one reason, to keep tabs on russia. very deep inside an arctic mountain, nor weej answe norwegians, track, on an era that has come back to life. brinksmanship has's existed between nato and russia. but redefining be moscow's relationship with the west. >> pushing the russia-west relationship over the cliff and qualitatively different from most of the cold war period. >> in a speech that putin gave to russia parliament announcing the annexation of crimea, he outlined a new purpose for russia. >> there was one part in which he warned russia's western colleague if you compress a spring all the way to its limit at some point it will spring back hard. that's the new foreign policy of russia. it's springing back against perceived slights and encroachments by the west. >>> in november former soviet president mick highly gorbachev gorbachev weighed in. >> the stakes of this new cold war are about more than just territory and influence. they are also about money. here on the top of the world the battle is being fought over energ

with russia. >> yeah, in search and rescue we still have a very good cooperation with russia. we need to help each other because the distribution in the area we don't have that many rescue efforts so we need the assist each other. >> that help will be needed more than ever in coming years. as the ice melts, the arctic offers commercial cargo ships a faster route between europe and asia. it's an often dangerous passageway subject to extreme weather conditions and the traffic is growing. russia's ministry of transparent says the amount of cargo transiting the northern sea route will skyrocket from 1.3 million tons to 64 million tons by the end of the decade. >> there are more people that you have to look after, than in the past. what does that mean? >> planning ahead because we expect more incidents to happen. >> today around 5,000 people work in the berents sea. and they often need help. over 200 times over the last five years. to get a firsthand look at those extreme conditions i left the norwegian mainland and traveled north across the berents sea to an outpost known as svalb

it always was russia's imperial russia, soviet russia, post-soviet russia. it was always the same system of power, vertical power. extremely hierarchical. tell me if i'm wrong. i'm a historian. it always was -- it's textbook of propaganda. it always was a country of propaganda, and it also was a country of human rights violation. so all the three statements, what you guys are trying to avoid are, like kind of we can see the historic heritage we have and we still carry it on. so why do we have a hope it will be different? i mean, after the breakup of the soviet union, we have the dream, now it can be a democratic country. nothing changed. do we really have any arguments to believe that conflict can be changed so drastically, so there will be no, like, imperial style of internal policy? it will be respect for human freedom of media and respect for human rights? and belief in that. and how long will it take? particularly the united states and other countries, every effort so far we have tried to put there have failed. thank you. >> okay. the microphone is here.

big diomede is owned by russia. when you hear that statement about you can see russia from alaska, when you're on big diomede, that is a true, true statement. but when you are sitting in this small island community of some 110 people, your hub community for food, for health care, for pretty much anything is nome, alaska. that's where you go. and during the -- during the summertime, during the time when the ice is not frozen over in the baring strait, literally the only way to get in and out is by helicopter because the island is so small and it's such a peaked island, basically a big rock coming out of the water. there is no flat space for a runway. so you've got a helicopter that provides for medical in and out and basically travel in and out. in the winter the residents will actually carve a runway into the ice so that planes can land on the ice to deliver essential products, whether it's food or medicine or the like. and sometimes you can't put the runway on the ice because the ice has been so compressed and jumb

james: russia is in the lead here. russia turned around the whole conflict when it went in in september with a relatively small force but very effectively deployed by putin. therefore, do the attack -- to the extent that assad hanging onto power, it has russia to thank. we see russia using that role not to further the u.n. resolution, but rather, to drive what looks like a total victory by the assad forces. jane: you were the former ambassador to iraq. joe biden made a surprise visit to baghdad today. what impact is the turmoil there having on efforts to fight islamic state and bring to an end the conflict in syria? james: it is all of a piece. as even larger than the struggle against the isis terrorist movement, there is this undercurrent of sunni-shia conflict in the region. we want to take more action in iraq against isis. who's blocking that, tehran and its allies. in baghdad putting pressure on the iraqi government. that is what biden is trying to fix. all of this is part of a larger conflict that others are playi

