ambassador to russia. who currently serves as deputy secretary of state was asked several questions about trump's communication with the president of ukraine in july and alleged efforts to have ukraine investigate former vice president joe biden in exchange for military aid. [background sounds] >> the meeting will come to order. thank you all for attending today. today were going to hold the nomination hearing on a very important position. our nominee today is the honorable john j sullivan, to be the u.s. investor to the russian federation. first we have two distinguished very distinguished, i might add colleagues of ours, was to introduce our nominees and were going to allow them to proceed with introductions. if i'm going to post on my opening statement. let's hold that until the nominees had been introduced. were glad to be joined today by senator stan sullivan of alaska and garden of maryland, and i understand that senator sullivan is like the straw to go first. >> thank you mr. chairman thank you very

thanks to russia a lot of. folks are coming up soon russia's sovereign enter that law comes into force the kremlin says it's designed to better protect the country's internet against foreign cyber attacks activists say it could give rise to a great fire wall of russia. by gives up all of these laws will give the government more control over the internet in russia than they were adopted under the pretext of defending the country against cyber threats. to our viewers on the p.b.s. in the united states sound round the world welcome the drones in the air troops and armored vehicles on the ground turkey and russia have launched joint patrols in northeastern syria military vehicles patrolled a 10 kilometer deep zone along the border between turkey and syria as part of a deal struck between the 2. countries to force kurdish fighters out of the year the step marks a major power shift in syria a month after president donald trump withdrew u.s. forces from the region. until he's president wants to establish a buffer zone

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war with russia because i think as weak as russia was back in the early ninety's it would never give up on the idea of its own army like japan and would never sees part of its sovereignty to the united states like west germany so was that ever a realistic scenario. no what we're talking about it's not to russia becoming like a junior partner we were talking about equal partnership so as i sat here i was carrying a lot of messages from russian leadership and. who have x. as their excess to the white house he was delivering them to president bush and there was a message that russia is ready to become american ally now in terms of course should be negotiated and again i don't think that russia would agree to be a junior partner but you can be allies equal partners and 6 it would be good for russia it would be good for america said george bush it's really. inclined to accept this idea but he. lost elections in $1.00 to $2.00 and assume he lost elections new team clinton and then george bush jr and obama went on the pass of each actually was devastating to the united states has sent and t

the president of france says that nato is brain dead and that terrorism is now the enemy of not russia and the neo mccall wants his criticism to be a wakeup call for the military alliance so what does it mean for nato his future and organization the us president also once described as obsolete this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan after world war 2 and facing a rising threat from the soviet union a group of european and north american countries banded together and signed up to the north atlantic treaty they believed a collective defense was the best way to ensure future peace in the is that followed the organizations membership and goals expanded there are now 29 countries committed to protecting the security of nato as members but on the alliances 70th anniversary some a questioning its effectiveness just weeks after calling nato brain dead france's president emmanuel mccraw but the organizations boss for talks in paris and as erasmus russia butler reports from the french capital. it was a longer handshake than usual for the french president it seemed

treaty the relationship with russia the subject was talking who is danny so injuries or decision let's not negotiate cost sharing a burden sharing maybe we needed a wake up call if you permit english expressions stoltenberg said nato members often had different opinions but that didn't mean the alliance has no future so the policy is that while questions are 'd being asked about the strength or the transatlantic bond north america and europe are dream or together than we have done for decades it's clear that my comment that nato is brain dead didn't go down well with stoltenberg certainly shaken up the alliance and focused minds on coming up with some new ideas germany's foreign minister has suggested that a group of experts from outside nato could be created to review the organization some analysts say such a move would be constructive it was war in ukraine there's a huge problem in middle east their war in syria iraq or iran is behaving differently so this is something very useful and it's much better to discuss the problem together with experts inside the alliance than than criticiz

