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the president of the us and russia met in geneva, switzerland, yesterday, not as friends or ella is the leader of the world's only superpower was supposed to put the leader of a former superpower on notice. bite and says he expects to see the results in a few months. and yet this an answer a question, why should the us president, why should the west expect change? why should anyone expect to vladimir putin and to soon stop being bladder, mere booted? i'm frank, off and berlin. this is the day the value to be realistic and put on optimistic, optimistic face, and we will defend our interest. we are ready to continue the dialogue if the

american side is also willing to do it, because this isn't just 2 guys having a chat, 2 countries making decisions that could affect the whole of the world by didn't. this stands what he wants to achieve fuels and he cheats it fully. see what happens now is that all expression goes. the proof of the put is in the we're going to know shortly also coming out to these secret beliefs of east germany. the stars kept tabs and files on practically everyone in the country where those files have been preserved as evidence of the recent past. they'll soon be stored to prevent that past from being figure out. how did you see starry people standing? magical, i don't know. i just found out when i read about it,

we would never thought about it. go to sort of them standing there. now, the was who our viewers on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day one day after the summit between us, president biden and russian, president, putin. and many in the west wondering did the meeting change anything. what we know is that both presidents agreed to more talks to continue nuclear arms control, as well as limiting the proliferation of future weapons. now that should include cyber warfare. biden has been clear that cyber attacks pose as much of a threat as conventional and nuclear arms. but it is not clear that fujen is on the same page. after the summit, when reporters asked the russian president about his country's cyber attacks on us targets, he rejected any involvement,

no new narrative. there. the deep divisions between both countries remain. but perhaps the most striking change since geneva is in tone. how positive, not just polite, the russian president is referring to the us president to recently said that he believes putin is a killer thought or but i got or image of president by the way them and i just created in our media and in the american media has nothing to do with reality show when you me to just no, he had a long trip and he flew across the atlantic jet lag and be changing of times only when i'm flying some way. it can be uncomfortable. but no, he looked cheerful. we talked face to face for 2 hours, maybe even more and was not or if he knows what he's talking about on fullness dealing with it here. you know, i didn't, it's a professional. when you, when you work with him, you need to listen carefully. so you didn't miss anything. well, he does not miss

a thing that i can assure you. it was quite obvious to me that she was just a couple of hours later. the u. s. president was pressed by reporters on how he is now reading, whether you're in take a listen, why i don't have that behavior, mr. president. the, what do you do? so that was great. i said, what will change your behavior in the rest of the war? react diminishes. i'm not competent, just stating the passenger change in that double denied any involvement in cyber liking. right? you today unless volume. so how does that help to a constructor? you don't understand that. i owe my life apology. i ship to the most that was

driving your life. to be a good reporter, you gotta be negative. you got a negative. your life seems to be the way you all. you never ask positive questions . my 1st guest has been called by the mere foods and public enemy number one. bill brown was once in investment, tighten in russia. he is now a human rights advocate and he joins me tonight on the day bill. it's good to see you again. i mean, you saw right there, it's easy for emotions to run high when these 2 presidents are talking about each other. i'm wondering what is your post mortem read on this some well, my feeling is that there's some, it shouldn't have happened in the 1st place. nothing was accomplished by this summit. and if anything vladimir putin came out in his, in the eyes of his own people as a winner. here you have

a man who is responsible for hacking elections. cyber attacks on pipelines, shooting down, passenger planes, bombing civilians and syria invading foreign territory and ukraine. he shouldn't be invited and given a stage with the most important man in the free world it's, it's just a, an elevation and validation of him that that's on deserved. and as we see there were, there was no, there was no deliverables, there was no accomplishments that in any way, justified that gifts of recruitment. and what do you make of the u. s. president saying that maybe the fruits of this labor will be become apparent in it, in several months, not weeks. we just have to be patient. well, i, i think that that is a, there's a fundamental misunderstanding by president biden. and his advisors on what dr.

