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To think at itself what it is going to be — will it be a confederation, will it become a federation, will there be more power in brussels or less power, what about the region, what about separatism, what about the no respect of law by countries like poland and hungary. those are important issues. so i think and hope that in 2022, the eu will start thinking what it wants to be for the next decade. it's an intriguing thought because i got the sense as 2021 developed more and we came towards the end of the year that some of what you might call the unfinished business of the soviet era was prese...

Of the soviet union - and president putin has been waxing lyrical, nostalgicallyl and with anger about the fact that he wished that it had never happened. j this is going to be a testing time. . the — president biden's — - the american — the american withdrawal from afghanistan — we understood why it had - to happen, that for the troops had to come after 20 years, l the rest of the nato forces, . but how it was done and how it resulted in a taliban takeover — a reversal of what had - happened 20 years earlier- which had caused the us to go in in the first place — has raised questio...

People talking about the balkans and warning about an unsettled picture again there. almost as if a kind of political challenge that we thought or rather the economic challenge which we thought had been done, we got liberalisation and replaced the old soviet system, but the politics never quite got resolved. could any of this develop significantly in 2022? it is the 30th anniversary - of the collapse of the soviet union and president putin has been waxing lyrical, - nostalgically and with anger, about the fact that he wished that it had never happened. - this is going to be a testing time. pre...

I imagine overnight there has been quite a lot to add. this is a situation that continues to shock, i think, as the day goes on. we're seeing more air raids here. and outside of the capital of kyiv. >> speaking to a reporter in kyiv, a local reporter who is saying that the fallout stations, the nuclear stations are quite outdated. they haven't been upgraded in a while. and people are in the subways. are the subways actually official shelters? is that we are supposed to go? is that where people are going because they feel safe? we just show the video. people sitting in dark and subway cars. act...

Increasing the pressure by halting russian energy imports. there is a lot of speculation about wooden angry, frustrated, an increasingly isolated vladimir putin might do. the russian foreign minister from 1991, to 1996, the first person to serve in that role in the post soviet era. he was a member of the russian legislators lower house until the year 2000. he joins me now. mr. minister, thank you so much for joining us, it is great to see you. what would an isolated, angry, vladimir putin be thinking about right now as his armies march into ukraine is not going as planned. >> i think exactly a...