US-Russia talks: How pleased is Putin?
Rubio and Lavrov meet in Saudi Arabia for first talks in years
The US and Russia have been holding high-level talks in Saudi Arabia for the first time in years.
General Sir Richard Shirreff, a former Nato commander, is in the studio to give his reaction.
And Steve Rosenberg, 麻豆官网首页入口 Russia editor, joins us to explain why the Kremlin is 鈥渃ockahoop鈥 about the news.
Today鈥檚 episode, recorded on Tuesday afternoon, is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
The producers were Ben Carter, Julia Webster, Ryan Johnston and Stuart Denman. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The assistant editor is Ben Mundy.
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