would invade russia or make some restrictions against russia, like russia should never have becauseweapons, solely i don't believe it will work. there are some people in russia who hope for a popular revolt that would be supported by the --t or financed by the west the west should do anything to read russia of putin. what i think the west should do -- everything to change russia, to help russia change. the initiative should still be , if the russian people initiative cuffs on the outside, russians will never forget that. it will always remain in that historic memory and they will remember -- we were changed from the outside. there is a difference. there is a difference. i understand the logic, but there is a difference between not to germany -- nazi germany after the war, japan after the war, and today's russia. we may regret that but there is a difference. yes -- i do believe that russia should receive a very hard lesson, a very hard lesson. >> how many times? >> no, from itself. probably the previous lessons were not enough. having what we have for it now. but i am definitely against any

russia, the whole thing, i think senator donnelly talked to you about the russia flyover. would our ships, were we in the right to shoot down if we desired to do so with their aggression? mr. scaparrotti: not knowing the complete circumstances i can't answer that. mr. manchin: turkey has taken action on russia before and i , think russia understands that turkey would continue to take action. i think there's a concern that we won't and they were wanting to see how far we would go and i'm not advocating that we should have shot the plane down , but i understood that secretary kerry described it as a reckless, provocative and dangerous act. and he was not wrong in saying the u.s. ship would have been justified to shoot down the russian plane. mr. scaparrotti: i don't have the detailed information to make that call. it is absolutely reckless, unjustified and very dangerous when you've got our operations going on as well. mr. manchin: is russia just pushing the envelope and the limits of confrontation to test the western resolve or the united states' resolve? mr. scaparrotti: i

and russia continue. we continue to exchange notifications of the movement of our from a teestrategic impleme issues. we continue to meet and continues to work through difficult implementation issues. through the recent joint comprehensive plan of action with iran, we have cut off iran's path to a nuclear weapon in a verifiable manner. and through the nuclear security summit process, we have locked up significant amounts of nuclear material. i saw one estimate through the efforts of the nuclear security summit. we have locked up or secured enough nuclear material to create 150 bombs. so on the positive side of the ledger, i think we have made good progress. however, we do have some real challenges. as congresswoman harmon noted, the relationship with russia is fundamentally different. in 2009 when the president took office, we had hopes of developing a strategic partnership with russia. i think those hopes are no longer there. additionally, russia has been using increasingly harsh rhetoric with regards to

moneys flowing out of russia. is this smart money or are they like potential investors leaving money on the table? capital flight has increased substantially in russia showing any companies are leaving money inside russia and are ready to invest. if you look at the emerging lessts in general there is interest on the part of western investors in the emerging markets under was three years ago. that is one of the tasks for the russian government. to improve the russian climate -- the investment -- the climate investment in russia. andrey kostin. saudi arabia's plan to tackle its chronic housing shortage. more from another bloomberg exclusive interview. that is next year on "on the move." ♪ guy: welcome back. you arewatching open -- watching "on the move. so it is fascinating to see what is happening in the telco sector. what is happening is orange will not be buying bouygues. is suffering. it it will not see the consolidation. potentially bad for iliad. not directly involved in this that the stock is getting pummel

and russia have in common. that is an indication he wants to work closely with russia in terms of fighting in syria. that's something that the administration doesn't want to get close to russia because of support for bashar al assad. on the whole, the russians very pleased with the things that trump said. i have an interesting statistic for you, john. a survey was done in all g-20 countries. in every single country, the people said they were prefer hillary clinton to be america's next president over donald trump, except in russia where donald trump is ahead by a landslide. i went to speak to russians here and they said they like donald trump. >> so much has been made of trump praising the leadership style of vladimir putin. now at least in the speech, the discussion of actual outreach as a policy was very interesting to see. fred pleitgen, thank you. >>> let's get an early start on your money. dow futures lower. investors wait for another round of corporate earnings. most disappointing. oil is down slightly. st

i wonder if you could talk a bit about russia, what you think the actual threat is that russia poses to the alliance right now. what are putin's goals? on his actions arguably a response as some argued years ago to nato's expansion right to russia's borders? is there a limit that you see to, i will say putin, but russia's desire to expand its own sphere of influence? or do you see it, do you think they see it as a defensive mechanism? >> i will say some words about russia in a moment i will stop commenting on the introduction to the question because that is also related to this concern, whether part of the debate in united states provides reason for concern in europe at the united states is not focused on europe, the united states is not going to continue transatlantic alliance and so on. first of all, i would like to say that the first time i visited the united states was in 1980. then i was 21 years old. no, not 21 years old. i visited the united states together with my father. he was then defense minister of norway and we traveled a week around the united states, different militar

