to create factories and to create exports for russia that's not in the trade numbers russia is not a trading nation now except in the minerals well let's wait is they can't compete with china which produces a lot of you know consumer goods because they have for a whole bunch of reasons you have to look at the whole complex and also when they figure is talk about x. country a y. country is investing more in russia a lot of that is american investment that goes into american subsidiaries in germany or elsewhere and that is counted as german investment so our trade our business relationship with russia is much stronger than many of the figures that you see and that is the way to balance or create some kind of harmony at the upper levels of government now last year russia became a member of the at w.t. all and as one implication of that that the country will have to lower in part time zone on growth and many foreign goods including america. is a turly to us as the. changes that have happened there within the economy or maybe even foreign trade as a result of that accession. i think it's

community have has employed so far in russia in relation to russia as well as in relation to many other countries like ukraine and georgia are extremely counterproductive to the cause do you think that if you indeed succeed in boycotting the olympics gays and lesbians will be treated any better in russia on a social day to day basis i want to go back to what you said about post soviet countries i was invited to open the first struck pride in the czech republic and i can tell you from my own experience and from talking to many politicians and people in the czech republic girls learn so much on the phobia they're really not to be compared with the homophobic level in russia but he says there is no dearth of polls it's not just anecdotal it shouldn't be based on your personal impressions look at the polls and the czech republic and their levels of home know exactly when. so when the prague mayor said yes it's alright to have a good product unfortunately it's never allowed in moscow for instance but in the czech republic they respect freedom of their citizens the pro. it's our allowed to do

snowden is not an option for russia because of the history of russia's request that the u.s. has ignored including one for the extradition of a man wanted in russia for terrorism so this buildup of confrontation with russia over snowden takes the thunder away from the national conversation on the surveillance state but the conversation is nonetheless happening we know that the president just today was having of congress over in the white house to discuss these programs the n.s.a. program some of the members of congress who are very critical of. these programs senior intelligence officials have testified in congress releasing classified documents in response to snowden's revelations of course those documents were carefully redacted and did not reveal much but the fact that the government has to respond to these concerns is already a win for edward snowden and many people are genuinely concerned about the growing power of the n.s.a. but whether or not legislators are actually going to act to reverse any of these programs that's a big question lad. congress killed the legislatio

and russia agree on is that the terrorist threat is growing in syria russia is sure to raise the issue of u.s. plans to arm the rebels when it's clear that the weapons can easily migrating through the terrorists' hands that happened in libya so similar concerns on both sides but very strong disagreements on what to do and how to do it nobody expects that before. official john kerry. chuck hagel and sergei shy go walk out of that meeting on friday with a big smile on their face but the hope is that they will at least not let disappointment and scandals completely overshadow whatever progress the two countries can actually make. while why obama announced his decision to cancel them one on one meeting with putin he also accused russia of slipping into a cold war mentality political analyst william randolph says it's the us who is actually guilty of cold war tactics if i were president putin i would break open a nice bottle of champagne and celebrate the fact that he doesn't have to go through this ordeal of another photo op with obama who's got nothing to offer russia in any serious way s

down at russia they patronize them and they get this idea that in russia people wore homophobic they're racist it's nonsense it's not true in the wake of international protests against russia r.t. sent an isa now we to find out exactly what life is like for gays in moscow and she found a thriving community. but there is. no stoli no sochi. dumping russian vodka and calls to boycott the olympic games the l g b t community in the west is furious with the passing of a new russian law banning gay propaganda to minors a detail almost never mentioned lot of here putin signed a law and some very strict anti-gay measures these laws absolutely obscure they're not clear in what they mean of course it will not have a wide ranging gretzky's of being applied everywhere and to everyone and members of the gay community have been attacked and arrested you cannot say that there is massive suppression or massive attacks against gay people in the streets and that wherever you say that you're gay you will be killed or beaten russian gay activists are taking their case to the european court of human rights

