I'm making it very clear that there are conditions that must be set in our dialogue with russia. You cannot build your security at the expense of some one else's in security. And georgia borders the most sitive border of russia, which is the north caucusis and is facing a very vibrant islamist insurgency. The lady, please, can you explain why there is no freedom of speech or expression in in the inruste? I think t could be the stumbling block. As i understand it, the russian economys smaller than italy. Their defense expenditures less united o. Is that really a military threat down here?
This week, we’re going back to 2017, with our debate "It's time to bring Russia in from the cold: Rapprochement is in the West's best interests". For this major event, Intelligence Squared put together a stellar line-up. Making the case for rapprochement with Russia was Vladimir Pozner, one of Russia’s best known television journalists and a former advocate for the Soviet Union, and Domitilla Sagramoso, a leading expert on security in Russia; arguing against them were Michael Hayden, former director of both the CIA and the NSA, and Radek Sikorski, who was Poland’s foreign minister from 2007 to 2014.
The debate was chaired by BBC World News presenter Nik Gowing.
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