kind of settlement, which says ukraine will be neutral, crimea and donbas will essentially stay with russia, and that we can have a resumption of normal relations in a sense a kind of negotiated settlement to the end of the war. what is your view about that? >> translator: as i understand it, it is very simple, there can be no such agreement which would lead to a peaceful settlement of the s...

Russians is georgia, step two is ukraine, step three is poland. do you and poland feel a real threat from russia? >> translator: so, there is no doubt whatsoever that polish society is afraid of russia. we have got some historical experiences. sometimes i am asked to give them a brief account of the history. if we look at polish history, the recent period is very few and far between when we have enjoyed peace in poland, dozens of years of peace. however, our history extends over 1,000 years of h...

Would like to express my condolences to all of the relatives and family members of the children who were killed in an awful shooting in texas at a school in the usa. this is terrible. to have victims of shooters in peaceful time. so if you ask me about my opinion about the protection of the war, it happens everywhere. it happens in the world. it happens within seemingly peaceful societies. >> for me, the most gut-wrenching aspect of this shooting, as well as all the others, is that what needs to...

Desire of the russian federation. this war will be over sooner or later. im sure there would be some sort of a peaceful process, some sort of talks. and we would be discussing the issues of who ukraine is going to negotiate with with what president of the russian federation we would be talking with, i hope that would be a different president in the russian federation. >> do you believe it is impossible at this point to negotiate with vladimir putin an end to this conflict? >> translator: i think...