>> up next on my conversation about russia's involvement in the middle east did we will hear about russian relations with persian gulf countries. oil and gas prices in the u.s. and european sanctions against russian oil companies. it is hosted by the jamestown foundation. >> good morning. i am mark katz, professor at cover politics at george mason university in please to be the moderator for this second session. we have two speakers. the first of them is my very old friend, dr. theodore kharrazi, who i recall i first met in 1991 in what was then the american association of slavic studies annual meeting and will never forget that one of the leading soviet of the day told us all in a general session that gorbachev was still in control. he was just about to pull the plug on yeltsin and all of his opponent. haven't heard much from him since then. [laughter] .. . >> worked with the state oil company. currently as a -- he is a senior fellow for energy policy at the very prestigious middle east institute. so today's panel and the crisis, russia, saudi, arabia and united arab emirates. we

they reported that russia started the conflict and said nothing about soccer surely opening fire on the night of the beginning of the olympics in beijing i talked to many people i've posted many things on the internet and letting people know the truth about what really happened now is. very carefree if i'm happy and by the council to pam ranting and in mt bing through friends maybe it's scary. and armor much of it but i know that i wouldn't want to sleep alone there's this one window in my room they sleep in there is like a crack in them but i would i would remember oh that's from the war center was afraid she was saying you know she was afraid that the suction really was going to be there and he was in the soldiers after us every year when we went back for several years she had those feelings. years after i believe that eventually other countries would learn to read. that georgia was at fault in this war especially after the european commission came out and said that georgia started the war. i thought for sure that other countries would follow suit with russia to recognize the inde

expired russia i maybe he's control of the case should all be free you. to be is steven seagal so much for the rational for. taking a closer look at the reaction to stephen said goals new role you know steven seagal from the action packed films he both played in and directed but he'll soon have a very different role to play the russian foreign ministry is named him special representative on the u.s. russia humanitarian ties i've always had a very strong desire to do all i can to help improve russian american relations i have worked tirelessly in this direction for many years on officially and i am now very grateful for the opportunity to do the same thing officially to go over sieved russian citizenship back in two thousand and sixteen when vladimir putin himself sets a goal up with a russian passport since then he's participated in everything from charity concerts to martial arts competitions in order to bring the u.s. and russia closer together and with relations between both countries at an all time low one might think anything to help the situation should be a breath of fresh

. about howlast time russia likes to exploit. it certainly does. like eveone else come of this conflict between saudi arabia, the uae, bahrain and egypt -- it is a strange one. generally wants to be on good terms with both sides because there is a lot of money involved, and the russians have become rather dependent on that. why don't we start with ted? >> thank you very much, mark. thank you very much for attending and thank you very foundation jamestown for making this possible. i want to take the next 10 minutes to talk about what i see as russia's financial tactics in the region and how it is related to the qatar crisis in 10 minutes. to main point that i want make is that russian tactics, at least financially in the region, have been ongoing since about 2007. this has been a developing toicy by the russian state get more involved financially within the gulf states and throughout the wider middle east region. i call this a north-south corridor of development between moscow and the gulf states. by thebeen picked up gulf states, particularly the lower gulf states. they use it

have heard from the a graphic and he's had a long and distinguished career and working on russia in the middle east often in the middle east. he's currently at gulf state analytics in washington and you will see him all over town next speaker is rauf mammadov who has worked with an oil company. currently as, use senior fellow for energy policy at the very prestigious middle east institute. so today's battle on energy gambits, russia, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. we talked last time about how, stephen talked about how rush likes to export conflicts and it certainly does. i think though like everyone else this conflict between saudi arabia, uae, bahrain and egypt on one end and qatar on the other, it's a strange one that russia generally wants to be on good terms with both sides because, in fact, there is a lot of money involved and the russians have become rather depend upon that. why don't we start with 202-748-8200 will speak for about ten minutes. thanks. >> thank you very much mark, thank you very much for attending, thank you very much to the jamestown foundation f

