here and now №1 23.02.1999 (1999)

A fragment of the program "Here and Now" from 22.02.1999 with Zbigniew Brzezinski - US Presidential Advisor on National Security (1977 - 1981) is used.

Telephone communication with ORT's own correspondent in France Oleg Shommer, who is in Rambouillet awaiting the announcement of the results of the negotiations.

Grigory Yavlinsky talks about the current relations between Russia and the US, emphasizes that Russia has no permanent partners.

Points out the need for its own development independently of other countries.

Expresses confidence in the inadmissibility of a repeat of the "iron curtain" scenario in Russia.

Criticizes NATO for the bombing of Yugoslavia, talks about the changes taking place within the Russian community caused by the US military action in the Balkans.

Telephone communication from Pristina with the deputy head of the OSCE mission in Kosovo Vladimir Ivanovsky.

Grigory Yavlinsky talks about the upcoming presidential elections in Russia.

Emphasizes the need to strengthen the state primarily from within, since foreign policy is a reflection of domestic economic and political stability.

Returning to the problem in the Balkans, he points to the need for negotiations and the inadmissibility of military actions, and also recognizes the mission of both Russia and the United States as mediators between the conflicting parties as a failure.