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gorbachev to medvedev. thank you for being with us. >> sure. >> as the last soviet union leader, mikhail gorbachev, who oversaw the end of the cold war. while he charmed americans, there were mixed feelings for him back home, weren't there? how located is his legacy inside russia? >> if you think about it, his achievements in russia were all negative, or they were perceived that way. he is a paradoxical figure because as you said, he is widely admired in the west, but at home, pretty much everything that he tried to do failed. he wanted to revise communism. it died on his watch. he wanted to revitalize the soviet economy, it collapsed. he wanted to maintain the integrity of the soviet state,

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the life of gorbachev, the last soviet union leader who has died, aged 91. russia has shut down gas supplies from a major pipeline to europe for the next three days. moscow has already significantly reduced the amount of gas it supplies through nord stream 1, which comes into the continent via germany. a kremlin spokesman blamed western sanctions against russia which he claimed prevented normal repair work. european leaders fear the kremlin could extend the suspension to try to drive up energy prices, which have soared since the invasion of ukraine. well, for more on this let's cross over to our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness. damian, thanks for joining damian, thanks forjoining us. how has germany responded? relatively calml , has germany responded? relatively calmly. actually. — has germany responded? relatively calmly, actually, james _ has germany responded? relatively calmly, actually, james and - has germany responded? relatively calmly, actually, james and that's l calmly, actually, james and that's for one reason. over the last few months germany has done a lot to fill its gas reserves so until quite

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Fareed Zakaria GPS-20220116-18:32:00

this never happened. this never happened. and, well, we got used to live under american sanctions, and to some extent, we're trying to take advantage of them, in terms of developing our domestic economy, our domestic production, compensating a deficit of certain import parts and elements, by producing our own. so it gives a boost to our nation's economy. so that's why we're quite big and we're quite self-sufficient to be fragile against the sanctions. you have to understand it. >> let me ask you finally, mr. peskov, you said some very generous things about president biden. you said he's one of the most experienced politicians in the world. you've said that he and president putin have a good relationship.

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Fareed Zakaria GPS-20220116-18:08:00

the two sides are no closer to compromise over de-escalation on the ukrainian border. the russians express frustration that the united states has not responded to a series of demand that include ukraine never joining nato and rolling back nato activities in eastern europe. washington says these demands are nonstarters and that russia could be laying the groundwork to fabricate a pretext for an invasion. so what exactly is moscow's end game? kremlin's longtime spokesman, dmitry peskov, has been by vladimir putin's side for two decades. one of his closest aides. i talked to him on friday in an exclusive interview. mr. peskov, pleasure to have you on, sir. >> it's my pleasure. it's my pleasure, thank you. >> why has russia brought these proposals -- some people would say why has russia created this crisis now? many of the things that are

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Fareed Zakaria GPS-20220116-18:09:00

being talked about, the russian demands, the draft negotiations, these issues have been around for a few years. what has happened in the last few months or few weeks that has caused this to become a kind of urgent crisis with russia amassing more than 100,000 troops on the ukrainian border? has something changed very recently? >> well, you know, it started in the beginning of the '90s. when germany was reunited and when the then soviet union and soviet union leader mr. gorbachev said okay to that, there was a promise by the american side. unfortunately, not fixed in a judicial legally binding guaranteed document, but there

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Fareed Zakaria GPS-20220116-15:09:00

caused this to become a kind of urgent crisis with russia amassing more than 100,000 troops on the ukrainian border? has something changed very recently? >> well, you know, it started in the beginning of the '90s. when germany was reunited and when the then soviet union and soviet union leader mr. gorbachev said okay to that, there was a promise by the american side. unfortunately not fixed in a judicial legally binding guaranteed document, but there was a guarantee that nato would never -- would never expand its military infrastructure or political infrastructure

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demand that include ukraine never joining nato and rolling back nato activities in eastern europe. washington says these demands are nonstarters and that russia could be laying the groundwork to fabricate a pretext for an invasion. so what exactly is moscow's end game? kremlin's longtime spokesman, dmitry peskov, has been by vladimir putin's side for two decades. one of his closest aides. i talked to him on friday in an exclusive interview. mr. peskov, pleasure to have you on, sir. >> it's my pleasure. it's my pleasure, thank you. >> why has russia brought these proposals -- some people would say why has russia created this crisis now? many of the things that are being talked about, the russian demands, the draft negotiations, these issues have been around for a few years. what has happened in the last few months or few weeks that has

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Fareed Zakaria GPS-20220116-15:32:00

american sanctions and to some extent we're trying to take advantage of them, in terms of developing our domestic economy, our domestic production, compensating a different set of certain import parts and elements, we're producing our own, so it gives a boost to our national economy. so that's why we're quite big and we're quite self-sufficient to be fragile against the sanctions. you have to understand it. >> let me ask you finally, mr. peskov, you said some very generous things about president biden. you said he's one of the most experienced politicians in the world. you've said that he and president putin have a good relationship. you've said the negotiations have been started in good faith. are you optimistic that things

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BBC News-20220216-09:19:00

of view. look at it with a backward glance to the days of the ussr. ukraine was a hard—wired part of the soviet union, christophe, the long serving soviet union leader was in the ukrainian himself. for many russians, the question of ukraine being anything other than in the wider russian sphere and influence is unthinkable. when one says it is a provocation for ukraine to join nato, it is indeed just that. it is taking nato too close to the heart of russia's legitimate sphere of influence. that influence is confined to russia itself and belarus are not much more, but ukraine is a very, very close to many russian's parts both spiritually and emotionally. it is a provocation that the west does not need to go along with. we support their independence but i think that is different from supporting any

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the swiss city has been inthe se numerous times. it played a part in the first geneva convention. then at a different site in 1955, u.s. president dwight eisenhower met with leaders of france, the uk and soviet union to defuse tensions that threatened to pitch the world back potentially into war. 30 years later there was the first meeting between president ronald reagan and soviet union leader mikhail gorbachev gathering focus on arms control but also helped both leaders develop a personal relationship. jumping forward to 2013, geneva was one of the cities that hosted talks that led to the iran nuclear deal. and that leads us to this moment where president biden and russian president vladimir putin are meeting in this villa on lake geneva right now. we're on top of all of it. stay with us. this is how you become the best! [wrestling bell rings] [music: “you're the best” by joe esposito] ♪ try to be best 'cause you're only a man ♪

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