there have been, these states have been petro states, both russia, russia's not a petro state that the gulf countries have been there. why was it comply with russia successful in tapping into the market come in building these relations? i think there is a regional reason for this and also macro economic processes that happen simultaneously at the same time. first of all, the chaos that was created after the vacuum that was created after the arab spring and united states didn't interfere in the region that much, following the new conflicts in the region have greater of vacuum and russia felt the right time to interfere and to become a player in the region. but the more important process happen and there are two processes actually. the first was the oil prices plummeted in 2015, but what's interesting, it happened at the same time with yes, and the west applied sanctions to russia. so as russia is constantly in a state of paranoia, being encroached, a were saying, they were hinting that the united states was behind the price plummeting, directly by intelligence offices. so they understoo

because if the democrats lose it's going to be russia exactly it's going to be russia's fault so russia is the ultimate scapegoat you know it's the paranoia of not knowing what you don't know there's going to be some meddling but how when where the assumption that it's going to be we remind you that the election has not yet happened and it's going to be in november themselves and by then. this is already saying the head of the national intelligence director saying that there is evidence about russians involvement and we have lindsey graham who has just advised president trump to check the so-called ball that putin gave him and house and get to check it for k.g.b. bugs we have this very same person elaborating with other senators this new draft of all that just called if i'm not mistaken or the translation protecting american security of from the kremlin said gretchen two thousand and eighteen so these guys they can forsee the future they can see how russia is mad and into a little different i mean i really don't this remind me it's kind of a bad episode of the twilight zone ok this is t

which is called i hate religion i hate russia russia is the enemy and we almost. genuflect at the altar of this new religious icon and that's the way you can take the american people's money heart yearned tax dollars which could be used for housing and health care and the education the things human beings need and shovel it over to the defense contractors you have to explain to them that it's an absolute national imperative to do that in order to carry out this looting of the national budget and that's what we're witnessing rather than he let me go to let me go to earl before we go to the break you manufactured consent this is what be in its most recent incarnation it's manufactured consent and and and i want to talk about the intelligence committee in the second half of the program but the liberal media loves it and they perpetrated go ahead girl thirty seconds. if it is manufactured consent to it and i believe it's probably orchestrated some somewhere in the dark corners as well i mean look what we have here we have mccarthyism two point zero even if you shake a

spent sixty billion and you had russia's on the march you know early and rideable and russia is that then spending is on decline right now ok it's not being increased here early does the united states need brushes an enemy is this the it because it to justify all of these expenditures ok i mean brian is a logic lee looking at it but logic good politics don't always parlay ok i need a sensually we need an enemy justifies is here montenegro. it is good it is adding value added to nato defense ok montenegro's army is smaller than the new york police force ok but we need an enemy here is that would russia's purposes because it's really easy to paint russia is as an enemies because because it really demands stubbornly its sovereignty go ahead. and i agree pete peter i mean we mean we mean let's face it it's the fence industry we need an enemy. nato is searching for a new mission i mean really it's a good defense grouping but you know should russia be included in that as well and and what's the real mission the mission has is is not there i don't think there's any fear for russia invading

russia. things some incredible that we just got out of russia for this exhibition specifically. you will not see it in any other space in the united states. i don't know if you can see it in any other space in russia. so now would be a great time to take a look. a no more timely time than now to get a better understanding about what's going on with the united states and russia, and i'm really excited about the speaker. i do love teachers in the front row. that's a really great idea. all the time. welcome not only to the teacher fellows that we are so set in to be partnership with, i look forward to seeing you guys on thursday, but also to those of you who are here from the seminar that's currently being hosted at the national world war i museum of memorial as well. outre so pleased and check all of his websites to find out more. if you are listening right now on c-span, you not want to miss a future truman teaching museumnity or what are at the world war.org. there really is such a pleasure t

military assistance to russia what effect if any will they have on russia. well i believe president putin was right that these sacked lose will have no effect there counterproductive they only lay only build out a monster the hysteria among the population russia does not need us military assistance or russia has developed coming age cutting edge i should say aircraft cutting edge tanks cutting edge anti aircraft systems which are in demand all over the world and by imposing sanctions on russia all the how all the u.s. is really doing is forcing russia to become even more self-sufficient than it was before and becoming more creative and more dynamic and developing its own system so all these sanctions these military sanctions against russia are going to be have exactly the opposite effect that the u.s. administration foresaw and in your opinion to what extent is this sentients push being driven by domestic pets call considerations rather than any action that russia may have taken for example. i don't believe russia has done anything in violation of internatio

