over something that russia has nothing absolutely nothing to do with i agree russia has nothing to do is go real about russia has to do something with a military base which is you know in 40 kilometers from separate them from japan this is capital of georgia for example yes i think yes russian been making this point for us but russian authorities overreacted by this russian authorities this russian government on our side it was ordinary people young generation once again that's not our government that's young generation that's what they doing all the emotions but look if the russian people were to take to the streets here in moscow chanting sexually explicit and sexually offensive slogans about your president. i would expect the leadership of my country to at least say that this is not appropriate and this has nothing to do with a diplomat democratic expression this is basic decency are indeed georgians bound by it when it comes to russia well you know actually i don't see any reason why i would rush why would or new russian chant anything about our president because our president has

russia. and the european union all at the same time and strong said bolton we want to fight wars all simultaneously all over the world ok that's a losing proposition yeah but you know also. in 2014 when the u.s. was able to put pressure and come in syrup to it but that was by their own words by the way to twist europe's arm in order to accept sanctions on russia this was under the bomb administration which was more measured since then what is up in the world americans are pushing their peons trying to twist their arm again to go against a trade war against the chinese they're pushing them to target the iranians to break the treaty they also help trying to get aboard with the venezuela which hasn't really panned out to rebel so and also now of course putting sanctions against europeans themself or at least raising tire of so is so is all this new frontline so i think for their opinions to keep all keep open the front line against the russia you know in unity with united states it's i think it'

world of business and economics this week 3 decades after the collapse of the soviet union putin's russia is in gauging with africa to increase more than its political clout . missile systems that could still open turkey's economy we look at the economics behind the s. 400 and the f. 35 stealth bomber. and as google prepares to launch its challenger in the games industry we find out if it could be game over for the likes of sony and microsoft. so as the soviet union imploded it turned its back on the african continent in the 1990 s. but now under president putin russia is making a push to engage the reason is simple western sanctions the pivot to china hasn't been a huge success and hopes of billions of dollars in investment from the middle east haven't arrived in the quantities expected plus african votes count in the united nations. russia's trade with africa rose 26 percent to $17400000000.00 in 2017 moscow doesn't have the financial power of beijing just in 2017 trade with africa amounted to 170000000000 dollars the u.s. is of course worried its trade with subsaharan africa was $39000

russia relations remain in a deep freeze and europe is taking a different path when it comes to russia some are calling it the new thought also china calls out the u.k. regarding hong kong indeed old colonial habits die hard. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow and he is a professor of the higher school of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and the resurgence of russia and we're also joined by marcus papadopoulos in london he's the editor of politics for us magazine gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to markets in london an interesting phenomenon that's been going on now for a number of months or maybe since the election of donald trump but we have we just recently had blood and we are putin in italy meeting the pope in a tally and leaders of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe not that i'm a big fan of the organization has finally given the russian delegation. voting rights back and other. elements that have to do with their membe

russia and they did. it gave an opportunity to the best so the rest. which was an old sense but for the rest well it's in the us union they are still suffering some won't be know yet so you ask ask the polish ask all farmers ask them what happened to them ok exactly you know you know and. glenn i mean i have been in a bizarre way actually been a supporter of the of the saying sions because of the reasons that mark has just told us i mean how they lived here for so long and up to 2014 i heard successive governments saying we need reform we need to modernize we need to do so many things in 2014 the gauntlet was thrown down they had to do all of those things that marcus just told us this is made russia stronger and russia's position musician is stronger and interesting lee as marcus pointed out u.s. policy is driving china and russia together and now as we say in this program here it's pushing europe to be closer to russia this is a net feel for the united states of play wanted to take on china and russia and the european union all at the same time and st

all these things where was russia and russian secret services. busy russia's reaction after the members of georgia to the store georgia's independence and to to prevent this country from getting closer or with with europe and with the worse and that was the choice of the georgian population again there what's happened last week is you're only one more months one. of these many years of position between russia and georgia i don't want to hear you say that putin then gave his own version of history but one of the things that he did do was push back on the duma when they wanted to impose sanctions against georgia so problem must go can you explain that to me what's the rationale for for going against parliament and saying no no let's not impose sanctions on mineral water and wine and remittances and let's rather continue pursuing and better relations with georgia after you've been insulted in that way. well putin said this journalist doesn't matter that he is just kind of a journalist but him say what he wishes and in general is trying to put a good

