. >> how about crimea? how come we no longer hear crimea minged? is this defacto, something we accept as reality or does that continue to be a part of our conversations that crimea should be returned rightfully? >> senator i mentioned crimea in the opening. secretary mentions it every time he speaks publicly in russia. we will maintain the crimea sanctions which are significant, both u.s. and e.u. until crimea is returned rightfully to the ukraine. >> when they took over crimea, there was sense, i thought it would be a boondoggle for the russian government, it would cost them a bunch of money to maintain the area. has in fact turned out other than geostrategic advantage do we have sense how many resources they're upholding to maintain this as part of their national territory? >> it is our estimate that russia is spending billions of rubles trying to maintain the foothold in crimea. the most concerning factor though they are further militarizing crimea. dr. carpenter might want to speak to that. >> thank you. >> i would just say absolutely russia is

>> i mentioned crimea here in my opening. the secretary mentioned every time he speaks publicly in russia. we will maintain the sanctions which are significant, both u.s. and eu. >> when they took over crimea, there was a sense, and i thought it would be a boondoggle for the russian government. it would cost a lot of money to maintain the area. has it turned out, other than the geo strategic advantage, do we have a sense as to how many resources tie have to put in to maintain this as part of their national territory. >> it's our estimate that russia is spending billions of ruples trying to maintain its

. >> how about crimea? how come we no longer hear crimea minged? is this defacto, something we accept as reality or does that continue to be a part of our conversations that crimea should

i would say russia is militaryizing crimea. they put in very -- militarizing crimea. they put in weapons there. senator corker: thank you. senator murphy. senator murphy: welcome to both of you, for taking so much time with us. i know there was conversation with senator perdue over the u.s.-georgia bilateral relationship. i wanted to explore that relationship in the context of the upcoming nato summit. we are hopeful that we will continue on track to offer membership to montenegro. i think they're ready and it's an important signal that nato still has an open door policy for those that are ready and that in general trans-atlantic institutions are still open for business despite the aggressive tactics of moscow. but the georgians are likely either going to leave warsaw disappointed and the question remains whether there is any future for georgia inside nato while there is still a contest over these territories. what we know is putin's ambition, i don't think -- what i believe that putin's ambition is not to militarily own ukraine. clouted o continue title over the port

we don't talk about crimea anymore. that is i guess gone. we have this violation of the inf treaty yet no consequences two years later, despite whatever engagement conversations are to bring them back. why aren't we more aggressively engaging in tools of diplomacy that can help us hopefully have russia understand there are consequences? why aren't we using osce, which clearly they are a signatory to and have clear violations? why aren't we looking at more visa denials? why aren't we looking at more freezen accounts? why aren't we looking at more listings? i don't get it. because if everything, what you're doing, and i heard your testimony, i read it before i came in. i wanted to listen to it again, is still leaving you in the place that we're at, why is it that we don't seem to step up towards the challenge that we have? >> senator, i would not take issue with anything that you have said here with regard to the constraining of space inside of russia and ramp up to the elections and russian external behavior. i would take issue with whether r

and eu until crimea is returned rightfully to ukraine. >> when they took over crimea there was a sense i thought that it would be a boon doggle. that it would cost them a bunch of money to maintain that area. has this in fact turned out, other than the geostrategic advantage do we have the any idea how many resources they are having to maintain this now? >> it is our estimate that russia is spending billions of rubles trying to maintain its foothold in crimea. i think the most can concerning factor though is that they are depurtsdzer militerizing crimea. dr. carpenter might want to speak to that. >> i would just say that absolutely that russia is militerizing crimea. they have put in very sophisticated a 2 ad capabilities there since the start of the conflict. >> thank you. >> welcome to both of you. thank you for taking so much time with us. i know that there was some conversation with senator purdue over the u.s.-georgia bilateral relationship. but i wanted to explore that relationship in the context of the upcoming nato summit. we are hopeful that we will continue on track to offer