, benefit to russia. the u.s. special envoy to ukraine which was specifically tasked to help ukraine in its war, in its negotiations against russia, that was this guy kurt volker who resigned when he was called in to testify in the impeachment proceedings. we just learned the trump administration isn't going to fill that job now that volker resigned from it. they're getting rid of that job now. no more dedicated u.s. envoy for helping ukraine with their war on russia. i'm sure russia is delighted by that, too. we learned from christopher anderson, whose testimony has been released in transcript form, we learned from him that when russia attacked ukrainian ships and took a whole bunch of ukrainians prisoner this time last year the trump administration blocked a statement condemning russia. why did the white house block a statement condemning russia seizing ukrainian ships and stealing ukrainian sailors? trump blocked that. when a cnn story ran last year about the u.s. navy doing an exercise in the black se

because russia mainly that russia has all of the force and the exportation from russia a pretty good week for it so for a lot of years russia got. a very high dependency on the dollar because they're selling oil and oil is 40 in the world war markets. what they did buying gold increasing the reserve overall basically set out dollars weeks basically means that the potential of russia right now is they have reviews that dependency on dollar and by that they are probably not actually one of the top countries you have a lot of industry all technology to to develop energy so basically i think that's that's the. sort of russia they cover themselves against any kind of. drop down on the value of the law and they all sing groups that are sort of on board. and you want to very systemic abuse and then next year's russian bonds have become a must have despite sanctions that's according to that article what's your take on that. well again if we take in consideration the other options we've got in the case of europe or united states debt in the lead the russian balls are basically because if you

take into account russia's interests and the russia's positions on various international topics russia has to be strong russia has to be assertive and at times russia. has to be proactive in. stating its goals and promoting them on the international stage and that's one of the reasons that the russians moscow's foreign policy. since the beginning of 2000 has become more assertive and more vigorous ok as far as your links with. with its western counterparts it is about peru i mean for a few years after the fall of the berlin wall america didn't have any major competitors let me ask you how has that changed and are we now seeing super powers like china mount serious challenges to u.s. dominance yes we absolutely are and we have to remember how incredibly fragile in those early years after german reunification were when. soviet soldiers and then subsequently russian soldiers were still station in the stone and i was a student there at the time eastern germany i should say and soviet so and so just were being gradually withdrawn but they were still there in the 9094 and we are very lucky t

other countries especially russia and maybe some some other countries. i think the. in 1809 when the berlin wall came down i think that the during the ninety's and even after 2000 the majority the prevalent mood in discounted is was that they want to join european. paul and sort of example i mean this goes without saying just like paul rudd so they wanted to join european union more than anything else because they want to solve some kind of protection from russia you know this is all that matters it's only about the countries wanting to join i mean obviously much of eastern europe and that i wanted to join not only because of the quality of democratic institutions but i assume also because of the quality of life and economic benefits but speaking about poland you mentioned that there has been a deterioration in democratic progress across eastern until within 5 cross western europe lately and. you know the popular narrative in the west is that in countries where russia is present that's understandable because russia is supporting autocratic tendencies etc but poland i

you know similar what you hear in the crudest form of propaganda from from russia today. i served as u.s. ambassador to nato and yes people. listen very carefully to what the american ambassador has to say but it is a genuine alliance where there's give and take and compromises and all decisions are taken by consensus it is certainly trying to show that a different i don't know that i could jump in on the law it's amazing to me that a lot of the rights of the logic of some of the tweets by the current us president you might be led to think that maybe he wants to see europe carry its own military responsibilities without the u.s. having to shoulder at least part of that i think that's. what president trump has been saying and he's not he's not entirely wrong if you want to have an alliance that lasts that is seen as in the interest of all of its members then the birds have to be shared more more equitably. but when my prior suggested is kind of that europe should go on its own and while that may sound i do think europe and do you think europe account and it sounded. not to

has with russia. and it's really -- it's really startling that russia is dictating what our foreign policy is. >> ambassador, help us understand the difference here because you just heard that congressman to jim last month saying, yeah, yeah, yeah, but the obama administration didn't give those lethal weapons, didn't sell them to ukraine, javelins, et cetera. i believe the line from the obama administration was they were concerned about retaliation from russia to ukraine should they have sold those weapons. is that markedly an importantly different than mick mulvaney's -- catherine croft saying the concern was russia would react negatively, not see the u.s. favorably? >> no, i think there's a big difference here. but there's a broader question which is, you have this policy that's been conducted by the last 2 1/2 years by the trump administration which i think has been fairly supportive of ukraine and has taken a tough stance towards russia. the question is, it seems pretty clear that the president d

