with russia. completion of this transaction would be devastating. not only does the program in which the west has placed its air capability, but it would potentially rupture turkish interoperability with nato, a key aspect. let's be clear, the s 400 is a russian system designed to shoot down an aircraft. it is inconceivable to imagine russia not taking advantage of that opportunity. russia's largely uncontested intervention in syria has rippling ramifications across the fence relationships and facilitated one of their key goals. undermining nato cohesion. russiaeuropean partners remains an unreliable partner by striving to accommodate the regional disputes russia shows that cannot be trusted when should choices need to be made and friends need to be known. unlike the relationship with united states, it comes with long-term commitments of maintenance and interoperability that the united states routinely provides. russia is a transactional partners seeking its own benefits, it thrives in chaos and t

but russia isn't north korea. mr valinsky, when you go home, you can speak to newspapers, there are certain radio stations that will put you on air. it's not north korea. i can speak to one newspaper into one radio station. i can't make that kind of interview on russian television. it's not possible at all, at all. that's why i was taking part in the so—called presidential elections, to be able to say something to the people. now, secondly, what i want to say, not only problem with opinion polls but also sometimes it happens that, for a long time, you are, looks like a complete failure in politics. mr churchill was in that position some time. so you're are saying to me, your time is yet to come, despite the fact you've been in politics for the last 30 years? what i want to say, my time, i'm not sure, but the time for my ideas will come. let's think about russia's status one more time, let's think about what we see and again, you say surveys aren't important. to me, they sometimes can be telling. 70% of russians

russia will sanction and as a response to those same russia would try to interfere in the elections. even at that time putin was establishing contact with the head of italy's far right leg a north party my tail so the me now in a high position in the italian government. 5 years later with the european election approaching salvini is promoting closer cooperation between the right wing populist parties including germany's a.f.d. . and remember if we join salvini struck her look penn and others in one big group will have the political clout that a lone warrior doesn't have to form policy and the company took the a.f.d. decided to take a pro russian stance falling in line with all other european right wing populist they rejected western sanctions against russia over its interference in the conflict in eastern ukraine and after 5 years of building alliances with europe's right wing extremists moscow scored a victory among the key operators were various shadowy figures such as manual oxen . in november 2014 he was photographed in eastern ukraine together with a frenchman victoria lanta an

/russia relations. prepared talking points and briefing memos on russia and proposed that candidate trump meet with president vladimir putin in moscow. in communications with the campaign officials, page also repeatedly touted his high level contacts in russia and his ability to forge connections between candidate trump and senior russian government officials. for example, on january 30th, 2016, page sent an email to senior campaign officials stating that he had spent the past week in europe and had been in discussions with some individuals with close ties to the kremlin who recognized that trump could have a game-changing effect in bringing the end the new cold war. the emails stated that through his discussions with these high-level contacts, page believed that a direct meeting in moscow between mr. trump and putin could be arranged. page closed the email by criticizing u.s. actions on russia. grand jury redaction. on march 21st, 2016, candidate putin formally and publicly identified page as a member

russia hits back at u.s. claims that it is probably conducting nuclear tests in the arctic calling the allegations baseless. and the magic surgery in a knife crime in london leads in some of the somali community to send their children to east africa to live in study. they feel for the safety. they feel safe it's. themselves it's created very dangerous for you. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our international and sean thomas with us aren't a busy british court has postponed an extradition hearing for julian assange is after the health of the wiki leaks founder sharply deteriorated a song he is currently in prison in london are spying boyko has more. the extradition hearing isn't taking place any longer today the sound was actually meant to be here in person he was meant to pair via video link but he's not even well enough to appear via video link 10 minutes on has been moved to the hospital waiting all belmarsh prison that's up to a maximum security prison where 7 out of 53 eccentric

parliament and takes a clear stance on russia. continuing the policy of sanctions punishes europe and our own farmers as much as russia but suicide. observers say russia seeks to expand its influence in europe by supporting right wing populist leaders as well as their extremist voter base. these sort of the idea is to fan the flames constantly with gasoline and as people who already stood up against each other well it's by remaining propaganda a propaganda aimed at fracturing our society. in france the yellow vests protests against the populists room to maneuver almost every weekend people take to the streets of france to demonstrate. a court proceeding in this southern polish city has thrown unexpected light on russia suppose it methods of peddling its influence to europe's right wing base the defendant is michelle p a right wing radical on trial for terrorism since early 2019. he's accused of having organized an arson attack in neighboring ukraine. specifically in western ukraine home of many ukrainian citizens from the hungary

