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His three _ but i think of putin's power is his three legged stool, the oligarchs are one, the apparatchiks and the prime minister is, the professional politicians who would do what they _ politicians who would do what they told and the third and increasingly more important one is what — increasingly more important one is what is — increasingly more important one is what is known as strong men. these _ is what is known as strong men. these are — is what is known as strong men. these are people from the intelligence services, and the security— intelligence services, and the security age...

And make the system run, the second leg of the stool. but the third and increasingly more important leg of the stool is what's known as the siloviki, literally the strongmen. these are people from the intelligence services, the security agencies, the military, and i think what has happened over the past few years that i hadn't appreciated, which is why i and, ironically enough, most of the people who know russia best were taken by surprise, or thought they knew russia best, is that the siloviki has become increasingly powerful and an increasingly small circle, and that is why, i think, you can...

Of this. >> horrific fight between ukraine and russia, nobody wants to work with him on international trade. people scared of war and limited resources, prices are bound to go up, as well. >> cheryl: not sure what to say, gas prices have been going up for months. some say questions and statements were prescreened before they could join on the crisis. >> todd: white house can't handle firepower of the tiktok crew. they are worried about going in. >> cheryl: her information was just wrong. >> todd: unbelievable. joe biden making news. >> cheryl: yeah, president biden says the u.s. is open to hel...

Sanctions on roman abramovich. as a russian expert, you will probably correct my pronunciation of that. it's actually abramovich, because abramovich is a patronymic, so boris berezovsky's patronymic was abramovich. abramovich is the surname. because you are named after your dad, yeah. i was going to say, for me and newscasters, patronymic, being named after your dad right? neil mcneill, donald mcdonald, that kind of thing. right, sorry, as you were. because the subtext of the press release that came out today announcing the sanctions on abramovich and six other oligarchs was kind of like, oh, ...

Is that nobody apart from putin has any idea what russia's policy is now, so everyone is waiting, and my guess would be, from what you just said, james, that lavrov hasn't got a clear steer from putin as to what he should be talking about and so isjust sort of spouting out the nazi nonsense. a dangerous guessing game for everyone, even his closest allies. james, thank you so much for popping up. i know you've got a long list of things to get through tonight, so thank you as ever for being on. guys, while all of this happens, dialogue of the deaf, all of this sort of diplomacy but maybe not rea...