embassy in russia. why would it be to vladimir putin's advantage to promote this theory of ukraine interference? >> first of all, to deflect from the allegations of russian interference. second of all, to drive a wedge between the united states and ukraine, which russia wants to essentially get back into its sphere of influence. >> so at these open hearings we have this dramatic warning from fiona hill that makes headlines nationwide, right? she's warning congress, particularly warning the republicans on the impeachment committee that this theory that ukraine is the real entity that interfered in our 2016 election, that theory is not only false, it is a false piece of information invented by and promoted by russian intelligence. do not try to rope me into spreading that fake theory. if you do so, you are helping russia in a campaign they designed to hurt us, to hurt us. do you want to hurt the united states and help russia? if so keep spreading that. otherwise, don't do that. right? we get similar warni

the view from russia. relations between russia and the west have never been as tense since they ended the cold war. the fighting in the eastern ukraine is ongoing and after 5 years there are 13000 deaths and 30000 wounded. as a result the west has imposed harsher and harsher sanctions on russia's businesses abuse assume some super merely various television he was due to stall i mean sure. this would just become a bigger stall are going to get. the premier bunkers because he was responsible for q 4 because just after. the slurs told us we should hear. bush at the oscars last one as long as also for. the mirror mirror she's trying to bully pretty early to get these missional. was because she when you've been you mired the zakat leave this whole dispute a legitimate penske leading a number of roads cut us quickly up when you might join in you've been you might at any point in my own store you we up with the ring and i see you see your whiz which wes is going out of as a machine here so it's the medium you see

that will help russia. that is what she just testified to. >> she's welcome to her opinion. >> we know that russia meddled in the election but that doesn't mean that ukraine didn't try to influence the election. >> and ken mccarthy told me, i think they did. referring to ukraine meddling in the elections after fiona hill, the top russia adviser for president trump, testified and said very clearly, quote, this is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the russian security services themselves. and of course, wolf, this is central to the impeachment inquiry because president trump asked the ukrainian president to investigate whether or not ukraine played a role in interfering in the 2016 elections and that is cited by a number of witnesses as a precondition for the security assistance of roughly $400 million as well as a key meeting that the ukrainian president sought with president trump at the white house. but nevertheless, republicans siding with the president as he demanded loyal

russia relations. it's good to talk to you think you very much for your time my pleasure now we russians are no strangers to acrimony and we think we know that americans while but i have to say i'm constantly surprised sometimes even shocked at what i see play out in the american politics the fact that a simple phone call between 2 halves of state and a pretty big now phone call a dive could trigger impeachment proceedings that's pretty mind boggling to me is it the same to you absolutely and not only to me. congressman steve scully's. a republican. that compared to what's what's going on. is reminding him you're ceasar. i slightly disagree with him because in the u.s.s.r. . can and leaders are saying something no one believed a single wart and actually people who said it also didn't believe what they were saying but no you see that half of the country believe it just. people say those things they don't believe it so it's not exactly your ceasar but there's some resemblance. well it's not exactly the y

at the top forum in russia. how is she sending military police to kill us like animals we're not animals for them to kill us like that. the death toll and bolivia's anti-cult protests rises to $27.00 as the country self-proclaimed leader gives the security forces impunity when it comes to dealing with unrest. and french police are accused of using weapons of war by a journalist laughter through fear facial injuries who claims he was hit by a tear gas while reporting. watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 7 pm welcome to the program. the current state of the russian economy has been picked over at a key forum and russia vladimir putin gave his assessment at the russia calling a bond which also touched on the global economy and international relations with more here for national. widely reported has been uncertain questions from participants all the 11th annual russia call an investment far ahead mosco they see are the events gathered guests from 80 countries

