is that all that he all the people who care about russia will come together we need to achieve a breakthrough in all the different areas of allies and i strongly believe that only a society that is open to new things can do that we should reject injustice . and all those things which it is a way to stop people from fulfilling their potential. and limits their aspirations for the future that even if you and your friends with them go then what we came up with this year will mark twenty five years softly a russian constitution put it in the constitution emphasizes the priority of them in the going to pose a right to send liberties at the when they were going to. list harmony of article free citizens and. responsible. as a society we is a strong foundation for russia's future development we coped with the difficult economic problems we realized that you know we should change as the world changes and at the same time we should stick to our minutes during history our ethnic culture we realize that the beauty and lift them up strength of russia is in our national identity and unity what

election and we were hosting a transatlantic forum on russia. it could not have been a more timely moment. you gave us such an inspirational message about the need for transatlantic values and unity, protecting democracy from a malign influence. it surprised no one that shortly after that, you were instrumental in drafting and supporting the counter action russian hostility act of 2017 and a january of this year, under your leadership, the senate foreign relations , the democrats on the committee issued a significant report that i would commend to 'sl to read entitled "putin asymmetrical wrote -- asymmetrical attack on europe," it gave ideas how the united states can protect itself against a malign influence and you thought of this as a 9/11 and trying to restructure our bureaucracy in order to address this new challenge. senator ben cardin was elected to the senate in 2006 and has served with distinction on the senate finance committee and the environment and public works committee in addition to the senate foreign relations committee stop is the current ranking member of the smal

to turn to the impact on sanctions on russia answer foreign policy and i couldn't think of two people other than on my mead left with the senior advisor and director of the russia program. before she joined us she was a long-serving specialist at the ram corporation, she has a series of incredible books and scholarly articles and we're glad you could be with us. and we have an ambassador, united states representative for ukraine at the state department and he is the executive director of the institute for international leadership at arizona state university. many know kurt for his long service as a distinguished foreign security officer. we are delighted that both of you could join us so i thought we would just jump on in with some questions. so the panel discussions, four years of sanctions, so, kurt, let me begin with you. what has been the impact on russia foreign policy and i would like you to dive a little deeper in that from your perspective as a negotiator for the ukraine issues. have you seen any impact this has had on foreign russian behavior invest itting thevest itti

washington says is to counter a growing threat from russia but what does this cold war rhetoric mean and how will moscow respond this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program that has made the u.s. has announced it is reestablishing its naval presence in the north atlantic as rushing cruises its patrol in the area to it's part of a military buildup from both sides as hasn't been seen in decades the second feat was disbanded back in two thousand and eleven after more than sixty years of service the reason it was part of a restructuring program to save money at the time we will discuss the real motives behind its revival with our guests in a moment but first they add is that broke has this report. the u.s. navy says its second fleet will be back in commission this summer operating out of norfolk virginia the fleet which was eliminated in a cost cutting move seven years ago is being reestablished to counter what the pentagon calls a rising throughout from russia at a ceremony in norfolk on friday admiral john richardson chief of naval operations said our national defense makes

committee been carded on congress' role in imposing tensions against russia. he had the keynote address of a summit hosted by the center for strategic and international studies and following his remarks he is to questions from the audience for this is that the minutes. >> we are absolutely delighted to welcome senator been carded. you have always been incredibly generous to see us and the last time here was a year ago in october 2016 and you gave an inspirational message about transformational leadership and international affairs with the doctor. my favorite time when your last year was in november, november 17, 2016. it was week after the election and we were hosting a trans electric forum on russia. it could not have been more timely moment and you gave us such an inspirational message about the need for transatlantic values and unity protecting democracy from malign influence. it surprised no one naturally after that you were instrumental in drafting and supporting the counteracting russian hostilities act of 2017 and in january under your leadership the senate foreign relati

and russia are in a competitive and increasingly adversarial relationship today. it is pretty clear that the cia and the american intelligence community more broadly are really at the forefront in that. both in an operational sense because of the nature of some of the competition that we are engaged in. but also from an analytical perspective, as the u.s. government tries to understand russia, what is doing, what it might do, what motives are. and actually, what its decision- making system is, what do we mean when we say russia wants this, or russia wants that. i think we've got a great group here today, to talk about that. i will introduce each of the -- them sequentially as they speak. we will start with either clements to my right, and then we will go to my far left. and my colleague george will wrap up. peter clements, to my right, is a senior research fellow and an adjunct professor at columbia university at the school of international public affairs. he left the cia just several months ago, after a career there on the analytical side of the agency. as director of -- as a deput