in russia or any of the emerging our kids? >> we have had to reset in a lot of the emerging markets. you look at the macronumbers you might look at russia and brazil without the labels so the macronumbers oath our commodity affected are driven economies and so what happens to commodities has affected both of them in a macrosense. both of them have opted flexible exchange rates, both of them have opted to let the exchange rate float. in the case of russia particularly they are the only market that has no capital controls, never has an effect vladimir putin has talked about often to say this is a point of pride for the russian economy. anthony: bruce are emerging markets a big focus for you? >> we do invest in emerging markets and russia has done all the right things since the sanctions hidden since commodities collapsed and that's a big part of what they have produced and their economy slipped into recession. since that's happened the central bank is taken very aggressive actions to capitalize on the banks to make money availab

to you about the russia flyover. were we in the right to shoot down if we desired to do so with their aggression? >> sir, not knowing the complete circumstances, i really can't answer that this morning. >> as far as the justification -- i know turkey's taken action against russia before and i think russia would understand turkey would continue to take action. i think there's a concern we won't and they wanted to see how far we could go. i'm not advocating we should have shot the plane down. i understood that secretary kerry described it as a reckless provocative and dangerous act. he was not wrong in saying the u.s. ship would have been justified to shoot down the russian plane. >> yes, sir. i just don't have the detailed information to make that call. i would say it's absolutely reckless and unjustified and very dangerous. when you've got, you know, our operations going on as well as was -- >> do you see russia pushing the envelope? is russia pushing the envelope to test the western resolve or united states resolve?

blast off from russia's new cosmonaut. let them your putin's prestige project, dogged by setbacks and allegations of corruption. and, a defection in the highest ranks of german soccer. a player one side of his contract so he can play for the bundesliga rival in munich. brent: it is good to have you with us. it tonight, the cease-fire in syria is hanging by a thread. that is what the united nations is saying after more than 30 people have been killed, just today alone, fighting and aleppo. among the dead, at least 14 patients and three doctors at a hospital in a rebel-held area of the city. the airstrike on the hospital has drawn international condemnation. u.s. secretary of state john kerry expressing outrage, saying the attacks appeared to be deliver it. he says russia has an urgent responsibility to stop syrian forces from attacking civilians. reporter: where do you take shelter, when nowhere is safe? bombs in syria's biggest city, aleppo, sent people fleeing from their homes. amid a few glimmers of hope, the overall pic

his best friend is at the center of a scheme in which money from russia state banks is hidden offshore. other relatives and associates of those implicated in the leaks include the son this malaysia's prime minister. >> i think it raises questions for the political class as a whole because european countries, the u.s., have been talking about greater transparency. switzerland has cleaned up their act in terms of banks. there have been a series of scandals. it turns out that offshore companies are still very popular >> reporter: investigators in the u.s. believes one mentioned in the documents supplied fuel for war planes that the syrian government used to bomb and kill tens of thousands of its own citizens. also revealed in the documents was a shell company in panama owned by the football staff as shown and his father. investigators are investigating messi for tax evasion. companies have been linked to that firm in pan athat. -- unanimous panama. in argentina the president failed to disclose the fact that he is a director along with his father and brother on a company based in the baha

but it's only 3% of the population of russia. of course, there are still real people living in those municipalities, but it's a decision that has to be made by local assemblymen. it is very important to make this decision making process transparent. if this tariff is regulated by the government, additional services, they're not regulated. but to make this tariff transparent, the government has to finalize its work on providing information on the structure, the formula, of this tariff. so every person can verify it, can look and find out how much they pay for what. now, as far as additional services are concerned, the answer, these things are not regulated by the government. according to our laws. so what we should do about additional sources is, people should have a meeting and they should decide what services they're interested in and how much they're willing to pay for them. if they don't have a meeting, the municipality will do it for them. and i'll talk about major repairs later. first, i want to say one thing which needs to

