20 years ago today vladimir putin became russia's prime minister this semi anonymous k.g.b. colonel hand picked by boris yeltsin rose from prime minister to president and seemed to talk sincerely about partnership with the west so where did it all go wrong i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. has become a kind of brand has become a symbol of great power and the return of russia's strength. putin's popularity rating is now completely different from the one he had before previously was true worship. but today it's a popularity rating based on the absence of an alternative. that people today are looking for another stronger voice. has been the strongest voice of the last 20 years. a good sportsman must stop at the top of his form currently putin is not even able to leave because his popularity is declining. he wants it to be written in russian textbooks that he is a great man similar to peter the great catherine the great. because you have got a. also coming up possible snap elections in italy after a far right deputy prime minister imitator salvini questions the ruling coalit

during a dinner saturday night. okay? go along with me. what was he arguing about? vladimir putin of course. putin, who was kicked out of the then g8 when he illegally seized crimea. who he still holds. still holds to this day. who actively interfered in our elections in 2016 and 2018 and who is plotting to do it again in 2020. that vladimir putin. yep. vladimir putin. that guy. the president of the united states insisting putin should be welcomed back into the group. even though russia has done absolutely nothing to deserve it. that according to two diplomatic officials and a senior u.s. official who tells cnn things got especially heated when angela merkel, boris johnson, and justin trudeau insisted that as long as russia still holds crimea readmitting putin is a non-starter. those sources say the president took every opportunity to try to make the case for putin, even interrupting discussions about fires in the amazon and about iran to insist that russia should be part of the conversation. they say the president got more and more combative as the dinner wore on. but of course, he

night. go along with me. what was he arguing about? vladimir putin of course. putin who was kicked out of the then g 8 when he illegally seized crimea. who he still holds. who actively interfered in our election in 2016 and 2018 and plotting to do it geb in 2020. that vladimir putin. that guy. the president of the united states insisting putin should be welcome back into the group. even though russia has done nothing to deserve it. that according to two diplomatic officials and a u.s. official who says things got heated when insisted that as long as russia holds crimea, readmitting putin is a not starter. sources say the president took every opportunity to make the case for putin. interrupting discussions about fire in the amazon and iran. to insist russia should be part of the conversation. they say the president got more and mayor combative as the dinner wore on. of course, he wasn't taking putin's side behind closed doors. he did in front of live cameras too. >> a lot of people say having russia which is a power, having them inside the room is belter than having them outside the

anti-semitic quote going way, way back. >> let me talk a moment about vladmir putin and what he said about the g7 and the g8. as i recall covering the first g8 i think it was in naples where boris yelt wasin was brou into the fold. and that was a stretch to bring them in. of course, under vladmir putin and russia became more and more part of it. then under obama kicking russia out over ukraine and crimea. that has not been reversed as far as i can tell. yet here he's going out on a limb in favor of vladmir putin at the very time when putin has perhaps covered up a nuclear accident. when there have been according to the "wall street journal" when four monitoring, radiation monitoring sites went dark in siberia for a number of days. >> not the mention the u.s. pulled out of the inf treaty because of what this administration said were brazen russian violations. so much going on there with those comments with the g7 and g8. first of all, the president saying that we should bring russia back in, they belong in there, adding no conditionality to this. bring them back in. this was not a day

experiencing ruler blood in your putin marks 2 decades in office we'll ask our moscow correspondent what's behind this staying in power. plus and the footsteps of the bad new reports from abbey road 50 years after the beatles created one of the most recognized album covers and music history. on the welcome to the program. italy has been plunged into a political crisis after the far right league party said it would go ahead with a no confidence motion against its own government that's after the party leader deputy prime minister matteo salvini announced that his coalition with a populist 5 star movement had collapsed over policy differences the prime minister accuses salvini of fabricating a potentially destabilizing crisis. this is not an election rally but it looks like material salvini is already gearing up for a vote your thought should i do my job with my heart with with pride if i can do it freely until the end if i realize that someone is trying to stop me then the decision must go back to the italian people with no ifs and buts. you decide you and no one else is. so finis lea

