dmitry peskov, welcome to hardtalk. dmitry peskov, welcome to hardtalk.o you care that a host of western intelligence agencies have accused your government of sophisticated, covert operations, dirty tricks, meddling in their internal politics, do you care? you mean cyber attacks? cyber attacks, not just that, but cyber attacks have been one very big part of it. let's talk about the united states first of all. yes. we have to be very precise in wording. you're speaking about secret services and special services of the major states. we're speaking about only the united states of america and some retired gentlemen who used to work in mi6 or mi5, i don't know exactly, from great britain. the rest of special services in european countries, they have never accused russia of interfering into somewhere, they have just started to feel uncomfortable, at the same front of allegations... that's not strictly true. what you've said isn't strictly true. bruno khal, chief of germany's foreign intelligence agency, said this, "cyber attacks are taking place that have no pu

we have had dmitry peskov. will talk about what is happening in the gambia. that is the new president being sworn in. but he is not able to do it in his own country. we will explain what is going on, and why senegalese troops have come across the border. the former northern ireland deputy first minister, martin mcguinness, has announced he is to retire from front line politics and will not seek re—election to the stormont assembly in march. he said he had intended to step down in may, but that plan was overtaken by health problems and the political crisis at stormont. my my own health problems have come after that crisis. i've really been dealing with this health situation for the last couple of months. it's a very serious illness. it has taken its toll on me. but i'm very determined to overcome it. and i'm very determined to overcome it to an extent where i can be very much involved in the whole process of peace and unity and reconciliation. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is

in the bbc interview, dmitry peskov, the press secretary of putin, yesterday said they would go and celebrate the russian christian holiday of epiphany yesterday, rather than watch the inaugural address. however, what we know is the potential reykjavik summit, echoing 1986 between reagan and gorbachev might be happening between trump and putin quite soon. if you ask me to say something positive about putin as a bbc employee, i can't do either. but i can say what russian television has been saying about trump, and the positive thing is they call him "the man of his word" and that's interesting in itself. politicians generally say they don't know what is going to happen really, because there is nothing to say anything concrete about his policies moving forward. but what they are definitely saying, because the tide is changing,

today dmitry peskov, putin's spokesman said the claims were pulp fiction and a clear attempt to damage. mr trump says he is in no way compromised by vladimir putin's preference for him as the next president. if putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset, not a liability, because we have a horrible relationship with russia. russia can help us fight isis which, by the way, is number one tricky. i don't know that i'm going to get along with vladimir putin. i hope i do, but there's a good chance i won't. and if i don't, do you honestly believe that hillary would be tougher on putin? does anyone in this room really believe that? give me a break. the press conference got most heated when cnn, one news organisation which has covered the latest allegations, tried to put a question. no, not you, not you, your organisation's terrible. your organisation's terrible. don't be... i'm not going to give you a question. you are fake news. these papers are just some of the many documents... mr trump also used the occasion to display some of the legal documents turning his business over to his fa

kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov told the bbc "we see it as a threat to us.tens our interests and our security. especially as it's a third country that is building up its military presence on our borders in europe. it isn't even a european country." here's the us brigade commander in poland. within the next few days, our soldiers will be showcasing their lethal abilitys as they begin to train on nearby gun range, to arrive at this point so swiftly, its proof when we work as a team, not only within the ranks of our tireless us army but as at lied nation, a team of teams, no challenges is too large to overcome, no distance is too far to overcome, no distance is too far to cross, when the need arises. us russia relations are dominating the programme, it is not only the only stories we will cover. we will turn to south korea. the head of samsung has been questioned over allegations of corruption, in relation to this scandal that has engulfed the south korean president. investigators have announced 23 people and organisations could face prosecution over the hillsb

kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov says, "such aggressive actions, supported by the armed forces of ukraine and the task of realizing the minsk accords." one event — two stories as ever. but there is no doubt this recent outbreak of violence is serious. ukraine's president has cut short a visit to germany and has convened in kiev to deal with the crisis. here he is. translation: i would like to stress today on conditions of such behaviour of russian militants when they have been carrying out massive artillery shelling against civilians, how can someone talk about cancellation of sanctions against russia? about cancellation of sanctions against russia ? what about cancellation of sanctions against russia? what else does the aggressor and need to do to be brought to justice? we will be talking to katty kay live from washington, dc to get her thoughts on the first ten days of the trump presidency, that in about five minutes' time. the head of world athletics, sebastian coe, has denied he misled a parliamentary committee investigating doping last year. new emails have been released which appear

