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Well, you know, basically, the general assembly has had 140 countries vote to condemn the invasion. the security council couldn't do that because china and russia obviously were abstaining. so, ithink, basically, they have moved in that direction. the international criminal court — which is not technically part of the un — has indicted president putin, so they're doing what they can but you've got to remember when you've got great power politics, it's very hard for an international organisation to go against the wishes of any of the great powers. and from russia's point of view, i mean, ar...

The dup�*s position in particular needs to be read in the context of the wider comments that have been made about the windsor framework more generally. i suppose if we are looking at the stormont break, in particular the dup�*s and certainty and rejection of that today lies largely in effect that it does nothing with regard to existing eu law that is needed for the northern ireland protocol to operate. very much the windsor brake refers to changing eu law going forward. so that is a key point of concern for the democratic unionist party. in a more general sense as well, the party has been ...

They abstained again. if you're vladimir putin, you don't want your best buddy in the world abstaining. we are not abstaining in our support for ukraine. that is the good news. the bad news, they're also criticizing us, blaming us, and, as we heard over the last several days, made public at the munich security conference, when vice president harris called them out on it, i was there in the room when she said it, there are some intelligence reporting that suggests there are not even changing their policy and supporting with weapons and technologies, the russians. that would be a big change in r...

Stability, even though they'd like to see an example that could justify them invading taiwan, i'm sure, they prefer a more stable world, generally speaking. could china, potentially, be used in a row for a good here at some point? >> maybe. so far, i'd say, she jinping is trying to have his cake and eat it too. he is not supporting putin the way putin would like. he didn't endorse this war. a year ago, there is a vote at the un general assembly, they abstained. there was one the other day, they abstained again. if you're vladimir putin, you don't want your best buddy in the world abstaining. w...

Sentiments on that issue. and you're right to highlight... it's a pretty strong indicator, kishore, it's 1111 countries, and there is consistent solidarity from so many nations across the world. why are countries like india and china, in your view, abstaining? well, let me give you an even more powerful indicator. 85% of the world's population has not imposed sanctions on russia. 85%! now that's a stunning figure. and that figure indicates in countries like brazil and south africa, and china and india, there's a lot of deep disquiet about the way the war has been conducted, that there's no sea...