important facts that to this day putin has not congratulated zelensky on his victory here and more important than that, putin sends a little provocation zelensky's way when he is president-elect with the passport game in donbass, the same game the kremlin has played in all the frozen conflicts. the so zelensky has extended a hand and he has gotten nothing back. and zelensky again come he's a guy who learns from his experience. last month year we shall get off this specific theme, which is this, some people, more than some people, were concerned as president zelensky was emerging or as candid zelensky as this juggernaut destined to win the presidency, that it would be putin's patsy, right? long-term kgb versus the naÏve. well, zelensky showed in the passport thing that he was not going to be an easy guy for putin commenced. because zelensky a century but putin on it were in when he said hey, guys, take the passport. that's a passport to life of repression -- repressive society. we have no control over leadership. and putin who loves to have the last word, he loves those colorful ph

you very much. >> trump keeps putting vladimir putin on a pedestal, urging the g-7 to let the kremlin boss back into the fold. but putin is playing it cool, as he taunts the u.s. with nuclear-capable weapons. >>> and storm warning. dorian is gaining strength and could become a hurricane as it barrels towards the caribbean. tonight, many residents of puerto rico still reeling from hurricane disasters are fearing the worst. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news tonight. a judge in oklahoma just ordered johnson & johnson to pay $572 million, holding the company accountable for its significant role in the opioid epidemic in that state. more on the landmark ruling coming up. >>> also ahead, president trump is right now heading back to the united states from the g-7 summit in france, leaving a trail of discord and confusion behind him. the president capping a tense weekend of talks with another apparent attempt to mislead, claiming there was tremendous unity at the summit when there c

putin's opponents are being excluded from taking part in moscow city elections why is the government taking such a hard stance and could violence against the demonstrators backfire this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. it's one of the biggest security crackdown seen in russia for many years i guess what the authorities say are illegal demonstrations an independent monitoring group says more than 800 protesters were detained on saturday the week before the figure was almost 1400 and the leading opponent of president vladimir putin unexplained avani was jailed russians are angry at the ban on some opposition minded candidates for the next month's city elections in moscow the council controlled by the pro kremlin united's russia party is responsible for a last minute simple budget the vote comes at a time when putin's approval rating although still high at more than 60 percent has actually dropped that's been put down to discontent over the economy and falling incomes we'll discuss all this with our guest shortly but 1st imran khan reports on saturday's events. from th

this day vladimir putin has not congratulated volodymyr zelensky on his victory and were important and that vladimir putin says the provocation when he was president-elect with the passport game, the same game the kremlin has played in all the conflicts. so volodymyr zelensky has extended a hand and got nothing back so volodymyr zelensky is the guy who learns from his experience. last point here, which is off the specific theme which is this. some people, more than some people were concerned as volodymyr zelensky as a candidate, to the presidency that would be vladimir putin passing. versus the night. volodymyr zelensky showed that he was not going to be an easy guy for vladimir putin to manage because volodymyr zelensky put vladimir putin on his rear end, take the passport. we have no control over your leadership. he has those colorful expressions going back to catching him in the outhouses, referring to stephen piper, vladimir putin is silent. volodymyr zelensky had won that battle because that is volodymyr zelensky's strength, a ukraine class comic but that is unfair. he is not

president as he hits back at scaramucci tonight. >>> and putin's private army. cnn investigates a secret fighting force doing the strong man's bidding. tonight, the kremlin so rattled that a key putin ally is falsely accusing our courageous correspondent of being a spy. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we are following breaking news on the dayton shooting massacre. a friend of the gunman has been arrested on federal weapons charges. authorities say he admitted to buying items used in the attack, that includes the high capacity 100 round magazine that allowed the shooter to kill nine people, wound 27 others, in less than 30 seconds. also tonight, president trump is lashing out after his response to the dayton and el paso shootings cost him support of a once loyal aide. former white house communications director anthony scaramucci tells cnn he no longer supports mr. trump's re-election, and thinks republicans should consider replacing him at the top of the 20 2020 ticket. i talk with david cicilline