if you look this was all about russia, russia, russia. they don't talk about russia anymore because it turned out to be a hoax. it was all a hoax. and then they say, gee, he fought back, isn't that terrible? he fought back. of course i fought back because it was a false accusation, a totally false accusation and it's a disgrace and it's a very -- it's a very sad period for this country. i think in the end i will consider what's happening now to be one of my greatest achievements, exposing this corruption. [ inaudible question ] >> i don't see how they can because they're possibly -- although i can't imagine the courts allowing it. i've never gone into it. i never thought that would even be possible to be using that word, to me it's a dirty word, the word impeach. it's a dirty, filthy, disgusting word and it had nothing to do with me. so i don't think so because there was no crime. you know, high crimes and -- not with or or -- it's high crimes and misdemeanors, there was no high crime and no misdemeanor. how do you impeach based on that?

has in venezuela from russia's standpoint the russia's ambassador to the u.s. he said he doesn't understand why these discussions go on going through the correct channels the correct diplomatic channels from the u.s. point of view they've made it absolutely clear that they do not trust the way that russia is doing its nuclear testing and developments and the question is are they going to be able to sort out this latest batch behind closed doors or are we going to continue to see them wash their dirty laundry in public. well international affairs commentator jonathan steele believes the us all to provide evidence to support its allegations but if they said there is strong evidence there's convince you know. just to say. it is true very. it's based on intelligence which is. well this is. us unilateralism i mean if you come on to the again you think it's the same story is good should be done. at a press conference which everybody else christian. statement. of. intelligence assessment. of the. u.s. special counsel robert muller did in his resignation 2 years after

on his 1st trip to russia the u.s. secretary of state might compel arrives for talks with his counterpart sergei lavrov finding the long lasting suspicions between the 2 countries. but as little brand a u.s. police raid on a former embassy in washington d.c. a violation of international law activists in the compound saying they are trying to prevent an illegal takeover a u.s. military school publishes a decades long history of washington's intervention in other countries by some as a guide. and a saudi arabian ship is counted by protests in european courts failing to pick up in arms to liberate the activists say could be used to kill civilians in yemen. you're watching aren't international bringing you your live news update from our studio here and moscow welcome to the program. ready to fight suspicion and prejudice those were the words of russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov as he welcomed the u.s. secretary of state to the black sea resort city of sochi during my company's 1st official visit to the country both s

and russia over nuclear testing claims in the arctic short. this in petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing the key economic issues facing russia emerging markets the world thousands of business community members attend a forum to address today's final issues. or just actual forum coverage on r.t. . in orwell the state puts the surveillance cameras in. our present day for a well 19 eighty-four dystopian nightmare we put in the cameras we install the cameras on the nest cameras on our doors and our mantle pieces on spying devices in our hands and in our homes with another of these mass surveillance technologies that's the difference between orwell and today it is the worst nightmares would never think that we will imprison ourselves. russia's foreign ministry house firmly denied us allegations that moscow is probably conducting tests of low yield nuclear weapons in the arctic on there by violating its legal obligatio

which took us for our position russia's position and answering your question why russia holds this but your specific position on supporting the dialogue and and resulting all the shiz by the historian people themselves. this weapons this position is based on the fact that you cannot impose democracy on somebody by force. the threats are coming. it's coming from the officials the u.s. officials yes but you know where you're coming from mr b. why do this where you constantly reminds us of his right to invite a military intervention from the outside this has nothing to do with democracy we all remember what happened 20 years. 22003 most of. them would you do we've heard in me 22003 how george bush sad that there is no democracy in iraq and we remember how. 2011 it was said that. more. market after he was. basically gone. and now there's democracy in libya and we all know 1st hand what kind of democracy now exists either in iraq and in libya we know that nothing good came out of it all of this after it's. russia 26 general that you can all of us. in the past have one question is to build m

russia hits back at u.s. claims that it's probably conducting nuclear tests in the arctic dismissing washington's allegations as baseless. seeking safety a dramatic surge in knife crime in london leads some in the somali community that had to send their children to east africa and live and study. the field for the city for 2 of those children they fear of safety. themselves it's pretty very dangerous for them. called for impeachment to declarations of case closed counsel robert moses final settlement from russian investigation proved to be no less polarizing than the report itself. although from moscow called embraer the r.c.a. news room in the russian capital with the world news this hour a 1st for you a british court house put the end of an extradition hearing for julian a songs after the health of the wiki leaks founder shopping deteriorated in london's belmarsh prison he was then placed under medical supervision reporting from westminster magistrates court. exhibition hearing isn't taking place any longer