within russia the reason why. range of opinion on these events but definitional position is the opposite of the west here. deputy foreign minister sergei volkov deals with the russian western relationship 1st hand. to get assistance up us leave me good for this i see a loss up there with with the gullies are growing they're going to someone who doesn't have any kind michelin is dealing but i mean we know we've got i see if yes that would be you might see me hail not serving as chairman good in the bridge from pitching you to your convenience and i still got a good tug or the email of those we missed that missed in timea room when numbers go we screen commuter media. mcguckin at night vision in iraq she's based around noise not as in the cool of that but she must be a shared deal is creepily reach a deal with sears and the suspect was a way in with new kind of a new style she mistreats on me to gonski rebut it near to not know where she was read the book up to whom we knew but it stated we should we should be seein

and france or russia or the u.a.e. egypt and france that actually conceals the role of the ideological partners of after like the u.a.e. and like egypt to and not just for the money or any for the financial gain or any small political gain they existentially need libya to not become a civilian states to basically not become to not become a successful democratic transition it's either got to look like yemen a failed state or it's go like egypt an authoritarian state and if we focus so much on russia we can see all those 2 factors 'd and the problems that could arise in future negotiations those that are looming now in berlin is that the west fears are very very strong robust after with russian support so or politically from russia and given to you know actors and international players that we like like the egyptians like the u.a.e. trust the partners in the region and that's just maintaining the status quo that still leaves libya with in a very old 70 year old man that again will try and fight with more mercenaries or t

for me when the relations between turkey and russia deteriorated because of the downing of russia's plane or was syria. but economy of turkey experienced a very serious problems. later on america and europe tried to pressure. did not undermine turkey's economy will show russia's actions did though. i think it is good that turkey and russia copyright today. but it also means that we can count on some greater understanding here. because before the only supported the bosniaks on the muslims there. are good relations between turkey and russia could help the balkans and that's quite natural. i think that this cooperation that turkey and russia have today are a very good example of how things can get normal. but this does not of course rule out these basic political problems more of a poor story a number of the basic political problem here in bosnia herzegovina that serbs do not think that will mostly inherits a government is their country the problem. serbia is our country. so are the republicans serbska remains committed to its autonomy reporter go through the best possible relations with ser

pediment to russia and to russia of course the people of the donbass don't simply exist in their minds they have no agency actually do have a lot of agency in it and over 13000 people have been killed most of them in the dark about so they know what this is all about here that dovetails into something that trump of said ever since the campaign in resolving issues and i think that minsky and trumps each other is partners in possibly doing that not this side show that we're seeing go ahead well you are right when you said the 13000 people died and gone bust but you wouldn't know about or ahead from the hearings you know i read the hearings and they see just inaccurate information george of the state department says that ukraine isn't. just it's not just an abuse of power by the president but the harm he inflicted on ukraine a critical ally are the constant assault by russian forces more than $13000.00 ukrainians have died on your cranium soil defending their territorial integrity against the russian aggression fiction well so again 1000 people were killed this is the general number of pe

at a top forum in russia. how she sent to military police to kill us like animals we're not animals for them to kill us like now the death toll in bolivia and tycoon protests rises to 27 as the country's self-proclaimed leader gives the security forces impunity when it comes to dealing with unrest. and french police are accused of using weapons of war a by a journalist left with severe facial injuries who claims he was hit by a tear gas grenades reporting. you're watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. what amir putin has spoken at the economic forum a russia calling the global and national economy sanctions and international actions where they focus across life now to our notion of who has all the bells so what dominated the discussions. hi tech lane well widely reported has been unser in questions from participants of the 11th annual russia calling investment for a hit moscow they say are the event gathered guests from 80 countries f

she's saying russia, russia, russia, but i don't -- maybe it was. i mean, it could be russia but it could also be china. it could also be lots of other people. it also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay? >> reporter: trump would soon discuss the attack with vladimir putin himself at a private face-to-face meeting in helsinki. >> there was nobody else in the meeting so we have no knowledge of what went on. i can tell you one thing, the russians know what went on in that meeting. >> reporter: after the meeting trump did not condemn putin's attack on the election. in fact, he sided with putin against america's own intelligence agencies. >> president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> perhaps one of the most disgraceful moment by a u.s. president on the world stage certainly in my lifetime. >> the only possible explanation for this dangerous behavior is the possibility that president putin holds damaging in