the show u.s. president donald trump had some tough talk for germany and russia ahead of a summit between those two countries leaders now during a white house meeting with nato secretary-general u.n. stoltenberg the president repeated his sharp criticism of germany for not paying enough for its own defense singled out it for profiting from nato while to same time paying the russians billions for energy supplies let's take a listen it's yemen a must demonstrate leadership in the alliance by addressing its longstanding shortfall in defense contributions germany has not contributed what it should be contributing and it's a very big beneficiary far bigger than the united states frankly in addition to that as you know that by massive amounts of gas from russia. paying billions and billions of dollars all the president's comments coming just as the german chancellor and the russian president meet in tsotsi for talks at the focus on bilateral issues including the iran nuclear deal to share one is in that black sea town for us right now good morning emily what's on the agenda where you ar

united states and russia are in competitive and increasingly adversary relationship today. it's pretty clear that the cia and the american intelligence community more broadly are really at the forefront in that. both in an operational sense because of the nature of some of the competition that we're engaged in. but also from an analytical perspective as the u.s. government tries to understand russia, what it's doing, what it might do, what its motives are, and actually what its decision-making system is. what does it mean when we say, russia wants this or russia wants that? i think we have a great group here today to talk about that. i will introduce each of them senator roberts went usually -- success consequently as we speak. d -- sequentially as we speak. peter clemmons to my right is the senior research fellow in an abjacket -- abjuct senior research professor. he was the deputy director of intelligence for analytical programs and in a number of other key posts. peter is a long-time russia watcher and we're very pleased that he could be with us today. so peter -- >> thank yo

this morning to explain russia's relationship with the united states and how it got to the point it is today. >> from boston now we're joined by former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfall, he's currently professor of political science at stanford university, author of the new book "from cold war to hot peace, an american ambassador in putin's russia." we appreciate you joining this morning. how should a u.s. ambassador define success in their efforts to represent the united states overseas? >> well, it depends on what era you're in. if you are there at the end of the soviet union, the collapse of the soviet union when ambassador matlock was there it's much easier because momentum is in your favor between the united states and the soviet union and it's all a very cooperative time. when you are there when i was there at a period of increased confrontation between the united states and russia, when vladimir putin came back as president, you're mostly playing defense. you're mostly trying to take the edge off of a lot of bad things that happened. so context matters a lot and one s

situation will form here for japan and russia and someone on russia's arctic ocean elenchi will enable it to become great swing producer producer impacting world in markets by partnering with japan. the arctic ocean utils bering sea and the civic ocean and from the sea to parent to the pacific ocean the actress says of strategic antagonism that existed during the cold war will undergo a dramatic transformation becoming seascapes of peace and prosperity of course these changes will also make it a space so really permeated by the rule of law only that will the potential held by northern and far east russia be released in earnest and the russian economy will grow as if it had just been turbocharged for the pull that will be in the interest of all of russia's neighbors including japan and will construct you an important contribution to the global economy. of this simply building castles in the earth a fanciful daydream nothing more i think not but it is an object you are most certainly able to reach if only we can take one step forward and then another and ladies and gentlemen pan russia peac

imposing sanctions against russia. he spoke at a summit hosted by the center for strategic and international studies, and following his remarks, he took questions from the audience. this is 50 minutes. [inaudible conversations] . >> time for the grand finale and we are absolutely delighted to welcome senator ben cardin to csis. senator, you have always been incredibly generous to csis. your last time here was a year ago in october much 2016 and you gave a really inspirational message about transformational leadership in international affairs with dr. hamry, but i have to say my favorite time when you were last year was in november, november 17th, 2016, it was a week after the election and we were hosting a transatlantic forum on russia so it could not have been a more timely moment and you gave us such an inspirational message about the need for transatlantic values and unity protecting democracy from malign influence. and shortly after that, were you instrumental in drafting and supporting the counter acting russian hostilities act of 2017 and in january of this year under you

