Friday, March 01, 2024

Putin seeks to 'normalise situation' as Russians sense something 'really wrong going on'


Issued on: 01/03/2024


President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday of a "real" risk of nuclear war if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine, offering a defiant and emboldened stance in his annual speech to Russians. Speaking in Moscow, Putin said his soldiers were advancing in Ukraine and warned the West of "tragic consequences" for any country that dared to send troops to Kyiv. Putin's comments appeared to be a response to French President Emmanuel Macron's refusal earlier this week to rule out sending troops to Ukraine -- a stance swiftly disavowed by other leaders in Europe. The debate has struck a nerve in Moscow, which has long seen its conflict with Ukraine as part of a wider "hybrid war" being waged against it by NATO. Amid Putin's stark warning to the West, François Picard is joined by Anton Shekhovtsov, external Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Founder of the Centre for Democratic Integrity.

10:52  Video by: François PICARD

 


'We won't forget you!': Navalny mourners bid farewell

Issued on: 01/03/2024 - 


In a candle-lit Moscow church, mourners stood Friday in silence around the coffin of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny as thousands paid tribute outside. Two weeks after his death in an Arctic prison, Navalny's family could finally say goodbye.


02:10  Video by: Monte FRANCIS
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Russians gather in subdued defiance to lay 'fearless' Kremlin critic Navalny to rest


Issued on: 01/03/2024 

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Late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was laid to rest on Friday in a Moscow cemetery where thousands of mourners had gathered, two weeks after he died in an Arctic prison. The anti-corruption campaigner, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent, was buried after a brief candle-lit funeral service in a nearby church. FRANCE 24's Chief Foreign Editor Rob Parsons tells us more.




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