underlie the consensus on your training and crisis but we keep trying and they hope that we will certainly discuss this issue in helsinki but back to your question regarding the ideal outcome ideal outcome would be to agree to in gauge all the channels on all the issues which are devised if on the one hand throwing to see whether we can get closer on those exact topics and also on those issues where we now can usefully cope the rate for the sake of interest of the two countries and for the sake of interest of international community like a strategic stability for example i optimistic about. well i'm not paid to be optimistic or pessimistic i'm paid to be realistic and really try to stick to the reality we'll see what the reality looks like.

mr lavrov minister lavrov stay right there we'll be right back with more politicking right after this quick break.

join me every thursday on the elec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sport that's less i'm show business i'll see you then. i'll get back to this special edition of politicking on larry king and we're talking with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. it's a great pleasure to have him with us on the eve of this is stark summit because the

foreign minister what does your country think of. him since. sort of agreement with north korea. well i think it's good for the world we strongly support the efforts undertaken by president rump also by by the president of south korea to build up that must fear that must fear which would be conducive to resolving the nuclear issue of the korean peninsula and to bring all of us to again the clear is ation and to from the very beginning we suggest that the get of his china that it first step wise because it is building. and the second step should be some confidence building measures like freezing lunches and tests like freezing the military gains and i believe that what is going on is going in the right direction i know that the outcome of the meeting in singapore

between president trump and leader of the north of north korea is being criticized by many as just you know being empty wards of paper without any. leaf in it late secretary from peril visited pyongyang. and then he was also criticized for not delivering any specific hard commitments for general clear ization but i think serious analysts understand that this thing cannot be done overnight it has been a very deep crisis is very serious consequences which might affect many countries if things went wrong and we have to build confidence gradually and that's i believe what the president trump and secretary powell help help to do we support this efforts and we try to contribute in our contacts with north koreans

and with other players in that region it's good to hear ok. the anonymous conclusion by the entire american intelligence community is that your government influenced the american elections in two thousand and sixteen. and that president trump will tell president putin to not do it again how do you react to all of this and your country's involvement and american elections your reaction. well i've seen those reports but it was all respect larry i cannot agree that this was the report as you said by the entire american intelligence community . those who are interested can take

a look at the piece written by former american ambassador to moscow object medlock who described the report produced regarding the alleged russian interference and. showed in the fish and says send your neck ulysses and inconsistences in filing this report without for example expressing the view which we cheered the military intelligence hint it's a report signed only by three agencies out of a dozen of intelligence agencies and the united states has and will who normally would participate in anything called that binion of the entire intelligence community of the united states then i saw the report of the senate intelligence committee which asserted and you know. allege that russia

has been interfering with elections that there is proof and then no single fact was produced and then it was announced that the full report would be made secret because of sensitive information it's exactly the same approach as we see in our relations with the united kingdom who accused us ten years ago off poisoning one of the four main dungeon so officer who reside that in london mr litvinenko and the thread will reach concluded that the russian was responsible was also secret now the investigation of these souls very poisoning is also going on without any transparent in front. mission being provided to the public without anything given to us including access to a russian citizen and so on and so forth now the this this is becoming contagious i believe and highly likely and the assertion that there is no other

credible explanation is becoming a rule on which the western friends try to base their policy on russian the the latest the latest event greece is absolutely going in the same vein highly likely we are not given any hugo effect on the backs of the american elections i've spent some time in the united states so i believe i understand how the system is working and when a year and a half or even more. investigation goes on hearings go on. the special counsel or mr miller dozens of people but dissipating in the hearing being interrogated. and the only think the public gets is they're searching in that it has proven again and again that russia did

mental vestal thinking whether this meddling did have effect on the outcome of elections or not and so on and so forth but apart from this assertion there is no single fact and knowing their merits and system i. i'm convinced that with so many people involved you know this hearing school lows public secret not secret it is impossible that no single fact has been leaked so fight yet into the public debate the us system is leaking. very often and very well and the special on the show like decent so many people involved it's impossible not to not to have any single fact the presented to the public one way or another. so you have all i can say you can vote on a sure you have to know this was involved.