and russia well i'm not so. that pessimistic here i think there's a lot of things in play here all right we've run out of time here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on some real new state authority. so the temporary orders that i'm under before i go to final trial actually do allow me to address them as james and his male pronouns but i cannot do that in front of the 3rd parties who know him as a girl so basically i can't go to a school i keep them away from any friends he might have at school that know him as a girl at my home he's known as james and i use male pronouns what i'm prohibited from doing right now is try to convince him that he's actually a boy. during the great depression which i'm old enough to remember there was and most of the family were simply. there wasn't it was bed you know much worse objectively than today but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. of there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today

are all these things where was russia and russian secret services. russia's reaction after the members of georgia to the store georgia's independence and to to prevent this country from getting closer or with with europe and with the worse and that was the choice of the georgian population again there what's happened last week is your only one more months one. of these many years of position between russia and georgia don't want to hear you say that putin then gave his own version of history but one of the things that he did do was push back on the duma when they wanted to impose sanctions against georgia so problem must go can you explain that to me what's the rationale for for going against parliament and saying no no let's not impose sanctions on mineral water and wine and remittances and let's rather continue pursuing and better relations with georgia after you've been insulted in that way. well putin said this journalist doesn't matter that he is just kind of a journalist and we had him say we're out here wishers and in general is trying to put

president obama mocked his 2012 opponent for taking russia too seriously. his administration sought a naive reset with the calendar number, and for -- with the kremlin, and for eight years, i helped lead the charge with that weakness. in 2010, i stood with john mccain and jon kyl to oppose the new start treaty, a watered down place holder for the tough stance we knew was necessary. as vladimir putin was building up his missile arsenal, we even had to push president obama to commit to deploying capable missile defenses to europe. in 2012, i supported sweeping legislation to authorize heavy sanctions following the killing of sergei magnitsky in a russian prison. the obama administration flinched and tried to tiptoe around our legislation to avoid messing up their charm offensive, but we backed them into a corner and the president signed the bill into law. in 2014, i and other republicans constantly pressed president obama to get tougher on russia with respect to putin's aggression in ukraine. so, mr. president, i would ask consent that the news article dated

on tech arms rules imposed conflict syria and it seems russia and turkey do not agree on how to split northern syria civilians are paying the price for their. beirut. some news from somalia now where at least 10 people have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the port city of his mayor the victims include 2 journalists but he's of when the death toll rises fighting is continuing inside the s.s. a hotel between gunmen and security forces and officers said most of the victims were patrons of the hotel which is often frequented by lawmakers and local officials al-shabaab rubbles of time responsibility for the attack. members of the u.s. house of representatives of called the trumpet ministrations treatment of migrants a policy of dehumanization is part of the testimony given at a congressional hearing looking into the state of migrants of federal detention centers they describe deplorable conditions after visiting the facilities of president donald trump has said the reports of mistreatment phony and exaggerated well u.s. president trump has also declared a state of emergency in louis

all these things where was russia and russian secret services. russia's reaction after the members of georgia to the store georgia's independence and to to prevent this country from getting closer or with with europe and with the worse and that was the choice of the georgian population again there what's happened last week is your only one more months one. of these many years of position between russia and georgia don't want to hear you say that putin then gave his own version of history but one of the things that he did do was push back on the duma when they wanted to impose sanctions against georgia so problem can you explain that to me what's the rationale for for going against parliament and saying no no let's not impose sanctions on mineral water and wine and remittances and let's rather continue pursuing and better relations with georgia after you've been insulted in that way. well putin said this journalist doesn't matter that he is just kind of a journalist and we had him say work here wishes and in general is trying to put a good policem

and russia. a massive public backlash rots against one of the 2 month dawning to come british prime minister current foreign secretary jeremy hunt often ties opposition labor party to jeremy pope and to on to some to some even auschwitz atrocities. plus job unease in the grip of a heat wave triggering a crime wave including a large punch up i just swimming pool.