you talk about dmitry peskov, who i'm going to see again injust a couple of days‘ time.nt that vladimir putin has a grip on this country that will not be relinquished. what would you say to peskov that might undermine his confidence? well, i guess, a lot of russian people have a major question to ask mr peskov, and the question is, why are you lying all the time? for decades he's never said a single word of truth. he's lying all the time. how does he manage to deal with himself? getting up in the morning and looking at himself in the mirror and saying to himself, today, again, i will live as a lying human being. the problem is, as you've said in this interview, you don't get access to russian state tv, you do not get the sort of media coverage. you can't win. that's the problem, you just cannot win in the system that russia has today. i can and i will. so how do you do it? how do you mobilise these people you claim are out there, all of the anti—putin feeling that you say is in russia today, how do you mobilise it and turn it into a political campaign? well, we started o

today dmitry peskov, putin was back spokesman said the planes we re was back spokesman said the planes attempt to damage relations. mr trump says he is in no way compromised by vladimir putin's preference for him as the next president. is putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset, not a liability because we have a horrible relationship with russia. russia can help us fight isis which by the way, is number one tricky. i don't know that i'm going to get along with vladimir putin. i hope i do but there's a good chance i won't. and if i don't, do you honestly believe that hillary would be tougher on putin done? does anyone in this room really believe that? give me a break. the press conference got mostly did when cnn, one news on the —— news organisation which has cover the latest allegations extend to become tried to put a question. no, not you, not you, your organisation's terrible. your organisation's terrible. don't be... i'm not going to give you a question. you are fake news. these papers arejust question. you are fake news. these papers are just some of the many documents..

and coming up in half an hour, stephen sackur speaks to dmitry peskov, the spokesman for russian president vladimir putin, in hardtalk. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister, theresa may, says she has "absolute faith" in the trident nuclear missile system, despite claims that an unarmed test firing veered off—course. it's claimed an unarmed rocket fired from hms vengeance in the atlantic ocean shot off in the direction of the united states last year. but on the bbc‘s andrew marr programme this morning, mrs may declined to answer if she'd been made aware of the incident before a crucial vote on the future of the trident programme in parliament, as daniel boettcher reports. this is what the launch of a trident missile looks like. lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a routine unarmed test launch from hms vengeance. but according to the sunday times, it went wrong. the paper says the submarine was about 200 miles off the coast of florida. it was due to fire the missile 5,600 miles to a location off the west coast of africa. instead, the paper says it may hav

earlier today, his spokesman dmitry peskov said putin was unlikely to watch the inauguration live, buts. "donald trump," said peskov, "is not our soul mate." that's a frosty change from the surprisingly warm endorsement mr. putin gave mr. trump during the campaign. "he's a colorful and powerful man, and he says he wants to move to deeper relations. how can we not welcome that?" top of russia's wish list is to be treated by america as an equal, not a mere "regional power," as barack obama once called it. andrei soldatov is an expert on cyber espionage, and he says russian hacking during the election campaign was meant to damage hillary clinton, but it had an unexpected benefit. >> so russia and the russian role became a big story. >> reporter: and is that good or bad for russia? >> it's important for many people in the kremlin to feel that they might be treated as important country, something like a superpower, and that's actually gives you something to be proud of. >> reporter: important enough that the new trump administration will decide to ignore issues that have poisoned u.s.-russi

and dmitry peskov was asked, do you want them to live the sanctions first to then go into negotiations about better ties? and he said absolutely not. there's no prerequisite for any kind of talks. they want to move forward and speak with the inn kcoming administration and see where it goes from there. >> for now, it looks like moscow's willing to take this wait and see attitude toward trump. >> it's interesting. on the one hand, yes, it is a wait and see position, but at the same time, you can also see how thouey are trying to deflec anything that would seem to be a reset between the trump administration and the administration of vladimir putin. they have been confronted by some of the things said by trump's nominees. for instance, james mattis saying that they were the biggest threabig est threat. those are being talked about. they've been saying, look, this is just hearings. this is being said beforehand. what we want to see is what happens once these people take office. and we're not going to allow anything they say during these confirmation hearings to cloud any of that or sour the

