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

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

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

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?

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. 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

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

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

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

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.

, 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

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

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

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

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 said that turkey is taking sides. if you're looking for those who are taking sides the most significant country doing that is russia. it loves to take sides. russia took sides in ukraine, georgia and now in syria. >> al jazeera's has this update from the outskirts near the disputed enclave. >> i was walking through one incident that happened in the early hours last saturday when fighting broke out loose the front lines. of nagorno-care are a back. this belongs to the mayor of the town. i want to say one thing. earlier this week i reported that the mayor was killed. that was a mistake. wellwell. >> russia said that it support u.n.-brokered talks between all sides of the syrian conflict. the russian foreign minister said that they made the special envoy to syria who is visiting moscow. the geneva-based peace talks have stalled because the syrian negotiators have been unwilling to discuss the possibility of president bashar al-assad leaving office. during the visit they praise the russia's involvement from isil fighters.

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

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

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

-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

russia, the whole thing, i think senator donnelly talked to you about the russia flyover. ould our ships, were we in the right to shoot down if we desired to do so with their ggression? mr. scaparrotti: not knowing the complete circumstances i can't answer that. mr. manchin: turkey has taken action on russia before rks 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 oing on as well. mr. manchin: is russia just pushing the envelope to test the western resolve or the united states' resolve? mr. scaparrotti: i think they're pushing the envelope

concern, russia is deploying new submarines that are harder for u.s. naval forces to track and detect. following years and billions of dollars in investment, they are quieter, better armed and have a greater range of operation. >> the submarines that we're seeing are much more stealthy, they're acoustically quieter. we're seeing them have more advanced weapons systems, missile systems that can attack land at long ranges. >> the increased russian sub activity is backed by a much broader military expansion. russia is adding or upgrading some 12 naval bases across the arctic circle, expanding its capability to send subs in numbers through the crucial greenland-iceland gap in the atlantic. moscow has newly stationed six submarines in the black sea, giving russia new capability into the mediterranean. the u.s. believes the new activity is designed to deny nato, including the u.s., the ability to operate within russia's so-called near abroad. >> what we see in these operations, one, it's focused on protecting the maritime flanks of russia but also denying na

the reason, russia's rising military presence in eastern europe. nato forces and russian troops are massing along that border in the modern version of the cold war part two. we sent scott thuman on an exercise with u.s. troops in estonia. [gunfire] scott: what you're seeing and hearing isn't any ordinary military exercise, nor is the setting -- a remote section of woods in tapa, estonia, some 75 miles from the russian border, where 170 u.s. soldiers, as the saying goes, are hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst by training with live rounds, putting high-tech stryker vehicles though the paces, and shattering the -- with the deafening sounds of detonating ied's. captain joe vanderlip is the iron troop commander. captain vanderlip: i think there are conditions out there that have prompted our response and there are decision makers in washington and the pentagon that have deemed it appropriate, that, hey, there's enough going on in the world right now, that we need to forward move units to assure the nato alliance. scott: what, you ask, coul

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asia, america and russia, of course. we all know, we all suffered serious losses in our fight against terrorism. and the threat is still there. it is not like we left syria abandoning everything we have achieved there. we withdrew, but after we withdrew we left the syrian army in a position where with the support of the remaining part they are able to launch serious offenses. after we went through most of our forces they retook a number of strategic cities. the number of cities that have joined the cease-fire have increased during this period command we really hope will bring piece to this region is political process, not the use of force. everybody should come to the negotiating table, adopt a new constitution kemal the election and in this way bring the country out of the crisis. [speaking russian] >> translator: how soon do you think we will liberate? [speaking russian] >> translator: this is a strategic area. the second-biggest city, may actually be the industrial capitol. you have armed opposition groups and interna

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

usually it is caught in russia yet it comes from china, gets reimported to russia, sometimes in the same vessel. we are drafting a law that says fish should be delivered to russia fresh, not frozen. it would not be possible any longer to freeze fish and deliver frozen fish. we hope this will benefit the russian industries. we also hope to provide penalties to companies who engage in this kind of activity. 70% will be provided specifically to industries that will use their own ships and boats for fishing, and those who meet those conditions will receive an additional 20% quota on top of what they already have. violators of these arrangements will be stripped of their yeah tas entirely. you said that ships are decrepit, they are deteriorating. out of the 20%, we intend to invest 5% in upgrading and repairing existing fleet and 15% to build new ships. now the government is drafting that law, it needs to finalize it. there is endless deliberation right now among various ministries and agencies but i believe that the draft law should become law, adopted and ratified by the state duma, during

usually it is caught in russia yet it comes from china, gets reimported to russia, sometimes in the same vessel. we are drafting a law that says fish should be delivered to russia fresh, not frozen. it would not be possible any longer to freeze fish and deliver frozen fish. we hope this will benefit the russian industries. we also hope to provide penalties to companies who engage in this kind of ctivity. 70% will be provided specifically to industries that will use their own ships and boats for fishing, and those who meet those conditions will eceive an additional 20% quota on top of what they already have. violators of these arrangements will be stripped of their yeah tas entirely. you said that ships are decrepit, they are deteriorating. out of the 20%, we intend to invest 5% in upgrading and repairing existing fleet and 15% to build new ships. now the government is drafting that law, it needs to finalize it. there is endless deliberation right now among various ministries and agencies but i believe that the draft law should become law, adopted and ratified by the state duma, during th