headline stories this hour president. putin gear up for talks the french leader summer residence with. syria are all expected to be. propaganda machine donald trump launches a blistering attack on the new york times. its editors are seeking new ways of covering the president after 2 years of fixating on russia. and the u.k. . for its move to strip citizenship from the former islamic state known. international news center in moscow this is r t pleasure to have your company i mean and o'neill our top story french president is meeting russia's vladimir putin his summer residence on the mediterranean coast today ahead of the summit in the weekend. on the french riviera too where the 2 leaders are i believe soon to start talks. said i can see perhaps not entirely though a holiday out what's expected. you know and you really can't help feeling like you are on vacation here called who are in france but this is a very special moment because right when i began talking to you the. helicopter of the russian president i hope you can see it behind my shoulder i just want to ask my cameraman t

vladimir putin is celebrating his 20 years in power analysts say more russians when their point is to be heard that the citizens are demonstrating something brand new and you wear. interact during this protests and importantly their persistency it's not valued enough but for a political process like this it's the key factor so far the authorities have not backed down although less people were detained then during previous weeks but with tens of thousands on the street and more protests expected pressure will only grow step fast and al-jazeera moscow a migrant rescue organization open arms is turned off it's taken 39 people rescued from the sea on saturday country had refused entry 221 of those on the charity ship open arms as that decision allowing people on board i'm also should have taken all of them or not the european union is appealing for member states to work out a solution. over 20000 people who rallied in the remaining capital book arrest calling on the government to step down they said the administration is weak and corrupt and they're also angry over the murders of 2 teenag

court including the russian one in agreement that why the mere putin state was in the wrong tonight we ask will this ruling change anything is anyone listening in the world that's run by vladimir putin i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. subsequent is what he was to keep me illegal to put him in prison and that was no evidence that just a fund keeping the so long that he would be doing that they moved him from south to south as soon as he started to complain about the conditions they immediately moved him to myself with even worse conditions. when mr magnitsky died in prison it's a tragedy and we regret it but so what if the americans don't have people dying in their presence. what happened to. the if you was comforting him why did he done it and if you was ill and why didn't they treat him. also coming up he is a green politician and he could become germany's next chancellor tonight we ask him about how he plans to win and has he found the new center of german politics visits nearly certainly hold positions of the policies used to hold the forests and that have become thought of

scientific research and. from political unknown to authoritarian ruler russia's vladimir putin marks 2 decades in office we'll ask our moscow correspondent what's behind this staying in power. and the cough really welcome to the show italy has been plunged into political crisis after the far right league party said it would go ahead with a no confidence motion against its own government that's after the party leader deputy prime minister matteo savini and nouns that his coalition with a populist 5 star movement had collapse over policy differences the prime minister accuses salvini of fabricating a potentially destabilizing crisis. this is not an election rally but it looks like mintier salvini is already gearing up for a vote. i do my job with my heart with with pride if i can do it freely and until the end i mean if i realize that someone is trying to stop me then the decision must go back to the italian people with no ifs and buts. you decide that you and no one else is not a people that you. will. sell feeney is leader of the far right league party currently in coalition wi

research. and russia's vladimir putin, 20 years in office. what is behind his hold on power? i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. italy's far right league party will call for a vote of no-confidence in its own government. party leader matteo salvini announced that political differences with populist coalition partners could not be mended. the prime minister has accused mr. salvini of fabricating a potentially destabilizing crisis. reporter: this is not an election rally, but it looks like matatteo salvini is gearing up for a vote. >> i do my job with my heart, with honoror, with pride if i cn do it freely. if i realize that someone is trying to stop me, the decision must go back to the italian people. it will be you who decide. you and no one else. reporter: salvini is leader of the far right league party currently in coalition with the five-star movement. after the parties failed to agree on the financing of a train line, salvini called for fresh elections although he has no power to do so. italian prime minister giususepe conte is not a member of either party, but he did criticiz

see him as a potential candidate to unify the opposition against putin in the in the future. well that sounds very much possible because of course he's not taking part in this thing but he's behind it to a large extent. mr yashin and. so beauvais are actually working for him there from the embassy because they're going as a ship so he's backing them up and he's pretty presenting actually an alternative to the present regime to the russian public that's his idea it's not about this particular election it's about in general be course of russia and he's offering an alternative for the future and that can be important basically the authorities are doing everything by the textbook they have they're trying to split the opposition and they have detained almost all of the leaders they are busting the organization of now by name and they are kind of using heavy handed police tactics to. against the people in the street the kind of get them out of the street victor that should work but i will think can it work or not in a situation when there's so much social unrest and social tension and russia

