not very friendly to us i will say so i have come to london always experience i was serious about of diplomatic baggage and i hope that able to have a good chance to implement it here what a week to be doing this interview and talking to other journalists in this country how have you viewed the nato summit because time and time again british media it's cultural elites it's politicians cool your country the enemy of this country. i think that need to have a lot of in the a share in its work and these samet will not take no decisions along the lines which has been. assigned years ago during the crisis itself and we do not expect that some new decisions will be taken here a special year with regard to russia but it continues to build up a threat. don't need to and it continues to work against us in

a confrontational move confrontational is dangerous and you and you money being. located too was a defense so-called defense but in fact it is build up performance of all garwood borderless these does not bring the end of this is better for european security is it going to be difficult to persuade people here in this country that that is the truth when media in this country continues he tells us he too is defensive against your threats russia is that. the problem with the united kingdom is that for recent 3300 years we are in the situation of or revelry to each other i think that it is that a bunch of to fish from there in that sense about the people in this country the establishment even in the highest circles of the still do believe that of russia.

he is a competitor. in the competition for influence and of course of these does not contribute to make a relationship better especially in the last peter the time when we see that but he didn't i due to internal developments break as it pulls worlds cortlandt is. going to miss cortlandt its influence on international everynight is declining perhaps it does not play such at all as in the past of course. many years ago and when people in london see that. build up its influence in the world in the middle east the becoming somewhat corrupt of this sort i sense because people who support breaks it reject that and say because it is a renaissance for this country but actually those who oppose breaks it those who oppose go to independence those who oppose donald trump say you and your government

turn valving hybrid wolf which is why we have break city which is why trump is the president the united states why whoever wins the general election. day somehow your country will have been involved. it is pure speculation. in the 1st place we cannot influence even from a distance or he here 70 and millions of people who are determined themselves how to leave and what to do in the future i had already a chance to end a life so that during the. 2 weeks i am here but actually there are some probably i would have to school so thinking as i understand one believe that it will be a prosperity it will be a flourishing of the concert for additional frequent i mean the other school thinking that it will be a declining in national economics it will be a crisis or

a couple of years and no money to spend for the government who is right we can only guess and what's going to happen in a couple of years in this country it is also interesting even for us can you understand why elites in this country would seek to find a and they need to blame the instability huge is the kind of outline that it is the easiest way out from internal discussions it is much more difficult for political parties to provide programs in the comics in domestic affairs in politics the best of politics and national house and by others because these programs programs will look at the like and people do not differ of these parties from the hotel or what were the days of the spotted what's this of the other party and so on it is but that this much easier to get to launch accuse the sins against some outside forces in this case this is russia of course. we have seen these in

the recent days i will see is that in the 10 days ago even that we could go. and just papers abstained from these involvement of russian. object into being don't debates however in recent days we have seen new ideas go to accuse us instead but at the expense so on and really when i would look at these articles so they are funny because i think it is fair to say and i think it's true you need to it is just pure invention he said fake it is just. i would see you wouldn't. want to call it. it's a kind of a provocation just to protect attention well those on the right some people go to the extreme right the buckley brothers telegraph said jeremy globin is national health service documents somehow the release of that was facilitated by your

government and on the liberal left russian oligarchs albeit some who actually wanted russia are accused of aiding boris johnson. both has nothing to do with reality as a president the 1st war so that president has problems publicly when he has come to london was that he don't he's not involved and you know domestic affairs or especially want to help my appearance. but then the other side that we. were here at these names or for russian people who are important of all to the end of the story kind of financing the quest really sort of easy to release the report yes but these names are not known at the world in our in moscow or believe me and these are these people a british citizen if a citizen a british citizen originated from india it will get them all you know 2 or a friend in chicago or these so that political party doesn't make

a big scandal one of the one of the ledge to do it is the wife of the form of the russian minister. do not want to go into these details which is quite a way for years of war perhaps he had 3 wife or you know. the president whose ministry i have no idea and it does look menacing so. let's listen finish it up on this does not the russian government it is not our work or idea is not our case of just a person a government or is it strange you mention 300 years but strangely live in this residence when there are pictures of winston churchill here and celebrations of the alliance between moscow and london and now we're talking about is your attempts to. attack this country. it is really strange because similar pictures we can show so i have seen together with styling that they

have seen is that is the school for you kate and best in moscow and it is only proves that we have a bit long relationship between i would 2 countries and 2 people and sudden they did some seasonals some data scandals cannot affect in a long term relationship because of the key issue of that links i would to people russia or stand by our soviet union the. russian federation and the united kingdom they are stronger than these sensational influences but it was they have been big changes britain and russia on the same side of it run and then you helped negotiate but the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty which was the british government have long supported. you are again on the british side on washington's decision to rip it up and destroy that treaty well yes 40 years ago i was part of

