then there is russia. as a fellow arctic councilmember, russia, the other arctic states have fruitfully cooperated in a number of areas. expensive conservation efforts, those are to be applauded. we want cooperation to continue. but we cannot have one side cooperate and the other side there are gay its duties. about russia'sd claim over the international waters of the northern sea route, including the place 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 threats to use military force to si anynk -- sink any that failed to comply. these actions are part of a pattern of aggressive russian behavior in the arctic. and russia is already leaving snowbirds 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 war arctic military base. russia has been able t

does all that russia and the u.s. have spoken by phone in a bid to find common ground on some key global issues among them. which is seen violent clashes this week called the child with vladimir putin a positive. he is. not looking at all to get involved in venezuela other than he'd like to see something positive happen for venezuela. and i feel the same way so we want to help with a humanitarian basis and i thought it was a very positive conversation i had with president putin on venezuela or talks on the political crisis in venezuela are expected next week between moscow and washington with the russian foreign minister to you to meet the u.s. secretary of state might compare in finland with the venezuelan crisis escalating ever more people are weighing in on the debate over u.s. involvement including members of the u.s. congress auntie's board reports. the schism over venezuela isn't just international it's domestic too in the u.s. from the regime change activists who are guarding the venezuelan embassy to congress

go into exile in cuba what do we know about the extent of support that cuba has in the country that russia has in the country for the murder or government so we know very well that cuba has a lot of intelligence people working been is frailer for a long time that started turf years ago ten years ago cuba has for sure a lot of people intelligence people underground minutes not really troops i don't think we're going to soil yours ok i've been soldiers on venezuelans side i don't think so or russia has given a lot of diplomatic support in the un i don't speculations about sawyer's of troops of russian troops going to be in its way. for now this is just the glaciers within say we want has of course been looking to the united states for support from the trumpet ministration what kind of backing can he expect from washington where trump is talking about all the options he always had all the time to table and. we have already seen a lot of diplomatic support for a way bill a lot of sanctions i think we can see more sanctions against and i do regina. i don't think at this point that we are going

oftentimes, when we talk let'sly about russia, start with russia, with russia's approach to its nuclear forces and the concept that they might be willing to escalate to de-escalate, we get pushback. there is no evidence of that. there is no evidence in official documentation. i won't talk about sources, but if you can talk about why your assessment is in fact a fact that they are testing in this manner and we are confident that this is in fact russia's approach to why it is organizing their entire arsenal this way and their strategy that they have lowered the threshold of when they might consider nuclear use in a purely conventional conflict. >> part of their doctrine goes back to the 90's. there is no first use policy asm russia and they see that an ability -- and you hear different ways. some contexts, you'll hear it escalate to de-escalate. it has been written about as de-escalation control, where they think that using a low yield nonstrategic nuclear weapon would bring other powers, it would be inviting conflict to the table, where they can control the escalation and talks that ensu

what you ought international live from last you do it with me welcome to the program the leaders of russia and the u.s. have spoken by phone in a bid to find common ground on a number of pressing global issues among them venezuela the latin american countries violence this week amid what some are describing as a failed coup attempt says he involved in the putin had a productive discussion about the crisis. he is. not looking at all to get involved in venezuela other than he'd like to see something positive happen for venezuela. and i feel the same way so we want to help with a humanitarian basis and i thought it was a very positive conversation i had with president putin on venezuela it could be some follow up on by on the back of those positive vibes next week when the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and his u.s. counterpart might pompei a meet in finland where they're expected to discuss this while as the crisis end caracas simmers on some in washington as higher prison congress are pointing the finger at america accusing it of increasing the heat artie's mark gasnier for ports .

on his 1st trip to russia the u.s. secretary of state mike home pale arrives for talks with his counterpart sergei lavrov aimed at finding the long lasting suspicions between the 2 countries. venezuela brand the us a police raid on a former embassy in washington d.c. is a violation of international law but the activists in the compound saying they're trying to prevent an illegal takeover. the u.s. military school publishes a decades long history of washington's interventions and other countries dubbed by some as a cruel guy. and a saudi arabian the ship is haunted by protests at european airports failing to pick up in arms delivery that activists say could be used to kill civilians and yet . a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our t.-h. here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. ready to fight suspicion and prejudice those are the words of russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov as he welcomes the u.s. secretary of state to the black sea resort city of sochi during my from paris the 1st offic

