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And lots of reputable outlets publishing reports citing anonymous intelligence sources in the us and the uk, which the journalists aren't verifying. and they're asking, "well, how can we trust this any more then we're trusting what our own government's telling us?" and just going back to that giant negotiating table, you spotted that putin was using the informal when addressing macron. which some see as being his way of signalling to russian viewers that they're friends and that russia isn't some sort of pariah. how do you read it? well, in russian, there are two ways of addressing someone. te...

Time for the media show. hello. some big topics on the media show today. in the west, it's reported as the ukraine crisis — 100,000 russian troops assembled near the border. president macron is on a whirlwind diplomatic mission this week to avert a conflict. but i want to look at how the situation is being reported in russia and in ukraine. is there the same sense of urgency in domestic media? how are both sides using the media to advance their own objectives? francis scarr is in moscow with bbc monitoring and he's going to help us do that. francis, on a lighter note first, you'll have seen ...

How do you read it? in russian, there are two ways of addressing someone. this formal and informal. some of our listeners may recall steve rosenberg talking about his interview with alexander lukashenko the leader of belarus who used a less formal address for steve. and steve took this as almost belittlement in an attempt to insult him. i think what putin was doing with macron is slightly different here. he was trying to say that i am part of the club of nations, among the high table of global politics was up and this of course is a really big statement from bruton because russia has been kick...

Of political commentators have been saying that this was about political projection, about putin making macron feel uncomfortable while they were talking. but actually, in the last couple of weeks, he's also held talks with the president of iran and the prime minister of hungary, both of whose country arguably enjoy better relations with russia than france does. was he still using that table? yeah, at the very same table. in fact, lots of other people are saying this is more about putin's weariness over coronavirus. just to give you another example, back in december he held his marathon annual...