taken advantage of that. russia as a strong and participant in the national life should there be another instance of the use of chemical weapons i think just like last time and the time before that all options are on the table but there is a way i see it is my duty and the purpose of my entire life to do everything for russia. also on the show tonight they rescued syrian migrants from drowning in the mediterranean and were charged with people smuggling today a court in greece ruled there was no cross. many times i've been helping girls guard because their boat couldn't rescue people it was people in the water for a lot of people in the water and the waves was so big that i put my life in danger to rescue them. or we begin the day with putin four point zero today vladimir putin was sworn in as russian president for the fourth time barring any changes to the constitution this will be putin's final six years in power when he leaves the kremlin in twenty twenty four he will have been in effect the so ruler of russia in the twenty first century are his enduring and his staying power a

russia's foreign policy, and i could not think of to better people to help us understand what those implications are than with me here today, i will begin on my immediate left with the senior adviser and director of russia and eurasia program here at csis. afore she joined us, she was long serving specialist at the rand corporation, and she held a series of incredible books and russialy articles about foreign policy, and also, we have a united states special representative for ukraine with the state department, and he is the executive director of the mccain institute for international leadership at arizona state university. for hisyou know kurt long service as a distinguished foreign service officer, expanding to nato, the national security council, and deputy undersecretary in the european bureau. we are delighted that both of you could join us. i thought we would jump on and with some questions. in with some questions. panelf the penultimate of discussions -- four years of sanctions. let me begin with you -- what has been the impact on russian foreign policy? i would like to dive

provider. announcer: next, a look at the impact sanctions are having on russia's economy and foreign policy agenda with current and former government officials from the treasury and state department. this event, from the center for strategic and international studies, also included the keynote address from maryland senator ben cardin, who has served on the foreign relations committee. >> good morning, or afternoon. . morning somewhere. i'm matthew goodman, i hold the simon share here, and i am delighted to welcome you here on a beautiful day. thank you for coming. welcome also to our online audience, we always have a good crowd to watch from their desk. delighted to have you as well. a few administrative points -- oh, sorry, one immediate thing -- this event, which in case you are in the wrong place, is on russian sanctions and roughly four years after they were first imposed. i want to thank the foundations which made this event possible. it is part of a series we do on economic statecraft. we haven't delved into this topic before, so we are delighted to have the opportunity. if you

policy i know that for the time being both russia and china are endorsing the idea of the meeting between kim and tran but i suppose they would be just as happy to have trump threatened in the same manner of us there might cheer up to russia and china has much more force in march war they're much more capable or biting back and nobody would create a czar russia would share in such a race or oh yes it's a kind of a bad example but let's face it nor scotti else for the same blackmail tactics for me it's a bit funny to see how the same prefix it is for decades have been favorable to use of kenya and now use this as same efficiency. isn't it funny to see when basically you're not trump. try to outdo him jonah himself it's a bit for funny all this fayyad funi and all the stuff i don't think is going to be applied on a scale to any c.d.'s op an ant and mosque idea is their job but they'd say basically steal as a small and very poor company well sadly nobody likes to get a taste of his or her own medicine professor lengel we have to take a very short break now but we will be back in just a few m

and international studies hosted a forum on russia sanctions and during this next panel discussion, former treasury department representatives and the former deputy chair to the central bank of russia talk about how imposing sanctions impacts the russian economy. this is about an hour, 20 minutes. >> good morning or afternoon. it's morning somewhere. i'm matthew goodman. i hold the simon chair and political economy here at csis and welcome you on a beautiful day. thank you for coming. welcome, also, to our online audience. we always have a good crowd who watch from their desks. delighted to have you as well. just a fouad minute straightive points -- just a few administrative points. thank for this event which by the way in case you're in the wrong place, this is an event on russian sanctions and roughly four years after they were first imposed. for ant to thank you making this possible. this is what we do on the simon chair on economic state craft. so we haven't delve into this topic before so we're delighted o have this opportunity. if you could silence your phones, please. if the

russia's foreign policy. speakers include a former deputy secretary of state and nato ambassador cruisers at the state department. center for strategic and international studies, this runs one hour 15 minutes. we'red afternoon, i know pulling people back from a coffee break the we are delighted to get started. heresenior vice president and matt has been my partner in to talk about four years of sanctions, you just heard a really rich conversation about the impact of sanctions on the russian economy, now we are going to turn to the impact of sanctions on russia's foreign policy. i cannot think of two better people to help us dissect and understand what those implications are. they are with me today, on my left, senior advisor and director of russia and eurasia programs here. before she joined us, she was a long serving specialist at the rand corporation and was director of their center for russia and eurasia and has a series of incredible books and scholarly articles about russia's foreign policy. we are delighted you could be with a skewed also we have the united states special r