at russia they patronize them and they get this idea that in russia people wore homophobic they're racist it's nonsense it's not true. well in the wake of international protests against russia r.t. sent a nice analogy to find out exactly what life is like for gays in moscow and she found a thriving community. but there is. no stoli no sochi. dumping russian vodka and calls to boycott the olympic games the l g b t community in the west is furious with the passing of a new russian law banning gay propaganda to minors a detail almost never mentioned lot of here putin signed a law and some very strict anti-gay measures these laws absolutely obscure they're not clear in what they mean of course it will not have a wide ranging gretzky's of being applied everywhere and to everyone and members of the gay community have been attacked and arrested you cannot say that there is massive suppression or messi of attacks against gay people in the streets and that wherever you say that you're gay you will be killed or beaten russian gay activists are taking their case to the european court of human rights

relations between russia and the u.s. suffered a major said bond this week at least according to the american side first president obama's council to y.y. son a summit with and then even called for pools in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of return to the cold war he's going to check out the details. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting was at the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign minister lavrov both held a news conference on the same day at the same time in different venues of course with foreign minister lavrov trying very hard to ease the tension to move it away from the cold war talk with president obama seemingly doing the opposite take a listen remember

and it's been revealed in russia alongside be e.u. iran and china designated as high priority for n.s.a. surveillance the revelations have been published in french documents previously supplied by edward snowden japanese co analyst william and author of myths lies and oil wells so surveillance goes far beyond tara and this crisis beyond snowden washington is determined to circle russia with its missile defense which is an often said strategy not a defensive one by the way it's a nuclear first strike preparation strategy and that's something that russia understandably is not exactly overjoyed about the issue of syria is non-negotiable in terms of what the us is trying to put into power in syria similar to what they tried in egypt and failed that is a muslim brotherhood controlled regime that would allow qatar to control the pipeline flows in to europe and not to iran so among other things so this is there is not a basis of agreement on these fundamental questions noton is as i say is not the issue the issue is this fundamental disagree

russia's had a different narrative. no, it's about the destabilization of one of the most important regions in the world and it's about islamic radicals becoming -- coming closer to power. therefore -- >> rose: the russians have some fear of that? >> they have 20 million islamic citizens of their own. >> rose: but this goes beyond chechnya. >> much beyond. it goes through the whole caucuses but they have 20 million russian citizens who are islamic citizens. they don't want to get that backlash, that blowback into russia. so the russian version was you americans are wrong. gradually the american narrative has changed. particularly since what happened in egypt. and it's less about democracy. so there was room for us to talk with the russians and we were until snowden fell from the sky. the two narratives coming closer together, lavrov, the foreign minister of russia, kerry, the secretary of state said there's enough to talk about. now, the point is moscow wants it, washington wants it, but we can't compel the insurgents t

because of the history of russia's request that the u.s. has ignored including one for the extradition of a man wanted for terrorism with the reaction of snowden's father was very clear he should require the courage they had to keeping his son safe snowden's father because i think it's sort of get over i'm going to what you did i wish i might simply if the people call the police but he says the. latest news comes just a day for the public to say you. know first of all about the consequences of an internet services every deal that people face book i don't think that word from defies the courts those are sort of the fourth quarter medications that you can communicate at one of those who gets in. the guardian. keyscore which allows you to search through a vast. difficulty by what we're told it will appear from that pretty frightening senior intelligence officials have testified in congress releasing classified documents in response to snowden's revelations of course those documents were carefully redacted and did not reveal much but the fact t

now it has been revealed that russia or alongside the e.u. iran and china would designated as a high priority for n.s.a. surveillance and the revelations being published in fresh documents previously supplied by edward snowden political analyst william angle the author of myths lies and oil wars he says surveillance goes far beyond terra and in this crisis far beyond edward snowden washington is determined to encircle russia with its missile defense which is an often sit strategy not a defensive one by the way it's a nuclear first strike preparation strategy and that's something that russia understandably is not exactly overjoyed about the issue of syria is non-negotiable in terms of what the us is trying to put into power in syria similar to what they tried in egypt and failed that is a muslim brotherhood controlled regime that would allow qatar to control pipeline flows in to europe and not iran so among other things so this is there is not a basis of agreement on these fundamental questions lowden is as i say is not the issue the issue is