and russia. would have to clearly have the upper hand in any deal he would have to look as if he and the united states come out the big. that's a really interesting question because the fact is you're right you're completely wrong to me the only way because of the fact that so many people in america bizarrely think that trump is somehow compromised by russia which in turn has forced him to be far more hardline and russia than his predecessor but i hope obama was which is probably why. the election my main benefit russia overall at the point is that the only way to is going to be able to get it through with russia is if it looks like a complete victory for the united states and also that's probably going to be on except the bill in the in moscow so i mean as i said earlier what they're basically trying to do here in russia as far as i can see as far as the russian russian expert community and you know political class are saying is to try to stop relations getting any worse because as i mentioned l

and russia that was a speech that we just saw by the u.s. defense intelligence agency director left and general robert ashley at the hudson institute in washington and he was talking about moscow's questionable approach when it comes to nuclear testing and they say that it's helped russia enhance new warheads now what we have seen is russia categorically denying that they violated anything to do with that accord and perhaps on this occasion the russians have a point they have got the backing of an organization called the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty that the c t b t a bit of a mouthful there exactly that the question is where's the hard evidence this time it has been backed up let's have a quick listen to. the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization has full confidence in the ability of the international monitoring system to detect nuclear test explosions here when we have seen this language time and time again but on this occasion now we've seen. the words like probably russia probably not adhering to an international tr

trump responded to questions about possible connections to russia by denying any involvement in russia even though the trump organization had pursued a business project in russia as late as june, 2016. trump also expressed skepticism that russia had hacked the emails at the same time he and other campaign advisors privately sought information redaction about any further planned wikileaks after election question persisted about possible links and russian trump campaign. president-elect continued to deny any connections to russian privately expressed concern the reports of russian election interference might lead the public to question his legitimacy of his election. press reports alleged links between trump campaign in russia. june 16, 2015, donald j trump declared his intent to seek nomination as a republican candidate for president. by early 2016, he distinguished himself among republican candidates by speaking of closer ties with russia saying he would get along well with russian president battle mayor pruden questioning whether nato alliance was obsolete and praising putin as a stro

too much dependence on china economically expensive russia -- at the expense of russia. there is a concept of division of labor. anda can provide economics, russia can provide politics and security. this is seen by many as a flawed concept from the beginning. it is unlikely that china would like to provide only the economic role. years, sooner or later, china would like to andide a future security in centralenefits asia. we can already see it happening in pakistan. how touite an issue actually make this interest meat. there is general understanding and russia that cooperation is the best, at least trying to find how we can cooperate and contribute everyone should be on the agenda, at least at the top political level. again, it is not going to be easy. it is a very difficult task. i think the russian government understands well it is not going to be easy. just still better than .aking some balancing acts actually, a lot of countries, including central asian countries want infrastructure, want major powers to provide more incentives and to cooperate. >> great. let's open i

secretary of state saying the reason for telling it russia's ready to fully restored between. talks between the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov which were described as being productive in. the u.s. police raid on his former embassy in washington d.c. a violation of international law and the compound trying to prevent an illegal takeover. the u.s. military school publishes a decade's long history of washington's interventions in other countries. saudi arabian ship is hounded by protests the european ports failing to pick up an arms delivery that activists say could be used to kill civilians in yemen. for joining us to see this is. ready to restore relations russia's president vladimir putin said that moscow is willing to resolve pressing issues that stop productive dialogue with washington his words follow a 3 hour face to face meeting between russia's foreign minister. american counterpart branded frank and detailed by both sides. there is a capability. we also want to restore relations with the u.s. i hope all the conditions for that are now being created this by the e

effort to speed russia's f.s.b. yes indeed. this is will still be beautiful the border force of russia small aside i was about to say i was in domodedovo airport just last week and you see the guys they look at your passport very nice smiley generally and. they are in fact another face of the f.s.b. slightly less formal than the marching you do mr job number less keeping the borders safe here didn't going to be the same thing will disable innocent people as will the story. do the same job for the country of interesting lee right now marching across the red square. these servicemen over a brigade where i happen to spend a couple of like around a month or so which was part of my military education and it has one of the largest you know drill drill sites in all of russia for example for example the famous tank biathlon. competition takes place on the territory of the brigade the same thing to me was the rest of the world it rushes to the top by often competition oh it's something it's basically it collects a number of