government looks to make the house of lords declare all business ties with russia and china saying it's just about making politics more transparent. russian national jailed in the u.s. for working as an unregistered foreign agent has been fielding reporters' questions for the first time since the arrest explained how she was briefly quizzed by the investigation and how she coped with solitary confinement. good morning eight am here in moscow this wednesday may be the first time kevin zero in half an hour of those stories coming in more detail than first calling for a final phase venezuela's self declared interim president is calling for another day today of anti-government protests after initiating a so-called military uprising in the country's capital the opposition leader has the full support of america once again with the u.s. secretary of state my pompei or even suggesting venezuelan president nicolas maduro was ready to flee the country but was stopped by russia. literally. getting prepared to go mr pointed out of the country before the start stop really at the direction of the rus

and russia already had a nuclear treaty in place negotiated by ronald reagan and gorbachev that we our country chose to just no longer author just a few months ago that decision was made so it's curious right speaking of mr gorbachev he has just penned that editorial in the wall street journal where he's urging both sides to stop the madness of nuclear deterrence he writes that the idea that more weapons make us more safe is just. matt. joining us now is wedding author chris hedges to talk about this article by mikhail gorbachev it's called the madness of nuclear deterrence do you get his point on this gorbachev is exactly right this is this inability on the part of the world's two largest nuclear powers to speak and negotiate or rationally is very very dangerous. there's this thinking out there that's been going on for a long time he talks about margaret thatcher being a disciple of this most of us grew up with the cuban missile crisis we've always been told as long as we have big nukes and the bigger our nukes the bigger their nukes that's fine because then no one will use them so it

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

former ambassador to russia, probably knows a thing or two. china is adopting a new, more assertive tone in its relations with washington, dc. state tv has alluded to battles won over the course of 5,000 years, saying the country is not afraid to fight. meanwhile, president trump is sending mixed messages — on the one hand saying china has taken advantage of america for too long, on the other saying a deal will happen soon. he has to juggle the competing desires of sounding and acting tough on trade, while reassuring american farmers who are bearing the brunt of china's retaliatory tariffs. he tweeted. .. so who is really winning and who is really losing in this trade stand off? washington state in the north west of the country exports more to china than any other american state, so it's a good place to look for an answer. suzan delbene is a democratic congresswoman from washington state. shejoins us now. thank you very much forjoining us. when president trump says that american farmers are going to be the biggest beneficiaries of this trade

medals and russia. russia's elections it meddles in every other country's elections on earth the us actually has an agency the so-called national endowment for democracy that's medals and other people's elections says it has a democratic component a republican component so each of the political parties can be in on the loot but it's. the right. remember when when time magazine heralded the election of boris yeltsin by saying no we it will act our man are we got our man in as the president of russia and the issue of time magazine talked about what the us had done to bring about the election of yeltsin the corrupt and poor drunken guy so it's this is what the u.s. does that meddle everywhere they seek to be the world government and they can't stand russia they can't stand china can't stand iran anybody who says we're not going to go along we're not going to take orders so i would look to see the u.s. become a country of peace. or what kind of chance that is i don't know but they can at least not have a wa

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

the clear business ties with russia and china saying it's just about making politics more transparent. the russian national jailed in the u.s. for working as a registered foreign agent has been fielding reporters' questions for the first time since her arrest explain just how she was briefly. and how she coped with. russia this is out international with me kevin stay with us we come for this half hour update of all the world news happening right now starting with this one focus on venezuela calling for a final phase venezuela's self declared interim president is calling for another day of anti-government protests this wednesday. a so-called military uprising in the country's capital the opposition leader has the full support apparently of america once again with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o even suggesting venezuelan president nicolas maduro was ready to flee the country but was stopped by russia. i literally had nicolas maduro getting prepared to go on this airplane and head out of the country before a stop stop really at the direction of the russians he was ready to lea

it make sense to get along with russia. nobody has sanctioned russia like i have. nobody has talked about the pipeline going to germany and various other places, like i have. i said it is very unfair, having to deal with the united states and n.a.t.o. there has never been anybody who has done that. if you want to look at something big, our energy business -- we are now the biggest in the world, bigger than russia, saudi arabia, bigger than anybody. it all happened since i became president because i made it so that you can do that. we are taking in a lot of money . our country is doing really well. we probably have never done this well before. and it is going to continue. we have tremendous signs. as far as china is concerned, believe it or not, it is very important, but it is a small part of the kind of numbers we are doing right now since my election. reporter: $325 billion in additional tariffs, are you -- tom: i have not made that decision yet. we have the right to do another $305 billion in additional tariffs. that is a tremendous amount of money coming into ou

obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal with donald trump secretary of state currently on his way to russia on a mission to thrash out a solution to the escalating crisis. but it's all a brand a u.s. police raid on its former and missy in washington d.c. a violation of international law with activists in the compound saying they are trying to prevent new legal takeover. a u.s. military school publishes a decades long history of washington's interventions in the affairs of other countries. as a cool guy. and a saudi arabian ship is hounded by protests at various european ports failing to pick up an arms delivery that activists say could be used to kill civilians in yemen. you're watching our international bring you your live news update from our studio here and moscow welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump has issued another warning to iran threatening serious consequences if it restarts a nuclear program. we'll see what happens 9 with the run if they do anything it will be a very bad mistake if they do anything i'm hearing little stories about iran if they do anything they will