. >> sanctions were imposed due to moscow's annexation of crimea are a -- crimea. imports of meat and vegetable products from the eu. prime minister dmitry mandala of called on the government to extend the ban over farmers concern for european imports returning to the market. investment across russia has suffered. international isolation has taken its toll. apart from the sanctions, there is also the ruble exchange rate. following the drop in the value of the ruble, prices have doubled. >> french senators voted for a motion calling on the government to lift economic sanctions on russia, another sign of europeans came to get back to business as usual. it has been years in the making and in just one week's time, the u.k. goes to the polls deciding to remain or leave the european union. there are questions up for debate for now until next week and we are going to be taking a daily look at the issues in the latest public opinion surveys with our editor, eve irvine. what do things look like? will it be to stay or go? as you say, the best are literally on and we are seei

ukrainee and crimea -- and crimea. crimea.on of what does it mean for the effort to restore borders of ukraine and postwar europe? >> we welcome the european unions decision to roll over sanctions. our own sections related to crimea will remain in place as long as the occupation continues. we are heartened to see that our friends and allies have decided to expand their own sections for another year. our view is well known. crimea is and always will remain part of ukraine. we cannot allow the borders of europe to be redrawn at the barrel of a gun. we call for immediate and the russian occupation of crimea. >> secretary carries plans to visit ukraine? there is a probability that the a secretary of state will visit ukraine in the near future. could you confirm this plan? >> nope. nothing on the secretary schedule. when we do. this?e you working on >> i'm nothing on the secretary's travel. have a great weekend. newsmakers. two republican activist discussed the election and the anti-trump movement. newsmakers sunday at 10:0

. >> i have two questions on crimea. but first about russiaanctioned against over the annexation of crimea. what does it mean for the effort to restore borders of ukraine and postwar europe? >> we welcome the european unions decision to roll over sanctions. our own sanctions related to crimea will remain in place as long as russia's occupation continues. we are heartened to see that our friends and allies have decided to expand their own sections for another year. our view is well known. crimea is and always will remain part of ukraine. we cannot allow the borders of europe to be redrawn at the barrel of a gun. we condemn and call for the immediate occupation of pressure and crimea. >> the other question is about secretary kerry's plan to visit ukraine. they said today that there is a probability that the a secretary of state will visit ukraine in the near future. could you confirm this plan? >> nope. i have nothing on the secretary scheduled to announce today. when we do -- >> are you working on this? [laughter] >> i ha

the first one is regarding crimea. as we know, you agreed on friday to extend for one year it's sanctions against russia for annexation of crimea. what does it mean for the efforts to restore borders of ukraine and post-war europe? >> we welcome the european union's decision today to roll over sanctions that are enacted in response to russia's attempted annexation of crimea. our own sanctions will remain in place as long as russia's occupation continues. we are heartened to see that our friends and allies in the eu have decided to extend their own sanctions for another year. our view is well known. crimea is and will always remain a part of ukraine. we cannot allow the borders of europe to be redrawn at the barrel of a gun. immediate end to the russian occupation of crimea. >> the second question, about secretary kerry's plans to visit ukraine. the office of ukrainian president said today that there is a probability that u.s. secretary of state will visit ukraine in the near future. at the nuclear summit. can you confi

annexing crimea is crossing the brightest redline in the u.n. charter. i think they felt the political support with a have not felt the military support. i believe we should provide legal assistance to ukraine. i think ukraine deserves that and they have a right to defend their country. but that is a policy question that president obama has answered in the negative on that. we will have to continue to debate that in our country. on ukraine in nato, we have been partners for a long time. we have had a formal relationship going all the way back to before joe and i arrived at nato in the last decade. ukraine had a long way to go to be considered for membership in nato because of the territorial divisions, the corruption, because of some of the lapses in democracy. we don't call in this report for ukraine to be admitted next month to nato. but i certainly believe what all of our presidents have believed, and that is ukraine has the right to think about a future with nato, to work towards that future. the timeline, who knows? it depends on events in ukraine i