russia today isa system of mafia state. russia today is a kind of a mafia state. right, but in the mid— 90s 30% of russians lived in poverty, now it's down to 1296 lived in poverty, now it's down to 12% or 13%. russia's people measure the reality of putin pass russia today against what they remember of that chaotic. and frankly they still stick with putin today. yes, this is right, but it doesn't mean that this is their choice forever. it is interesting to compare along the strong propaganda. it is the understandable outcome of that. but you can recall what happens in europe in the 1930s with italy, with mousseline e, for example. i'm not thinking about germany. it's a very special case. but let's speak about italy, let speak about mussolini, everybody was so happy with him, everybody was so happy with him, everybody was so happy with him, everybody was voting for him, everybody was voting for him, everybody was voting for him, everybody was supporting him. western countries were so happy because there was no unemployment, economic growth. but that is the way to

. >> and phil, he keeps calling it the russia hoax. still, he's talking about the russia hoax. you saw some of his tweets today. >> yeah, i think if you look at this, quickly, you look at the president has asked, or the u.s. government has asked the british to extradite someone who was involved in that election activity. that is julian assange. now we have another country that has a dozen people in its military intelligence service involved in subverting american democracy and the president, who has obviously the department of justice below him can't even say, what about the 12 people we have under indictment. his question for himself is, i wasn't implicated in the report, therefore, it doesn't matter. so putin gets a get out of jail free card, and the gru, the russian intelligence service says, let's bring on the next round, 2020. >> that's the concern, maybe because the president was silent, putin will say, let's do some more. >> every intelligence service has said that the russians are planning to do this again. but this goes back to the president always equating the russia

russia didn't help me at all. russia, if anything, i think, helped the other side. do you think the media helped hillary clinton get elected? she didn't make it, but you take a look at collusion between hillary clinton and the media. barabara plett usher by washington, why now this? and why so aggressive? i think he isjust why now this? and why so aggressive? i think he is just very frustrated that this continues to overshadow his presidency and cannot get rid of this so when there was no delusion with russia and the findings, they did not charge him with obstruction of justice, he did not charge him with obstruction ofjustice, he said ok, fine. but then robert mueller came back and had his public statement and that reignited the whole thing. not to mention most americans and many americans will have seen the public statement by robert mueller in which he essentially says that donald trump had not been exonerated from charges of obstruction and the reason he was not charged was because it was not an option because he was a sitting president, so donald trump came bac

present in the middle east in syria russia is defending looking after its bases which are for russia independent from turkey. which are for the russian conception important yes i understand it it's a defensive position at the end but there think russia could be much more active towards a solution of this conflict and should act together with the americans i have in mind still. of one conviction it's not proven i know but if the russians and be americans. it would have acted in very beginning over the entranced syrian crisis and if advent time lovers off and kerry would have gone to damascus and told bush to please stop your behavior be quiet i think we would hold and would not have got to see a real conflict and the civil war we've in syria and i think invest been someone who has been telling to both to moscow and to washington please steyn from acting there ok well i mean there are a lot of have not owing to your making the a lot of points you're making there obviously in syria as far as the moscow another in beijing and they consider the war one against nature powers in syria and y

russia, russia, russia. russia has disappeared because i had nothing to do with russia helping me get elected. but the president tried to clean up that part about russia helping him get elected. >> russia did not get me elected. i got me elected. russia, if anything, i think, helped the other side. >> reporter: here's the reality. a 2017 u.s. intelligence community report stated, we assessed putin and the russian government had a clear preference for president-elect trump. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. >> reporter: the president appeared sickened by the idea of being impeached. >> it's a dirty word, the word impeach. it's a dirty, filthy, disgusting word and had nothing to do with me. >> reporter: even as democrats are using the "i" word more and more. >> i think we should open up an impeachment inquiry. that's a more direct name to the oversight we were already involved in. >> repor