phil adam, recruiting vladimir putin, is driven by his own fear of being overthrown by the russian people. he is a collector kratom stolen enormous amounts of money from his own people. he, the people are, as time goes on, getting more and more upset that they don't have the normal things that people should have in a middle income country. and so normally the anger would be directed towards their leader. but vladimir putin, who's been in, in place for more than 20 years, have to redirect that anger. and so he's creating foreign enemies in order to redirect that anger. and, and so all of the things, the nasty things with vladimir putin does are driven by his own fear of being overthrown. and we can't control that, that's all internally driven. and so it's naive to think that anything we're going to say to him is going to make him behave differently and for different us presidents that have for now the 4th $33.00 previous us presidents have all come to that conclusion. and so, if he's not a man to be negotiated with, he's

a man to be contained and constrained by with his bad intentions. so what, what would you recommend that the u. s. president, do? what should america do about what's inside the kremlin right now? it's, it's very straightforward. there is an, a symmetric war going on. vladimir putin is hacking political processes all over the world in germany and in the united states in the u. k. there are cyber attacks going on. there is targeted assassinations. there is a scrip all affair. there's various things happening all over europe and, and we can't reach haile 8 in a similar fashion because we don't, we're not criminals. but what we can do is that whatever keeps, he's a very rich man, and he keeps all of his money in the west. and there's a piece of legislation that i'm responsible for. call the magnet ski at which freezes assets and benz visas of human rights violators. and the easy way to get to

vladimir putin is to go after him and to go after all of his, all girth trustees, and threes, their assets. if we did that, if the western leaders have the guts to do that, that would immediately stop vladimir prudent from all of this malign activity. we've been asked many times bill, why does the u. s. not do that? or why does the u. k. do that? i mean, do you have an idea what's prevented what is preventing the west from doing exactly what you have recommended? well, i think it, it requires a strong constitution. it will have a, there'll be a furious reaction. but, but, and i think so far, you know, we've been living in a world where the cold war ended 20 years ago and everybody's kind of relax and nobody wants to have trouble. but i'm recruiting and the easier thing to do is to try to sweep it under the carpet. try to appease him. but we all know that a piece doesn't get you anywhere and it certainly doesn't get you anywhere with

a dictator. like latimer, we know that the president, the u. s. president. he attached this summit to his european tour. he was here attempting to get the u. k. and the european union to stand with him when it comes to russia and try and do you think the united states can rely on europe when it comes to keeping that, that solidarity against russia? unfortunately, not for a very bad structural reason, which is that for all foreign policy decisions in europe, it requires the unanimous consent of 20 of all 27 member states in vladimir putin has been able to co opt certain countries like he's got a pal, victor, or bond who runs hungry and he can always reliant or bomb to veto european decisions. that will be tough on russia. and there are various other countries that can do the same thing. and so the united states cannot rely on europe because the

united states, if, if the united states linked its decisions exclusively, the europe, you might end up in a situation where hungry is then vetoing u. s. foreign policy. and i don't think the back that would ever be tolerated. browser is always, it's good to get your insights. we appreciate your time tonight. thank you. the are turning to iran where some of the countries 59000000 registered voters will head to the polls on friday to choose a successor to president hassan. ronnie opposed suggests that turn out could be as low as 40 percent with many people expected to boycott. the vote because of economic hardship and the lack of moderate candidates. the front runner is hardliner ibrahim raising the ultra conservative cleric is a staunch ally and protege of the supreme leader, the ayatollah. how many abraham race he has, what it takes to make it to the top in iran,

the 60 year old received most of his education that religious seminaries supported ayatollah khomeini during the revolution in 1979. and has been part of the islamic republics in a circle ever since. he's got the support of the ultra conservative establishment. and most importantly, iran supreme leader. so when he entered the race to become president racy, immediately became a front runner even more so after any serious reformist and moderate competition was bought from running and other hard line us both out to boost his job to the, the few relative, the unknown rival still in the running, no, they don't stand a chance against the truck when the services head of the traditional reach, they only serve as a backdrop to give rise either one thing on loose, lacking so far, democratic museum and studying again. as a result, many iranians feel they have no real choice at the ballot box. nasa much again,