it's crimea. it's georgia's fault because they aren't quite as western as we want them to be. therefore we haven't been able to do everything to help them. i know we've got westernization issues in georgia. we've got an invasion that occurred. and sovereignty territory being possessioned in violation of a 1972 agreement with russia. we're talking about all this other stuff at the same level of the invasion issue. i'm sorry to take issue with that but i really think. >> no question, we cannot blame the victim. we have to strengthen these countries so that they can resist economically, politically and security terms. >> sorry, thank you. >> soon coons. >> assistant secretary new land, i had an opportunity to meet with the russian ambassador to the united nations earlier this year. you mentioned the difficult balance between cooperating the russians on a number of important areas, some of our bilateral treaties containing iran's aggressive nuclear weapons program and other areas where we have strongly discordant interests and working to strengthen our allies whether this baltics

the seizure of crimea in effect was a break in the post war european and global order that should have been an event that inspired real serious contemplation and thinking on the part of the u.s. about the nature of the russian regime. after all, if they were -- if the russian leaders are so contemptuous of the world order, that order that has been responsible for keeping the peace since the second world war, is there something deeper involved? what kind of regime is this? and were we mistaken when we in a whole series of policies toward russia, extended goodwill toward that country and treated it really as a nation with which it's possible for the united states to develop trusting and mutually dependent relations. in fact, the core of the misunderstanding is reflected in a single set of incidents that took took place in 1999 ask brought putin to power, guaranteed the safety of president yeltsin that laid the foundation for the future dictatorship and that culminated and in effect brought to the logical conclusion the criminalization of the country that had taken place in the 1990s. thi

we have to see that what they have done in crimea is low.we cannot accept annexation of other countriecountries. international and right to serenity in each country very important. basic platform to have peace in the long term. if somebody has the right to get into another's territory, it is important that the european union keep up with the sanctions and european union are unified. i can also see side. we must be clear. we work for unity and work for keeping up with the sanctions. we think that is very important. >> sanctions are one way to tell russia, we'd like you to stop. exercises are another. is moscow getting that message? >> i think they understand the message. i think they have their position. i think they will continue, they have have continuation in their exercises and behavior. they show they are ready to use military power to fulfill their political goals. that is something we have to see with clear eyes. if we do we'll also see this is a situation we have to live with and handle. we can't accept that they behave in this way an

andrey: it's a big deal for crimea, because crimea is now restricted in developing. affect you most are the ones -- andrey: the much broader sanctions. they cover important economic issues and russian banks and russian big companies. we don't accept sanctions anyway, but there are two separate kinds of sanctions. ryan: those sanctions have not been extended yet. the eu will decide on those in the next month. your view is they will extend them. andrey: there's a lot of information coming in that they are considering may be softening or removing them -- considering maybe softening them or removing them. ryan: what would attract residency mean -- a trump residency mean for russia? ago, thee minutes russian president said that he made those comments in passing. he said that trump was "a bright personality." is trump good for russia? andrey: all of us think that russia will work with the president that is elected. trump sounds much better for russia, but we don't know him. we've never worked with him. mrs. clinton maybe sounds much worse, but there is a record of having a

it is true in crimea and ukraine and in some ways in syria.ich we decide to escalate the military operations on the ground, and particularly against the assad regime. >> so you were talking there about when the russian planes seemed to bomb the u.s.-backed rebels there on the ground, and how about the comment that the u.s. is the only super power, and why all of the sudden, pause we know that he is a leader who is always talking up the russian strength, and the position in the world, and trying to restore it to some degree, and why would he say that? >> well, if we are the only s p super power, andb vladimir putin succeeds in projecting a russian power and frustrating the american ambitions, well sh, he obviously in the face of the only super power has a lot of street cred and he is protecting the russian interests, aed it is a paradoxical way it seems to me of demonstrating how effective putin has been in challenging both politically and militarily american influence in some very key hot spots. >> hmm. and let me ask you on the issue of ukrai