russia council will take. us we will like the conditions the preconditions for these new dialogues and forums to be established. now will give the floor to the russian journalists. receive as you would near news agency the floor. i had to put in you get out and then again with my name is when i was a cobra you might have had a little question is that you have got both that it is i'd like you to use that. relations between russia and me of the e.u. . and you can relations union that would be improved you need to be changed and the only countries are told when you go there are some decisions. about the base and the changing situations and neurobiology and. taking into account that there are now new leaders of many european institutions and the european council do believe there are prospects for change and my question is my question to mr. how big a broken it's a little a in this process maybe it can play a more important or more driving role in this process thank you. well it's not exactly up to us it's not all

and russia. a mouse public backlash about against one of the it's going to become protests of prime minister current foreign secretary jeremy hunt so often he finds opposition labor party to jeremy corbyn to anti semitism and even auschwitz the trouble. was that germany is in a grip all the heat wave which has also triggered a prime way you think putting a large punch up this twinkled.

on counting the cost $3.00 decades off the collapse of the soviet union russia is gauging with africa to raise its political clout and we look at the economics behind so he's decision to buy the s. 400 and f. $35.00 stealth bomber counting the cost on a just. it's 50 years since the world watched as u.s. astronauts lost set off on a mission many adults impossible. then modeled as they made the 1st uncertain steps. to join us as we look at the ingenuity and those who made the journey of a 111 possible. 50 years on and the al-jazeera news special. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories today the latest diplomatic efforts to bring iran and the u.s. back to the negotiating table appears to have ended without any major breakthrough at a meeting in brussels e.u. foreign ministers downplayed iran's decision to enrich uranium above the limits of the 2050 nuclear deal but they failed to reach a solution to the growing us iran tensions. american president has once again lashed out at a group of 4 high profile congress women donald trump is demanding an apology for w

russia specifically but not just russia china iran venezuela or any country that doesn't come crawling to on hands and knees in front of washington and to kiss the ring is regarded as a quote threat. and since russia is the foremost military power that is not under the control of the united states and that's why we've seen things like the expansion of nato and something like this which is kind of a and information analogue to nato expansion which is to try to ensure domination of europe and to isolate russia as much as possible. a 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas has been caught up in a bitter custody battle between his divorced mother father and the fact that his parents count agree on which gender the child should be identified as makes the case even more complicated if you're a boy right now. when with his mother the boy you know and as james lives as a girl named luna the mother refers to james exclusively as her and say as it was the child to express that interest in wearing girls' clothes and even enrolled james in school under the female e r t who was sophie shevardnadz

meanwhile russia is working to expand its influence in the region. the putin regime seeks to erode u.s. influence in the south com area of responsibility and doubled down on its efforts to prop up corrupt authoritarian regimes in venezuela, cuba and nicaragua through economic and military assistance. for many years putin has viewed latin america as a natural link in the chain making up a mul multipolar world and recent port visits by russian navy vessels and the deployment of a long-range bomber to the region highlight russia's efforts to strengthen its global reach in a new age of great power competition. in fact, just a couple of weeks ago, the admiral gorescov was docked in havana harbor. finally drivers of migration including violence, corruption and poverty play significant strain on regional governments and can engender regional instability impacting not only the southern border of the united states but providing additional flash points for china and russia to exploit at the expense of american soft power. all of this demonstrates clearly that

russia is used cyber tax to attack democratic institutions. csis reported that there have been 50,000 cyber attacks against columbia's national voter registry during that 2018 legislate elections. we have also seen russia covertly deploy crime and paramilitary groups to latin , using these forces to advance their strategic interests abroad, without having to admit that they have deployed any military personnel to assist the country. russia's intervention in venezuela has propped up the disastrous maduro regime and helped deny transition to the interim president guaido. this fits a pattern of increasingly aggressive russian seeking to use all of the tools in its play book to undermine the appeal of the democratic process and keep russian aligned regimes in power. while russia and chinese influence in latin america is destabilizing to the region, i think it's also important to spend a few minutes on the most pressing threat to democracy in the western hemisphere. and that is corruption. corruption is the root cause of mass migration, instability