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russia and quitting the euro among the plans confirmed by one of the parties poised to fall italy's next coalition government and german media reports now yes that girl in had a sample of movie chops since the ninety's which it shared then with its allies that's despite u.k. previously claiming russia is the only country possessing the nerve agent. i welcome it seven pm here in moscow you're watching. the e.u. has threatened to use its own economic weapon to block the u.s. from sanctioning european for doing business with iran commission president. said that brussels could for the first time ever use the so-called blocking statute banning any from complying with foreign sanctions. approved of work as the european commission we have the duty to protect european companies so we now need to act and this is why we're launching the process of activating the blocking statute from one thousand nine hundred six we will do that tomorrow morning at ten thirty start off with just what is the blocking statute well it's the strongest weapon in the e.u.'s legislative arsenal when it comes to tack

investments coming into russia but also investments that could come into the united out of imus we believe that there are ritual benefits for both sides of the equation and we're looking forward to use it for that and finding those opportunities that could bring positive contributions that returns to both of our societies. is one fifteen am here in moscow thanks watching coming up the u.s. is calling on russia to admit responsibility for the downing of flight m h seventeen over eastern ukraine in twenty fourteen will bring their reaction to that request after the break. twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest. but there was one more question and by the way it's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and. you have to be the center of the. great . you are the rock at the back nobody gets to you we need you to. go. alone. and i'm really happy to join the. meet the special one. meet. the latest edition of make up as we go. thousands palestinians gathered along the gaza border on friday in what is the eight week avanti occupation protest

strategic and international studies on u.s. sanctions on russia. we'll hear from former treasury department officials and the former deputy chair of the central bank on how sanctions impact the russian economy. >> good morning. or afternoon. gosh, it's morning somewhere. i'm matthew goodman. i hold the simon chair in political economy at csas. delighted to welcome you here. thank you for coming. welcome to our online audience. we have always a good crowd who watch from their desks. so delighted to have you as well. just a few administrative points for -- oh, sorry. one immediate thing is to thank for this event which by the way in chase you'ase you're in the place, this is an event on russian sanctions and roughly four years after they were first impodsed. so i want to thank iconic foundation which made this event possible, it's part of a series that we do in the simon share on economic state craft. we haven't delved into this topic before and are delighted to have this opportunity. if you could silence your phones, please, and if there's any kind of security event, basically fol

>>> welcome to amanpour on pbs. tonight, churchill once called russia a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. that is just as true today as it was then, perhaps even more so. former u.s. ambassador michael mcfaul was there as washington and moscow hit the rocks. we get his insider take on putin and where it all went wrong. good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. it may not be the cold war all over again, but a new kind of ideological war is afoot. this time, instead of communism versus capitalism, it's autocracy versus democracy. it's playing out all over the globe with authoritarian governments gaining power in places like poland and you hungary and the philippines and turkey. russia and the west are the main pillars in the struggle. michael mcfaulad a ringside seat to all the action. he was the architect of the reset policy. by the time he got to russia as ambassador, that idea was all going up in smoke. mcfaul's new book about being in the room where it happened often with putin is just out. it's called "from cold war to hot peace." he joins me now from stanfo

started by taking a tough stance on russia but just a little while later we see germany and russia standing together in support of the iran deal against american attempts to dismantle it can one of the effects of the iran deal affair be to actually bring germany and russia closer together. yes i think i think it does we have a busy strong common interest here and perhaps it shows that a many many other us have common interests as far as the new foreign minister in germany is concerned. and for the house they should give him a little bit of time i was slightly surprised when he made that announcement because this is. not to put his seed. in the coalition agreement and it's clearly not the policy it's also democratic party to which to which he belongs my my feeling is that a strong strong majority not only of social democrats since many but who will pollution once good and plenty leave the least since with russia and strongly dislikes the complication of policy that we have seen during the last time in his first interview as german foreign minister mr masse was using words like villa

even told russia to shut up and go away when asked later whether he regret regretted that remark evan williams than to try to dodge the question. to pay tribute to the health service person sorry did you answer the main no no no no no i'm you regret using that kind of casual language the world your world united behind britain and one more time would you please answer the question if we came together with our allies and why not strike russia interview terminated because you won't answer the question good luck with the the african elephant for project. and other news today the budget commissioner has apologized amid a backlash over his recent remark that italy should take its cue from the markets when deciding whether to vote for populists and that's my expectation is that the coming weeks will show that the markets government bonds and the economic development of italy could prove to be so drastic that this would be a possible signal for voters not to vote for populists and the left all right. political uncertainty in italy has shocked financial markets worried about italy's possible e

