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The president has signed the laws making the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye provinces, parts of Russia. Our special guest tonight is Russia’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States Anatoly Antonov.

What is the outcome of the talks between Russia and the US on NATO expansion? Does it make any sense to continue negotiating with people who easily abandon their commitments? Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov answers these and other burning questions in this exclusive interview.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov is our guest on the special episode of The Great Game.

Vladimir Putin met with Joseph Biden in Geneva on June 16. Have the two countries taken a step back, away from the brink? Or will tensions only escalate now?

Why does NATO run military exercises on Russia’s borders in the run-up to the crucial meeting of the Russian and US presidents?

Washington’s reputation in the Old World suffers a severe blow one week before Joe Biden’s official visit to the NATO summit. What does this scandal mean for Russia? This, and a lot more, in an exclusive interview with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

Transatlantic hopes and European despair. How come nobody has called Russia an evil empire for three days now? Join our experts on The Great Game in the run-up to the Russia-US summit in Geneva on June 16.

After a visit by the US secretary of state, the Ukrainian authorities charged Viktor Medvedchuk, the leader of the Opposition Platform/For Life party, with high treason. Global standoff in the UN Security Council: the foreign ministers of Russia and China confront the US secretary of state.

Foreign ministers of the G7 countries meet in person to discuss a common policy for containing Russia and China. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Ukraine.

In this exclusive interview with presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov: what caused the sudden breakdown of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Czech Republic? Where does Moscow draw its red lines in the Ukraine crisis? And what is Washington’s guiding principle in dealing with Moscow?

In his state-of-the-nation address, President Putin made it clear that Russia is going to draw a red line and whoever crosses it will bitterly regret doing so. But did Washington get the message?