has repeatedly said he wants better relations with russia he did finally have his long sought summit with a lot of near putin both presidents called it a success the american political class and corporate media describe the helsinki summit as a failure and trump even worse are the united states and russia destined to be enemies forever. cross talking with a phobia i'm joined by my guest brian becker in washington he's the director of the answer coalition as well as host of loud and clear a daily news show on radio sputnik also in washington we have earl rescues and he is the executive vice president of the eurasia center and in managua we cross sudan like he is an adjunct professor of law at the university of pittsburgh as well as author of the plot to scapegoat russia all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it dan when did you finish writing your book the date. yes last last year like last so what what did you know that we didn't know then because it sounds like an absolutely perfect idol for the moment in the

effectiveness of u.s. sanctions against russia. this hearing just getting under way. >> include russia's standing military incursions in ukraine. abetting assad's atrocities in syria. conducting cyber-enabled information warfare activities and cyberattacks against the united states' critical infrastructure. including its malicious meddling in u.s. elections. and a host of other malign russian activities. the banking committee plays a leading role in developing any legislation that proposes the use of sanctions and financial pressure. more especially those measures involving financial institutions, sovereign debt and other financial instruments to address serious threats to the national security of the united states. just about one year on august 2, the president signed into law the countering america's adversaries through sanctions act of 2017. known as catsa. which is a authority for strengthening sanctions against russia and brand new authorities for secondary sanctions. it was this committee that put together the foundation for those sanctions and financial measures on russia and work

wants to improve relations with russia it seems that out washington doesn't really want that to happen. and the pennant journalist and former wall street journal correspondent joe lauria joins us live now for more on this what do you think is there any limit to how far the western powers will go to put pressure on russia. it doesn't seem to be so they keep finding new people and new companies or new things to sanction despite those nice words we heard the europeans are going along with that for the most part germany is really hard to understand why germany has a buying of americans gone along with this since it's her german interests more than anyone else is very convenient that the u.s. and the u.k. for example have very little trade with russia or business compared to germany and german businessmen have been against us from the beginning and of course merkel is trying to be a good u.s. . what can i say a good u.s. follower and a member of nato her we know that the n.s.a. has been bugging her so she wants to do what the americans want and this is really hurting her i think frankly but

the senate banking committee on sanctions against russia. senators asked about the effects they are having on the russian government and whether they were advancing u.s. foreign policy. this is two hours and 15 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. good morning. the committee will receive testimony from senior administration officials from departments of treasury and homeland security on the and effectiveness of the sanctions program currently in place against russia. the reasons for the sanctions include russia's standing military incursions in the ukraine, abetting atrocities in syria, conducting cyber warfare activities and attacks against the united states and its infrastructure. including meddling in u.s. elections. and a host of other maligned russian activities. the banking committee plays a role in developing any legislation that proposes the use of sanctions and financial pressure. especially those involving financial institutions and other financial instruments to address serious threats to the national security of the united states. , theabout one year ago president

about sanctions on russia and their effectiveness. the senate banking committee held this hearing earlier this week. [inaudible conversations] >> the hearing will come to order. this morning, the committee will receive testimony from senior administration officials. from departments of treasury, state and homeland security on the up limitation and effectiveness of the sanctions program currently in place against russia. the reasons for these sanctions include russia's standing military in ukraine, embedding the atrocities in syria, cyber information work for activities and cyber attacks against the united states critical infrastructure. including its malicious meddling in u.s. elections. a host of other malign russian activities. the banking committee plays a leading role in developing any legislation that proposes the use of sanctions and financial pressure. more especially those measures involving financial institutions, sovereign debt and other financial instruments to address serious threats to the national security of the united states. just about one year ago, on august 2, t

with russia and much much more. others' financial guy i don't buy a i pod on if you. think of the friday as of last summer buying from the future prescott was kaiser. of the moment. the u.s. imposes new sanctions on iran but gets pushback from the e.u. with brussels vowing to protect companies working with. bad laws claims of double standards emerge in the u.s. off the conservative activist twitter mimicking a controversial journalist like twitter for mimicking a controversial journalist whose racist tweets remained on the platform for years. in the city and becomes a bottleneck for african migrants strong to reach europe the government shuts down the route in exchange for a european union. the next hour for now though do you had. a story stay with us from looking at the latest setbacks in the u.s. russia relations what's going to u.k. of course. is that. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle on this edition of crossfire as we discuss whether detente is possible even desirable why isn't it a good idea to get along with russia and much mu