euro league first top of the germans to russia. must prove to be a very trying to fan which the reigning world champions won for free this equation proved to be no difference as russians had to come from behind win two one really early on us men with nine long periods five german goalkeeper sasha ping can't but eventually did enough to earn big cherry and yet we still i think we only really started to play it where we want to go down we knew we had to improve in order to find a way back into the game to divert and we conceded midway through the second period and they gave us enough time to equalize and then thankfully find a winner russia had no such problems are going to remain here they dispatched comfortably by five goals to nail the result had even more significance for head coach me how you cut short side spot when told them qualify for the end of season super final and spain later in the week and it was spain who would be russia's final opponents of the competition despite issue one of the strongest sides and world beach song

why did it have to go that far why didn't russia intervene earlier . while made the bed if always insisted it was russia's duty to protect civilians in south a said here he also had to consider the larger geopolitical context. called me the next day. you should know that there was some of our troops on georgian territory. what do you mean so i said you should know that there's a large number of citizens on the territory of. here and i will do what i have to do and i'll tell you about it so that you know. by two thousand and eight georgia had received around three billion dollars in direct. the attitudes of that funding was in display all over the region military uniforms army rations and. more this many in the u.s. say and this is how some of the city and scheme to view their tag put over in the kremlin their assessment of american involvement was more level headed. russia should never be in conflict with the united states every american president understands their. heads we know all about that but i think that was sound reasoning to. they realized it

all seems karmas russia get ready for their clash with northern ireland on wednesday fabio capello is based assigned in london in preparation for the encounter though not all has been smooth in the build up team captain eager denise i was involved in the bus stop the former i'm g.t. made samuel in turn are some of. the twenty nine year old subsequently moved to disarm and moscow after the southern russian club were hit by financial problems despite his son restaurants on zuber has enjoyed a great start of a season with his new club a stall of his everything is going to plan. the atmosphere in the camp is great capello has told us how important this match is we have been working on our attacking options going into the match with northern ireland we all understand how crucial this fixture is for us and the good thing is that everyone is fit capello has been handed a blow job with alexander caught in missing out through injury the twenty four year old couldn't take to the field in his side's previous qualifier when they lost one nil in portugal however van could open the way for a real m

russia was apparently one of the countries designated as a high priority for the n.s.a. surveillance this is according to a recently published a document which was leaked by fugitive whistleblower edward snowden geo political analyst william and doll author of myths lies and oil wars says america's snooping goes far beyond security reasons and its confrontation with russia far beyond the snowden issue washington is determined to circle russia with its missile defense which is an often sit strategy not a defensive one by the way it's a nuclear first strike preparation strategy and that's something that russia understandably is not exactly overjoyed about the issue of syria is non-negotiable in terms of what the us is trying to put into power in syria similar to what they tried in egypt and failed that is a muslim brotherhood controlled regime that would allow qatar to control pipeline flows in to europe and not to iran so among other things so this is there is not a basis of agreement on these fundamental questions noton is as i say is not the issue the issue is this fund

russia's granting a temporary asylum to edward snowden infuriates washington with the u.s. government threatening to cancel a joint summit as american lawmakers aim vitriol at. potential job offers further revelations go public exposing britain's financial dependence on the u.s. when it comes to spying. the last british resident in guantanamo bay says he's being sexually assaulted by guards as new figures show the facility has cost u.s. taxpayers almost five billion dollars since it opened our top stories this hour. international news and comment this is a twenty four hours a day live from moscow where it's now just turned nine pm so a new chapter is beginning for one of america's most wanted men who's finally left a moscow airport transit zone after more than a month in limbo whistleblower edward snowden is temporarily free to live and work in russia and job offers are already coming in as. reports. now that snowden has managed to leave the transit zone of settlement or to this is a whole new chapter in this story but if earlier we knew at least approximately where he was