sanctions on russia restrictions are a response to what washington abuses russia's poisoning of double agents powell and his daughter in march also. relies on us from the experts to tackle foreign influence on its platform we take a look at how it effects freedom of speech online also and you might find the upcoming pictures just being over forty civilians including children reportedly killed as a saudi airstrike the school bus in yemen the coalition says it was a legitimate military operation in accordance with international law. demanding the return of the sacred statues of stone more than one hundred years ago and now on display at the british museum we are physics is there it should be given back. we've got a. british empire. and i think it's part of our heritage so it's just our history. for the welcome just gone six pm here in moscow you with r.t. international. is calling on britain to make public its work on making stars military toxic substances this comes after america unveiled fresh penalties for what it calls moscow's poisoning of double agents powell and his daughter in th

you know misled by russia or russia is behind it and you know even though there are genuine grievances to be had with you know all sorts of things that and russia plays a minor role if any in you know on the internet do you buy the idea that all this racism and all this division and all these protests are all caused by russia. now i honestly think it's just what i want to highlight is the intersectionality of what happened today like there were a small amount of white supremacist here but there are a lot of people who are coming to counter protest them so i don't blame russia very wide variety of causes represented here in front of the white house says thousands of people have come out other not unified around much but when it comes to opposing the ku klux klan opposing the white nationalists that is one thing that has brought all these people together caleb mopping r.t. washington d.c. . russia's prime minister has warned that if the u.s. goes ahead with sanctions against russia's major banks it will be viewed as an act of economic war that was after a first wave of measures was annou

designed to counter russia with u.s. money we've seen the bombing of syrian installations all of these things very tough on russia tougher than obama was on russia but then you have president trump who like presidents before him say well let's see we can actually have a closer relationship with russia we saw helsinki where he really seemed to be bending over backwards to say look putin and i need to value putin and i need to speak and we need to have a good relationship for the good of the world that's that all sorts of conspiracy theories although it's lone been a position in the us about some foreign policy analysts that especially with a rising china perhaps you should you should move towards russia and of course on issues like arms control and all sorts of other things are all sorts of parts of agreement or points of agreement that many would want russia and us to agree upon but so there's that there's that split between what trump says and what his minister is actually doing so we actually look at the policies again

airspace mopin has been gauging what americans make of the latest moves against russia. well if you watch the recent hearings on capitol hill american politicians or rather al spoke out about what they think about these new moves against russia ongoing efforts to interfere in our sacrosanct election process seize and those of our allies are just some of the unacceptable behaviors of the putin regime putin wants to break apart the american republic russia's attempts to interfere in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. presidential election are well and widely known russia has undertaken a campaign of malign activities in its attempt to compete with us our allies and our partners and cats up to thirty one gives us more tools with which to respond however a new gallup poll shows that among the u.s. public fifty eight percent that's well over half favor improving relations between the usa and russia and that it's just over a third thirty six percent that say they want further steps against moscow and now we decided to go out on the streets of new york and talk to people about t

she's saying, russia, russia, russia, but i don't -- maybe it was. i mean, it could be russia, but it could also be china. it also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. okay? >> there's the 400-pound thing. then as a candidate and now more than a year and a half into his presidency donald trump has let russia off the hook again and again and again. calling into question the assessments of his own intelligence chiefs that russia interfered in the 2016 election and will do the same thing again. even in today's let's call it what it really is, kabuki theater in the briefing room, the national security adviser john bolton could only point to what putin said about election interference, not what president trump said. >> in fact, president putin said, i thought at the press conference but certainly in the expanded bilateral meeting when the two leaders got together with their senior advisers, president putin said the first issue that president trump raised was election meddling. >> so take off your tribal hats and your conservative