charlottesville rally which some republican lawmakers now blame on russia we are live there in moments. in the stories that shape the week moscow say any further tightening of u.s. sanctions is the precursor to economic war after washington announces new penalties over the poisoning of russian double agent. and his daughter in the u.k. . we meet a russian woman who faces imprisonment for terrorism after following her husband to syria where each joint. i told my husband that i want to go back that i couldn't believe that but the moment i started talking about it we had fights he told me if you want to leave leave but i will not let you take the kids away. with the top stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. international unwelcome our top story america's most notorious far right groups are gathering in washington d.c. along with country demonstrators it comes on the anniversary of the tragic unite the right to rally last year in charlottesville in the state of virginia there exactly one year ago a woman was killed when

other countries would follow suit with russia to recognize the independence of south said and i was very disappointed that they didn't. both. from the. last time we chased. each one of them carrying twenty kilos of drugs. first offense. is the very we i mean thing. they have this is the this is for me. it's me. i don't know maybe don't get a. break right. now more. join me every thursday on the alex so i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics. i'm show business i'll see you then. america was never great was founded on the rapes and the murders. nothing changed so we said all response to these situations that we're dealing with. people is sad every day she is just sad people kill each other blood for killing children. there was just no way that people were going to just sit back and allow children to see shot down law enforcement. this country doesn't work for us it doesn't function for us. this is can't be happening in america we call from the streets we've got to deal with why this is the reason i have to ride like this is the reason. people have to underst

. tonight church hill once called russia a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. that just as true today as it was then, perhaps even more so. >>> former u.s. ambassador michael mcfaul was there when russia and moscow hit the rocks and we got his insider take on putin and where it all went wrong. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. 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 is autocracy versus democracy. it is playing out all over the globe increasingly with authoritarian governments gaining places like poland, hungary, the philippines, turkey, all key u.s. allies. some even say donald trump himself remits the strong man syndrome. russia and america are again the main players locked in this struggle. as america's man in moscow under president obama, michael mcfaul had a ringside seat to all this action. he was the architect of the famous reset policy. but by the time he got to russia as ambassador, that idea was going up in smoke. mcf

russia gate it's a pretty it's a weapon that's all it's just a weapon of the establishment that they're trying to they're trying to use to keep their power and their relevance that city needs it's such an obvious scam i don't even know how anyone falls for it but hey that's the environment we're in properly not enough people are falling for it because trump's ratings are through the roof on the upside and the democrats are putting together any kind of opposition whatsoever now what does underline this political doraine threat michael kraig or its cable news ratings driven we've made that point on the show before it's just a part of natural of saturday that befalls the ruling class during a disintegration of empire how would you what would you put this sure ratings is is something that you know keeps it alive for sure but i definitely don't think that's the driver i think your second your second assessment is absolutely you know it's the nail on the head that's exactly what it is that's all it is needs to be seen in the context of a lot of different things but primarily essentially empir

join us. coulter will ann join us. >> next, a hearing on u.s. 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 of how ru

the story about what's going on in 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 to welcome you all and it is an honor to be here on stage w

>> state entries department officials testified on the u.s. relationship with russia and were asked about russian interference in elections. several senators reference the recent microsoft claim alleging a russian plot targeting conservative think tanks and institutions. the senate foreign relations committee is chaired by senator bob corker. [inaudible conversations] >> the foreign relations committee will come to order. we want to thank our witnesses for being here today for the second in a a series of hearins on russia. .. >> what other promises or assurances were made, we've received no real readout, even in a classified setting of this meeting. we like to understand the administration's assessment of a threat posed by russia to us, our allies and other countries and institutions around the world. finally, we need a better understanding of how russia sanctions this committee wrote last year on the senate passed by a vote of 98 to two despite strong objections from the white house are being implemented. russia has annexed crimea, occupied parts of georgia, interfered with electio