the crimea's hotel wouldn't dare give you a rope a rope that looks like it came out of a dumpster. these things that you put on and you can't tie them right but the patient's not in control.ks the reform in the book is to try to start to get where the patient is in control and turn what looks like a hopeless liability in terms of liability costs going up and up into the most dynamic industry ever. does the forbes company offer health insurance? >> absolutely. >> is that a good system, where the employer is offering health insurance? >> no, but it grew and nobody designed this thing. one of the things that we have that was pioneered on before government sanction which was the equivalent of health saving. accounts, $2500 cash during the course of the league year, you are in charge of it. if you're blessed with good health and you choose not to spend the money, you get to keep it.o otherwise that savings is yours. not mine and not the insurance companies or the government. we try to get people to become conscious of costs because it's in their benefit to do so. the best interest to do

this is the face they've been presenting to the world since they invaded the crimea peninsula and ukraine asaad regime in syria. you're the ones being unreasonable, united states and the rest of the world. he also talked about the fact that europe he wanted to warm up relations with europe. of course, europe the eu just reuped sanctions with russia because of the position with ukraine. he's trying to make this image of russia to the world of being the reasonable one and everybody else is standing against them. >> and you said russian media a lot more pro trump less so for clinton and i guess it has been the case that the media -- russian media is a reflection of a vladimir putin sentiment. is it safe to say he is far more proponent of donald trump? pro or neutral about trump and very anti-hillary clinton. you can read page after page of editorials tearing her down and saying that she would start a war around various parts of the world and possibly threaten russia. one of the reasons that vladimir putin has ordered some of his military advisers to step up their missile weapons programs bec

the european union is extending sanctions imposed on crimea for another year.y were put in place after russia to the peninsula in 2014. ships will not be allowed to talk at the ports -- dock at the ports and cities will be prevented from exporting in the region. brussels is set to decide on whether to extend sanctions on russia has early as next week. and many economies in latin america are under severe strain, one of the reasons, the world economic forum is holding a separate meeting on latin america. politicians are keen to show investors that despite the political trouble, they are open for business. reporter: the numbers are small, but the method is clear, these protesters opposed the negotiations with rebel groups. they want to use the world economic forum as an opportunity to voice discontent. the president of colombia is keen to end the conflict that has spanned half a century and has claimed over 200,000 lives worldwide. he says that these will bring -- peace will bring prosperity. >> columbia is doing everything they can to improve infrastructure. 25 b

reporter: both studentsts have been following the news with concern since russia annexed crimea two years ago, relationships have chills. but germany remains russia's most important trading partner. the volkswagen factory is a great example. the two countries are also linked through their cultural heritage. this exhibition showing works by the journal -- german medieval painter kamek is one of the highlights. at the center of the relations is the eu sanctions against russia, implemented in -- because of russia's support of annexing green -- ukraine. how important is this too young russians and germans? >> one can't really say right now that the political situation in russia is especially bad or good. we want to focus on interpersonal relationships, not engaged in politics. >> even though many people put germany in a bad light right now , i think that inwardly many people still believe that this country is our friend. reporter: and to make sure this friendship last, it is especially important young people from both countries have every opportunity of getting to know each other better, like

the eu imposed sanctions against russia two years ago over its annexation of crimea and its role in theflict in ukraine. moscow responded with counter sanctions against some european products. earlier we asked our correspondent in brussels whether there was full agreement among the eu members about extending the sanctions. >> the front against russia is still standing, all 20 member states of the european union agreed to prolong the sanctions against russia for at least six months, but there are still questions asked behind closed doors. for example, italy, france, and hungrnagry asking if the sanctis are working -- hungary if these sanctions are working. so now some european countries say we have to come up with another solution. there is also a rift in emerging in the coalition government in germany. the conservative chancellor says that we have to maintain a hard stand against russia, but the foreign minister says we have to ease sanctions step-by-step, and we have to come up with another solution and to have a softer approach towards russia. i think the european union is still in th