russia's prime minister has warned that if the u.s. goes ahead with sanctions against russia's major banks it will be viewed as an act of economic war that was after a first wave of measures was announced over moscow's alleged role in the poisoning of russian agents sergei screwball and his daughter back in march now the new sanctions ban the russian state owned firms from buying certain american electronic devices on security grounds a much tougher the second wave which has yet to be passed into law could prevent leading russian banks from obtaining credit on international markets artes and he just said he takes up the story for us. when it comes to global disagreement sanctions that the u.s. weapon of choice as russia's number two at the u.n. put it let us welcome the united sanctions of america well russia has been on the receiving end of plenty of them they stem from allegations of election meddling military aggression human rights abuses all cyber crimes take your pick and the latest well there for the souls we're poisonings washi

russia and everywhere in between i think that it's appropriate that the united states and russia as the major nuclear weapons powers meet and get rid of those damn things before they destroy us i think it's critical for the united states and russia as two of the nations doing the most to destroy our natural environment to meet and start reversing all the policies david that's not so much of the agenda. i mean complete agreement with you in this they would they would have what why it seems to me that. trump engagement with russia should come out very clear twitter is fine with me i need to deal with a lot of your putin to sign a new arms control agreement it's about to expire in two thousand and twenty one this is what's most important to all of humanity why can't he just write that i mean that is very straightforward and you know what david it's transactional what trump is supposed to be all about go ahead david well it would make perfect sense it would fit with some of his agenda of body it is not where he comes from it's not something he knows anything about it's not something he'

and i mean you think it be good for the usa and russia to get along right. why can't we get along with russia i mean i think that we can but it would be really difficult right now in this situation now where and when. you know the current president i mean it's nice to get along but you can't trust russia they always been under an enemy so they get what they deserve a better relationship with everybody i'm in favor of russian. think one hundred percent of our country wants a better relationship with russia and i would think a hundred percent of russians want to get a relationship with us and the north koreans and the iranians and the mexicans and you know and the people in new jersey for that matter they say this is the best way to deal with russia's malign activities are these sanctions do you buy that argument now you know you don't really believe anything anymore and i am led to believe the people that we spoke to seem to overwhelmingly feel that it would be better if the united states and russia could see eye to eye get along more now that certainly just

watered down to doing well but i'm skeptical about the relationship between china and russia russia is facing a laborious rethinking process a solution that russia used to be china's big brother today it struggles to accept that china is superior. to handle war trauma of course china and russia are cooperating on military to raise. geopolitical reasons but the new silk road has little support in russia because russia has its own eurasian project and with the shah should have housing it all yeah i'm with you fine and you they see. the whole story and for putin as for stalin before him military strength is the primary factor decision but that's just not enough in today's world and if acutely you need an efficient economy technology science which is putin's russia has none of that cosmic stan and his backers stand are already turning towards china while trying to maintain a balance but russia's all talk of it is go order china has the money all russia has is memories who glorious past it was when the overly complex or. people like to come to the bridge of orenburg to enjoy the sunset look

campaign going on there marianna here in russia because. russia seems to be pushing for international cooperation on syrian refugees returning now they say that the war is basically over the so-called islamic state has been basically defeated that's a line that we hear in russia again and again and it would be a big diplomatic win for russia if they could be playing a key part in having those refugees returned they have been holding press briefings here in the ministry of defense nearly every week for the last month or so they've set up a refugee center and they also have made a proposal to the u.s. to to draw up a joint action plan on the return of refugees so perhaps. putin will make some sort of proposal to america today when it comes to that as well particularly taking into consideration as well that that has been a difficult issue for america all at home as well refugee paul policy refugee policy has really come under a lot of criticism at home including from her political allies so perhaps putin sees a bargaining chip there that he ca

said as well that it was highly likely that russia was hardly attack saying that only russia had the motives means and raechel to target the scruples and moscow's repeatedly denied any involvement like he said before offering cooperation on the investigation. because these are two this is an attack on two russian nationals that happened but as far as we know the chemicals weapons watchdog the a p c w one porton down haven't been able to confirm the origin of the new agent let's take a listen to what they say we have not verified the precise source but we provided the scientific information to the government but you have not been able to establish at porton down that this was made in russia as i said it's our job to provide eight you know the scientific evidence that identifies for the particular and their region is but it's not our job to see we are actually was money for. analysis. p.c. w.'s report i did to find the country. of origin of the agent used in this attack. and if you're doing all of this you know where the script pounds why aren't they talking it seems again and again th