the next 5 years. it was 20 years ago today that russian president vladimir putin came to power at the time he was a relatively unknown figure he was singled out by post soviet leader boris yeltsin no one knew back then that he would have an iron grip on the country for the next 2 decades and putin one public supported by his military successes including cracking down on separatists in chechnya and during his 1st presidency the economy grew for straight 8 years now playing on his hard man image he won a series of election victories his current runs for another 5 yes in 2014 he was widely condemned internationally for russia's annexation of the crimea since then factions and falling oil prices have squeezed the russian economy now relations with the united states and dollar trump are also tense both sides recently walked away from a key nuclear missile treaty raising fears of a new arms race despite a solid support at home opposition to putin is growing always authoritarian repression of political opponents better to look at a bloody reputed i'm joined by do w.'s emily sheldon from

apparently the result of torture gave brown to a thirst for revenge and justice purpose the putin's regime has been to commit terrible crimes in 2012 the united states congress passed the magnitsky act aimed at freezing the assets of those suspected of financial crimes and human rights abuses and magnitsky style provisions are being adopted by the european union so russia is a country where a 1000 individuals have stolen all the money bill browder multimillionaire investor turned anti putin activist talks to al-jazeera. bill bratton thank you for talking to al-jazeera you've been on record describing yourself as flooded near putin's public enemy number one is that something that scares you or do you wear it as a badge of honor well i would say both i mean of course when vladimir putin wants to go after you he's got resources and he's not constrained in ways that others are and so i live a very precarious life which may end very suddenly and tragically however the reason that i'm in this position is that. vladimir putin and his regime killed my lawyer sergei magnitsky from covering a massiv

about a culture of corporate corruption. suden fording file of russia's new president vladimir putin. in 2005 browder was expelled from the country and declared a threat to national security his head of intelligence vestment fund was raided and he says a complex fraud conducted by russian officials resulted in the theft of some $230000000.00 it was a scheme uncovered by broder's lawyer make neat ski whose later death in prison apparently the result of torture gave brown to a thirst for revenge and justice purpose the putin's regime has been to commit terrible crimes in 2012 the united states congress passed the magnitsky act aimed at freezing the assets of those suspected of financial crimes and human rights abuses and magnitsky style provisions are being adopted by the european union so russia is a country where a 1000 individuals have stolen all the money bill browder multimillionaire investor turned anti putin activist talks to al-jazeera. bill bratton thank you for talking to al-jazeera you've been on record describing yourself as flooded near putin's public enemy number one is t

vladimir putin, the american president asking the world's economic powers to readmit the nation that invadedhe g8. a huge reversal at the white house just since our last broadcast on what they might try to hold off a recession. plus, joe biden puts out an ad for the general election not the primaries. he is running on electability. while a party stalwart warns against getting too far ahead of the public. another day of punishing heat on the east coast in a major city with lead in the drinking water, can't seem to get safe water to its citizens so they have to line up for it and carry it home, all of it as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a tuesday night. good evening once again. from our nbc news headquarters here in new york day 943 of the trump administration. in the midst of an economic slowdown that could threaten his re-election, a looming battle over gun control, growing fears about domestic terrorism, and the like, the president, eager to avoid all of those topics today chose russia and chose today to signal new support for russia and vladimir putin. trump renewed his ca

to russia on tuesday for talks with russian president vladimir putin and relations between the 2 countries have been strained in recent years with. opposing sides of the syrian conflict but during a visit to an airshow near moscow the 2 leaders seemed keen to stress the relaxed nature of their relationship. celebrating cooperation by eating ice cream together russian president vladimir putin paid for his turkish counterpart wretch of type street offering up a sweetener before talks. about the directions cooperation can go as well as some delicate issues in the region that's are on the agenda. the venue and aviation show reflects increasing military cooperation between russia and turkey which is a nato country turkey has bought russian anti-missile systems irritating nato and is now looking at purchasing russian fighter jets as well co-operation has limits russian and turkish troops are both in syria on opposite sides russia backs the syrian government while turkey supports the remaining rebel forces in province. recently russian backed syrian forces have stepped up their campaign