russia russia barack obama cancels an upcoming meeting with vladimir putin and suggests relations need a timeline after moscow granted temporary asylum to whistleblower edward snowden. claims genocide could say they are being targeted for ethnic cleansing and made mounting reports of al qaeda linked fighters attacking their villages in syria. comes under pressure from the global community who want the winter olympics taken away from russia over the introduction of what they call a fascist start a law against homosexuals. i welcome it's good to have your company you're watching are coming to you live from moscow with may and tree farm. now relations between russia and the u.s. suffered a major setback this week at least according to the american side first president obama canceled a one on one summit with vladimir putin and then even called for a pause in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of a return to the cold war. as the details. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russ

s started to move through georgia russia border that was exactly the moment. twenty three fifty pm when i gave the order to. the invaders their purpose the big goal through all the shortest way or you know winning. as brutal as one can get. this thing as one. nation understanding what's really happening on. a year later a european union report would establish unequivocally that it was georgia. and that it was right there personally to try to blur the international understanding of what was happening telling lies straight and playing to fire the. truth tellers targeted by the military machine. but second feeley couldn't always keep the act up and one instance he was caught on camera cowering behind his bodyguards. in another nervously chewing on his tire just seconds before a live interview. really was increasingly exhibiting signs of irrational behavior to the russian leadership he started to give all of the same impressions as libyan leader moammar gadhafi d. to western politicians and knowledge of touch rule or the army to kill his own civilians and he had d

but of course we will defend russia's national interests. i have one last question i think that war has recently become a popular and even trendy political tool. that someone has had many meetings with world leaders why do you think war is so appealing to them. why is it still that your popular instrument in international affairs which is. popular saying war is merely an extension of politics by other means. that's really unfortunately this behavior is quite common. but it did not because i am i in my career which might not be the longest but nevertheless i've been through some very difficult situations too and that's the police and i've had to make some tough decisions. and you know i can tell you you need to let them nothing's good had they ever comes out of war is that the point you think you want what would be that you've already mentioned a number of conflicts. but can you give me an example we can you name will be at least one country in what has benefited from civil war. or from a military intervention by other countries to change its

streaming across the border into russia. heavy weights of military decisions always lies on the person that is empowered by the constitution to take them because. this is your decision and no one else's. we talked on the phone some time before these events that it was a kind of escalation. we didn't talk with mr putin that night. and he received reports from us actually it was upon receiving these reports that i made the decision. i think it was the most difficult decision in my life and. i wouldn't wish the weight of this decision on any other leader of any other country in the world. in the meantime the barrage of rockets and continue. the residents had only two options hide in the basement or try to flee the town. decided to take their chances the father gathered kids into an old florida that the mother had to stay behind to care for an elderly relative. all she would see of them again i was there a chore it remains that were found a few kilometers away from home to their car it was shelled by a tank. this is where my son

/russia relations, but in russia's position in the world. russia is taking these olympics very seriously, they're taking place this coming february, russia is launching the largest torch ceremony. the longest torch ceremony held ever. 65,000 kilometers the torch is going to go across every constituent part of the russian federation. this is a chance for russia to demonstrate its status, showcase itself to the world. but the question of gay and lesbian rights is now becoming not just a side issue, which i think russians always saw it as being, but it's going to become one of the central issues in the way that russia is perceived. this is a step in my mind a step forward for the whole question of gay and lesbian rights. this is now a human rights issue. and i think over the coming months, we're going to see more and more countries following the path that steven fry wants britain to fall. >> charles king, thank you very much for your time tonight. it's helpful to have you here, appreciate it. >>> lots more ahead tonight. including an amazing re

our whether russia is hostile to same sex couples. the real break by russia fights in the streets and melissa arrests for many around the world moscow brings images of snow spies violence and now extreme homophobia the new anti-gay propaganda law has certainly break night in the cold war hangups from decades ago on the this time it's the l g b t community in the spotlight all the fights for equality and boycotts on sporting events can be justified it's important to note that moscow and many other major cities in russia do half thriving gay communities peter was named is a british expat who told me how he feels about safety in the capital city so you've been living here for three years what are your experiences well being are again out expire in moscow i think it's safe i'm have any incidents living here and i don't know any friends that have any balance of us living here as well here i think they get violent clashes murders and ban parades there is widespread homophobia in russia discrimination is discrimination and needs to be a chal