. >> what about crimea? how come we no longer hear crimea mentioned? is it something that we accepted as reality or does that continue to be a part of our conversation, that crimea should be returned rightfully? >> i mentioned crimea here in my opening. the secretary mentioned every time he speaks publicly in russia. we will maintain the sanctions which are significant, both u.s. and eu. >> when they took over crimea, there was a sense, and i thought it would be a boondoggle for the russian government. it would cost a lot of money to maintain the area. has it turned out, other than the geo strategic advantage, do we have a sense as to how many resources tie have to put in to maintain this as part of their national territory. >> it's our estimate that russia is spending billions of ruples trying to maintain its foothold in crimea. the most concerning factor is they're fully militarizing crimea. dr. carpenter might want to speak to that. >> thank you. >> senator. >> well, i would just say that absolutely, that russia is militarizing crimea. they put in v

european union and the united states slapped economic sanctions on russia after its annexation of crimea. the sanctions have contributed to an already gloomy outlook for the russian economy at a time of low oil prices. russia did not initiate the current breakdown and problems that brought about the sanctions. remain as a response, but as we traditionally say, we do not hold a grudge and we are ready to accommodate our european partners. this obviously cannot be a one-sided game. markus: shares in apple are under pressure in new york trading. it comes over the news that officials in beijing ruled against the american electronics giant in a patent dispute. there is speculation that the legal standoff could or's apple to halt sales of certain iphone models in the chinese capital. apple has made an appeal against the patent ruling and says all its own in china remain on sale -- all of its phones in china remain on sale for now. we are going to take a look at how the stock markets are faring with just under 35 minutes to go of the year -- the american trading day, i should say. as you are se

he goes on to talk about russia's aggressive intervention in ukraine and crimea, meddling in syria, the threat from russia is rising. as the committee knows well, last summer, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general dunford said that russia poses -- quote -- an existential threat to the united states, recalling russia's actions nothing short of alarming, and the list goes on and on about the things. for years -- here is a very important point. from these experts, for years, russia has helped fund its growing military with capital derived from the sale of rocket engines to the united states. russian officials have referred to u.s. purchases of these engines as -- quote -- free money, unquote. that's what the russians call it. for modernizing its missile sector and frequently leveraged the department of defense's dependence on these engines as a bargaining chip in unrelated foreign policy disputes. they go on to talk about the defense authorization developed for the last two years passed new legislation to address this national security challenge under a proposed congressional t

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with the occupation of part of the territory by the russian federation any illegal annexation of crimeaually lost 20% of our economy. all of the other processes when we have to allocate 5% of our gdp to defense and security measures to keep an army on the the armedine between forces of the russian federation and our arm forces in the east of our country, we are losing a lot of possibilities that we built into the economy and one of the major important tasks for this country is to ensure macroeconomic stabilization. toalready see positive side trying to achieve this task. we are anticipating we will have at least 1.5 or 2% growth and tos is fully corresponding the imf and so far, this is being the case and i think we will be making sure we are lowest behind the economic problems, the biggest economic problems that we have and we will be seeing slowly developing growth. the white house is announcing is going to commit $220 million to ukraine. he was a sense of how that is going to be spent. guest: that is money that will be helping us to start a big the customs office. we are hoping that

economic sanctions against russia for a year, the penalties have to do with the annexation of the crimea peninsula in ukraine. the u.k. imposed sanctions two years ago. russia retaliated by banning imports from the e.u. and that's your bloomberg business flash for this hour, mark. mark: 11 minutes from the friday close, six days from the referendum. let's preview it with richard jones, bloomberg assets and rate strategist. ♪ vonnie: live in london and new york. i'm vonnie quinn. mark: this is the close on the "bloomberg markets." we are nine minutes away from the end of the friday session. campaigning for the e.u. referendum is suspended for the second day, stocks rebounded from a four-week out. anxiety over brexit cushing the demand for riskier assets, $2 million from the value of global equities, i bring in richard jones for our weekly first word future word segment. richard, it goes without saying that the campaign has been overshadowed by the death of the, the murder of labor l.m. jo cox. it's interesting to so what's been happening to the probability of a brexit, one of the probabil