he is imposed real cost on russia for the misdeeds cutting down on the ability of russia to operate inside our country. and in particular department of homeland security has spatial capabilities in all 50 states for protecting malign activity. with the security advisors all across the country operates thert national cybersecurity and communications integration center to support the election infrastructure and information sharing and analysis center. dhs offer cybersecurity assessments protection and prevention tools and training and career development for election officials free of charge. and using the hundreds of millions of dollars congress sends to the states, the authorities actually conduct the elections on the front lines need to be better prepared. this is a long list of significant achievements that my democratic colleagues applauded and cheered behind closed doors when the administration briefed us a few weeks ago. but in public works in public? in front of the cameras? some of my colleagues quickly pivoted with hysterical accusations to only fan the flames of this modern-day of

also this hour russia's defense minister says the fire which claimed the lives of 14 sailors on the deep sea submersible broke out in the vessels battery compartment he also gave assurances that the subs nuclear energy installation is secure. and iran warned the u.s. not to start a fire if it can't handle the consequences after trump warned that the islamic republic play with fire its uranium enrichment. they know what to do and they go with the airplane when i think they're playing with fire this thing for the u.s. to correct its mistake bush is afraid of the word fine you can stop war. and germany is in the grip of a heat wave which has also triggered a crime wave including a large brawl at extending full. international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. bottom of puttin is meeting with the pope in vatican city this is the 3rd time russia's president has met pope francis with previous meetings being in 20132015. in rome for the for us with the latest. vladimir putin is visiting to stay in a row within the timeframe of just a couple of

georgians see as the occupation long after the war with russia in 2008. hello again well tropical storm barry has made landfall here in louisiana and it's going to be bring still some very heavy rain across much of the region we're going to be seeing louisiana mississippi arkansas into parts of tennessee as well under flood risk over the next few days now the satellite you can see it when the system made landfall but take a look at the rain here across the region i just mentioned so the flood warnings are going to be affecting millions in this area and if you remember much of this area is still saturated and the flooding is going to come very easily across many regions so for sunday rain here across much of the southeast as we go towards monday the storm actually begins to dissipate but the rain with it will continue across much of this area and slowly make its way towards the north out here towards the northeast so looking quite nice for boston in new york with the temps there about 29 degrees where heavy rain is going to be a big problem here across par

russia. the u.s. says it's concerned that a planned tax on tech giants and farms will unfairly target american companies any digital company with a revenue of more than $844000000.00 of which at least 20 $8000000.00 is made in france would be subject to the tax the french government argues that companies shouldn't be exempt from paying their headquarters the based elsewhere a french parliament is expected to approve the new tax on thursday now the battle of the what the boycott divestment and sanctions movement against israel is intensifying there israeli government has reportedly enlisted its intelligence agency to counteract the palestinian led campaign against israeli oppression now some academics who backed the movement said they're being targeted in the so-called what charmed by right wing nationalists how a force that reports from occupied east jerusalem. in january this video of a university professor arguing with a student over her decision to her army uniform to class turned into a major cont

to russia now or at least 6 people have been injured after a fire broke out at a thermal power station northeast of moscow huge flames could be seen in gulf in the facility within $100.00. when 50 firefighters were deployed to put out the blaze. now france has passed a controversial tax bill against large tech firms which the u.s. says unfairly targets american companies the tax is the 1st from a major economy to be imposed on companies like google apple facebook and amazon the 3 percent levy will apply to any digital company with worldwide revenue of at least $844000000.00 u.s. president donald trump has ordered an investigation into its impact natasha butler has more from paris with a friend finance minister bruno lemaire had some very strong words in the senate he said effectively that france doesn't take very kindly to threats from the united states now speaking in the senate that have passed this new digital tax law it's imposes 3 percent tax on huge tech firms that are making more than $800000000.00 worldwide but they have revenues of more than $30000000.00 in france and i said t

russia relations remain in the deep freeze europe is taking a different path when it comes to russia some are calling it the new tom also china calls out the u.k. regarding hong kong indeed old colonial hobbits die hard. cash prizes financial survival guide stacey let's learn a salad fill out let's say i'm not sure i get any earthly grease of the fight well street spot thank you for. destroying 6 that's true if you looked at slavery. time after time see welcome to going on the ground where these strategies north and central london coming up on the show we also award winning human rights lawyer cherie blair q.c. about bringing together donald trump and sergey lavrov to free a russian citizen detained in. weight loss is the climate crisis is our 3rd world war we are renowned british environmentalist jonathan porridge why he was named jacked by one of britain's greatest actors mark rowlands when he cut ties with the royal shakespeare company of a privatized fossil fuel company b. all this was going up in today's show i'm going to busy law firm go on me a strategy with me is the q c cher