their parents had left russia to join i saw a correspondent in the coach of a spoke to those families to find out whether they've managed to move on after the tragic experience. so. if. a year ago two small sisters had caesar and fights hemo were brought back to their grandparents who at the time lost all hope of africa seeing them again they say they feel safe here in this house the sister salue can behave like any other child of their age despite their traumatic experience their playground as now the two rooms upstairs that were once home for their parents their grandfather on of our hasn't changed a thing since they left and now the girls play surrounded by things that once belonged to that if a black couple were while the oldest sister is open and active fight scene is quite close to often seeking the confort of her grandfather. she doesn't let me go anywhere she says had dad also left in the morning and never came back in the evening she tells me how the gas station where he worked. tells me how the plane has arrived and then left. on bar often speaks about the day in august twenty

nationalist a lot of them had different ideas some of them buy into this idea that russia is responsible for divisions in the usa but others do not i think the source of the division is there's always some hatred deep inside in some percentage of people i think. the source of it is just some of it is natural i think unfortunately going to give it a platform to let it expand it kind i think it can get easily out of hand so you buy in the idea that it's russia's falls that the people having the rally over there is somehow the fault of russia russian bought tacker facebook yet not even a little and why do you think that's so big in the mainstream media why are they pushing that so hard. that's a good question i don't know i think it kind of it's comforting to hear that this is russia's fault and not something that's been the wrong with america since the foundation of this country it's nice to say it's russia's fault go and it's trumps fault and that once trump is gone and once you know the elections are more secure and all races never fade away because the russian bots or the russian hackers ar

with. the battle for the syrian government and its main russia appear to be preparing for an all out offensive for the rebels it would likely be the last stand after more than seventy years of fighting beyond the military and human cost what will an assault on it live tell us about syria's future this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. syria's civil war may soon and but not without one final humanitarian crisis as the government of bashar al assad has reclaimed one city and region after another its opponents have been driven into smaller areas many are now considered traitors in the northern province of idlib recent statements from the government and the russia have hinted that a push to retake this last major rebel held area may begin soon we began with this report from stephanie decker who's just across the border from it live in the turkish city of antakya. all eyes now on the rebel held province of the syrian government has always said it was going to take it back and it seems an offensive is now imminent what form will this offensive take that remains the questio

in the headlines this morning facebook hundreds of pages groups and counseling to iran and russia for alleged political meddling. french interior ministry admits that a terror suspect allegedly involved in planning an attack was read by a court because of a bureaucratic failure. video of a british policeman apparently slapping a teenage girl during a rest. triggered big debate about what constitutes reasonable force doing a job. grown police officers can find a way of restraining a fourteen year old go back to. tellus fourteen year old girls just like anybody else plus as relations between the e.u. and the u.s. to to reiterate germany's foreign minister now suggesting the european alternative to the swift global payment system to give the block financial independence from u.s. pressure. by the good morning just turned eleven in the morning moscow time this thursday the twenty third of august as kevin i would hear it r t h q with this update first facebook recently launched a crusade against the spread of misinformation and fake news hundreds of pages it's claimed to rand and russi

i was planning on trying to build a team these. thousands of civilians fled to russia but not everybody managed to get there. many were killed on the way. the s.n.c. in this one capable of defending themselves on their own against the will to train georgian army people died instantly. the peacekeepers were surrounded and couldn't help. russia launch the operational force in georgia to peace the military were fighting their way through to relieve. back oh georgian kristen michel saakashvili claimed russia had a tank georgia my country soon sold if i was against russian aggression russian russian troops invaded georgia they've been bombing georgia from numerous warplanes and specifically targeting civilian population and did you take a gamble your government largest its own attempt to retake so sasha we didn't that . we didn't have the morning of the eights my wife calls me and says that they bombed a couple hundred meters away from her mother's house i remember. i was actually crying and afraid and thinking that if anything happens to my family i'm going to kill saakashvili. an