i meant that amir putin has been sworn in as russia's president for the fourth time hussein was reelected easily in march getting nearly eighty percent of the votes he's already been in power as president or prime minister for eighteen years. the rebels in yemen have launched more missiles into saudi arabia it was aimed at several military targets at the border region economic sites including oil storage areas were also said to be hit saudi arabia says its edge offense systems were able to shoot down some of the best. in the last few hours saudi led coalition air strikes have hit the presidential office in the capital sana'a the city is controlled by the rebels at least six people were killed one of the last bastions of free press in cambodia has been sold to a businessperson with links to the government the phnom penh post has been bought from its history in. both sivakumar ji promise zones and has cracked down on independent media in the past year complain of horace meant by secret police and several outlets have been shut down starbucks says it has entered into a seven point

that nobody talks soviet origins were clear evidence that russia was the guilty party at the same time moscow argued that other states have the ability to create another choke and have experimented with doing just that so the suggestion that such a large amount wouldn't be found in research situations just adds to that idea that there is no other plausible alternative but that russia is behind the attack there is just one tiny problem with all of that. the o.p.c. w. would not be able to estimate or determine the amount of the nerve agent that was used in souls bri on the fourth of march twenty eighth the quantity should probably be characterized in milligrams but that whiplash inducing you turn has no one's convictions that russia did it even when combined with an announcement coming from the czech president. novacek was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity though we know when and we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened so there you have it and then mission from at least one country saying that yeah the

and lending it on russia twenty four hours after he was reported shot dead reporter arkady bud tenko churns up a live ukraine says the ruse boiled a kremlin ordered murder a charge that moscow denies. and russia gets its turn on north korea's busy diplomatic roster foreign minister sergei lavrov and that's pyongyang today just ahead of the broken nations possible summit with the united states. plus trade tensions escalate the u.s. is expected to apply higher tariffs on steel and aluminum from the e.u. after of last minute talks fail in paris europe says it will retaliate. at the all out fight to stop a bola congo deploys an experimental vaccine to stop this latest outbreak of the lethal virus and some drugs tested only on animals could also be on the way. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. we begin with a tale of murky political intrigue with a stunning twist at the end here's what happened on tuesday a prominent anti kremlin journalist arkadi bob janko was reported to have been shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities there blamed moscow but bob go turned up alive a

russia was the guilty party at the same time moscow argued that other states have the ability to create another truck and have experimented with doing just that so the suggestion that such a large amount wouldn't be found in research situations just adds to that idea that there is no other plausible alternative but that russia is behind the attack there is just one tiny problem with all of that. the o.p.c. w. would not be able to estimate or determine the amount of the nerve agent that was used in souls bre on the fourth of march twenty eighth the quantity should probably be characterized in milligrams but that whiplash inducing you turn has no one's convictions that russia did it even when combined with an announcement coming from the czech president who were no the choke was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity that we know when and we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened so there you have it and then mission from at least one country saying that yeah they have produced and experimented with no each of

stage of the world cup in russia as the focus shifts to group seeing starring france. joined by fellow europeans denmark with a stranger in peru making up the numbers as it seems by phone to qualify for the next phase the french are overwhelming favorites to win the group without plenty call me drink staunch long greaseman spearheading the attack but the danish will offer a credible threat as christian eriksen continues to rise france with convincing a new wife of qualification school. eighteen goals as they collected twenty three points in ten games but they have been known to disappoint at finals when much much more was expected from them however i did i did show men all in fine shape for and i was one of the eight nations to climb a wall called the french know what it takes to win the competition. denmark could strike you from its new pope and eriksson might emerge as one of the supply stars of the tournament if the danes progress into the knockouts the twenty six year old has continued to grow at tottenham hotspur and he's telling beef it's a global stage as he tries for success wi