and in soviet russia, 1914 to 1917. we have two revolutions in 1917. russia is becoming a failed state, in a sense, by 1917 and 1918. in 1918, the inevitable civil war. the bolsheviks were trying to hold onto power. the reds. and on the periphery, the white armies are trying to dislodge them from power. the lights will inevitably or eventually be unsuccessful. for a time the whites control the grain growing regions of russia and the reds led by lenin and trotsky, control a small piece of territory. people in the cities of soviet russia starved in 1918 and particularly 1920. to add all of these problems the war revolution and civil war, the bolsheviks have an idea when they come in to wipe out the free market. in other words to prevent peasants from trading their surplus grain. the bolsheviks began requisitioning grain. the idea is they are a communist government. trade should be outlawed under a communist regime. so this as well forces peasants to stop planting grain because they know it's going to be confiscated. the h

then there is russia. as a fellow arctic councilmember, russia, the other arctic states have fruitfully cooperated in a number of areas. expansive conservation efforts, those are to be applauded. we want cooperation to continue. but we cannot have one side cooperate and the other side derogate its duties. we are concerned about russia's claim over the international waters of the northern sea route, including the newly announced plans to connect it with the china's maritime silk road. in the northern sea route, moscow already illegally demands other nations request permission to pass, requires russian maritime pilots to be aboard foreign ships, and threatens to use military force to sink any that fail to comply with their demands. these provocative actions are part of a pattern of aggressive russian behavior in the arctic. and russia is already leaving snow prints in the form of army boots. russia formally announced its intent to increase military presence in the region in 2014, when they reopened the cold

there is nothing legal whatsoever about russia's action. it's an early test for ukraine's new president, volodymyr zelensky, who was sworn in on monday. mr volker said he believed mr zelensky would stand up to moscow on this issue and others. some critics fear he might be more accommodating to russia than the previous incumbent. mr zelensky himself said that by allowing the servicemen and boats to return, russia could send the signal on stopping the conflict with ukraine in a civilised way. we will see, he said, what path the kremlin chooses. danny aeberhard, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. exit polls in the irish republic suggest voters have overwhelmingly backed reforms to make it easier to divorce. at the moment couples need to wait four years before they can divorce. in the referendum, voters were asked to remove time frames and to allow parliament to decide the issue. if approved, the new rules would halve this time. cyril ramaphosa has taken the oath of office in pretoria, beginning his first full term as president o

out of fear of provoking russia. we worked against pipeline projects that would further expand vladimir putin's influence. we strengthened reforming nato so the alliance can present a united front. we approve russia's noncompliance with the inf and walked away from a treaty that moscow had turned into a sham. the trump administration has, over russian objections, twice, and forced president obama's redline in syria after asad's use of chemical weapons. with respect to election security congress appropriated hundreds of millions of dollars in state governments to shore up their systems. the administration increased information sharing, department of homeland security and cooperation with the states and according to press reports the department of defense expanded its capabilities and authorities toward cyberthreats to our democracy. no longer do we just hope moscow respects our sovereignty. these are a few examples and there is evidence there having an effect. we had the 2018 midterm elections. we just had the 2018 mi

russia knew that iran was coming in, because iran had already been in there when russia intervened in the fall of 2015. that iran would provide essentially first class infantry to make up for the problems of the assad fighting forces such as hezbollah movement out of lebanon and some of the maliciousas -- mr. castro: in the fact we disagree on assad, what other differences between the united states and russia with respect to syria? as far as the administration's concerned. is that the totality of our differences? mr. jeffrey: basically it is the future of the assad regime. we think that this regime needs to subject itself to the u.n. process, free and fair elections, a new constitution or reformed constitution, and a nationwide cease-fire. we think that that is a political result that will meet russia's interests and meet ours. we're still trying to persuade them of that. r. castro: i yield back. >> the chair recognizes himself for five minutes. just building on the gentleman from texas' inquiry. i assume one of the things the russians also want is to maintain and expand their naval b

russia hits back at u.s. claims that it's probably conducting nuclear tests in the arctic dismissing washington's allegations as baseless. and the dramatic surge in knife crime in london leads some in the somali community to send their children to east africa to live and study. the field for the safety of those children they fear diffs safe it's. themselves it's creativity into the for the. eye there was life news 247 this is r.t. international money in the moscow newsroom with your update this hour thanks very much for joining us a british court has postponed an extradition hearing for julian a songs off of the health of the wiki leaks founder shoppy to terry aerated in london's belmarsh prison where he's been placed under medical supervision playboy reports from westminster magistrates court. the extradition hearing isn't taking place any longer today the sound was actually meant to be here in person he was meant to pair via video link but he's not even well enough to appear via video link 10 minutes on she