states says it will impose sanctions against russia over an arab agents attack on an x. spike in britain. the diplomatic spat between canada and saudi arabia gathers steam with canadian prime minister just exceed those speaking up over human rights. records former first lady arrives home after being granted amnesty and released from detention over her role in a civil war. there warm welcome to the program at least one palestinians been killed after israeli warplanes carried out air strikes in gaza the raids took place after dozens of rockets were launched from the palestinian territory into an israeli tank. will israel confirmed it has launched strikes targeting twelve hamas sites israel's military says thirty six walk it's of been fired into israel in the past few hours that it's managed to intercept several of them one hundred simmons's live in gaza for us and there and just give us everything that we know so far. it's quite a lot to go through all be brief as i can julie basically. all started with the launching of rockets fired into israel and sid roth was one of the targets

romania italy pakistan and russia it's unclear if those investigations have been closed. while many search engines exist google is certainly the eight hundred pound gorilla in the industry space earlier this year the european union fined google over five billion dollars related to charges the company was inappropriately dissing competitors by excluding them or placing them far down in search results the circumstances reminded us of the first major tech giant and i trust cases and we thought the subject deserved a little deeper dive in here to jump into the and i trust paul with us is andrea barlow of the firm doyle barlow and mazhar i'm very welcome we're glad to have you back with us you know most people had their computers back then they were microsoft computers and even if they weren't microsoft computers then the other computers had the microsoft word on it they had all the programs on it and then in one thousand nine hundred eight there was a really this big first court case take it from there all right the it's a fascinating case d.o.j. was alleging there that microsoft had a monopol

facebook hundreds of pages groups in a counseling to iran and russia for alleged political. for. the terror suspect allegedly involved in planning an attack was freed by a court because of the bureaucratic. video of a british policeman slapping a teenage girl during the rest. of this debate about what constitutes reasonable force to meet with. two grown place officers can find a way of restraining a fourteen year old go back to them. tell us fourteen year old girls just like anybody else. relations between the e.u. and the us to germany's foreign minister now suggesting a european alternative to the swiss global payment system to give the block financial independence from the u.s. pressure. hi there for good morning just after ten in the morning moscow time is thursday the twenty third of august welcome to the program watching out international with me kevin first facebook recently launched a crusade didn't it against the spread of misinformation and fake news and now it's banned hundreds of pages linked to iran and russia for what it describes a coordinated in authentic behavio

could double or triple that but now imagine if russia or china did something like this in light of nato country or something we would be you know exploding all our group politicians be losing their minds on t.v. if that was going on right now it's all based on this idea that there is no independent media that there is nothing that people in cuba have no access to anything that they have no idea how to get any information that isn't all pro cuban government and that's not true because there's a many there's like cyber cuba the r.d.o. de cuba are all critical of the government but available via internet on the island in fact just this week the telecommunications company of cuba wrote a test of their upcoming three g. capabilities and while it was slow and only allowed people like seventy megabytes to use for one day they were able to download videos they were able to go through music and news and have the internet write and download things from you tube which means they're getting there it's not an easy process but they're not trying to keep anybody out and most people on the island

america yourself and the current realities of russia what are some of the cultural and behavioral patterns that carry over. you know from from that time till now. i mean things that shock me that the so i won't things that shock you on things that are persistent. may reappear you know decades later oh you mean the what russia doesn't really have much of respect for law it's very interesting because americans are generally rule followers if there's a rule we don't even question it we simply get we stand in line we pick up our garbage. we just you know if there's a rule that says you need to have students do an evaluation then we don't even question it we just can't at the student evaluation i remember here for student evaluations teachers were scandalized the idea that students who didn't know anything would be evaluating them it would turn the entire system on its head and russians like to get around laws that they find annoying or inconvenient part of it is that i think because to do things the correct way is often very difficult if not impossible there is sometimes i'm reminded

russia better but that didn't mean that people didn't believe in it they believed in it because it's an ideology it's a post national ideology which these people want to implement by replacing the population in their crazy minds that's what they're doing ok we're all in it you know italy has been here very hard by this immigration crisis we can use that word i mean shouldn't italy on its own be able to decide what happens with inside its borders i mean why is it waiting for merkel ways and waiting for brussels why is it waiting for this summit that's going to happen in the weekend i mean italy's a sovereign country care it should take care of its people first particularly the unemployment a bit so you think it's critical right now go ahead roland and it and tell you have to decide for themselves go ahead well i did that is exactly what is happening now after the last elections of march for. the biggest issues to do right and we were in. need to lead and in fact the new government is blocking. ngo ship saying they're not democratically controlled the new government he's seeking it but th