saw it, there was a recent vote by the european union to extend sanctions against russia because of crimeaed to be a close call. it concerns me that six months from now, britain may not be at the table. >> so david cameron, who is the prime minister of britain resigning as a result of the vote said vladimar putin would be happy if britain exit. >> it would seem to be one of the objectiveses to drive wedged in of the western a liiance, that this has taken one of the strongest pro democracy voices off of the top table in brussels. that is the european union. britain will have the g-seven and perm no, i don't five and nato in which to contribute and continue. we needed that strong british voice in one table in which we don't see. and that is the european in brussels. >> you said europe will be inwardly focused for the coming years, is thats inially a bad thing? >> jon, it is u.s. policy for 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall and unification of germany, to it support a stronger europe. a europe that comes together on a outward looking basis. europe is starting to fray and turning inwar

and spoke about the annexation of crimea that is was against the coup. and he also weighed in on donald trump. >> i briefly said that trump was a bright person. he is bright. i didn't give him any other characteristics, but what i actually welcome and i don't see anything bad in this. mr. trump was ready to rebuild russian- american relations. what is bad about this? we all welcome this. >> russian forces conducted a series was air strikes targeting u.s. trained rebels in southern syria moscow hasn't been active in that area for sometime and the u.s. is seeking an explanation. >>> and a wildfires in southern california is burning unchecked threatening more than 100 upon homes. officials say the fire just west of santa barbara doubled in size, scorching 4000 acres. the weather now becoming a concern as a potentially record- setting heatwave settles in. chief correspondent johnathon hunt has more. >> the fire exploded overnight, right? >> yeah, that 4000 acres represents a doubling of the size of the fire just in the last 12 hours or so, melissa, it is fan

the broken promises anywhere take president putin used in the wake of the annexation to crimea that wesia's actions. the exercises in poland and he baltic states. that warsaw strategy is provocative, and yet i think we felt there was a problem, that if we couldn't actually exercise, couldn't actually demonstrate the reality of our ability to probability our allies in the east we would be negligent of our responses, and so i think that will be a coming theme we'll see play out as a way to frame the public perception. i warsaw doing what is responsible for provocative overreach and making the case for the use of sanctions against russia when we go through our own transition, and finally in our own debate, the atlantic council has been one of the strong voices calling on our european allies, canadian allies to do more in terms of investment. that will continue. but if our only debate in the united states is one of burden-sharing, we're going to undermine the sense of understanding of the value of our alliance was be believe our aligns are morse multipliers for values, interests, and that

lou: the threat posed by russia, in midst of this, and crimea, continues to threaten eastern europe, but now these attacks on our diplomats. there is no response, there is no even a statement of -- no you know, writing of blather on a card to hand off to -- to the russia an diplomats in washington, this president is so -- he cannot rise to even send a card. >> looking we're being humiliated and taken advantage of and the president is, just, well, i'm above all that. >> with that. >> kt, thank you. >> thank you. lou: we're coming right back with a great deal to cover, stay with us. >> donald trump is back from brexit, now campaign on. >> i think that is why i'm doing well in the polls before i really start. i think that you know you look at some states, i am up, and i am even in mayor jor -- major states. lou: trump and hillary tied in 4 battle ground states. >> and roll video, massive wildfires sweeping across california, wildfires destroying everything in their path. our next video shows an encounter too close for comfort we have that for and you much more. we're coming right back,