this is all about russia, russia, russia. they don't talk about russia anymore. it turned out to be a hoax. back, isn'tfought that terrible? of course i fight back. it was a false accusation. a totally false accusation. it is a very sad period for this country. in the end, i will consider what is happening now to be one of my greatest achievements. exposing this corruption. arerter: do you think they going to impeach you? president trump: i don't see how. they are possibly allowed. i can't imagine the courts allowing it. i never thought that would be possible. to me it is a dirty word, the word impeach. it is dirty, filthy, disgusting. it has nothing to do with me. i don't think so. it is high crimes and misdemeanors. there was no high crime and there was no misdemeanor. how do you impeach from that? it came out there was nothing to do with russia. the whole thing is a scam. it is a giant presidential harassment. honestly, i hope it goes down as one of my greatest achievements. corruption that nobody knew existed. reporter: [indiscernible] president trump: i thin

state secretary to work through russia. to help ukraine russia and we know how difficult it is to work between our 2 to work out the problems between our 2 countries and we both want to resolve many of the issues that we have. and. that we can continue our conversation and our diplomats will be able to work. in an open manner assured on the basis of the vienna accords and those are slow to and we hope that there will be nobody interfering in the in this conversation in this political conversations. and i'd like. to remind you how 933 president. roosevelt and. russia's ambassador libyan officials exchange notes where the diplomatic notes where they agreed to. the show that exclude any kind of interference. in domestic affairs of each country and this was actually launched and initiated by the us so i hope that we can proceed in this fashion can see we have some disagreements on this issue i promise not to go back to history from the early thirty's. but i made clear to foreign minister lavrov as we've made clear for the past

they're accused of breaching russia's maritime border. but the judges backed kiev on its key demands. by 19 votes to one, the russian federation shall immediately release the 2a detained ukrainian servicemen and allow them to return to ukraine. ukraine's deputy foreign minister hailed the outcome. for us, this is a pure victory. how russia will act, this is not a matter of this tribunal. this is up to russia, how to release, what kind of actions to do. but the main thing is that they have to do this immediately. russia, like ukraine, is a signatory to the un convention on the law of the sea, but it said the court had no jurisdiction in this case and declined to participate. the united states special representative for ukraine acknowledged that russia was unlikely to comply. of course, families in ukraine of the sailors and the public opinion generally is very concerned about the fate of the savouries and russia is using this as a pressure point. there is nothing legal whatsoever about russia's action. it's an early test for ukraine's new

russia is interested in how to save russia and euro economic relations. and the economic partnership it has with many countries in the european union. could -- the neal arms treaty? as i understand, russia has chinased the topic with the-- how have we not seen -- until the chinese part? talks with china -- step with chinese partners. on.crisis is going russia is going forward to. [indiscernible] i do not see that. russia would criticize china in not joining the treaty although russia would like to update new arms control and regime -- as far as i am concerts. our military experts also to be part of the foreman. so i guess this is the picture that we have now and russia , russiave -- well thinks that it would be better for everyone if we negotiates but ate arms control this stage there is nothing we can really do. action we canar do now basically. and the last thing about the standards in the arctic -- this is an adjusting question because china -- has grown and china would like to step up its presence and even if you look at the maps, you will see this is

the roots of today's tensions can be found in russia's recent history. presidents gorbachev and reagan start of the process of dismantling the iron curtain. me as office and as you say i don't see any threat for us from the west for the troops withdrew from east to the europe peacefully they were dismantling their own and by it. was the end of the cold war years of isolation and separation from the west were at and then the berlin wall fell to jubilation in the west. boris yeltsin russia's 1st elected leader transformed the country from the one party's for his system to multi-party democracy. so what went wrong the way the west treated russia would play a powerful role in the course the country would follow my good friend alexander bono expert at the carnegie moscow center has been considering these issues for a long time. but it would. or. not the why are you going on there i just knew. our stock income because of walsh that option which. is going yeah because of dollars at last you see. this one nurse says. anything near city or similar simply things t