ruler putin marks 2 decades in office we'll ask our moscow correspondent what lies behind the scenes power. in the footsteps of the fab 4 we report from abbey road 50 years after the beatles created one of the most recognized album covers in music history. one of a will continue i'm honored that she. italy has plunged into a political crisis the far right league party now says it will go ahead with a no confidence motion after calling for snap elections this after its leader interior minister matteo salvini announced at the coalition with a populist 5 star movement has collapsed over policy differences italy's prime minister has accused salvini of fabricating a crisis. this is not an election rally. but it looks like mathias salvini is already gearing up for a vote. i do my job with my heart with with pride if i can do it freely and until the end i mean if i realize that someone is trying to stop me then the decision must go back to the italian people with no ifs and buts. you decide you and no one else is not a people. boy. any is leader of the far right league party currently in co

was under way, president obama was willing as president to brush back putin, tell him to cut out what he was doing. president obama and his administration thought the better way to shut putin up and honestly to make the american public less susceptible to what russia was doing, make the american public more resilient against the types of attacks putin was launching, that actually targeted the american people, the obama administration thought the best way to do that beyond president obama doing what he did was that there should be a whole of government response, a bipartisan, bicameral, clap-back from the united states that would not just be from the president, it would be from not just the executive branch, not just u.s. intelligence, right, it would be the whole of government. it would be the whole executive branch. our law enforcement and intelligence capability and it would also be the whole house and the whole senate, both parties unanimously warning putin, back off. get out of our elections or you will face serious consequences. the obama administration fully expected they c

but a lot of bad things happened with president putin, and president obama. >> reporter: today a group of top democratic senators warning the president that under no circumstance should president putin be invited to participate in the g7 until the russian government shows its willingness to behave responsibly both domestically and abroad. the lawmakers highlighting russian interference in the u.s. election, the nerve agent attack on foreign soil and continued illegal occupation of territory that's not theirs. trump is also facing pushback for the mixed messages he's sending in his ongoing trade war with china. >> the way i negotiate, it's done very well for me over the years. >> reporter: the president says he's confident his tactics will work, but some farmers are losing patience. according to the american farm bureau, farm bankruptcy filings were up 13% this year. and loan delinquency rates are on the rise. in the meanwhile, after the g7 summit renewed hopes of u.s. talks with iran. >> if the circumstances were correct, were right, i would certainly agree to that. >> reporter:

you. i'd like to think so my dear friend a. new friend and putin who are here as you heard just before is from hospitality afforded to us all might be helpful and all be healthy like my early geisha. valued members of the press. first of all. let's talk about the significance of this visit to the. max 2900. relating to aerospace. systems. and industries. we are here in russia. as a result of this. event. the purpose of this it was to see. the stage is a cheat by the by russia in every asian and aerospace technologies. and we would like to host our russian friends in the. aerospace festival later this year. ministers have. cleated the joint meeting gathering we are running to near. the number of russian tourists we've welcomed in our country has reached 2700000 already. and. bilateral cultural and tourism activities take place all the time. many positive steps have been taken by countries including the delivery of s 400 missiles. and indeed today we discussed what we can do together about steps we can take together in addition to the defense industries valued members of the press there

missile president putin said russia was producing in march last year the united states formally withdrew from the. intermediate range nuclear forces treaty with russia last friday russia's defense ministry said no dangerous substances were released in the explosion although local authorities closed waters north of the site to shipping for a month greenpeace cited government data showing a radiation spike 20 times above normal in a city 30 kilometers from the test site. some of. the biggest threat is the release of radioactive substances on the inhabitants of a settlement located next to that military base never the less for the inhabitants of said road to being such a city they could also be a danger depending on what kind of substances were released and whether they reached the town. residents took no chances they bought medical iodine known to block the absorption of radiation. event have shaken up the whole town people started to panic within a matter of an hour although i had been and i had been continually drugs were sold out. yes. 4000 kilometers away in eastern siberia an