we disable russia. we don't want to get into that. we want recognition for what was done, which was our fundamental basis of government was attacked, and that we must now defend our electoral process, and our information sharing process. >> host: you and i both are products of the intelligence community. parent my career in national accurate and we came up at a time when you left any partisan views of poll -- or politics at home and we all operated in the best interests of the country without regard to party preference and so we paraded with a sense of shared value and shared commitment, and i think when this nation has been at its best, is when we have that strong sense of shared narrative, shared value and shared commitment and so going back to what you have described so thoroughly in your book about the ways in which putin is trying to sow division and divisiveness in this country, why is that such a problem? why is that so threatening? it and is because of undermining that strength which is so impor

that russia attacked our democracy. russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. russia is constantly working to divide america. the facts are there. the intelligence agencies are saying it. they all are saying it. and they're doing a pretty good job of it, russia is. so why doesn't this president, why won't he in the words of his own fbi director, take the threat seriously? it's no coincidence that all of this is happening as the mueller investigation is moving into the oval office, as mueller is pressing for a sit-down interview with the president himself. as former trump campaign manager paul manafort is on trial. the first trial to come out of the mueller investigation. and as the president brands the whole thing a witch hunt. the fact is this is no witch hunt. robert mueller is doing what the president should be doing. he's working to get the facts. the truth about what russia did in 2016. and about what russia is still doing right now. that's the only way, the only way we can defend our democracy. i'm going to bring in chris soliza and josh campbell. gentlem

but it's worth noticing that over this time russia's involvement was limited to limited. airstrikes in support of syrian government forces attacks so now it is the last remaining discoloration zone which is not under us its control russia definitely wants it to be under this control the entire story is different with this because turkey is involved then kurdish issue is also on the agenda here in this and this issue and this is why it's more complicated on the one the one hand moscow needs to continue its consistent approach to demonstrate that it backs it. and wants it to take the territory and then turkey is in the patna important partner for usha and it also needs to take into account its own interests. hides the most powerful man in ad lib . only the leader of head to head in a sham said basically of the. of the national front said basically that his group is determined to fight to the death in. is this something that could give us an indication about what might happen next in italy. well definitely because first of all we have to take into consideration the. basicall

just russia does not need u.s. military assistance russia has developed a cutting edge systems which are in demand all over the world all that the us is really doing is forcing russia to become even more self-sufficient than it was before so these military senses against russia are going to have exactly the opposite effect this is completely fabricated this hysteria over russia and the sooner the american government grows up and act like an adult the sooner said the american people and the rest of the world of course it will be. so trump russia cohesion stories again ing them and him again but now one u.s. t.v. channel is under fire with it even suspected of having links to the kremlin and daniel hawkins looks into the cloud. we've all heard about trump russia election collusion you know the great scam that brought the u.s. president to power whose ation of collusion collude passably smells a whole lot like collusion there was ample evidence of collusion where is the closure you know there's no looking for collusio

that leaves russia. iran does not have anywhere to turn except russia and possibly china and while china may give it money, it cannot give it the political and military support it needs against the west. therefore, russia is in a position, or so it believes, to deliver, if i may use that term, iran in some sense, but it is not strong enough or willing to enforce the situation where a -- iranian gets kicked out of syria altogether because it cannot do that and knows it would simply further destabilized syria and undermine everything moscow has accomplished. so it is in a strategically fortunate decision. -- position. it is now the primary interlocutor between israel and iran and the united states has been forced to accept russia on its terms. which is the way the russians saw the helsinki summit. it is also the primary interlocutor between syria and jordan, as the recent agreement shows, and also, it is, as we will discuss later today, fully active in north africa and the gulf, and using that springboard

that's that's the point so i mean you creative also said that it undermines the efforts for russia to return crimea and that's another topic as well i mean they're also going to be talking about ukraine and you know the fact that crimea has been onyx almost four years ago what's the point of even discussing that at this point well i don't think that putin will spend a minute discussing crimea he made it clear again at the helsinki summit that crimea this is for him a settled issue what is going to be talked about is of course used in ukraine and there is a need for that too good to be done so. very much for joining us here in studio if it welcome. that's it for now you are watching d.w. news coming to you live from berlin and we will have more news again at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the news and information as around the clock on our web site. called strength. works. and. long twenty. hours. jurors or. killed many civilians.