the team that negotiated one of the they did. that has brought at the time to play into that at least sheep it's a dangerous sport into a european history and this was i n f it was a short i would say. agreement it has a. lot. of contribution into the current car current world because it has diminished the threat and each year that it ceased to exist. we suggested a very simple think we suggested a moratorium or the deployment of any kind of. into intermediate range missiles in new york and my preparation he has sent a letter to this. and to presidents or if you knew you were put through to the united states as well do you cade leave office and the response was meager it was

say their response to these extremely important matter is bigger when the president micronor has mentioned that we have to think about that we have to discuss to negotiate on these but we still hope that leaders will be reasonable at some point in time we will get another important agreement which will reduce threat of a continuation of a disability ation of emerging out of stories continued kind of stories you know the argument from london probably is that you will treaty the treaty that may have indeed saved this planet from nuclear destruction did not adequately address beijing another of the enemies as cool name did the nato summit this week. what was the argument exactly it was as you mentioned china and beijing but it's a very special country

a very special developments over its own. oh i can not go at the moment into the details but it conducts its own pulled its share and in these i and therefore we have an equalization of forces between. former soviet union and the united states this was by a little thing one can not easily at least by little agreements into multilateral try little what they would have yes it has started to go we always did all of the united states from a.b.m. treaty a.b.m. treaty into billy's to missile treaty that was a cornerstone of desirable nuclear disarmament and since that united states continue into this lying little bit from the new reaches it means that at some point we reached a certain stability in the level of threat from both sides and all of these

stability or flavor or threat from both sides. will be able to but then we have got elements which that will and it means that it has become and the world has become less predictable that the threat has started to grow and we need some new means to deal with that when you understand the significance of that nuclear treaty do you think that the british media scene does because there hasn't been a great deal of this on the fact that the i mean if treaty which you say is so important for world peace is being destroyed. focusing only on our stance about waylaid by russia in the street but this is not the case we are aware of the fact that by the time of peace the world from i and they have united states has already prepared at least 4 different systems of intermediate range that are

capable of having a nuclear warhead and that's all just be there more from the russian ambassador to london after this break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race on all fronts very dramatic development only closely and going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. in this community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there

are no jobs and you see the kids and ask and as a parent. i can come up with arguments and there's a lot of conflict. is made. close one on each of those he knows each other is good because the state of california alone makes $6000000000.00 a year of prison complex just to get some 20 a life where. you don't care. anything. welcome back i'm still with ambassador and drake and the media in this country most of it still alleges that you are interfering in this country you are involved in hybrid warfare will you see the role as countering disinformation in this country there have been revelations about british foreign office funded initiatives

like the integrity initiative with journalists linked to the journalists who work at the b.b.c. and other outlets in this country will be countering disinformation. or we are throwing words we are not so might hear our will say you know we did have certain at them to define what is a hybrid war facebook advertisement paid by russian troll farms about liberal forums and there that is not correct. and they took our interests over the border that is leading us to lead to this is neither us accounts or not at once with right to define together what is it hybrid war and we have so many different opinions from different the best of us believe me it is impossible to for the moment to come to a conclusion that has a certain motion or great war but what it is it's

a big question because in this world or woman accused in this cyber space when accused anyone ever would do anything. ok but how do you actually intend to operate in this country given so many diplomats perhaps unprecedented numbers have been thrown out of this country let alone what happened in the united states at the russian consulate and russian embassy that similarly we expelled similar number of diplomats from the u.k. embassy in moscow in the united states and this and that we are in a similar situation and we discussed this issue was british embassy in moscow a letter but it's true and we agreed with him that our privatized is to establish war or the embassy on both ends and we continue to talk about that of the storks very tough and very difficult to between our many stories and between our embassies it involves other institutions but we are working to establish

a moral functioning over both ambushes both in moscow and here in london because some of the explosions are to do with perceived violations of international rules by russia by nato countries but it was specifically in this country it was the script incident is the russian line the same that you still don't know where yulia screwball is a russian citizen even though it seems the reuters news agency was able to look into the. air we don't often have. so many people as such your forces or they're saying just agency but you haven't heard about that they did locate it huge eps for the interview they did the last known interview on t.v. with the earliest group pap's perhaps. we are going to defend her as a russian citizen no doubt about the steel of the whole case does not move at all we have no single piece of information that the what has happened

a year ago do you think it'll help there's a new embassador in town. absent you government that the new prime minister that has been the head of this election. there's still has been no movement whatsoever on the screwball case or i don't have a major coup or option are told to do that before a new government will come what we have asked we have sent about 80 different letters and notes to british government asking them for the new information but my think it'll do you think when there's been a german diplomatic spat with diplomats being thrown out are you prepared for diplomats being there now droom your embassy here in the near future because something else turns up in the british media and you know in the history of diplomatic relationships it happens from time to time and even if you build stuff from earlier years of doing just century let's take it to