rhetoric at least it's more transparent david you you mentioned russia is it really worth it for trump to go down this path that we had the helsinki summit i was critical of the president's delivery at the press conference like i was in singapore is well it's not his forte it's got to work on his game there and then he wanted another summit and then walked walked it back the russians and invited him to moscow why is this so important to him is it a campaign promise or is it just you know the media hates it when he does it and that he just pushes back to show that i am president i'm going to do what i want to do what is his fascination here go ahead david. well i think there is is all kinds of pressure on him to meet with and work with russia and to not do so and to treat russia as having attacked the united states and started a war and to engage in war with 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 stat

president all of that according to the guardian the woman fled to the office be russia's key security agency before being let go last year over security concerns they had lying the narrative the details looked spectacular in the scoop which was even projected to link to a spy ploy in washington d.c. itself or activities of stealing and sharing information could shed more light on how the russians were able to hack the twenty six thousand presidential election office of the d.n.c. except the secret service was. unimpressed by the reporting and no doubt of shame or embarrassment but because of the facts according to the media release within the agency the woman in question held the position of a foreign service national these employees have their duties outlined very strictly as by default the secret service views every one of them surprises as potential spies the woman's responsibilities were limited to things like translation cultural guidance administrative support and i don't mean to offend anybody here but this. sounds more like the job description of a tourist guide rather than a spy a m

russia to extradite solsbury attack suspect now with the russian embassy said it's going to happen is putin to take them in they were obviously killed by russia it's a great story a few small problems russia absolutely denies involvement to this point secondly there's been no legal proof whatsoever about who did it and thirdly we don't know who they want to extradite they say there are some suspects here but i didn't hear very categorical is about to do it and the russian embassy by the way a term of recording have said that they've never heard of any of this well that doesn't really surprise me because this is the continuing smoke and mirrors that we've seen ever since the event took place there are plenty of people who aren't pro russia who are simply saying we have no evidence for this whatsoever who are you going to extradite if you have no solid evidence at all and for ministers to say well we actually have information we can't share it that's not how the law is meant to work in this country i should just say jeremy scahill of the intercept of the new coding is mentioned in the s

thousands. did you hear of any people being killed in russia or in oland or in germany or in france or in britain yes if as palestinians across the line you cannot is them you can arrest them you don't have to open gunfire and we have pictures of israeli soldiers killing our kids and our boys and girls and then celebrating grabbing. their happiness these are war crimes these are murderers i cannot accept any pretext other than saying that they defending how can they defend themselves to use a pretext of such massacres i think the message is very clear i think the message is telling palestinians we're here to stay as you're occupiers we're going to block it get there we're going to continue our control no it's back we're going to continue our settlements we have the full support of this american administration that i'm administration which is really throwing the whole world thought chaos and lawlessness and axiom ism and its actions and then those nations where there are one hundred ninety four nations on earth not a single nation without a problem in its social demographic fabric or ge

lawmaker claimed that russia was behind the events in two thousand and seventeen i said in a closed session briefing probably two months ago about charlottesville with the director of the f.b.i. amongst others and asked if russian intermeddling had to do with fomenting the flames of what happened in charlottesville i was told yes it did but he says he got it from an f.b.i. briefing which was not classified now look if he has information if the f b i has information i'd love to hear it so what erica but it seems kind of bizarre to me that a congressman who says he's not running for reelection because he's having personal problems all of a sudden with a couple of months left in his term takes the opportunity on c.n.n. which will do anything to bash trump and to accused russia of anything like use to even the food in a restaurant he knows something that nobody has ever heard of until this point that that was russia's fault last year well then let's go where is the information if it's not classified tell us everything you found out so i don't i don't believe there is information let's s