particularly china, russia. there's no way that if you fold in whatever else iran is doing, you're going to get russia on board. but if you focus only on the nuclear piece, they managed to get all of those guys lined up. and so now they have the makings of a nuclear deal. and so what they did with this nuclear deal, the technical stuff, it's very straightforward. at the time they started the deal discussions, the iranians, in a month or two, could have made enough highly enriched uranium for a bomb. it would have probably taken them six more months to build a crude bomb, but a couple of years to build something a bit more sophisticated. but they were within a couple of months to be able to make the materials for the bomb. that's how close they were. and what the deal does, and i had the discussions with the iranians, and i didn't believe, i kept on telling them, you got a open space between the military and the civilian capabilities. well, they opened space, and that space they opened, sort of this year that you

and whether russia could be drawn into another conflict. armenia is an ally to russia. azerbaijan is supported by turkey. it's a complex issue in a complicated region, russia's relationship with turkey has been deteriorating because of the war in syria. in that conflict. turkey backs rebel groups, and russia backs the other side. it got worse after russia shot down a fighter jet it said entered its air space. russia's intervention is an example of awe vladimir putin continues to -- how vladimir putin continues to increase his military role where he sees fit. in 2014, after the annexation of crimea, and the support of pro-russian rebels moscow faced isolation and sanctions. aside from the conflict, the country is militarily involved in, there's numerous military and ethnic tensions. chechnya, georgia, south ossetia are but a few examples, many are wondering if another foreign war is looming and what vladimir putin, whose actions surprised the world. will do next >>> the republic representative to the united states joins us live from washington d.c. thank you for joining

we're confronting a russia that entered a new chapter in the cold war. >> it's not only russia. china sent warships into alaskan waters. >> we have to prepare ourselves with understanding the president would be visiting at that time. >> colonel bodin controls the norad information center. >> we were able to track them to know where they were. >> the chinese were off shore, president obama visited anchorage and gave a speech. >> it proves this one threat is now very much in the present. >> he wasn't referring to a military threat. >> human activity is disrupting the climate. >> he was talking about climate change. as russia builds new bases across the arctic, and china building up it's land and sea forces, the pentagon is reviewing a decision to cut back up to 71% of an airborne paratrooper brigade based in alaska. >> every governmental official noticed this is a vital component of the army. >> deputy commander jeffrey crepo is part of the team ready to go anywhere within hours's notice. >> our senior leaders are having to make tough decisions in the environment we're in now. >>

i wonder if you could talk a bit about russia and what you think the actual threat is that russia poses to the alliance right now. what are putin's goals? are his actions arguably our response, as some argued years ago, to nato's expansion right to russia's borders. is there a limit to russia's desire to expand its own sphere of influence, or do you think they see it as a defensive mechanism? mr. stoltenberg: i will say some words about russia in a moment, but i will start a commenting on the introduction to the question, because there is concern whether part of the debate in the united states provides reasons for concern in europe, that the united states is not focused on europe, that the united states is not going to continue to be part of our transatlantic alliance and so on. first of all, i would like to say that the first time i visited the united states was in 1980. i was 21 years old -- no, not 21 years old. i visited the united states with my father and we traveled for a week around the united states. and then, the main issue then was the concern that the united states was not g

there are plenty of experts who see russia as a stranger we can't ignore. >> russia is the only country on earth that has the capability to destroy the united states of america. >> we're confronting a russia that entered a new chapter in the cold war. >> in september, china sent five warships toward alaskan waters. >> we began to posture ourselves for any event that may happen when they're here. >> we moved forces to make sure we're able to track them to know where they are. >> while the chinese were off shore, president obama visited and gave a speech. >> proves this distant threat is in the present. human activity is disrupting the climate. >> he was talking about climate change as russia builds new basis across the arctic and china, building upland and sea forces, the pentagon is reviewing a decision to cut back up to 71% of an airborne paratrooper brigade in alaska. >> every senior governmental official knows this is a vital component of the army. >> jeffrey crepo is part of the combat team. >> we're ready to go at any time. >> but it's part of the military in the newer, less intrus