we get the plot about russia attacking russia and the trump campaign welcomed their help in that election and opening an investigation into the attack including whether there was coordination between russia and the trump campaign. in volume two, the other plot of trump as president, once trump became president, him doing everything he could to stymie the investigation into what russia did and the involvement of his campaign in it including repeatedly trying to get his attorney general to not just stop the investigation, but to redirect justice department attentions away from trump and toward trump's political enemies. i mean, the president's campaign chairman was perp walked to the start of his next trial on the day of the first democratic debate and the chair and his national security adviser are convicted and awaiting federal sentencing. his long time personal lawyer is in prison for among other things, crimes that prosecutors say the president directed him to commit. it is a fascinating thing in itself that the various democratic candidates are not making that a central part of their c

desjardins: next, the report looks at russia's hacking, concluding, russia's largest foreign intelligence service, known as the gru, attacked the democratic party and the clinton campaign. the investu ation found the ole the password and identities of network administrators and used those to get access to democratic files. the report says, "the gru's operations extended beyond stealing material, and included releasing documen stolen from the clinton campaign and its supporters." brangham: to release those materials, the russians created online personas with names like fe "dcleaks" and "guc2.0" to establish a relationship with wikileaks, which then released these stolefiles to the public. on page 45, mueller documents how, in early july of 2016, wikileaks contacted the russians privately on twier saying, "if you have anything hillary-related, we want it in fee next two days pble." and then, on july 22, three days before the democratic national convention began, wikileaks released more than 20,000 emails another stolen documents. it was a clear attempt to embarrass clinton and weaken her ca

russia relations remain in the deep freeze europe is taking a different path when it comes to russia some are calling it the new thaw also china calls out the u.k. regarding hong kong indeed old colonial habits die hard. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow and he is a professor of the higher school of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and the resurgence of russia and we're also joined by marcus papadopoulos in london he's the editor of politics 1st magazine gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated let me go to markets in london. an interesting phenomenon that's been going on now for a number of months or maybe since the election of donald trump but we have we just recently had blood amir putin in italy meeting the pope in italian leaders of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe not that i'm a big fan of the organization has finally given the russian delegation. voting rights back and other. elements that have to do with their membership germany

but now under president putin russia is making a push to engage the reason a simple western sanctions the pivot to china hasn't been a huge success and hopes of billions of dollars in investment from the middle east haven't arrived in the quantities expected plus african votes count in the united nations. russia's trade with africa rose 26 percent to $17400000000.00 in 2017 moscow doesn't have the financial power of beijing just in 2017 trade with africa amounted to 170000000000 dollars the u.s. is of course worried its trade with subsaharan africa was $39000000000.00 in 2017 and this is what russia is doing in africa it has oil and gas deals with algeria egypt ghana nigeria and mozambique it has nuclear deals in place with rwanda zambia and south africa although that is in limbo while it is a big supplier of arms to egypt algeria sudan and angola moscow is increasing support across the continent that's not a comprehensive list by any means but let's get more on russia's interest in africa now joining me from london is charles robinson chief global economist and head of macro strategy

to reduce your opinion regis dependency on russia u.s. sees assistance will include working with individual states to create effective legal and regulatory frameworks and assisting them to do and will function in local and regional energy markets. there it is the crux of it hiding in plain sight american shale over russian gas more expensive more cumbersome more political yet it's full of freedom freedom gas they said that i have no idea how they do it with a straight face. increasing export capacity from the freeport l.n.g. project is critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world by giving america's allies a diverse and affordable source of clean energy it's a whole package money to the media which cries russian wolf money to politicians who get the american way money to lobbyists and get a nice little kick back from selling american gas moscow course isn't happy the term countering is a clumsy attempt to conceal the aggressive offensive approach this conception is blatantly aimed at propagating risa phobia in the world especial

