Exclusive: Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin

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🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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A categoric denial from the Russian Ambassador to the UK today, as Andrei Kelin tells Christiane that Moscow using nuclear weapons is “out of the question,” in a revealing interview. This after the British, American and French governments sent Moscow a stern warning this week, fearing Russia is preparing for an escalation in Ukraine by planting false flag alarms. But the ambassador’s firm stance may not calm fears; after all, Russian officials said all along they were not going to invade Ukraine, yet they did. Kelin is a veteran foreign service officer whose portfolio has included arms control and NATO relations, and he sat down with Christiane at the ambassador’s residence in London. Also on today's show: US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry; Russian investigative journalist Yevgenia Albats. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:09.5	Russia is not going to use nukes so it is out of the question.
0:13.3	A firm denial from Moscow's ambassador to the UK, Andre Kellyn,
0:17.8	as we get the Russian view about their struggles on the Ukrainian battlefield.
0:22.4	Then, the climate crisis still looms. on the Ukrainian battlefield. Then...
0:23.0	The climate crisis still looms largest
0:26.0	as the issue that will change life unalterably.
0:31.0	A code read for human health as global temperatures keep rising.
0:35.4	US climate envoy John Kerry joins me ahead of the much anticipated COP27 climate
0:41.8	summit in Egypt. Plus that's the only choice the other view from
0:43.0	view from the top of the only choice that was left
0:46.2	either go to jail or to leave so I left the other view from Russia
0:50.9	investigative journalist yetgenia al Albaits talks to Michelle Martin
0:54.8	about threats to her safety and her heartbreaking decision to flee the country. one. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. A category
1:21.4	denial from the Russian ambassador here in the UK.
1:24.6	Andre Kellen tells me that Moscow using nuclear weapons is quote out of the question
1:30.2	in a revealing interview at the embassy here.
1:32.6	This after the British, American and French governments
1:35.8	sent Moscow a stern warning this week,
1:38.3	fearing that Russia is preparing for an escalation in Ukraine
1:41.8	by planting false flag alarms.
1:44.0	Though the Ambassador's firm stance may not calm everyone's fears,
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