the president of russia for a fourth term. he won spectacularly with 77% of the vote. he would have one more, but we were messing with their electoral system, so he only ended up with 77%. seriously, this is about sanctions that were first imposed after russia invaded and annexed the ukraine in march 2014 starting with diplomatic sanctions. there were some events and negotiations underway and those were canceled as russia was tossed out of the g-8. and then following that over the subsequent months and years, additional economic and individual sanctions have been imposed for a variety of reasons , not just down the ukraine, but also because of russia's activity in north korea and syria and in our elections. so at least that is the backdrop to this story. so we are here to sort through all of that. it is quite a complicated mix of events and actions that need to be sorted through. in this panel we will be looking at whether these efforts and sanctions have had the desired effect in economic terms and whether they have had an impact on the russian economy and maybe on russian economic

times online. this is day w. news coming to you live from russia's vladimir putin makes history as he was sworn in for his fourth term as president of the k.g.b. officer turned world leader holds total authority in russia we're looking at live pictures of thirteen here rather for his for his inauguration ceremony in moscow. also thrust the kremlin into a new rivalry with the west will be going live to moscow for the inauguration to take them to take a look at what the world can expect from putin's next six years also coming up. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with we begin in moscow where events are underway for the swearing in ceremony of a russian president president vladimir putin going to go live now ceremony there we see president putin arriving for his ceremony as inauguration ceremony being greeted by their guests. will begin a historic fourth term after securing an expected landslide victory in presidential elections held in march his staff is reportedly planning a fairly low key inauguration this time and effort to avoid any bad publicity we are indeed looking at pres

countries but especially if front line on china it does russia and china borders russia and child or of course but it has its tad so cold and the missile system if you just said to be pointing at the north no one believes that it's pointing at china so these are very precarious days ahead but i think they quite hopeful days and i'm sure if you still have friends in the national security apparatus of the united states but do you think there are people in there taking a rather dim view very david i will oppose this as you point out all the arms companies will oppose this although the japanese have said publicly they supported but and no doubt the chep these people support it no question about it but whether the united states stays in korea. literally leaves. it's a crucial fact to hear that surely there really is the end of the korean war surely there are interests and we should remind people who don't because it's seldom mentioned here that was britain was involved in killing of twenty percent of the population of all of korea how far would the united states go in trying to remain there

it was a fun who's up in these parts of the fine. russia celebrates victory day marking the seventy three years since the end of the second world war with a fireworks display ending a day of spectacular military parades. a sea of people swept through moscow taking part in the immortal regiment march remembering relatives who died fighting what russians called the great patriotic war plus. oh. god. the cia veteran is thrown out of the confirmation hearing peduncle trumps pick as the new agency chief amid protests over her alleged involvement in torturing prisoners. and protesters burn u.s. flags on the streets of tehran after donald trump decides to withdraw from the iranian nuclear deal. to have a full news bulletin ahead for you in the next hour with my colleague rory sushi here in the studio well up next the panel on cross talk discusses how world war two changed russia and its view of the world. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle wore in remembrance day marks the seventy third anniversary of victory in europe over fascism this is one

. you can. use the. media germany always has its finger on. russia's vladimir putin is a sworn in for his fourth term president. business leaders expect him to deliver on promises he made to revitalize the economy also coming up. as tunisia's younger generation is losing faith in the country a german tunisian training said hopes to offer them a future. welcome to do business vladimir putin has been sworn in again as russia's leader after eighteen years in power and he's beginning his fourth term in the kremlin with promises to revitalize the country's economy growth is expected to reach one point seven percent this year that's according to a wealth bank forecast investors say resurgent oil prices up bolstering the economy despite moscow being squeezed by western sanctions but putin's economy needs to be modernized if it's to be a global player in the future. russian president vladimir putin can point to a number of positive economic developments during his time in power inflation has been kept low public debt to all while the standard of living has increased but he says there's more t

. russia and china must prove that the deal is still worth while for iran much will depend on the next few weeks as european leaders urging iran to remain optimistic. and germany was one of the european countries that hammered out the iran nuclear deal and is now pushing to keep it alive foreign minister said that germany and other european signatories will honor the agreement and he urged tehran to stick to its commitments while european negotiators put together a joint response of listen. our goal is clear we will continue to abide by the agreement it's in our own security interests. so we will work to ensure the agreement has a future. and it's it's the successful result of many years of diplomatic negotiations. and above all it works. it's a problem from time yet. and for more let's bring in dave that he is very on riverview devolved who has been following the story for us so some strong words there from the german foreign minister i mean it seems pretty clear that germany is not going to fall in line here as trump would like them to are you surprised that there has been this