but it's only 3% of the population of russia. of course, there are still real people living in those municipalities but it's a decision that has to be made by local assemblymen. it is very important to make this decision-making process transparent. if this tariff is regulated by the government, additional services, they are not regulated. but to make this tariff transparent, the government has to finalize itstransparent, the government has to finalize its work on providing information on the structure, the formula of this tariff. so every person can verify, can look and find out how much they pay for what. as far as additional services are concerned, these things are not regulated by the government, according to our laws. so what we should do about additional services is people should have a meeting and they should decide what services they're interested in and how much they're willing to pay for them. if they don't have a meeting, the municipality will do it for them. and -- i don't know, i'll talk about that later. first i want

russia and had a america, cold snap or permafrost? >> consider russia's annexation of crimea and further aggression in eastern ukraine. we can all stop by what the s violated. i five if i could have been ukraine, a good happen to any nation gathered here today. two centuries, a relationship with russia has been complicated. we have always been rivals who depend on each other. although we are allies out of necessity in world war ii, mistrust dates from the russian revolution, when the allies invaded russia out of fear of communism, which continued in the cold war. u.s. russian relations have improved with the new approach to russia. however, let them if you didn't has revived -- however putin has revived an age of military aggression. >> in late august, we specifically asked the russians, what are you doing? they said, according to the administration, well, we are fortifying our interests there. there just as scared of islamic state as you are and we think something needs to be done. the adopted a sort of watch and wait, and i think it

this is not russia and is this russia and your mind? but i can say about the general end of western media and there are tons of different -- different points of view. >> okay. we have a question in the back there. >> thank you. very interesting report. >> thank you. >> wondering what is the demographics of your readership and based on the age do they care about different issues and which issues are important to older people and younger people, et cetera? thank you. >> our main audience is under 35 so this is a young, active audience from the big cities. what issues they care about, and i can ask this question because there are many issues. we don't have such resources because we can see google analytics and they like it and it not helps us at all like travel or read, but we can see just what we make and what they like, and this is just a normal -- it's -- they -- i don't know. i can -- i can't say what we want them to like and this is much more important for us. for example, we make more we're trying to make more stuff around the world

there are plenty of experts who see russia as a danger we can't simply ignore. >> russia presents the greatest threat to our national security. >> russia is the only country on earth that has the capability to destroy the united states of america. >> we are confronting a russia that has now entered a new chapter of the cold war. >> it's not only russia we have to watch out for. last september, china sent five warships toward alaskan waters. >> we began to posture ourselves for any event that might happen while they were here, especially with understanding the president would be visiting at that time. >> colonel harley bodine commands the norad air operation center. >> we moved forces around to ensure that we were able to track them with the utmost confidence to know exactly where they were the entire time. >> while the chinese were offshore, president obama visited anchorage and gave a speech. >> it proves that this once distant threat is now very much in the present. >> he wasn't referring to a military threat. >> human activity is disrupting the climate. >> he was talking about clim

russia. last year, i spoke in washington about its destabilizing behavior. its military buildup and its aggression against ukraine, and i outlined how nato is responding. we are making significant progress. nato is becoming more agile, and we are increasing our readiness. we are reinforcing our collective defense, the largest collective defense since the end of the cold war. nato's response force is now three times bigger than it was before. we have set up a chain of new headquarters in the eastern part of the alliance, boosting our ability to plan, exercise, and reinforce if needed. the european reassurance initiative launched two years ago has been key. i met with president obama on monday and thanked him for his strong leadership and strong commitment. i welcome his plan to quadruple funding for the european reassurance initiative. this will increase our ability to strengthen the alliance. this increase of the european reassurance initiative would mean more u.s. troops and equipment on eur

, ukraine, that's what precipitated the sanctions against russia. some would argue russia hasn't changed its behavior at all and, in fact, they have been more aggressive as they've sent troops and supplies and planes to syria. they have withdrawn some of that, but no one can say, mere is an examp -- here is an example of where the russians did something because of the impact of sanctions. >> so i think it's important to understand that sanctions, in and of themselves, are not the tool that's going to fundamentally alter behavior. they are part of an overall effort, and with respect to the sanctions against russia for their activities, their aggression in ukraine, i think there is a fair debate and some intelligence to back this up that it did have an impact on the trajectory of what was happening in eastern ukraine. >> rose: meaning they might have done more if the sanction might not have been applied. >> correct. >> rose: they might have been more aggressive with other baltic countries? >> i'm not going to get into great detail on this, but i think