on russia there russia is not a monolith there are high level officials in russia that are not definitely not pleased with how some people are handling the vanessa in russia it is in the very interest of russia and china to restore democracy in venice well because the fact of the matter is that russia or china will never get its investment back under the regime it will have an open and frank discussion with the democratic forces in the future once democracy at the store for its good work kids political advisor to get its way liz opposition leader born go to francisco we've taken the time to talk with this. we talk again soon thank you. thank you for having me here. israel today marked its annual holocaust. day the nation came to a standstill as people paused to remember the six million jews murdered by the nazis during world war two. this comes amid the largest spike in enticement of violence in decades experts say part of the reason is that memories of the holocaust are fading now there's a new project with an innovative way to keep those memories alive assman is here to tell us more cor

and russia who do not recognize cos when it's bad. or right here's the panel for today to discuss things with starting in belgrade with. a former politician now head of the forum for ethnic relations in london it's very associate director of the consultancy group control risks with a focus on central and southeastern europe and finally in berlin is both a very senior associate of the democratization policy council and a specialist on kosovo serbia relations i thank all of you for joining us today i want to start and i'm asking a lot here i know but i want us to look at this. latest incident in isolation outside of the history between the 2 countries i know there is so much history but still let's look at this incident start with you to shine kosovo has said it is about corruption it is about organized crime it is about smuggling it is about drugs are those actually real concerns in this part of the world eroding. the sport really 2 narratives about one things you have immediately to interpretation no doubt that the from course your po

but russia, one of russia's goals here is to weaken the united states. and in many of these issues, we really don't need russia's help in resolving issues like north korea. iran managed to insert themselves a little more in, as in syria, but really, can the united states not figure it out together with our western allies without russia's so-called help? there ought to be ways to do that. there ought to be creative diplomacy to do that. i would hope so. >> u.s. allies didn't give pompeo the warmest welcome. didn't give him a group meeting, as he asked for. i wonder on iran, people may forget russia was a signatory and remains a signatory to the iran nuclear deal. supports staying in that deal. should we expect putin to be lobbying pompeo and the trump administration to somehow find their way back to the deal or at least not blow it up more? >> well, i think we can certainly expect that. russia is pretty close to iran, actually. it's been one of the big sort of geopolitical shifts of the past several years. the fact that historically russia and iran have a

visit to russia. meanwhile the u.s. attorney general investigate the legality of evidence used in the russia trump collusion probe but doesn't question the finding of the report and russian interference also it's a soft thing this latest campaign in norway to coincide with ramadan features a crescent moon in this part of its logo sparking anger. hello there is midday here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the russian president vladimir putin says he's ready to resolve differences with washington and improve for relations although syria sticking points still remain on tuesday he met with the u.s. secretary of state in the black sea resort of sochi where russia's foreign minister also held talks with his american counterpart. there's a pretty good notion we also want to restore relations with the us i hope all the conditions for that are now being created despite the exotic wait the mother commission had been working in the hole it came up with an objective investigation and proved there was no collusion be

russia. and the united states rebranded shale gas as a product of freedom in an attempt to sway reluctant european countries into believing better than russian energy. friday night and here in the russian capital money welcome to world news this hour a united nations expert on torture says julian assange is being subjected to cruel and degrading treatment and that several democratic states are trying to break the whistleblowers will special visited the wiki leaks founder in london's belmarsh prison wings being held and is said to be extremely unwell explains more in saturday's going underground here on r.t. . julissa physical consequences clearly she will not be able to access a little medical care for several years the much more seriousness of it is how he has been mentally and emotionally affected by the extremely hostile and increasingly arbitrary environment she has the next street for several years so here he really showed all the symptoms that are typical for a person that has been expo

secretary of state visit to russia. also to come investigating the investigators the u.s. attorney general just sides to look into possible nor break during the middle of a probe into whether donald trump colluded with russia but william barr has opted not to do the same for that part of the probe which concluded there was meddling by moscow. the prime minister's son clash exacted germany's foreign minister suggesting that burdens assurances that he stands by israel are contradicted by supporters and. so i welcome just go 9 o'clock in the morning here in moscow you're watching r.t. international the russian president vladimir putin says he is ready to resolve differences with washington repair ties serious sticking point still remain on tuesday he met with the u.s. secretary of state might bump in the black sea resort of sochi where russia's foreign minister also held talks with his american counterpart. we also want to restore relations with the u.s. i hope all the conditions that are now being created despite the exotic wait the mother commission have been working in the

but russia is nor aggressive today. russia is sort of like your drunk friend at the party, right. you know they're dangerous -- >> stephen: literally your drunk friend ( laughter ) >> you know they're dangerous when they walk in the room because china is more like the quiet one in the background but