historic summit with north korea's kim jong il next march. french president heaped praise on russia as he joined by the reporter at the international economic forum in st petersburg we've got all highlights from day one. and rejects the latest findings of the air crash investigators looking into the mh seventeen tragedy saying their conclusions rely on social media pictures rather than witness accounts. broadcast live direct from our studios in moscow this is our thomas glad to have you with us. now north korea has shut down its only known nuclear test site in a closing ceremony marked by a series of huge blasts our correspondent you go off was among the small pool of journalists invited to witness the destruction of the facility. oh they were having dinner over there and now everything is being turned into a massive cloud of dust those barracks were used for living for the soldiers too old to locate soldiers and workers there well now north korea is showing that it is destroying the infrastructure to behind me is northern tunnel number two that's where five nuclear tests five most recent

with north korea's kim jong un next month. french president lavishes praise on russia for its international role as he joined rather more putin at the international economic forum in st petersburg we've got all the highlights from day one. and look to reject the latest findings of the air crash investigators are looking into the mh seventeen tragedy saying their conclusions rely on social media pictures rather than witness accounts. of broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our two international thomas really glad to have you with us. now north korea has shut down its only known nuclear test site in a closing ceremony marked by a series of huge blasts our correspondent you were just on i was among the small pool of journalists invited to witness the dismantling of the facility. this is the first time a crew of foreign journalists have been allowed at this site where witnessing the aftermath of the demolition behind me is what used to be an observation point and this here was the tunnel number two the northern turn and it has endured the past five nuclear t

here in moscow now russia is celebrating victory day marking the defeat of nazi germany it is the seventy third anniversary of the end of the great patriotic war in which over twenty six million soviet lives were lost. well there's hardly a family in russia that wasn't affected by the war almost everybody has grandparents aunts uncles or other relatives too who fought against the nazis and in their honor a special march of the so-called immortal regiment is being held it's and it's become an annual tradition and it's under way in moscow at the moment to you and i think we can go now to it daniel hawkins he's outside the kremlin forest where the mortar regiment is passing i think or at least very shortly down but just tell us what's happening where you are in the mind. and do you demolish the immortal regiment is in full swing as you can probably see behind me there's a crowd stretching all the way from when there's no more shut my business but square you can hear the cheering now just as i speak all boy up to the sky towards pushkin square the usual central moscow locations. it's

continues to impact russia's view of the world to this day. cross talking the great patriotic war i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have exactly i'm a row he is the founder of the center of political strategic analysis and we have peter cousin and he is a professor of history at american university as well as co author of with oliver stone the untold history of the united states all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in in any time you want i always appreciated let's talk about what the russians call the great patriotic war or as the rest of the western world calls it the second world war now peter you've been visiting in moscow. you've probably seen a lot of evidence so liberating the victory day on may ninth but you don't see that in the west you don't see that in the united states why the significant difference . one big difference is that the soviet union lost twenty seven million people how many people in the west know that. well actually i've got some statistics on that i didn't have

both russia and china are endorsing the idea of the meeting between kim and tran but i suppose they would be just as happy to have trump threatened in the same manner allows them i chipped russia and china has much more force and much more they're much more capable or biting back and nobody would trade asr russia would share in such a race or oh yes it's a kind of a bad example but let's face it norsk audience for dk is curfew same blackmail tactics for me it's a bit funny to see how the scene treats if for decades had been favorable to use of kenya and now used business same efficiency it is a bit funny to see when basically you're not all blonde tramp try to join in the huge honor himself it's a bit for funny all this fired funi and all the stuff bot. i don't think it's going to be a blight on the us scale. and north korea is dangerous by they basically steal as a small and very poor come well certainly nobody likes to get a taste of his or her own medicine but wrestling we have to take a very short break now but we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. a little less. you

lashes out of germany for its economic cars with russia from scripture says i'm coming as chancellor on a macro meats of latin america cruden for talks on iran and on russian gas sales to germany will go along to our correspondent in soft she where they're meeting also coming up venezuela's president nicolas maduro is said to win sunday's elections that despite crippling hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine will get more on what venezuela's neighbors are calling its path to the commuters are. also coming up for a fight for their bonus league survival he'll try to make an historic jump to germany's top lee we'll bring you the highlights from the first leg of their relegation play. i'm dr thomas a very warm welcome to the show u.s. president donald trump has repeated his sharp criticism of germany for not paying enough for its own defense during a white house meeting with the nato secretary general the president singled out germany for profiting from nato while at the same time paying the russians billions for energy supplies now his comments come as chance along the macha