russia's actions did though. i think it is good that turkey and russia copyright today. but it also means that we can count on some greater understanding here. because before turkey only supported the bosniaks on the muslims there. were good relations between turkey and russia could help the balkans broken and that's quite natural but i think that this cooperation that turkey and russia have today are a very good example of how things can get normal. but this does not of course rule out these basic political problems more of a post or you know the basic political problem here in bosnia herzegovina that serbs do not think that was the inherits a government is their country the problem. serbia is our country. so are the republicans serbska remains committed to certain amee reporter go through the best possible relations with serbia. we do not want to do any harm to the bosnians which are most of the bosniaks must learn. to govern is not there it's for all of us here inside the country and that's. it is exclusively ours and when they learn that lesson from all those that wi

if russia and the west are still engaged in the cold war take a listen to how he responded. but shitty but still a war. movie in different places there are here and there is shooting at craft and it was not being said he would do that and everywhere glued this is not the kind of situation we want on the continent of the. when gorbachev was foreshadowing in 2006 what he was describing today in 2019 i mean it seems that he was a minority at the time why do you think that was the case. i think that he could see clearly the tensions that were rising and they had that by not over things like the iraq war and russia was on the other side but he could also see i think the root of nationalism in russia with which he would be quite uncomfortable he's been very careful over the years not to be too critical of vladimir putin having said which he is critical of him because he doesn't recognize a real democrat but he's really quite right in saying that nor could we the west export our democracy you know as a ready made model to them after all they've been through 70 years of communism an

mission to russia. in wall street journal, by ambassador thomas pickering, one of the nation his most distinguished career diplomats he said secretary sullivan, i've come to respect on sullivan his judgment, his balance and his good sense and his open-minded approach to how to deal with the difficult forum relations problems our country has. mr. chairman, you may also have seen this very long letter of distinguished national security executives and former diplomat and military officials and secretaries of defense and brother positions who are all endorsing secretary sullivan his and mastership to russia. is a relates to the responsibilities, with regard to the new position for which he has been nominated, deputy secretary salva currently leads onto ongoing u.s. russia dialogues on counterterrorism and strategic security and has also played a key role numerous bilateral issues relating to the u.s. russia relationship over the past two years. at a time when u.s. rate russia relations are complex and diffi

because russia is supporting autocratic tendencies etc but poland is very notable. example contrary to die theory because it's been staunchly and to russian for a number here is and yet as we all know there's been a backsliding on democracy how do you explain it and isn't it perhaps isn't it perhaps an indication that the way people thought about democratization. 20 years ago is not accurate it's far more complex than perhaps violence lay near them i would say i would explain the polish case very similar to the one gettin case and some cases in the western balkans all has to do with the way the countries were democrats and what happened with the distribution of resources basic resources i think that in in polish case and other cases i mention the 1st couple of decades saw them. improving go for material wealth or whatever system but the genuinely these these peoples they saw the whole process unjust or. there is a polish origin political scientists. who mention this to night the night the one so even the process of democratization europeanization is not fair so that

because it exculpates russia. then it's not just the ic, it's democrats and republicans on the relevant committee on the hill. russia interfered in the election. so u.s. policy was hijacked not just by the president's political desires here but by a false conspiracy theory which is remarkable to imagine. and, you know, leaving an -- hanging an ally out to dry as a result of that. >> goes against everything that not just obama intelligence officials said. but trump intelligence officials including -- >> pompeo. >> pompeo when he was cia director. christopher wray the director. all of them said it was russia who interfered in the u.s. elections in 2016. not ukraine. >> right. >> fiona hill is important for another reason. she worked for john bolton who is not testifying. but she was in the mix. she was talking to him about this at one point when she went to him, he said go to the council with this. so it is unlikely at this point that john bolton is going to testify. not impossible. but she may be able to fill in so