1927 the 1st provocation has a character but it's going to decide at the door of every troop cut off relations ship it lost it for 3 years about genesis come to terms of these waves are coming and going you can. be sure to both that totally but how can there be any lasting trade in business relations between britain and russia if there is this continual in 2 minutes and. i'll still a-t. and. i think between you 2 countries i can assure you of that great and business relationship continued to a very good last week we have here a brief british russian economic forum's and we each has a track that they're both substantive people i have eaten at this particular residence 250 guests for the unique reception instead of 100 that has been promised and i can assure you of that business is for i think it's ways to read

a lot in the last 2 years to continue to grow and some companies some legislators kampen express british but they don't g c b. a. and the others as they if you think they are good in conditions there was are they working towards that are sort of their doing business and it's not just the quality of the log because of goes sanctions are a part of the relationship between nato nations and russia and presumably it came up at the reception didn't the business people speak with you when they fearful of 3rd party sanctions now being threatened by the united states with companies trading with russia we're leaving under threat or from your sanctions for a number of years but the more sanctions are being implemented against russia they're stronger russia is becoming and we are finding different means and ways to leave independently from economists or because countries like the

united states. how to deal with i wouldn't blow but a glance just. getting out or for the influence of the dollar and other instruments that we have disposable or for united states and european union and you see that i would equate them ease and i would steadily growing the one that make the city of london oppose you if you have plans for removing the federal reserve is the ice national guard. so this is very interesting to the girls we had to ranked on this 10th board there's at least mean and it's also that other use european cancerous little wink or gold that is sort of for all malone done so we are not we're not alone. doing doing probably doing that there the course of history of. secret operation i do believe dealing with it was going to it's going to find so i can no see i look at this all of the gold little scarred world is

a legend of course but there is one point in it it is many as well as gold is that if using it out to give back to the government of any. which is a very bad example i think that some cancerous really are or were they become more cautious about having a lot of them as a safe bank or so because britain prides itself on its standing up for the rule of law despite would you say about the gold of the bank of england being being kept behind but ironically while the foreign office may we told visas we would diplomats and so forth russia is opening up their visa system i understand to make it easier for people around the world to visit russia will british people be able to visit russia easier than the current situation with the complicated and quite expensive visa situation it's a good question or of course i think that british people are will not benefit from

that because we have no agreements with the united kingdom on facilitating a visa or we have or at many occasions we suggested for your kid government to start talks about a visa liberalization for a businessman or tourists students scientists professor and then a comic or 2 of the governmental people to departments around but we did not receive reports of the 1st because you're going to make it easier for people from the european union from china from korea from japan a $50.00 visa is rumored but nothing for people from this country. i'd like to do that but we need to. pause it if. you need to for tango do you think also that the continuing room is ahead of the as the election will continue right up to polling day that somehow this is

a russian election like. when many u.s. television networks the trump election was a russian election. there are 2 different situation the united states the russian factor he's a serious affect their own internal fight a bit to be in a public house and democrats they're using it in every way just to get benefits for them right and i think that since their forces or with the euro. does not differ better much eat it can bully someone or incident or fight in the u.k. it's situation is different you do not. believe do not believe. it we view or for having the decisive factor to talk it is speculations it is just a means to attack the tension. ok well you've just been appointed ambassador here and there was an atrocity on london bridge even the nato is talking about china and

russia being enemies all around the world the threat of terrorism is seen as a global threat what about security cooperation between russia and britain your embassy here and the 4 surfaces over threats to the safety of your this country. before the crisis we have had. the necessary communication and alliance wiese u.k. it was a long time to fight against crime terrorism. in terms of this is important i think that there were attempts to do what he said there was a show of these lines from both sides and i think that in a good spirit we are going to bring you these communication 16 we are important for security and of course i'd like the west again express our condolences to the victims of the breach and just on the on the prominence of these terrorists

some of them have been seem to have come in the aftermath of the british war in libya of course britain has been bombing syria do you think russia will have a lot of intelligence that we can share with the british government on the terror threat here because trump of course just said britain should take back isis terrorists from syria i think that we have plenty of information about terrorism in the world and especially about terrorists that are active here in europe and moscow will be prepared to share this information those who are reading through exchange of these very important side i know that those has already they're done even if nato countries and that they have no. because of nature affiliation all right well france has been criticized in the british media for making. these overtures. i don't know what the name's k. but also whatever it is because it is still not so important as a general desire to get into this important matter and we hope that. sooner or

later we'll show the desire to do the same about thank you thank you for that simple a special edition of going on the ground from the russian ambassador residence in london see you on monday when we speak to the former deputy prime minister of australia who's campaigning for justice for julian assange of wiki. and we're going to fulfill the repeated promises apologise to the people i promise you know we it's all pots.

you want to. know. ok in the special something we can dangle so many of them. yeah but. you don't think in russia think was over forget it. i'm about to complete. some of them. also the. russian outlets eligibility for the international competition says that state this includes events like the tokyo olympics and the

before world cup in qatar if i am in the early as last. year when you can go just as it was 4 years ago in moscow anti-doping clabber is that the center of the scandal so who tampered with the doping samples database and one does greegor you want to give have to do with it and you know she's doing it because we start the ball is in mean you know. when the use the push on the wish. to expose me emotion touch a little bit so the pushing it in is not. 3

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