i'm not taking part in the election said we participated for many years and it had no impact on our lives. and the elections on the street wasn't all the newspapers. so i have voted 3 times before, but what i wanted never came to pass. so this time i'll definitely not vote that i'm a public dissatisfaction and high inflation. no one's living in comfort and peace. and the government never keeps, it's worth a memorable guess. paradoxically, this increases raise his chances of winning even further because he runs most conservative voters are the ones that usually do turn up at the pulse. in the long term though, if he's elected, a lack of public support could end up undermining his standing. it's more now we want to cross over to the author of that report or theory on corresponded theresa transferred. teresa has reported frequently from iran. good evening to you, teresa. let's talk about this election. we understand the 2 candidates dropped out

on the last day of campaigning in the presidential race. does that leave much choice? no, not at all. ran the clear that iranian this time will have even less choice than previous elections, where at least they got to choose between hotline, a more performance candidate. this time is almost exclusively hotline that are running and the only exception is enough that he's an economic processor. and the format heads off here on the central bank and he's promising that he will produce poverty by increasing economic ties with a with but he's not very well known in iran. and both i failed to excite iran young and well educated voters longing for change. so that's why we part of the report, many of them are not planning to vote at all. so that increases any rate the chance will fight as if or if he does when. what will that mean for the 2015

nuclear deal? we know that western powers are still trying to limit to runs nuclear ambitions. well probably not a lot because the negotiations with the international community about a new nuclear deal or revising the old one already in the final stages and all candidates running said they'd support those negotiations. even a very ready to be, although he criticized the ronnie administration in the past for not being tough enough when getting with the west. now he says that only a strong government can finalize a deal, and of course, in his opinion, a strong government the government led by him though in fact some even say that iran might be delaying the finalization off the deal at the moment to make sure that a new year hotline president can then wave through and then reap the benefits. and of course, he also has to see that the iranian president is not the head of state that isn't the supreme leader. and he makes the decision on all the important topics in iran.

so iran stands on the nuclear program, or the nuclear yield does not depend on fridays election. although of course, a hotline president usually strikes a different tone than the current one. so, and that then could have an effect on whether the international community itself wants to further engage in dialogue with the wrong or not. if turnout is low, as you say, will delay gdc of the vote will be questioned. and i mean, you, you've been to run many times, do you think it will even make a difference? yeah. code because the atlantic republic does consider itself, but democrats states into a degree. and these, pardon me. and so whether or not the current president has the backing of the electorate does matter. so if you bring him right, the wind this time, but has less votes than in the last lecture where the last 2 president body, that would not look good. so that's why that all calling for participation at the

moment to make sure the elected president gone and all to avoid the questions the republic has faced a lot in the past 2 years. so that's why it probably does not holding for pounds of the patient for this quote, let me ask you also about iran economy. you mentioned it earlier. i mean, what promises are being made during this campaign promises that that can realistically be kept. while of course, all of the candidates are trying to offer a solution for the defect and on the crisis. iran is in at the moment because the country situation is really bad. the run is suffering from high inflation, high prices, my job losses. that has become worse since the us job out of the nuclear view. and of course, even more so after that kind of damage hit the all candidates offering solutions. the problem is just that iranian but not believing they can really make a difference of correspondence research over with the latest on this election

campaign in iran. teresa thank the here in germany, a symbol of a painful recent pastors quickly fading from collective memory. moving further into history, the secret files of the stars, the intelligence service, the secret police in communist, these germany are being transferred to the federal archives and the agency that preserved them for the past 3 decades. it's being dissolved the stars. he was notorious for surveillance of the east germans after communism collapse. in 1089 civil rights activists prevented the destruction of ministers. the files that gave many victims and perpetrators the chance to confront their pants. like you want to ring the bell. i love you, i love to cook, didn't do much longer zebra.