leaders like russia's vladimir putin. at lease one head of state iceland prime minister has artists that down. anthony: with those as bruce richardson and founding partner. some say the leaks are great because it's pointing to transparency and others say it's well shaming. what's your opinion on the leaks? >> i think it's a lot like wikileaks. it went both ways so it scared everybody at the government levels because it was an illegal use of information but for the broader public people look at it and they say this is shedding light in bringing transparency. sunlight is the best disinfectant so maybe this will clean up a lot of shadiness in our financial system. >> i used that with my kids when i'm trying to get them to clean their room. you know vladimir putin. >> wei. and he is by far the most popular politician in russia and russian modern history since the fall of communism. anthony: you think he's one of their richest people in the world? >> i know this will go against the headlines but i think you will not find vladi

fourth and final summit was russia's president vladimir putin, russia boycotted the meeting despite the fact it sits on the largest stockpiles of unsecured nuclear materials. >> they are not working toot. years of cooperation ended. we funded for years programs in the former soviet union to secure materials. vladimir putin ended that cooperation. he is actually closing down for any kind of u.s. cooperation. >> reporter: in his closing news contest. president barack obama conceded more needs to be done. >> there's a good deal of nuclear material around the world that needs to be secured. stocks of plutonium are growing, nuclear arsenals are expanding with small tactical weapons, that could be at greater risk of theft. >> while this is the last of the plans at the leader level, the delegation provided the framework for progress, including an international working group of experts from 30 countries, carrying on unfinished business of ridding the world of loose nuclear material. joining me from washington d.c. is kelcey davenport. and in north carolina, jim walsh. reference associate at the

there are plenty of experts who see russia as a stranger we can't ignore. >> russia is the only country on earth that has the capability to destroy the united states of america. >> we're confronting a russia that entered a new chapter in the cold war. >> in september, china sent five warships toward alaskan waters. >> we began to posture ourselves for any event that may happen when they're here. >> we moved forces to make sure we're able to track them to know where they are. >> while the chinese were off shore, president obama visited and gave a speech. >> proves this distant threat is in the present. human activity is disrupting the climate. >> he was talking about climate change as russia builds new basis across the arctic and china, building upland and sea forces, the pentagon is reviewing a decision to cut back up to 71% of an airborne paratrooper brigade in alaska. >> every senior governmental official knows this is a vital component of the army. >> jeffrey crepo is part of the combat team. >> we're ready to go at any time. >> but it's part of the military in the newer, less intrus

-russia relations. what i said to putin before and i will continue to say to him, is that we cannot ratify russian aggression in eastern ukraine. but that there is an opportunity through the minsk process to resolve this peacefully. and if we can resolve that piece of business, then that clears out a lot of the underbrush and suspicion and tensions that have existed between the united states and russia. that would allow us to concentrate our efforts more on what's happening in syria. and what is happening around the world. charlie: do you consider ukraine part of the russian sphere of influence? president obama: i do not believe that any sovereign country should be subject in 18th century or 19th-century terms to being a vassal state of somebody else's. do i think there is a deep historical link between russia and ukraine? absolutely. do i think that russia is going to have some influence on what happens in ukraine? of course for the same way we have influence over canada or mexico but there is a differ

ryan: chart of the year for russia, looks at how many rubles per barrel of oil russia is getting right now. what you can see with that chart -- that is not the chart we are showing on the screen. there it is. is that russia is getting almost as many rubles as it needs, almost as many rubles as it needs right now to fill its budget, which i think underscores, that thanks to the oil price, and an that has come up 30% since the russians and the saudis started talking and for russia, for putin, the importance of these talks on sunday. phoneit comes up in his call. francine: i want to ask paolo because he knows like no other the oil market, are we expecting something in doha on sunday? ryan: i think we can anticipate some rhetoric because the russians, the saudis, everybody recognizes if they come away usth having been seen as j arguing and a couple's nothing, it could be hugely interest to the -- injurious to the oil price. prices rallied on the back of some kind of collaboration. other than that, i do not know how substantive it will be. francine: i'm sure there will be a little bit of sh