well i wouldn't say that russia is is weak when you look at russia's today position the focus has been on safe on. bracing for negative developments bracing russia for any further. scenario but of course those people who are behind the sanctions they want to. project them as successful and that the best way to do that is to point out that russia is weak but at the same time when we look at any growth is of course russia could do much better but when we look at. russia has an inflation of last year or 2.8 percent and it's expected to increase a little bit but it's nothing against in comparison with with previous years and then when you look at what was mentioned when you look at bond yields russia of course even not only in dollars but also in terms of very strong very strong and the fact that the dollar years and the ruble not really differ so much says a lot for how the market evaluates not only russia but also its currency. do you think there's any truth to the perception that perhaps when you know when sanctions iran and things do get more difficult actually it's the mother of inven

president of the world russia forum and a frequent commentator on the u.s. russia relations. it's good to talk to you think you very much for your time my pleasure now we russians are no strangers to acrimony and we think we know the americans while but i have to say i'm constantly surprised sometimes even shocked at what i see play out in the american politics the fact that a simple phone call between 2 halves of state and a pretty big now phone call of dad could trigger impeachment proceedings that's pretty mind boggling to me is it the same to you absolutely and not only to me. congressman steve scully's. a republican. that compared to what's what's going on. is remind him or your ceasar. disagree with him because in the u.s.s.r. . and all leaders were saying something no one believed a single wart and actually people who said it also didn't believe what they were saying but no you see their half of the country believe it or just. people see those things they don't believe it so it's not exactly a ceasar but there's some resemblance well it's not exactly the year ceasar bu

russia irrational airplane he not this that if he doesn't he if he doesn't have russia on his back nobody's going to protect you if russia invades because near as i said natal not going to protect him if there is a russian aggression against him question lower lower and middle east analyst thank you for sharing your thoughts with us on r.t. international we appreciate it thank you very much still ahead in the program china gives a warning to washington over a bill in support of protests in hong kong one that after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy one sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is also a spear in dramatic development the only really exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back to new york professor has started an online crusade against what he calls collective hysteria surrounding russia related stories michael writes in a walled initially created an anonymous twitter page which he used to criticize political correctness but after his identity was discovered the pro

it's the russia piece and lindsey graham and what his views use to be in being tough on russia. there's the relationship he had with former vice president because they served in the senate together. joe biden is right. i don't know if you recall when president obama when the republicans won the senate and the white house needed to cut deals in the senate and when foreign policy issues that lindsey graham was having an issue with, it was joe biden who was dealing with him in that way. it's really remarkable to see. on top of that, lindsey graham it was plenty of years for them to go after these documents if this was an issue. >> why do it now? >> why do it now? we know the answer. >> what is surprising is that it's lindsey graham. >> that's the surprise. >> not surprising that people would go after hunter biden. he is what man skank is but he is one. >> wow. >> i'm sorry. it's dirty. the father and the child out of wedlock that just came out. we all remember sarah palin and the stories about her kids and everybody sort of looked at them and thought. we talk about the president's

presidency she said that russia wants to deal it in my eyes the u.s. presidency regardless of who who would have been their president and that they want to paint ukraine in a bad and a bad light because the goal is to drive away between the u.s. and its allies it seems that russia at least from what we can see has it has been effective in that regard how do you think that this will be received by the white house. well i think the headline here from dr fiona hill's testimony is not only sort of her expertise but the swipe that she took at the president she was very clear in denouncing what she says is a false narrative that she believes has been perpetuated by president trump and also by some members of the committee namely the republicans she fact at one point which was particularly powerful spoke to republican members of the house intelligence committee accusing it of up promoting politically driven false hoods i believe is the phrase she used for domestic political purposes it as is what she's saying is that they have been perpetuating a sort of a ar

and russia and there are multiple at. ization that president which is has been is european power controlling of the media etc but he also appointed the 1st openly gay prime minister which is a major progressive milestone for this country is serbia indeed more european that is then it used to be is it being europeanized or is it just trying to look at a part you know. prime minister who is openly gay but that's will say i mean they could terms of. promoting european values because the major thing states capture extraction of publicly sources from private ben and this is what's going on right now even a gay prime minister is not really putting be seen then ger the political elite these 5 with and with many other things right as as long as extraction is untouched the state capture is untouched everything is acceptable and even the european union is acceptable at the moment in this i think that the major thing that european officials have to understand the moment european officials seriously questions about extraction about s