russia views the tightening of u.s. sanctions as the breakout of an economic war after washington announces new penalties are for the poisoning of double agents or gets to bomb and his daughter. the u.s. democratic party wants facebook to share data on users who's fallen for fake news so we can tell them what's right social networks are already being accused of censorship or banning controversy all show host alex jones. also this hour disturbing video emerges from yemen leaving humanitarian groups and the public stunned with the appalling saudi coalition air strike on a school bus in yemen the great claimed the lives of twenty nine children with thirty more injured. and the legacy of terror we hear from families in southern russia desperate for news of loved ones who want to join the islamic state terror group many had young children are also missing. or will hold that it will be ok that somehow it will all be ok i just feel so sorry for the children it's so difficult when you don't know where exactly your children are.

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capitol on how best to punish russia over it. on capitol hill it was all about sanctions three high profile events subtle differences but the main thrust in all of them was punish russia the u.k. foreign secretary even flew into town to make his case those. values need to know there will always be a serious price to pay if red lines across the day the united kingdom asks its allies to go further by calling on the european union to ensure its sanctions against russia on a comprehensive and that we truly stand shoulder to shoulder with the u.s. to different hearings on capitol hill about russia's supposed mon line actions now the two things named are u.s. alexion meddling and the poisoning in britain of survey and yulia screwball with know that shock now no proof has ever been presented ongoing efforts to interfere in our sacrosanct election process seize and those of our allies are just some of the unacceptable behaviors of the putin regime putin wants to break apart the american republic russia's attempts to interfere in the two

putting l and g terminals in russia, rather than have europe dependent on natural gas from russia. he put a ton of economic and social pressure on them when in fact the last administration did very of the opposite. the president talking in detail about the relationship of energy between germany and russia. >> i'm glad you brought up the energy part of this. the ability of the u.s. to be energy independent is not only energy, it's national security issue. by us now being at a place where we no longer have to go hat in hand to the saudis or anyone else to get energy, because of technology like tracking and because of exploration, we put ourselves in a very strong position where we can put the squeeze on putin, we can really make it difficult for him. the only thing he really has in terms of a great commodity is energy. when we take that away from him, these sanctions, i mean they're a gut punch to the russians right now. >> and it doesn't make for noncorrupt regimes. look at the energy producers around the world. what happens there. look at saudi arabia, russia, venezuela, look at th

and russia. more than a month after president trump's helsinki meeting, we remain in the dark about what the two leaders discussed. we continue to hear more information, accurate or not, from the russian government and from our own. it is not only embarrassing, but i believe this lack of transparency has implications for our national security. i'm not convinced that those who need to know in our own executive branch have a full understanding of what happened. after more than three hours with secretary pompeo, this committee has little more insight and we did before the hearing. since the administration has failed to answer congressional information,rovide i am formally requesting the department to provide all classified and unclassified cable traffic related to the helsinki meeting. i won't spend time today running through russia's ongoing transgressions. i think president trump's and others have warned that russia continues to undermine our democracy. russia uses chemical weapons to attack its o

in russia slams newly enforced u.s. think sions as counterproductive and meaningless this valley to respond congress is also mulling over even more aggressive measures against moscow that could lead to the seer. a very warm welcome to the program from the whole crew here at r.t. h.q. in moscow thanks for joining us this hour there's been plenty of talk this wednesday over dull terms presidency which now appears to be in a precarious position less than two years in two of the president's former associates have been found guilty of federal crimes and that's put trump in hot water as his ex lawyer has implicated him as the orchestrator of campaign and financial violations and the media is already getting in a spin over possible impeachment. going to be impeached with this i think the beginning has to be set and mark right now and wolf we're in a watergate moment but there is i think a lot for the president to fear impeachment endlessly discussed in mainstream media discourse today it seems became a little more realistic fo