the president had promised a diplomatic reset with russia. even scrapping a missile defense system in europe as a conciliatory gesture. after his re-election, he pulled america's main battle tanks out of germany, tanks that had been there since world war ii. all eyes were on vladimir putin to see how he'd respond. and, in february 2014, putin sent in troops to seize ukraine's crimean peninsula. >> in europe, we envisioned a different kind of relationship than what has actually emerged. we didn't anticipate that russia would illegally annex crimea. we didn't see that kind of destabilizing activity. >> next, putin's forces began menacing ukraine itself. >> the fundamental point of dealing with a bully like putin is you cannot allow bullies to get away with what they want to do. >> but the president rejected calls for a muscular response, instead announcing limited sanctions. >> i believe there's a path to resolve the situation diplomatically in a way that addresses the issues of russia and the ukraine. >> i think the president should have taken

the russia president has pledged its support to azerbaijan. both parties are rival parties in the caucus region. in 1994 moscow brokered a ceasefire between the two former soviet republic to end a six year war. there have been a number of violations since then. russia has a significant military presence with two bases in armenia which is the major strategic partner in the region. it is a big supplier of arms to both countries, but sells more weapons to azerbaijan. turkey, on the other hand, has been backing azerbaijan which is ethnically turkic. turkey has had a blockade since the issue between more than 30 years ago. just put this in context for us, azerbaijan saying they will go on ceasefire. there have been ceasefire since 1994. it is largely held but there have been sporadic spikes of violence. why should this be any different? >> as you just pointed out, this is a conflict that has been simmering for many decades. it has the potential to spiral into quite a series region-- serious regional conflict because of the tensions that existed bet

russia sells arms to both countries. it is also a mediator in the conflict and has called an end to what is the worst fighting in the area in more than 20 years >>> north korea is known nor unexpected action, so it was no surprise that while world leaders met in washington for the nuclear summit, necessity launched a nuclear look. we take a look at the battle to stop nuclear proliferation. later the women's soccer dispute about inequality in pay. a move to save a butter fly. nguyens az >> one hour special, only on al jazeera america. wisconz n >>> while world leaders were n meeting for the nuclear summit, north korea launched a ballistic missile on the other side of the globe. we take a deeper look at nuclear proliferation and efforts to stop it. it is a challenge to leaders to stop other $from getting weapons. that has become harder in decade since the end of the cold war. obama instrumented the need to-- stressed the need to enforce security measure $that were put in place following nuclear tests by north korea in febr

russia's economy is nearing a tipping point. russia runs out of farm reserves next year. the russian ruble will collapse. >> his economy is in tough shape, no doubt. it's not getting better. oil prices aren't helping him because they're heavily reliant on that. >> that could be even more dangerous, right? >> i don't know why. look, he is a tough, autocratic ruler of russia. they've always had that. every czar has been that. and we can't get along with these people? what's the matter with this country? >> i don't know that it's a question of getting along with him. it is a question of him being assertive outside his country in order to distract from his economic problems. that doesn't mean inability to get along with him. he is acting in what he thinks are his best interests. >> what are we doing giving war guarantees to the free balkan countries? we're going to go to war to fight for astonia? are you kidding? up for putin all the time? >> i'm not standing up for him. we got to deal with the guy. he's one of the people in the world -- >> they are dealing with him. they're

one is russia that is now in conflict with turkey. the second is egypt because egypt is the last country on earth that wants to see turkey in gaza. between egypt and turkey. so the last thing on earth is turkish influence in gaza. we are not particularly interested in that either. but the task of diplomats is to find a creative solution that would provide turkey with a face-saving without any real influence in gaza. israel is betting -- you know, if humanitarian aid is going to come to gaza, if money and so forth are going to flowinging into gaza and create more housing and employment in gaza, there's nothing negative from an israeli point of view. but to add to the politics of gaza with hamas and groups to the right of hamas it, turkish -- turkey has not proven itself in the last decade as a very skuconstructive element. >> for you the face saving approach would be allow turkish humanitarian aid? >> possibly. you know, there is a negotiation going on in unlike so many other things in israel, the minister keep it confidential. so i'm

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