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which is seeing as evil russia want to talk about it's a political commentator. there london as well as the recent levada poll recently saying that more than half of russian support the law and conservative traditions alexander your thoughts on that well i think first of all i've been asking some people here what is it exactly that british athletes are playing to do in sort of other going to. get a lifestyles are they going to compete actually in the games themselves look at me tell you something about believe the. the lord be here and the game will be as world. none none existing debate about gay marriage same sex marriage the debate was suppressed by the liberal elite nobody was allowed to say anything the moment you questioned you know whether it's a wise thing to do you were immediately accused of being called before i think it's time for the gay community to realize you cannot prevent the people from having their own views and in london you know of what was here on computer that. runs by the by the liberal elites that not allow this political correctness has

we'll be covering it geopolitical says russia in the u.s. so far more important issues to try to find common ground on the most noted story right now. they have four greater issues to deal with i think that what is really on the table is the question of syria it is the question of so-called missile defense as it is termed in the united states these issues these strategic and geo political issues are of great importance the snowden saga i think really takes a backseat where snowden and this entire story comes in is on the broader diplomatic level for public consumption but behind closed doors i think these diplomats will continue doing what it is that they do and that is discussing these issues and hopefully coming to some kind of a resolution though using my example of syria i'm not so hopeful. while the snowden case is forcing the white house into mentioning the cold war the whistleblowers fathers come up with some fresh comments he hopes that the move by the u.s. will distract the public from the massive spy programs that are some revealed

putting down of russia and the background to that is the fact that there are. not only fundamental differences between the two sides the united states government to washington has been trying since the end of the cold war to dismantle russia quite simply with missile defense with the plundered of the commie through using the i.m.f. and shock therapy in the ninety's and now that obama is back in the presidency they're finding a far more difficult negotiating partner over questions like syria over issues like the missile defense and others snowden i think is simply a red herring excuse that's very convenient to use at this point so you're saying that if a consensus is reached on some of the issues that will be discussed there might be that might offset the brewing tension over edward snowden. no no i'm not saying that at all i don't think there will be any consensus i reached between russia and washington on the issue of missile defense because washington is determined to encircle russia with its missile defense which is an often substrata jeannot a defensive one

you cannot be gay in russia. if you've already have children, they are discussing the possibility to put these children in orphanages. for example, if i am in a couple with some and and i am in hospital, this person cannot take care of my child. there are all these kind of issues. i will not talk about how people are beaten and tortured because people think they are gay. this whole campaign was built in the russian social network. people try to catch young teenagers and make them testify on their comrade saying they are gay. they go to their teachers and parents. >> sadly, gay bashing is everywhere. there was a case in paris of a young gay man being beaten up. i have to point that out. and we bring in john just for a comment about -- jo was sayin ur claims about ossion in the neighboring states of rusa wa ne. i will give you the right to reply to that e. >> thank you. i would to say with respect to john, he should tune in some time to the france 24 interview with the daughter of the jailed madam is a guest, and s

number less wants to jeopardize its very important relationship with russia because russia has done something which it is legally fully entitle to do that is a decision for the u.s. but many people will i think feel that if the u.s. does that then the u.s. frankly is behaving in a very strange and self destructive way. and while some noted brown to keep his mouth shut to enjoy russia's asylum his relations continued to show you the world the guardian newspaper has published a report suggesting the britons government communications have autos not only spider at citizens but also funded by the us now check out how the tit for top spying trying works the u.k.'s c h a large amounts of money into efforts to gather personal data from mobile phones and applications saying it wanted to be able to exploit any phone anywhere anytime in the past five years of the amount of data gathered from the internet and mobile traffic by the intelligence agency has increased by more than seventy times point by a car takes a closer look at the role washington played in all this the u.s. government has paid at least