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're confronting a russia that has now entered a new chapter in the cold war. bret: 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 there, especially with understanding the president would be visiting at that time. bret: colonel harley boddine commands the norad air operation center. >> we move forces around to ensure we were able to track them with the utmost confidence to know where they were the entire time. bret: while the chinese were offshore, president obama visited anchorage and gave a speech. >> proves this once distant threat is now very much in the present. bret: he wasn't referring to a military threat. >> human activity is disrupting the climate. bret: he was talking about climate change.

absolutely, do i think russia will have some influence on what happens in ukraine? of course, the same way we have influence of canada and mexico and they have an influence over us, but there is a difference between that and them financing heavy weaponry that goes in and carves off big chunks of another country. so what i've said to him is, if we can get that resolved, then there is an opportunity for the united states and russia to concentrate on those areas where we have common interests. there are going to be some fundamental differences between the united states and russia and me and putin. we have different values and different interests, but we do have the opportunity, i think, to solve some big pieces of business. ukraine is an ongoing source of significant tension, not just between us and the russians but also between the europeans and the ssians. >> i hear optimism in your voice. >> i think there is a chance of it getting done. but, look, mr. putin and i, when we have conversations, they tend to be businesslike and courteous and rational but the actions don

that is followed by discussion on russia and domestic policy. and later, a look at the impact philanthropy has on society and the economy here in the u.s.. announcer: the czech prime minister was in washington, dc, this past week, where he discussed the state of the european union. he also talked about the developing situation in ukraine, the european refugee crisis, and the united kingdom's potential exit in the eu. this event was hosted by the brookings institution. it is just under mr. eisen: good morning [speaking czech] welcome to the brookings institution for the latest in a series. in my speech, i quoted several times from the famous address to the u.s. congress of 1990. in february, 1990. that you willve not mind if i use the same address of the czechoslovakian president as my inspiration today, as well. he spoke about his vision of built onhich should be the foundations of general respect for human rights, pluralism, and freedom of choice. during and which orders will play a lesser and lesser role. until they become needed no more. his

and russia call for calm. the area is marked in yellow at the heart of a decades long territorial dispute. the area was governed by azerbaijan during the satisfactory jet era, but has been controlled by local armenians since a 1994 ceasefire officially ended a six year war that killed an estimated 60,000 people. >> the shaded area to the left with armenia, this his the so-called buffer zone. it's controlled by armenia, but it's claimed by azerbaijan. >> both sides are accusing each other of firing the first shots on saturday, blaming each other for violating a 1994 ceasefire that ended a six year war. >> it was a clear violation of the ceasefire regime, the international law, international humanitarian law and the geneva conventions. >> some called it a frozen conflict. it began with a decision josef stalin made. he placed the enclave inside the newly created azerbaijan soviet socialist republic. christian armenians and muslims lived in peace for nearly a century. then in the late 1980's when the ussr was brea

and donald trump saying, you know, i can work with russia. in some ways, he is with hillary clinton and say let's reset this relationship. a lot there to chew on. >> one of our senior international correspondents was listening very carefully. i assume people all over the world were listening and intrigued by donald trump and i assume a lot of foreign leaders, international leaders around the world are beginning to take him much more seriously now. now that he's potentially poised to be the republican presidential nominee. what's the likely reaction in moscow, for example, to reaching out saying i want to work with the russians and also, the chinese. i want to work with the chinese but that i going to have to work with us as well. >> reporter: it's interesting, wolf. and i think after hearing this speech by donald trump, the russians most likely were almost ecstatic by what they heard. he wants better relations with the russians. he believes that something like friendship is actually possible. and then on the other hand, didn't really point ou

between what russia said it was going to do and it did. they said they were going to contribute to the ending of the syrian civil war. and that propping up assad militarily is not doing that. and has not done that. and they also said they were going to fight isil. they were mostly propping up assad, no doubt about it. >> thank you, thank you both. >> thank you all. what russia said it was going to secretary carter, have you ever heard of the pyd? sec. carter: i have, yes. >> who are they? sec. carter: they're a kurdish group, one of several -- a number of -- >> have you heard of the pypg? sec. carter: i have heard of them, also. >> who are they? sec. carter: another kurdish group. >> aren't they the military wing of the pyd? sec. carter: they are, yes. >> is that right general dunford? gen. dunford: that's correct. >> they're a leftist syrian kurdish political party founded in 2003. reports indicate that they're aligned or at least have substantial ties to the pkk. is that true? sec. carter: yes, we have -- >> is the pkk a terrorist organi

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

it is a main threat for russia, and it is a main threat for countries and we're thinking about russia because the main topic in russia is that we are like an island and we're great and there is no other world and something everybody else are just problems or they just hate us and people don't understand that it is just one country of the world and people of the world are not so interested in russia with russian things and then this is, yeah, sometimes it's a great country and sometimes it's not such a great country and it's a horrible country and it's a part of the world. and we talk about media in exile. we just see no borders. we make it from anywhere. it's a global war and it is much more easier for us to manage the media from russia right now and maybe change sometimes, but this is about, and the global war and russia is a part of it somebody asked what the new political statement. i think this is a politic that's made for it and this is very important and this is -- there are no borders and we're the proof so thank you. [ applause ] now i think we have some questions. >> thank yo

there are plenty of experts who see russia as a danger we can't simply basignore. >> russia presents the greatest threat. >> russia is the only country with the capability to destroy the united states. >> 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 u understanding that the president would be visiting. we were able to track them with the utmost confidence to know where they were the entire time. >> while the chinese were offshore, president obama visits anchorage and gave a speech. >> this distant threat is very much in the present. >> he wasn't referring to a military threat. >> huge activity is disrupting the climate. >> china builds up its 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 senior official that's been up here knows this is a vital component of the army. >> deputy commander is part of the 425 combat team that's ready

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, 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've