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please president putin, what it would mean to block millions in military aid to ukraine. citizenship will no longer be automatic for some u.s. military members born overseas, why? >>> a manhunt for this married couple, both are accused of murder and on the run after a violent escape. >>> mere days after president trump called for russia to rejoin the g-7 making it the g-8. trump is now weighing another pro putin move, it would compromise national security. multiple sources tell cnn that trump is heavily considering blocking $250 million in military aid to the ukraine. ukraine lost crimea to russia when vladimir putin's government illegally took over the peninsula in 2014. the fighting continues today between ukraine and russian backed separatists. adam schiff says if trump blocks the funds it would be destructive to national security. jeremy diamond is covering the story. are you hearing why the president is considering this move to block military aide to the ukraine? >> it's not entirely clear. the president is seriously consideration blocking $250 million of military aid to the ukr

glad to meet putin and demand well not problem discuss the ukraine conflict and they are wrong crisis in a friendly encounter on the french riviera. u.s. conducts its 1st test launch of a mid range cruise missile since pulling out of an alms treaty with russia. and the british social media network aimed at young british muslims is revealed to be part of a government plan to tackle radicalization. hello you're watching on t.v. international i'm rosano quite welcome to the program the leaders of france and russia have held a meeting ahead of this weekend's g. 7 summit emmanuelle macross putin spoke for about 3 and a half hour as reports from the french riviera well i guess you don't really give personal invitations to an international leader to these kind of places and this kind of format even if it's the president of a very important geopolitical player unless they are your friends so clearly in the past few years mr mack on mr putin developed a close relationship we heard emmanuel macron call his counterpart dear vladimir a few times and a lot of our putin just won here arrive

welcome russia's vladimir putin to his summer residence all named mediterranean coast as we can just see here the plane just coming in to. say. port just to give you a sense of what's going on it's really the 1st meeting of its kind in 27 dean was the last time this occurred out the. policies a month of calm as we say is hosting talks on a dinner afterwards the 4th day break go in seoul nuts on the french riviera we have our correspondent there will be close to him shortly as well but we'll just stay with these pictures a little bit later to see. the runway there for his talks lots to be discussed here at the 2 leaders expect to discuss bilateral relations sensitive issues as well as ukraine and syria in the meantime just as we're waiting for the president to depart let's cross to our correspondent. frank would give us a bit more on what will be spoken the bite of the plane has just arrived what kind of talks are we going to see today. well 1st of all just want to. go on around here i can tell you that perhaps it will take a bit less than an hour for a lot of our putin to get to this pic

for vladimir putin and he was already saying that vladimir putin was pretty angry, that he had had a meeting with his security council and that there would be a very important announcement coming very that came in the form of a statement from the kremlin accusing the united states of breaching that ballistic missile treaty. just 16 days after the u.s. left the intermeetian range nuclear forces treaty. that meant the u.s. had been planning this for a long time. of course we have to keep in mind that the u.s. has for a long time been accusing of russia of breaching that same treaty saying they had deployed the missile toward the nato territory meaning the russians were many breach. now what putin has done, he has instructed his armed forces to prepare what he calls a symmetrical response. that's one of the things the russians have been saying for quite a while now. they say if they see any sort of missile test from the u.s., if they see the u.s. deploying any missiles near the territory, they will have a tit for tat response. the russians quite angry at some of these recent development

the two important facts that to this day putin has not congratulated zelensky on his victory and more important than that, put in sent publication dolinsky's way when he was president elect with the passport game in dunbar. the same game the kremlin has played in all the frozen conflicts. zelensky extended a hand and his got nothing back. zelensky again he is a guy who learns from his experience. last point here, which is a little bit off the specific theme, which is this. some people, more than some people, were concerned as president zielinski was emerging. destined to win the presidency that he would be prudent passing. the long-term kpd Ãbkgb versus the 98. zelensky showed in the passport thing that he was not going to be an easy guy for putin to manage. zelensky put putin on his rear end when he said take the passport. that's passport to a life in repressive society we have no control of your leadership. putin, who loves to have the last word he lacks the colorful expressions going back to catching them in the outhouses. referring to my friend stephen piper as the you bd. p