his new role as a mediator between russia and the us we'll have a look at the details on that just after the break. i they gave his camera. roughly once they showed some leave for them. to joan cool videos and sell them with the broken string i have to. find out more on string i don't rightly don't t.v. . i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the ultra rich eight point six percent market so thirty percent of your somewhat four hundred to five hundred trade per second per second and that one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars ai industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember one one doesn't show you can't afford to miss the one and only boom. and welcome back now the action movie star steven seagal has been appointed the russian foreign ministry special representative on humanitarian ties between moscow and washington the move was

most recent book, "the road to unfreedom: russia, europe, america" come he turns his attention to the 21st century after having the depth of the 20th century. "the road to unfreedom" is an account of the vertical areas of europe and the united states, how they intersect with each other, how they affect each other and how they are informed or driven by common historical patterns and ideas. when fear of the weight of the 20th century in his account of the 21st century so far and is often a heavyweight about the realities of fascism, about the power of unpleasant ideals and unpleasant factors and what i found to be remarkable insights that they are defending it pretty well, but he brings to them a link that provides still greater reunification. clearly an important one. it is a very great pleasure to have you here. he's going to come up to the podium to speak for a while. probably 30 to 45 minutes in he and i will have a short conversation and then bring you into the conversation through questions as well. let's have a round of applause. [applause] >> thank you or do much for being here.

controversial issues well on the issue of ukraine of course russia and the west have been at loggerheads over the annexation of crimea and the progression separatist continuing to battle the ukrainian army in the east of the country is there any chance of a resolution here can merican actually send a u n troop u n mission to the region but as usual it's always it always comes down to the details russia doesn't really want you and troops to control the border area but germany is pressing for this we are no longer talking about the conflict in crimea of course that led to a frozen conflict between germany and russia this is about finding a solution in eastern ukraine and we'll see just how much progress they can make in these talks now. do stand by we will be coming back to you shortly a quick reminder for our viewers if you're just joining us now we're waiting for a statement by american blood emir poutine who will be speaking to the press before their bilateral meeting here in germany just north of berlin and we'll be bringing you their statements live when they do take place

it kind of it's comforting to hear that this is russia's fault and not something that's been the wrong with america since the foundation of this country it's nice to say it's russia's call to go and it's trump's fault and that once trump is gone and once you know the elections are more secure and all races never fade away because the russian bots or the russian hackers are no longer influencing people to be racist but that's not true it's just a nice story you can tell yourself say this racism and this is the white supremacy the united states is not the fault of the united states the fault of rush hour you know whatever else now when it comes to that rush russia question the crowd is not unified but they are unified in denouncing these forces that are assembled in front of the white house there are a lot of signs invoking memories of what happened one year ago in charlottesville there are a lot of signs invoking the black lives matter movement in opposition to police brutality we're seeing a lot of different political forces represented out here community organizations school gro

pay if red lines crossed the british foreign secretary urges more sanctions against russia for going visit to washington d.c. as the us treasury hints at further punitive measures over moscow's quote malign activity. we can bring even more economic pain to bear and we will not hesitate to do so if its conduct does not demonstrably and significantly change. microsoft claims russian hackers are at it again by targeting u.s. senate and conservative think tanks but while listing the supposed cold hurts the tech giant took the chance to push its own products. and as the syrian army gears up to retake the rebel held unplayed of it live western media outlets warn of a civilian massacre the same outlets though fail to mention that much of the area is under the control of hardline islamist groups accused of war crimes. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. sanctions was definitely the buzz word in washington tuesday with yet more calls to tighten restrictions against russia over a series of issues for which moscow is being

fake news it's now banned hundreds of pages linked to iran and russia for what it describes as coordinated in authentic behavior including shared and appropriated political content as reports. thanks for joining us but franco with your latest news in the world of social media facebook and twitter have gotten rid of suspicious accounts spewing fakes and propaganda from iran the troll factories not only after the minds of the americans but users all over the world it's claimed to be run by iran's government media. not us at this by. some of them through. facebook already enables users to check if they've been exposed to russian vaults and trolls from an apparent russian troll factory how many trolls does it take to incite i've evolution scores of so-called russian bots took over twitter and facebook and all sessional networks russian trolls have been accused of infiltrating facebook well some stories never seem to die well this facebook slash twitter online police raid is an actual news story this week yeah you can take plenty of the earlier reports replace the word russia with i