and the beach boys in russia win the home leg of the euro beach soccer league before preparing to defend their world cup crown into heathy next month. but first athletics and with russia's first ever world championships due to start at the luzhniki stadium here in moscow this saturday there was a double blow in the head tough learned defending champion tatyana chernova was forced to pull out of her home event due to a knee injury while a little bit gold medalist jessica ennis hill will also miss the world event because of a nagging achilles problem however the pole vault world record holder elena is in by about will be there looking to end her stuff like career in style or what might be the thirty one year old's last major tournament where you have on court reports . going to be a championship titles are being successful grief amongst. one star and one more medal to her trophy cabinets gone from home games. they've used to do i've got i have so much motivation to do well in this world championships i really like it when the crowd gets behind me so i don't like all my friends to watch me

community in russia supporters of the law argue it represents the russian majority . if there is a large number of people who believe the law is to soft thirty years ago there was criminal punishment for being if you take examples from some states in the us the relationship is much crudely and stricter than these propaganda law. it's important to remember this law is about gay propaganda to minors and it will be enforced with fines not criminal punishment russia is still a very traditional conservative country he wants to hold on to that. this is one of moscow's many gay nightclubs yes it's in a discreet location but it holds three thousand people is. packed on the weekends and is full of foreigners its owners asked us not to film on the inside to protect the privacy of its clients but reassure us business is booming there is a happy arriving excitable you know wonderful gay community which is great modern man drew is british openly gay and living in russia for eight years he opposes the law but won't be dumping his russia is dominated by the church in general far mor

and russia agree on is that the terrorist threat is growing in syria russia is sure to raise the issue of u.s. plans to arm the rebels when it's clear that the weapons can easily migrating to the terrorists' hands that happened in libya so similar concerns on both sides but very strong disagreements on what to do and how to do it nobody expects that before . first for john kerry and sergey lavrov chuck hagel and sergey will walk out of that meeting on friday with a big smile on their face but the hope is that they will at least not let disagreements or scandals completely overshadow whatever progress the two countries can actually make. that was started as revelations have led the former as c chief to compare activists who support the whistleblower to al qaeda because they could be a just cyber terror threat to the u.s. government but endy malema goon who runs a website detailing worldwide intelligence collection so that's quite a turnaround for country which prides itself on free speech the statement of the former and is saying that this new group supporting transparency that they mig

now relations between russia and the u.s. suffered a major setback this week at least according to the american side first president obama canceled a one on one summit with blood amid putin and then even called for a pause in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of a return to the cold war. as the details. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have hit a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign minister lavrov both held a news conference on the same day at the same time in different venues of course with foreign minister lavrov trying very hard to ease the tension to move it away from the cold war talk with president obama seemingly doing the opposite take a listen remember

russia is increasingly divided. he is not worried about the liberals or the educated opposition as long as over half of the country supports him and his conservative nationalist agenda. he clearly feels he can do what he wants. >> joining us from washington, we have a former moscow correspondent for "the new yorker." rights the lgbt activists, a russian activists politician who led protests against the mayor. last year. we also have a former kremlin adviser. idea on the snowden affair that he is poking obama and i is one thing. this appeals to traditional russian values. this has the backing of the majority of the russian people? about snowden and the notion about the anti-gay laws and other conservative pieces of legislation passed recently are all driven by internal politics. putin needs to consolidate the conservative part of the society, which represents about 2/3 of the russian population. his support base is deteriorating rapidly recently. without getting those guys together, without proving he can provide sta