russia mogs the seventy four thousand of the story of the end of the second world war as massive crowds marched through central moscow in a tribute to their loved ones who lived through and perished in the conflict while on red square. the big three day parade so excited to stage there this morning with more than thirteen thousand troops and dozens of all possums from the iconic song and. now the news this thursday it wrong sat silent its nuclear deal ultimatum forcing you repeated so many that between tehran and washington to save the historic twenty fifteen equipment. and you're watching all t. international live from our studio with me in india today of all all the big stories of the day but first we start with our special victory day coverage very warm welcome to the program. victory day is a drawing until a close in the russian capital to mark the culmination of a day of high emotion pride. skies in dozens of cities nationwide a nontraditional regiment for more than ten million turn out can portray itself relatives here in the great patriotic war more than seven hundred thousand tu

has in venezuela from russia's standpoint the russia's ambassador to the u.s. he said he doesn't understand why that 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 international affairs commentator jonathan steele believes the u.s. should provide evidence to support its allegations. but if they said there is strong evidence there's convinced you know that in secret sound better than just to say. probably is to very. it's based on intelligence which is to be fooled anyway well this is standard us unilateralism i mean if you come on to the iranian scene it's the same thing is it should be done with visions at a press conference which everybody has a chance to ask questions to him favorite media outlets an

russia marks the seventy fourth anniversary of the end of the second world war as massive crowds marched through some from moscow in a tribute to their loved ones who lived through and perished in the conflict. the victory day parade took center stage very thursday morning with more than thirteen thousand troops and dozens of armored vehicles passing through the iconic site. another. nuclear. forcing european leaders to maneuver between tehran and washington to save the two thousand and fifteen agreements. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our international thomas to have you with us. a victory day has now drawn to a close at least here in the russian capital to mark the culmination of a day of high emotion and national pride fireworks displays like the skies in dozens of cities nation wide earlier in the traditional and mortal regiment marches saw more than ten million turn out carrying portraits of relatives who endured the great patriotic war more than seven hundred thousand turned out in moscow alone to remember the sacrifices made almost every family in the so

started deal with russia i'm what he really wants i mean has he been saying for the last three years basically since the campaign trail he wants to get along with everybody he wants to get along with russia he wants to get along with china i'm sure other countries to but the problem is will he be allowed to do that will the people around him will the american you know deep state if you like will the american establishment allow them to do it and that's the question and that's what we don't know so it's all well and good for some to say the new boots and i want to do this i want to do that but has he got the authorities actually has he got the political capital to carry you through and that's what moscow is wondering as well i mean some of the russian class and some of the establishment here they basically say that what the kremlin is trying to do with this relationship with donald trump is the relations getting any worse space that's what they're trying to do so they're not expecting anything big so thomas made such an offer i can't read that in your putin's mind honestly but i imagi

to clear all business ties with russia saying it's only about making politics more transparent. to new russia this wednesday may the first one in half an hour those stories coming from much more detail for you here on r.t. first calling for a final phase venezuela's self declared interim president why doe's calling for another day of anti-government protests this wednesday after an issue so-called military uprising in the country's capital yesterday the opposition leader has the full support of america once again with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or even suggesting venezuelan president nicolas maduro was ready to flee the country but was stopped by russia. i literally had mixed material i getting prepared to get on this airplane and head out of the country before stuff stopped really at the direction of the russians he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it and the russians indicated he should stay he says you know durham has a plane ready to go to cuba to flee and the russians took him off the plane and forbade him to leave the country misapplying peo pl

also to come russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and his u.s. counterpart grapple with the crisis in venezuela with follow up talks expected at russia's soft cheek in 2 days' time and around partially suspends the 25th the new clear agreements and gives the seat in the trees to 60 days to shield the country from u.s. sanctions that is washington reiterate zits threat to hit the companies working there and the financial penalty and russia marks the 74th anniversary of the capitulation of nazi germany with military parades and also ceremonies we're bringing you some of the highlights from thursday's commemorations. and i welcome good afternoon just gone 1 o'clock here in moscow you watch in the weekly here on r.t. international. now russia is mourning the 41 people killed in last sunday's playing tragedy at moscow's sheremetyevo airport the passenger jet was engulfed in flames while making an emergency landing. all the way to out. of it. where the plane took off at 6 pm local time was bound for the northwestern russian city of manske just under 20