relation to russia. increased very much the military budget germany and there's a mormon service that investigation committee launched on her salt god but. external years. people from outside the ministry of the summer of 200000000 euro. maritime piracy that's how iran describes they see either of its oil supertanker by british marines that happened on thursday off the southern tip of their barren peninsula near to broader british territory disputed by spain terrine condemns what it sees as an illegal detention and demands the immediate release of the vessel and iranian foreign ministry official described the u.k. move is unacceptable and called for the immediate release of the oil tanker given that has been seized at the request of the u.s. the u.k. navy's measure is turn to mount to maritime piracy britain has no right to impose its own unilateral sanctions or those of the european union in an extra territorial manner against the other countries this is the very bullying policy of the us. gibraltar's c

russia in the process. the second volume addresses another question that's just as explosive. whether or not the president obstructed justice. >> it was a complete and total exoneration. >> roll one begins with a sobering description of russia's attempts to influence the election. the russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and system issic fashion. >> it influenced the election. that should be chilling for every american. >> reveals how the operation pursued goals on two fronts. social media propaganda to d disrupt and divide the voting public and a series of sophisticated criminal cyber attacks on democratic party systems. >> it was the cyber warfare and information warfare equivalent of this country. >> investigators traced the operation to this nondiscrypt office building in russia. the internet research agency was actually a russian troll farm with close tie tots kremlin. its mission, turn out fake content to attract and influence american audiences. >> they want to

city to move on the part of president putin's russia and what what does what does russia get out of this obviously they've got a foothold a foothold within nato territory but what else is russia that house at this range at the. yes well we should say it again is a broader context i'm in in the night is i rather have been very involved looking and retreated from what a lot of it is it's international commitment level and it was from allies well the left to hang out to dry yeah so i've lost a lot of his absence abroad lies felt let down by them so now after 25 years the tables have reversed america retreated into all of their own internal agenda and has been retreating fruit quite a lot of african gauge console it is a gauge was given to controversial are very much like sanctions on criticizing the allies which was a must start space to act and it started right then in plate away and started to get traction right so every little helps if you can play a role in middle east infrastructure and then have something to contribute politically economically or socially or weapons wife but something

show host russia's president. the u.s. launches a new strategy to counter the kremlin's malign influence drawing a sharp response from moscow which is the initiative. also ahead on the program. a 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is called a bitter custody battle between his divorced parents. which gender their child should be identified. so i consider this to be child abuse and the sexual mutilation of children on a on an industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i can't believe that a mother would do this to her son. around the clock across the world this is your r.t. international welcome to the program just after 6 in the evening my means you. are top story the u.k. foreign office has ordered an inquiry into the leak of sensitive diplomatic cables penned by britain's ambassador to washington in a series of bombshell remarks president trump's white house is described dysfunctional among many other own flattering comments made by a diplomat. this is the story of a foreign office inquiry into a series of leaks

also this hour russia's defense minister says the fire which claimed the lives of 14 sailors on the deep sea submersible broke out in the vessels battery compartment also gave assurances that the subs nuclear energy installation is secure. around warns the u.s. not to start a fire if it can't handle the consequences after trump warned the islamic republic not to play with fire increasing its uranium enrichment. they know what to do with that you know with the airplane with i think they're playing with fire this thing for the u.s. to do correct it's mistake bush is afraid of the word fine you can start one. plus germany is in the grip of a heat wave and it's also sparked a crime wave including a large punch up at a swimming pool. you're watching are to international bring you a live news update from our studio here and moscow welcome to the program. russia's president vladimir putin has landed in rome where he'll meet with his italian counterpart also pop into the vatican for a chat with the pope talking to journalists ahead of the trippy stress the special time test relations between ita

city to move on the part of president putin's russia and what what does what does russia get out of this obviously they've got a foothold a foothold within nato territory but what else is russia that house at this arrangement. yes well we should say it again is a broader context in up in the night is iran has been very involved looking and retreated from what a lot of it is it's international commitment level and it was from lies. left to hang out to dry yeah so. it lost a lot of its absence abroad lies felt let down by them so now after 25 years the tables have reversed america retreated into all of their own internal agenda and has been retreating prove what a lot of active and gauge console it is a gauge was given to controversial are very much like sanctions on criticizing the allies which was a must start space to act and it started right then in plate away and started to get traction right so every little helps if you can play a role in middle east infrastructure and then have something to contribute politically economically or socially or weapons wife but something which is not le