present put in addressed this issue several times he once again confirmed a few days ago actually a few couple of weeks ago that the russian government has nothing to do with what was going on during the american elections we have been reading about somebody else's meddling with the democratic party site but this is a fact which has been proven but is not mentioned it all when this electoral. campaign issue is being discussed what what we did see was that we are ready to answer any questions that mary can administer ation might have regarding this matter this was should have proper offered by us when president putin met with president round while year ago in the margins of g twenty in cumbered. and there we thought there was an agreement that group of experts would be

meeting that mary considered put on the table all the issues which they believe that russia must explain and then the experts would would do this somehow a few days after the summit under the pressure of those who believe that the administration should not discuss anything on cyber security was russia this deal was postponed lately there was signals that the americans are ready to resume these at them and we would be ready to discuss any concerns regarding cyber security which the united states might have speaking of cyber security. and the freedom of expression and so on and so forth we are concerned that r.t. which is not foreign to you is being labeled by for example the french government

as agents of influence. and the same french government introduced a draft law to their parliament which is intended to compile a blacklist of media outlets we just suspected of spreading fake news and even most seriously. bleck least would be accompanied by compiling on at the government level at the legislature level at least of media resources which would be recommended to national regulators of cyberspace as reliable sources if it does not censorship if it is not an attempt to squeeze the space of expression then i don't understand much in this life.

i want to add one more thing mr foreign minister. how marlee how can you support someone like assad in syria who has been so brutal to his own people how how did you support him in there in a civilization how do you support. well i think i think you being a politician. i mean some people say being a politician is being cynical something a healthy cynicism is good i believe because to be realistic and we have to be responsible first of all for the world security for security of our countries for the cooperation of his of us which would create conditions making our people safer and if you take a look in retrospect at that region saddam hussein was

a dictator moammar gadhafi was a dictator. but if you can peer the sufferings of the people of iraq libya respectively and the beast the dictators and the president after the american the nato intervention in iraq and the new libya in violation of international law then i believe the numbers of those who were killed who were wounded who fled their homes would be probably hundreds of thousands more than those who suffered under these regimes. and the same is true for syria the people who ruined iraq who ruined libya now it's right to invite the international community to share responsibility for the migrants crisis. the same people draw no conclusions and they wanted to put syria in the same in the

same state some end of his say that the united states might be interested in keeping this region in turmoil so that it can fish in this muddy waters i don't believe this is this is what the united states wants but when you look at defects it's what's happening it's what's happening and this is not to say that we want to justify dictators but it's to say that before you start an adventure. you must make every step not to be reckless and to find a way to promote democracy changes peacefully it like being knighted states do in many countries of the same very region i don't need to lose that so my point is that now we condemn any violations of human rights any of oil asians of

international humanitarian law. of a commute that can be done governments opposition foreign countries interfering but we have to see the entire picture and we have to think about the price of being moral just for the sake of being moral so you include syria in that statement. yes that's what you asked me about. now. i'm very glad to hear that mr prime minister thank you so much for giving us your time today have a successful trip to helsinki and let's hope that when we meet in person we have peace in the world would be nice. finkel

larry thank you very much for the invitation. and thank you for joining us on this edition of politicking remember you can join the conversation on my facebook page or tweet me a kings things and don't forget use the politicking hash tag and that's all for this edition of politicking.

belgium beat it. to finish third out the fifo world cup we look ahead to sunday's final in moscow with either france or croatia is said to be cross twenty eight champions. of the world news this hour the u.s. charges twelve russians with hacking offenses linked to the twenty sixteen presidential election just days before a highly anticipated summit between presidents trump. also ahead. the israeli military launches its largest pain against since twenty fourteen reportedly hitting dozens of hamas facilities.

twenty four hour news live from moscow this is r.t. international my names you know neil welcome to the program we are close to reaching fever pitch shot the twenty eight thousand feet for world cup the final of the tournament is now just hours away in the build up to the game moscow's bolshoi theater for the gala concert on saturday night the event got a grand introduction from the head of. the president of russia vladimir putin. we are happy that i guess so everything with. and that myths and stereotypes have been broken we know that the foreign guests would like to come back in the families with them so we will make sure that the fans who liked russia so much will be able to get their visas more easily we will provide the opportunity to discover all

country and that discovery potential is endless. russia has now become a real football country and this world cup has not just been the greatest shawl on nurse it has been the best world cup ever. and i think in this theater desists never happened yet so we try to do something new for once but i need you all. you have me. yeah ok so we transform bolshoi in the right. one two three and i see young ross so yeah. yeah. yeah the bolshoi theater as you've never seen it before before that though up in st petersburg belgian secure third place in the competition courtesy of

a two no win over england let's look at how valid on fold it and then it's our special coverage with manchester united boss joe say murdering your. thank. of the of the. of the. i. was. with.