but the khachaturyan case sparked a kind of russia me too movement. today, women battling the culture of domestic abuse have finally started to gain a voice. anna has opened a walk—in help centre in moscow called no to violence, where women can get legal and psychological support. the centre is also raising awareness through slick social media campaigns, including this one, where famous russian men say it is uncool to hit women. 0ne one of the main problem is why domestic violence still exists, it is the generations. there is connection with generations. and of course, if a young boy or girl grows up course, if a young boy or girl grows up in course, if a young boy or girl grows upina course, if a young boy or girl grows up in a family where they see it, day by day, for them, it's just a normal thing. they just day by day, for them, it's just a normal thing. theyjust cannot understand why it's not ok. and for us, it's the main thing is not only to protect or to prevent, but to explain that this is violence, this is not ok. i can say that there is a

fading to a regional power while russia returns as a word. power. was looked out already let's just talk a little bit more about vladimir putin the report suggests that he's the new good dominant player in the region i think that's what you said earlier if he is the dominant player in the region is it a good thing or about thing it's a terrible thing of course i mean for one thing he doesn't have the means to back up the power he's got russia's economy the size of spain right they cannot control a world empire which they just falling into that into their lap due to the west and . i don't know not caring and so he he can be what he wants to be in the end he's he's managed to to as a side but it's just the beginning of the complications further down the road there's no way that russia can impose the kind of peace the kind of thing that the pax americana once was and he's definitely not a peacekeeper i mean it was just that he is the only peace keeper and he was keeping peace inside syria everybody just intervening for his own interest and if you talk

it is at war with russia and russia annexed it. the only way it can stand up against russia is with the united states' help. the whoa idea of quid pro quo is a little silly because, you know, i was in ukraine back in the protests and it was quite clear that the government knew for a long time that if there was any chance of having a democracy, a real democracy in ukraine, despite all the corruption, and to be free of russia, they needed a big partner to help them. that was the united states. and that's really the way it will be for the foreseeable future for ukraine of the it is very important to the united states' national interests because of the russia angle. so it can be complicated for people who aren't familiar with that area of the world. as you saw ambassador yovanovitch today, that's the acknowledgement that it is really critical in pushing u.s. national interests forward. as opposed to donald trump's personal interests. >> a david versus goliath. you have this little country trying to defend itself against russia of the.

russia low debt and high returns on on on and yes on. protests in bolivia are intensifying the demonstrators denouncing what they call a coup against the country's former leader able morales he resigned 2 weeks ago on the advice of the country's military and was granted asylum in mexico we were clashes with police centered around the capital of the left $27.00 dead and hundreds more injured supporters of the rather say security forces are being heavy handed. but. it was we want justice from this president and how we she send in military police to kill us like animals if we're human beings we're not animals for them to kill us like that. yet we come in i would like publicly to denounce the killings that the military police are carrying out this self declared president and her killer cabinet ministers and criminals this is what the country's getting. was that we're unhappy with uni 9 years because she's issuing decrees authorizing the military and police to kill us without there being any justice. conservative senator geneva honors springt

lugovoi is hardly hiding here in russia. he did our interview in one of the restaurants that he owns. he's a member of parliament. and he's even become something of a pop culture icon hosting his own tv show. the program, appropriately enough, is called "traitors." it names and shames individuals who are supposedly enemies of the russian state. lugovoi's high profile here is just one reason that many people who suspect him of murder don't think he acted on his own. another reason? all of the polonium 210 in russia is under the control of the state. >> it's impossible to use a state-controlled substance like this without the knowledge of the very top of the country. >> because you're unleashing a radioactive substance? it's almost -- it's a tiny, little dirty bomb. >> it's nuclear terrorism. >>> coming up -- >> i have said that this is a very dangerous thing to do because you're personalizing this. >> -- when "dateline" continues. >> -- when "dateline" continues. ♪ [ gasps ] they see everything we do. whoo! [ screaming ] an