russia specifically but not just russia china iran venezuela any country that doesn't come crawling to on hands and knees in front of washington and to kiss the ring is regarded as a quote threat. and since russia is the foremost military power that is not under the control of the united states and that's why we've seen things like the expansion of nato and something like this which is kind of a and information analogue to nato expansion which is to try to ensure domination of europe and to isolate russia as much as possible lemon is post one of the mosco timex protests erupted overnight in the georgian capital tbilisi the anchor of an opposition t.v. channel the voice to stream of insults against the russian president vladimir putin has caused real stir in our studio in the cross this one today well always centered in russia was high that russia quick to react obviously but this spots been going on for a bit in light of some plane suspensions coming today tell us all well 1st of all that video for obvious reasons we're not going to show it on the air but it was all over the interne

russia is also working to expand its influence in the region. it's doubled down on its efforts to prop up corrupt authoritarian regimes. just a couple weeks ago one of russia's most advanced warships was docked in havana harbor. finally drivers of migration place significant strain on regional governments and can engender regional instability impacting not only the southern border of the united states but providing additional flash points for china and russia to exploit at the expense of american soft power. all of this demonstrates clearly that the western hemisphere should be viewed as an important front in our efforts to compete with china and russia and implement the nds. i look forward to your input and your candid assessment of the involving security dynamics in this region. describe how the nda information is important and how you'll allocate south com's resources. thank you for joining us today. >>> stability in south comm is critical to our national security. i want to thank admiral faller for his service and for appearing here to today

russia is working to expand its influence in the region. seeks to erodee influence in south come -- southcom and props up regimes in cuba and nicaragua through military and economic assistance. putin has viewed latin america of a logical link in a chain. reports by russian navy vessels and deployment of a long-range bomber highlights russia's efforts to strengthen its global reach in the new age of great power competition. just a couple weeks ago one of russia's most advanced warships was docked in havana harbor. finally, drivers of migration including violence, corruption, and poverty, place significant strain on regional governments and can engender regional instability impacting not only the southern border of the united states but providing additional flash points for china and russia to exploit at the expense of american soft power. all of this demonstrates clearly that the western hemisphere should be viewed as an important front in our efforts to compete with china and russia and implement the nds. i look forward to your input and yo

it's correct i mean julian russia and russia will top war in 2000 if you recall and as at the end of the. russia essentially a mixed want of a better word to cause i am broken to bits of georgia as we are setting up. our james won't sort of break away from georgia but in reality it looks like as we've seen in eastern ukraine there were russian pressure if you like in those that gave it only an hour and force them out of georgia and he went about now a situation where they are under neither in nor out and the who is creating the refugee problem you mentioned right so it seems very much from from andrew's report it seems very much as though as an occupying power if you like what russia is flouting are its obligations under international humanitarian law and under. various obligations which an occupying power is supposed to perform. yes i mean that's quite grown i think anyone believes the fiction that these 2 independent state looks are actually independent and everyone understands that they exist at russia's behest of the russia is essential in supporting them politically and to a cer

russia right. that's because more than half of georgia's population works in tory's and agriculture. fewer russian rubles forced georgia to find new markets but until then the country could be in for a rough ride robyn 1st year walker well just 0 good. take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera now the international criminal court has convicted a former colleagues wall all of war crimes and crimes against humanity bosco and the gander was found guilty of all 18 counts connected to the killings of thousands of civilians in the literary region between 20022003 he will be sentenced at a later date malcolm webb has more there is still some people who support to gander their political party to his militia was connected to the p.c. some of their members told us that they believe that these charges are the evidence rather was fabricated and that the i.c.c. quite simply have the wrong people but many others who've been affected by the prophecies of connected to the rebel groups that need to

this is for russia. that may be the case but georgia's leaders were reluctant to openly attack russia at this event that parliament's head of european integration was sent out to face questions denying claims by protesters that georgia's government had become too lenient towards russia. pro russian what do you say to. that. that it doesn't actually require any further with russia or is really concerned about your presence in. this. georgia very western. we would like to find ourselves eventually within the european jews in one of the debates parliamentary leader spoke of russia as an occupying force for junior russian. i don't know you. 20 percent of our territories it means permanent threat. territories later came the signing of financial agreements between georgia and e.u. states but as the ink dried on deals worth $53000000.00 there was no disguising the anxiety about russia's actions against this country if conference delegates were to take a short stroll down to the beach front here they get a reali