the the. fellow that welcome back to manchester with me and also a reading i demand to know if. he's been watching that match that just taken place belgian securing their best ever finish at a world cup finals between england saying the old saying at half time we were hoping things would get better and in the end. it turned out to be quite a night just the result was not the result that england. wants but the performance was much better the game was better was more a game of a third fourth place without any kind of pressure in the end england was was dominant and had the best chance to score but. as a talent. made it for them and to neil and looking to the match probably within one second of. these of the extra time but talking to the

performance. and the results in the globality of the world cup a single jim deserves to be sorts. in seven matches belgium won six. and. they lost against france. in the semifinal in win seven matches one three last three and drew one and the three matches that england won two of them all against panama in tunisia. overall and belgium deserves the sort of place just watching it as a fan is an observer that he was always looking to bring yet and has it would make him helping take for belgium and they always looked threatening you know from the first minute to the end they always looked that's where the goal was going to come from you know they are they're different players and good complement each other and behind them they have also good players with so. organizes very

well and then they make a from the team to play with with this three center defenders and to bring the ball out of these woods with the ball. with the ball on your project himself very well from the right side that will keep it stop of the world and belgium has an incredible generation the position is not is not a surprise and with the way the world cup was the globe with the teams with more prestige with more know how we are probably more potential going out and out and out when they see themselves in the quarter final and then in the semi finals i think they dreamed with. the world title which they could sell then for england i. theo just is a fan really because of washington certainly against colombia the penalties it's great drama that night you know we got rid of that penalty shoot at the world cup

and i just feel a bit yeah i think as i think he's the feeling is the feeling because as i was saying before the team that this is the serve than the fourth goes home after two defeats and the feeling is not good but you go home with the feeling of i almost touch the sky and now i go home after two defeats we've no medal and the saying i think what england brings clearly home is. a team with a future i wouldn't be risking a lot if i say that in the next welker being in four years' time england has conditions to do better we have to talk about final tomorrow france gracious france favorites but i tell you what croatia keep surprising this world cup that makes no certainty that france will lift the world cup tomorrow i don't think. you know i think you can say france's favorite by by

a little detail is yes you can but you can also see that in finals that are not favorites reach i agree totally. of course i lost a few finals but i think until the end of my career i will always say the finals are not to be played finals are to win this period that you go to the final used that you are going to win of course i lost and everybody loses but the feeling has to be the plan and i believe that career she's going with that with that with that feeling. of course of course the fact that france played only. five matches. i say five because they're less match in the group phase displays they didn't play and the fact that. croatia they play seven because seeks three in the group phase with the same

players as three in the knockout plus three extra times makes an extra match one team played in one month's five matches another team play seven can these make a difference can can can and should but croatia. has it was in one thousand nine hundred eight i think it was when to play semifinal against france is a fantastic generation and no one told of a sure kernel's sloven but. look at these phenomenon where i keep the berries each all the age they are in the in the fantastic generation so i sing they can win spite of i give advantage to france i think as seen through issue we will give them a hard time specially if the result is in a certain balance if the result for some reason gets a little bit collage then they. by the physical point of view they will not react

but their spirit the spirit of the small country that is not expected to be there the players are ready for sure they are ready to give every. last day tomorrow being a good month person and hopefully then for the cracker tomorrow thank you for watching t.v. will hand you back to march. it's another beautiful day we're going to miss the when the world cup has gone the biggest people of english is ever seen it's been an emotional roller coaster anticipation for the fans for a shoe game on sunday for the say that is sky high but that's tomorrow though today let's talk about the fans because the fans it's what that's what makes that the world cup for me and for many others as well so many of them that visit to russia win or lose it's really been a trip never forget i think that was probably a pretty good atmosphere in the found zone near the st petersburg stadium on an early train because there let's cross over to him russia's georgian capital is saying goodbye to the world cup but i'll tell you what was special after the game that.