let's talk about the russia, the usaf air. e u.s.-russia relationship is looking at that much touted reboot. this could hinder progress on major world issues that involve these two nations. their fingers are in every pie, good and bad, across the globe. >> there is a lot of theater that they mentioned. they want to put up a show of a crisis. i will not meet with them. secretary of defense will meet his colleague. all of the context, the professional levels will continue. they don't want to push it too far. for the moment, both parties are staging a crisis. >> who has come off with egg on their face? >> i will say that obama was the winner. there is a lot of talk about how this is theater. there are many who think that this is overreach and overreaction. i never underestimate how important these personal relations are. in pushing these things or and blocking things. bush looked into putin's eyes and found a man he could communicate with. >> that is a strange image. >> it is a bit depressing with the things that putin has done, edward

russia is hosting edward snowden. the most damaging leaker in american history. >> this is what he did by alerting the american people to over surveillance on the part of our own government, of our population to call him a traitor, he was being loyal to the rest of us by letting the american people know their government was getting out of hand. when our government suggest that it has to keep a record of every phone call every citizen makes in order to protect does, it has gone too far. the fact that russia gave him asylum i think is very symbolic. russia, a country which we attacked, and by the way i was ronald reagan's speech writer for seven years and worked with them almost if not many of his very hard-core speeches concerning the soviet union. i worked with the mujahedin in afghanistan fighting the soviet union. during those days, we were against the soviet union because it had too much control and surveillance over its own people. now many of the same people are claiming what the soviet union was evil about we ca

/russia relationship. mccain tweeted this, remember, tell vladimir, after my election, i have more flexibility. grassley chimed in, it is presidential amateur hour because obama doesn't counter putin granting asylum to snowden. and another senator saying, the signature foreign policy accomplishment has just collapsed. joining me now, former indiana republican senator richard lugar. he worked for years to dismantle the former soviet union's vast arsenal of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. he traveled to russia with then senator obama to inspect facilities there. can't think of anybody better to explain what's going on here. you have deepeni eninknowledge relationship. is this a putin issue or much deeper? >> primarily a putin issue. you've described the switchover from president medvedev to putin in 2012 and that's made a very large difference. i would just say from personal experience i went to russia a year ago in august of 2012 to try to keep going the nuclear reduction program, going on for 20

russia. he's been the ambassador to ukraine. he's most recently the author of "the opportunity" which is about new opportunity for arms control. to my right is angela -- stint who is director of the center director on russia, and a nonresident senior fellow here. she has a book coming out in january called "the limit of partnership: u.s.-russia relations." it's a more substantial book than this. and i think, you know, it promises, i guess, to have 85 years worth of pre-- predictions in it. that's very impressive. i look forward to it. [laughter] on my left is cliff who is senior fellow at brookings, and the author of two recent i think very important book you should read. the first is called "mr. putin operative" which is almost a -- psychoanalysis how mr. putin became to be who he is. and bear trap on russia's road to modernization. i think we're not going have any formal presentation. i'm going to ask a few questions and then we'll throw it open to the audience to follow up and ask better q

not on our land russia is part of the international community russia is france is part of the council of europe where forty seven european member states agree upon the fact that you're not going to discriminate against people and therefore the council of europe says against russia this propaganda law is wrong you should repeal it to european courts says to russia you should. people to associates to be on the streets to be vocal to ask for the same rights this law may be extremely vaguely worth it and i wonder why not challenge it in the in the court of law you are a lawyer yourself you're a former logic slater why politicize this issue so much and that you know the tensions are running high people are getting offended we used a couple of. have a little late and warrant here condescension would be one of them why not go. straight to the russian quartz and take the floor i did face value. i presume that there will be russian organizations who want to do so i hope they will get the chance to go to the russian courts and to russian judges are in the pens enough to really look at the law a

and russia could be great friends. maybe that wasn't it, maybe the flexibility he was speaking about was a great insult. a yo mama joke, perhaps, that would better explain what has happened since. relations are deteriorating at a very rapid pace. the president cancelled a planned meeting with russian president putin. the first time any american president has cancelled a publicly announced visit to russia since the end of the cold w war. the white house explained the cancellation including, missile defense, and arms control, they cited russia's decision to thumb the u.s. in the eye by granting edward snowden temporary asylum. >> i was point issed because even though we don't have an extradition treaty with them, traditionally we have tried to respect if there's a law breaker or alleged law breaker in their country. we evaluate it and try to work with them, they didn't do that with us. >> that same interview, the president spoke out forcefully against russia's gay propaganda law. >> i have no patience for country that is