russia and everywhere in between i think that it's appropriate that the united states and russia as the major new. cleaner weapons powers meet and get rid of those damn things before they destroy us i think it's critical for the united states and russia as two of the nations doing the most to destroy our natural environment to meet and start reversing all the policies david that's not so much of the agenda. i mean complete agreement with you in this they would they would hear what why it seems to me that. trump engagement with russia should come out very clear twitter is fine with me and i need to deal with a lot of near putin to sign a new arms control agreement it's about to expire in two thousand and twenty one this is what's most important to all of humanity why can't it it's right that i mean that is very straight forward and you know what david it's transactional what trump is supposed to be all about go ahead david well it would make perfect sense it would fit with some of his agenda of body it is not where he comes from it's not something he knows anything about it's not som

good food russia sharing goodness. facebook hundreds of pages groups in the coyotes linked to iran and russia for alleged political meddling. french interior ministry admits that the terrorist suspect allegedly involved in planning the attack was caught because of a bureaucratic failure. from a video of a british police from a party slapping a teenage girl during the arrest course triggers debate about what constitutes reasonable force doing with your two grown police officers can find a way of restraining a fourteen year old go back to them he's a fourteen year old girls just like anybody else. and as relations between the e.u. and us to tear at germany's foreign ministers just a european alternative to that swift global.

for really a confrontational position against russia and then he gets to russia i'm going to helsinki and meets with putin and the american media says this is the surrender some vendor some and acting as if you know here's a united states spend seven hundred eighty billion dollars on war every year russia spent sixty billion and you had russia's on the march you know early and rideable and russia is that then spending is on decline right now ok it's not being increased here early does the united states need brushes an enemy is this the because it to justify all of these expenditures ok i mean brian is a logic lee looking at it but logic good politics don't always parlay ok i mean sensually we need an enemy it justifies is here montenegro is good it is adding value added to nato defense ok montenegro his army is smaller than the new york police force ok but we need an enemy here is that would russia's purposes because it's really easy to paint russia is as an enemies because it because it really demands stubbornly its sovereignty go ahead irl. i agree pete peter i mean we meet we mean

relations with russia. state and treasury department officials discuss reports of russian interference in american , clarifying details into the july 2018 helsinki meeting between president trump and russian president putin. sen. corker: foreign relations committee will come to order. we want to thank our witnesses for being here today for the second in a series of hearings on russia. this committee is attempting to get a clearer sense of the administration's overall posture on russia. we thank you both for being here. we have outstanding witnesses today. we would like to understand what was agreed to when the leaders of our two countries sat down in helsinki. whether there were discussions about future arms agreements. today, we have received no real readout, even in a classified setting of this meeting. we would like to understand the administration's assessment of the threat posed by russia to us, to our allies and other countries and institutions around the world. finally, we need a better understanding

urged western partners to increase the pressure on russia. those who do. need to know that there will always be a serious price to pay if red lines across but today the united kingdom its allies to go further by calling on the european union to ensure its sanctions against russia a comprehensive and that we truly stand shoulder to shoulder with the u.s. we heard him speak to the u.s. peace institute he made his remarks and essentially he called for more hostility to russia in athens and it's interesting because his speech was actually leaked to the press ahead of time so people knew what he was going to say before he said it then he followed the draft of his speech that was leaked pretty pretty closely and now just two weeks ago we saw a new sanctions imposed on russia by the united states in response to the accusation about the involvement in the chemical weapons attacks now the latest measures will come into rounds those sanctions are they limit financing and exports they specifically banned the sale of national security goods that are sensitive like tec

and russia. under the figures you know on the report of the international is to go through the studies in london the budget the military budget year of the united kingdom is fifty six billion dollars and the russian through budget is only forty six and who is aggressive what do you make then of when the british government says international leaders agree there is no plausible alternative explanation it is highly likely russia was responsible for this attack well we prefer you know to do with effect for example if somebody comes to the british court you know he has to present the case. in the in the situation with the souls very nothing was presented we look really now would be mostly would be leaks in the newspapers there are no official statements. and there are no proofs and to do the foreign office is not answering to our diplomatic notes with all the questions with almost sixty diplomatic notes still no answers so we don't have evidence and the british government is not ready to present anyth

