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this is "gps", the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. today on the program, from the czars in czarrinas to soviet air come issars, to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia. looking at the past to help us understand the present. i'll talk to the new yorker's david remnick and professor nina khrushcheva. and also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage from climate change rising seas and wild weather. >> two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of ...

world. i'm fareed zakaria. today on the program -- from the czars and arenas to soviet-era com czars to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia looking at the past to help us understand the present. i'll talk to the new yorkers david remnick can professor nina krus efa. also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage for the climate change's rising seas and weather. >> two degrees is a death sentence. >> and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here's my ...

Of get a rise out of ordinary people, his critique was aimed at shoigu and gierasimov and th leaders of the military effort in moscow. it was directed at moscow. we are here fighting the war in ukraine and you in your palaces in russia don't care about people getting killed and it was a competency argument. that changed. in the latest rant and the most recent rant it had to do with the rationale of going in in the first place. now he didn't direct it absolutely at putin. he didn't say putin did this for some pernicious reason. he said that he was manipulated by the defense establishment, but t...

With his message at the system that lots and lots of people look at in russia. and in the most profane language, which has -- is very attractive, something that putin used to do and really kind of get a rise out of ordinary people, his critique was aimed at shoigu and the leaders of the military effort in moscow. it was directed at moscow. we are here fighting the war in ukraine and you and your palaces in russia don't care about people getting killed and it was a competency argument. that changed. in the latest rant, and in most recen recent rant, had to do with the rational of going in the f...

Now the effect of that to some degree is the delta variant. you look across the jobs numbers, whether it's retail, whether it's hospitality, much of the front-facing covid most affected industries were the ones where there were no job increases or very limited job increases. the types of industries that have been driving the economy over the last several months. it plays into the reality as the president's approval numbers have been dropping over the course of the last several weeks. the administration has had a tough month. its competency argument has taken a number of hits. thins aren't goin...