and russia's top athletic star three time world pole vault champion yelena isinbayeva through in the park for a charity match in fair one hundred sixty kilometers northwest of moscow as the likes of chilled and yevgeny malkin up against a former russian captain that same model is up and friends. prevailed seventeen sixteen but everyone was a winner as the ice hockey extravaganza raised three hundred thousand dollars to help local children. now is less than six months to go before such a twenty fourteen russia's winter sport athletes have stepped up their preparations for the home olympic debut others on the typical surprisingly won bronze in the skeleton at fun cuba in two thousand and ten and it's hoped the now world champion can triumph again next winter council has more. i think some that it goes made history by becoming the first they were rushing to win this gallatin world championships overtaking two time defending champion martinez deuchar so flood here at santa maria it's sending out a strong message one the head of his cold winter games in sochi and now he is heading to the

is russia the u.s. is us this history i think there's always going to be different perceptions of how the world should be so we're going to have these up and down spats but the more business there is the less chance there is that this geo political arguments will effectiveness i think again over the past year or so over seen some very profound examples of geopolitics of the acting business in a very significant way and i think the magnitsky act in the preceding discussions in congress was. a very fair revealing point in the bilateral relationship and i know that in this country people are quite aware that americans may have suspicions of russian russians and that's fine but some of the speeches that we're heard in the congress back down were really outlandish in terms of overall negativity and backwardness i know that you had to testify in the congress at that time did anything great your ears everything you said that's a fact what happened after that x. or so and a multi-billion dollar deal with russia

-russia relations. i discussed u.s. relations with russia with the former u.s. defense secretary william cohen. and i asked just how bad the relationship is. >> it has gotten very cool in the last several years, but since putin came back into power to be for sure. there were some helpful provisions and incentives to get back together. i think it has reached below this point has been in some time. it is important united states and russia find a way to move forward. i think it was important president obama not attend the summit under the circumstances because he would look like he is going hat in hand to president putin at a time when he had granted asylum to snowden. it would have been difficult for the president given the problems in syria, with iran, afghanistan, to then go and meet with president clinton under those circumstances the president putin under those circumstances. >> if this is a personality problem, can improve? kennedyld ask president and khrushchev. there was obviously no chemistry between them. it is important. it is nice if you can have a good

and russia. russia is very rich with a shell that is sort of this probably in the next century of the time will come when the shale gas production will become say the russian but got to have enough. for the car and censured it is orders of the usual. it is sources and. new areas or four. or four offshore fields and not before get the arctic and sure as a cost effective it is for this reserves will be unbeatable and that's why when i was assured of that. will we where ease and we will stay competitive in the world the gas market meanwhile as you've said not only america has become self-sufficient in natural gas but is also about to challenge middle east and russia in export in gas to europe did you expect united states would turn into a natural gas exporter so quickly. issues that is assert them in the west one cycle before a new project would be would be idealized if you. could but then show love exploded and go from there as it started get to. the start of the in both nights in and the war yom i

russia relations we heard calls in congress to punish russia for snowden to boycott the g twenty and things like that some senators have introduced a resolution asking to change the venue for the g twenty summit in case moscow does not hand over snowden the white house however says obama will travel to russia for the summit in september nonetheless you get the mood it's pretty tense some even suggested because of snowden security services of the two countries won't be able to fully cooperate in preparation for the olympic games in russia next year moscow in the meantime says calls to punish russia for the problem which the u.s. has created all ridiculous russian officials say the u.s. as a boy did notice passports which left russia with no choice but to deal with the issue they also say extraditing snowden is not an option for russia because of the history of russia's request that the u.s. has ignored including one for the extradition of a man wanted in russia for terrorism now the reaction of snowden's father was of course very different from that of the u.s. government and the u.s.