in terms of sanctions and obviously they you relations with russia more economic relations with russia are more intense than the u.s. relations because you and the russia have economic alim are complimentary in the terms of the products they deliver show so even though the ruble may have plunged certainly over the last twenty four hours or so you don't see any long term major problems to be with the russian economy as a consequence of these sanctions no i don't think so as long as the doesn't jump on the band bang on a bend and continues to tighten the sanctions but i don't see this either like because many countries like australia also actually want to come improve their relations with russia and improve trade relations with russia because obviously we have have a lot to gain from that. and. it's a little bit strange that the american president is always talking about morals i mean i don't see. the president travels so much as a moralist see him more as a businessman and in effect he always says russian but i don't buy bad the russian gas by good american over the price of american ga

relationship with russia mr michael said depends on europe and russia finding a mutual agreement in progress when it comes to the minute's peace agreement on the continuing conflict in. praying so it seems that as the u.s. continues to isolate itself from longstanding such as you european union that could be no paving the way to new relationships with other countries to manage. political analysts that may call a medic of it thinks that nato may have to transform due to internal fractures what is changing now is first of all what donald trump has said during his political campaign that he felt that nader was obsolete i think you know the ripples of what donald trump centering his campaign on will his position is macro is getting good on time well with donald trump so i think he's testing this out on the american public don't forget that this is a very important for macro who is preparing the next european elections i don't think it means that it's going to be the end of nato but definitely do see that nato as an institution and dating back to nine hundred forty nine is cracking from

to be unique a conflict between the west and russia was a false in the beginning indeed prove that russia continues its illegal occupation unless russia continues its illegal border ization moving the occupation line forward the only way to talk to russia is through the position of the strings and calling this pay the spade ok but you could tell they were going to have to leave it there thank you very very much for your time ten years on then the war here in georgia far from forgotten back to her in town hall live in tbilisi john thank you for the perspective from russia on everything that's going on pavel felgenhauer joins us he's a defense and military analyst runs us now from moscow thank you very much for joining us so russia has said that joining nato as a bridge too far that is their red line. do you think that a war could happen again. well that's what the russian prime minister said basically that's been the russian position for some time that neither you or georgia need the ukraine either i don't know armenia served by john. belarus can join nato that totoo an acceptable and russ

reporting from russia's republic of chechnya. reporting next for you the democrats are looking for a new tool to counter a fake news online this time they're asking facebook to share data on its users so that they could maybe further what they think is the right information that they are and sees frequently accused russia of course of trying to influence voters in the twenty sixteen presidential elections but anyway. take a look at what's in this player. it's not as great as we want who might you hear that from a teacher checking your rest say your gym coach boss or a senior technology officer for the democrats talking about how well the likes of facebook are cooperating with their party as if catering to the d.n.c. was on the network's mission statement what would make mr krikorian happier we would love to do was give every campaign something like the weather report to tell every campaign what is being said on social media in the morning and how they can combat it i'll explain the dems won facebook to look for people who've been

russia was. the source of all publications. that's false and of course the latest that was talked about in washington is twelve russian intelligence officers who were said to have broken into the d.n.c. server and taken sensitive information to be passed on to julian assange and wiki leaks to be later published so hopefully with this kind of testimony that will now apparently be taking place sometime soon with the u.s. intelligence committee more lights can be shed in terms of setting the record straight. well human rights activist peter tatchell believes the senate's often maybe just an excuse to go after a science. i suspect that their motives are not purely about this issue of alleged russian interference in the us elections i think it's probably something much bigger and relating to the other materials that journalists aren't has published in the past i think they want to sneer he mean to somehow admitting or implying that he got information from russian sources that that seems to be the focus of their attention. and i thin

reporting from russia's republic of chechnya. but of this we are the first two episodes in the series about two russian sisters found in the iraqi orphanage and also a woman convicted eight years in prison on terrorism charges after following her husband to syria and case you missed them if you want to catch up with them again maybe you can find them on our sites on our you tube channel streaming whenever you want to. also this morning democrats are looking for a new tool to counter fake news online now they're asking facebook to share data on the users so that they can be fed what they say is the right information the d.n.c. is frequently of course accused rusher of trying to influence voters back in the twenty's sixteen presidential election next the new patrol takes a look at what's in this but. it's ok not as great as we want who might you hear that from a teacher or checking to rest say your gym coach boss or a senior technology officer for the democrats talking about how well the likes of facebook are cooperating with their