i read the door of their old building anyway. and then they lived here when they were young. a nice that will anything but private window in on the place. still the infamous spine on them from across the courtyard. back when this tree was much smaller. how did you see stanley people standing magical? no. i just found that when i read about it, we would never thought about it. the thought of them standing there. now in the restaurant, the files contain hundreds of pages intercepted letters and informers reports, including theda and offers apartment layout. this obligation recorded april 30th, 987 out of going on and on in the kitchen. and the window was half,

took off roughly 15 minutes later, the light went out and they left the apartment alone and she headed on foot in the direction of the sum of a street subway game and had in my someone looked into my life. and i had no idea what they describe me of the person from their perspective, but she wasn't a very friendly ones. i know she was on the pointless loss. so this is, it said that i live with ships in my experience and you get through life just as well, or even better and come when you adjust to a situation with negative give and it needs that culture. but why with the 2 women spied on and then they came from the provinces to east berlin and tom, good jobs here working for the east german state newspaper, northeast georgia, and new germany. they made a fate for move. we tried to leave the country from 976 onwards circuit,

awful and innovator applied again and again to leave. always giving the same reason is lifeline day clubs. and i do not believe that trustworthiness is discussed. i have seen 1st hand how little human rights are respected in east germany. after these days, they tell people born after the war came down, having risked life and limb to leave east germany. old. i didn't want someone else to decide where i lived. you know, i haven't certain points i had enough and then i thought, well, no, i want, i want freedom on don't don't need loss if i had and that desire, they almost ended up in prison. well, i'm joined now by dagmar published it. she's the head of communication and research at the does the records agency here in berlin? it's good to have you on the program. you know, as we just saw in that report, they are these files. they're connected to millions of people. many of them are

still alive. is it too early to place these files into the national archives? it would placed them in the national archive on this very historic day. and we do this because we want these files to have a future. future generations meant to read these files very much, and it was taken care that the access to these files for people that are still alive and want to clarify their fate in the communist dictatorship. that the access will not change at all. but that we have a roof over our head where we are part of the national memory and the national archives. and that we can make sure that these records can be read and understood by generations to come. it has been several decades now. it's been over 30 years since the fall of the wall. how high is the interest in these files and in the stars the and what this does, he did. i mean, are people still interested in learn about that?

yes, i mean, these records are so to speak, a legacy of the peaceful revolution of when of the time of the wall fell, it was courageous. citizens who understood that if you keep the documentation of the secret police work, you can prove the human rights violations. and in the beginning, there were thousands and tens of thousands in the 1st year. they wanted access to their files, but even now it's 30 years later, every month we have around $3000.00 people petitioning access to these files because it's a very personal thing to clarify your feet to look how the state interfered, manipulate your life, and how to regain control or that stolen piece of life and many still the time to to wrap the head around this and, and address this. so even though in the beginning there were a lot more and people are slowly fading away that have experienced east germany in the 55th sixty's. many a still around and on top. many of the next generations want to understand how their grandparents and parents lived in the communist dictatorship and we see an increase in future generations or next generations accessing the file. you know,

maybe for our viewers around the world may not be familiar with what this does. you did, i mean, people who were able to look at their files. many times the things that they discovered were destructive, were traumatic for them. and they're still dealing with it today. i mean, talk to me a little bit about the importance. mean these files have dynamite in them. for many people did absolutely the communist dictatorship wanted to make sure that any dissenting voice, criticism, people that did not like only one party rule that they will kept quiet. and the best way to do that was to recruit your friend, your neighbor, you, family member. even sometimes on your colleagues at work and spy on you and deliver information about you. because in the, in the personal oil said friendship situation, you would confide and say things that you wouldn't publicly say. so it was very perfidious to use your friend as a spy on you. and so these, these documents contain all this poison this into personal relationship. so you

have to be ready to understand that may be your best friend delivered information to the starting. the secret police and betrayed your trust, but you can also understand that other people never did. so they refused, and they were very courageous. so it is a very personal clarification of faith to understand what state a one party rules states did on the individual level to all the citizens that they were distrustful off. yeah, and today's geopolitical situation. it's important to learn the lessons from what happened in east germany. you're exactly right that mark over that with the stars, the records agency here in berlin. appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. you are very welcome. thank you to of the day is only start the conversation continues online. you'll find us on twitter, redirect be news, you can follow the golf tv, every member, whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see of the news

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