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there was an illegal annexation of crimea. and these are his words as he's come here. is that appropriate language for conflict resolution? >> on one side, despite the criticism, he has decided to go to st. petersburg forum. and that is positive. but that is the only positive reflection because everything which was said. there is no glimpse of any positive attitude. any positive direction how we can overcome everything, you know. it is not to find the bridge or construct the bridge. it is vice versa. so to my mind that was kind of equilibria on one side. i'm one side i'm courageous i come. on the other side i did everything to show those russians they are so bad guys and, you know, they should be punished and etc. that is not the approach. that is not correct communication technology at all. >> you can get involved in the many conversations we're having on the show this morning. the e-mail address is "street signs" europe at cnbc.com. also on twitter this morning. thank you to those correspondents who have been with me throughout the morning. much appreciated having yo

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way of civil war, victims, scaring the russian-speaking population in the southeast of ukraine and crimea. so what's the -- and after we were forced to make measures to protect certain groups of the population, the scaremongering and warmongering continued. probably all of it was aimed to gain grounds behind the existence of nato. what they need is an external enemy, otherwise no one would think why this organization is needed. there is no more warsaw pact, neither the ussr, why would they need it? if we stick to this very logic, the scare mongering, that's probably the way to a cold war. our logic is at a different aim of finding compromises and negotiations and cooperation. >> next on "gps," much more with russia's president vladimir putin. you've made some comments about the american republican presumptive nominee, donald trump. words no one even knows. but everyone knows cheese. cracker barrel has won awards for their delicious cheddar and they put that cheddar in a new macaroni & cheese. can you spell delicious? delicious. d. e. l... ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "da

they compartmentalize where you ukraine, crimea, and some of the military action and so this is the federal border service of the russian federation, their principle comes with me. so we can talk about the arctic and holistic terms, safety of safety of life at sea, all of us are challenged, if we see an aggressive offshore drilling campaign in the arctic, what is the technology that we can bring to bear to mitigate the effect of an oil spill and a very pristine environment. we also recognize that a lot of our scientific research, some of that has been compartmentalized as well. it would not beach or collective advantage, even if it is something as germane as fisheries, do we see fish stock start to move further north and then do we see fishing fleets going north to attract those as well? what i would say say is it's measured comments but at the end of the day it's productive. we are now working on information exchange, obviously via the internet, we are all eight members of the arctic are at the principal level can interact with one another. so say you have an event up in the arctic, and ma

for that reason, there were important reasons why the russian authorities seized crimea and invaded east ukraine. the most important of which was that it was a method of distracting the attention of the russian people of the real intention of the ukrainian experience and using the resort to chauvinism and nationalism, to blind people to their real interests and the importance of the example that have been provided to them. in fact, distracting attention and creating distractions is the traditional way in which post-soviet russian leaders have solidified their rule. the first chechen war which began in 1994, 1995 new year's night, it was done to distract the russians from the ravages of privatization. russian officials told my friend that we need a small victorious war in order to distract, in order to raise the reading of the president. apparently it didn't occur to him that that's not a reason to start a war. but that was what he said. the second chechen war was launched to make sure that someone would be elected president from criminal prosecution. i was told by a friend in moscow who

when i went down to crimea, ukraine, so on, i found many of these places had been built. you been to all 15 homes of stalin? all the homes of the romanoff's? >> pretty much. 50 palaces, maybe more. so many of them. i'm open to every single one. there are thousands of them. huntingnclude all the places, probably up to 100 residences. >> the people at you and? by russian is a work in progress. you can get into all these places. some are in russian. many of them are english. one thing that may surprise people is that, everyone hated alexander as the german, but actually she was english. brought up by queen victoria. her letters between nicholas and alexandra are all in english. broken english, but english. >> this has nothing to do with these books, but it does have to do with you. i want to show your wife who has written, novels? >> at least 15. >> you live in kensington and london. you have high social presence there. >> we work a lot. we have just written our first look the other a. a children's book. it is coming out in october. >> let me show you the better half. i live