and russia are planning to improve relations. well phil bumpier and lover of said that small steps are necessary to improve the relationship lara said it's time to work together constructively whatever that means and on feel on so that we are committed to improve the relationship with russia but what does it mean in practical terms of president trump maybe committed to improve the relationship with mr putin but what about democrats in congress who are not and will not lift sanctions against russia and below mentioned that during the press conference when we talk about russia moscow is of course not willing to give back crimea sorry for saying of course but this is from my point of view the realistic term that must be used right now and pierce said that washington doesn't want war with iran but at the same time i'm asking myself is washington willing to come back to the negotiating table respect the nuclear treaty with iran that america russia china and of course europe have signed that i don't think so right now so sorry phil for

russia, iibrated but russia woulde balance china with united states or of china would balance russia with the united states. another thing to say about this technology, we are witnessing more and more chinese technological competition. this is a strategic factor that should be taken into account. because, as russia is having guessing, there are no other moree may have russia-china technological cooperation, so russia would have no other option but to have more technological cooperation with china than europe. i guess russia would rather have it with europe. but it is not the auction. -- it is not the option. foret me commend csis inviting a russian speaker and giving us a chance to listen to the other side of the story. quick question about academics in russia. is russia producing a sufficient amount of chinese and far eastern experts to support what is clearly a burgeoning and important relationship? and closely related to that, do you feel the russian academic community and think tanks are having an effect on russian foreign policy formation, or are the two realms compartmentalized

president trump ones are wrong against any aggressive steps raising fears of a new conflict russia's foreign minister just washington to resolve the crisis ahead of his talks with the u.s. secretary of state. tomorrow or the last might compel you know how the u.s. is going to deal with the crisis that was made by washington's unilateral decisions a foreign policy chief calls for an urgent deescalation between to iran and washington off the.

it's it's ok to be xenophobia against russia. it's just if you look at it like for instance if you just used instituted a different nationality with you said mexicans where he puts russians in that article people would be screaming about it the corporate media in the united states has been totally discredited through russia gate but now they're just doing that thing where they hop on another horse and just keep writing it as hard as they can so that's why you're seeing articles like this that's why you see him being so wildly inconsistent it's because these are actual opinions about security of the united states or who's meddling in our elections we know that meddling in our elections this is about ripping up the security state this is about another cold war this is about trillions of dollars. russia is mourning the forty one people who lost their lives after an aeroflot flight crash landed in moscow on sunday one of the victims was twenty two year old flight attendant. many have hailed him a hero for sacrificing himself in order

is reacting and russia is standing by every step of the way how will trading between iran and russia impact all the rhetoric that is coming out of washington d.c. they will obviously be watching moscow very closely. well the first thing which we need to keep in mind is that trades are not big between the russia and iran is not that big so keeping trade ties and economy changes between russia and iran won't help iran as much as they keep you know trading with the europeans which. way larger partners trade partners for for iran so in this matter russia is just trying to side with iran and actually agree is i mean repeatedly it's rhetorical or always european partners who can't deliver on their promises to stick to the deal in terms of. the next step forward if everybody is entrenched in their positions is this now a case as we spoke to previous analysts in the last twenty four hours here on al-jazeera that there needs to be some. conversation between very senior levels of government you know president the president president and prime ministers is this something now that vladimir putin

willing to improve relations with russia that has come from donald trump. on the condition that what has happened with regards to meddling what the united states says has happened with regards to meddling that is in the past but again both sides say that despite their disagreements they've started reopening channels of communication we're talking here about military hotlines we're talking here about financial relations banking business cultural things that have been suspended shut down since since the election of donald trump. saying that with the release of the mueller report perhaps the more radical factions those that have trumpeted about collusion and meddling perhaps they'll be marginalized and sidelined sidelined so relations can finally improve another big point was arms control a new start treaty for example bill sides saying that you know we're willing to work together on this we want to talk certain specifics that they want to get over but now they've agreed to. establish technical working groups that will work to make sure that russia and the uni

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

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

the top diplomats from russia and the u.s. put their heads together in attempts to find a way forward of the crisis in venezuela they said to meet again on tuesday. and iran partially suspends the 2015 nuclear agreement and gives its signatories its 60 days to shield the country from u.s. sanctions it comes as washington reaffirms this threat to slap penalties on any your company's could be continue to work with too long. to. warm welcome you watching the weekly here on r.t. international bringing you all the latest headlines and a round of the stories that shape the week but 1st investigations are continuing into what caused last sunday's plane tragedy in moscow leaving 41 people dead the air afloat airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at sheremetyevo airport in the capital just to warn you the following clip contains some disturbing images. to. carry. the air the eat it why it. who are trying to craft just after 6 pm local time and was heading to the city of my months in northwest russia just under 20