it is the broken promises narrative president putin used in the wake of the annexation of crimea thatoke our promises to russia, therefore justifying russia's actions. you here today in europe that warsaw's strategy is provocative. i think we felt there was a problem. that if we could not exercise, if we could not demonstrate the reality of our ability to protect our allies in the east, we would be negligent of our responsibilities. i think that will be a coming theme we will say out -- see play out as a way to frame the public perception. overreach?rovocative debate, theur own atlantic council has been one of the strong voices calling on our european allies, canadian allies, to do more. that will continue. if our only debate is driven through the alliance and the united states is one of burden sharing, we are going to underlined the sense of the understanding of the value of our alliances. we believe our alliances are force multipliers for our values, our interests, and is one of our greatest you did assets -- strategic assets our allies -- only wish they had. he is a strong voice on

they see the russians take provocative action, not just in crimea and ukraine, but in buzzing our ships. the press reports today that the chinese did a similar thing with .ne of our airplanes the world watches and sees how we respond, if we do. that informs the chinese, the north koreans, the iranians, and others of what they can get away with. one book recently described it as a probing action. i think you see these aggressors around the world testing us. reasons whyof the the fundamentals of this proposal that we are putting out today is military strength and engagement in the world, not trying to lead from behind, but the strong. that is essential. it is not automatically solve the issues we are talking about. it is essential. if we don't do that, he will see the chinese be more aggressive, as well as north korea, iran, and others. >> i have to ask you about donald trump's suggestion that we get out of alliances like nato, and let south korea and japan are in themselves and don't work in concert with allies. how does that fit with the agenda you lay out today? thornberry: i cannot co

european union for example that we've been able to impose sanctions on putin for his annexation of the crimeais behavior in the ukraine. that was done through the european union. nato couldn't do that. the united states couldn't have done it on its own it was threw europe and only threw british leadership those sanctions continue. >> he says a brexit could weaken security in the west and also commented on the uk's strong relationship with the united states and washington's view on today's referendum. >> we are very strong allies of the united states. and the united states has made its position about this referendum pretty clear. that it does not want to see britain leave. >> and we've been hard at work here. from politicians to the average brit. wilfred got a chance to chat with voters to see how they are leaning as they head to the polls. have a look. >> i'm probably going to vote to remain. i think being part of the a bigger union is a big thing for me. >> i think it will be in. because i desperately need the sovereignty. and also i was pleased to hear that anybody who can come here has got

that is why it was paying rent to use the black sea base inside crimea.previous administration demanded that this base had to be removed after several years. >> but when the next president is elected, he signs a new agreement with russia that extends the lease for another 25 years. the majority of parliament supports the deal, but some politicians and many ukrainians vehemently disagree. and they intend to make their objections known. >> me and my crew, we were working outside the parliament. there had been very large-scale protests in the wake of the ratification. close to 1,500 men were here protesting. lots of police and the atmosphere was very tense and deep. i was actually recording a sound bite with one of the protesters then i had a call from my office in moscow and said something big is happening inside the parliament and you should have a look. so i quickly ran to the truck and i had a look at the feed. >> it turns out the chaotic protests outside parliament are nothing compared to the scene brewing inside. >> they were putting the ukrainian flag

that all changed in march of 2014 when president putin decided that he would invade crimea and then to divide ukraine after having invaded georgia in 2008. so this report is underlined by some strategic trend lines that we find very negative, both for the united states, canada as well as for europe. first, is this redivision of europe by the russian federation. the search as the czars did for strategic depth, and that's why they went into georgia. that's why they have intimidated armenia and azerbaijan and why they have divided ukraine. the false territorial conflict in moll dovea and the current pressure on the baltic states. it requires a response from nato, and so the number one recommendation that i think is important in this report is nato should station troops permanently in the baltic countries, in lithuania, latvia and estonia, permanently in poland, permanent in romania and bulgaria and the black sea and have capacity to act on the air and the sea in both the black sea and baltic regions. this is not war mongering. that's what the russian federation, the putin government, want