and so tonight as the hearing was going on, dmitri peskov, the spokesperson for vladimir putin e-mailede during the hearing. here's what he had to say. we have suggested cooperation on compatting cyberthreats xhum russ times. it was rejected and we are sick and tired of those irresponsibly blaming everything on our country. if there's a need for an enemy, why not try someone else. so again, this is something that the spokesman for vladimir putin sent very, very quickly as the hearings were still going on and meshes with what the russians have been saying all along. that they weren't involved. and it's interesting because they always make a nuance. they aren't flat out denying russians were involved in all of this but they say that it wasn't any russian agencies, government agencies or military agencies as, of course, would be suggested by the fact that there have been sanctions levied against the fsb and military intelligence service here of russia as well. the spokesperson for vladimir putin always using the term official russia meaning no official russian agencies, he believes, were i

stephen sackurfrom bbc‘s hardtalk has just completed an interview with the kremlin spokesperson dmitry peskovto see you. was he defensive as far as the ledger that actions of russia, as far as those actions of russia, as far as those actions are concerned, but america clearly believes influenced the us election. i wouldn't say he was defensive so much as combative and that really is peskov‘s style. he is spokesman for the president and also one of vladimir putin's most trusted advisers, and he really is the spin doctor and message manager of the kremlin. under enormous pressure in the last few days because as you say, all these allegations of hacking and dirty tricks and allegations of a honey trap being laid, all of this stuff has in a sense being laid at the floor of the chief press officer, and when i saw him a couple of hours ago when his office close to the kremlin are said to him, how do you respond to these allegations which, from the very top of the us intelligence agencies, and this is how he responded to me. every day, we have hundreds and thousands of cyber attacks against out thou

from dmitry peskov. interesting he is quoting donald trump own words, witch hunt.'t know if he is part of the organization that dumped the whole 35 pages out there. or witch hunt the very word that the kremlin has. they say they don't have any word about hillary clinton either. they say they don't engage in compromat. interesting that there's an actual word for that. >> compromat and a lot of the salacious details getting attention overnight. particularly more serious allegation in the last hour, greg was talking about this, that the trump campaign was in communication, explaining information with russian operatives during the campaign itself, evan. and james comey, the fbi director, was asked whether or not the fbi is investigating this. and he wouldn't answer that question directly. explain that situation to us. >> well, that's right. and that's, i think, what drew a lot of attention yesterday at this intelligence hearing. the senate intelligence hearing on capitol hill. comey was testifying along side the senior officials, the officials who actually briefed dona

we hear publicly from president putin's spokesman, dmitri peskov, they doubt the nitty-gritty will bealked about tomorrow. it is apparently the first conversation between the two leaders since the election. and so it's apparently, according to the russians, more of a get to know you, congratulations, lay the table and let's see how we can move forward. but i think what's absolutely clear is that theresa may there today is going to have a lot of challenges. will she be able to put forth britain's and europe's perspective and, by the way, the entire u.s. intelligence and national security and foreign policy community that russia at the moment poses the biggest existential threat to the united states and the west? will she be able to get that message ahead? will she be able to persuade the president that nato is something that has served to served the united states and peaceful europe for the last 70 years, where russia wants t break i up? >> what are you most watching for, then? when they come out and speak to cameras and reporters, i think everyone is going to be parsing what their ope

this is a first official reaction, and it comes from the kremlin spokesman dmitri peskov and is prettydamning saying overall about the report it is groundless, baseless and utterly unconvincing saying the reports lacks evidence, presented in an amateurish unprofessional way and he says it's the product of an emotional fit and of a witch-hunt. that phrase is interesting, because donald trump used exactly that phrase in an interview with the "new york times" last friday. and finally, peskov says russia is seriously tired of these allegations. he was also asked if vladimir putin had read the report and he said there's nothing in it that's worth reading. stephanie? >> now we're starting to hear rumblings of vladimir putin meeting with president-elect trump? >> reporter: yes. well, peskov also talked about the very tense period in relations, but looking forward to a more sober approach, and he already hinted that at least vladimir putin was looking for a date in the diary. they are very much looking forward to the end of the obama era. obviously, relations between president obama and vladim

dmitry peskov said, no, it wasn't. he said trump is definitely wrong on that. on that u.s. intelligence report on hacking, he said it was ridiculous, amateurish, it deeply surprised us. but possibly more interesting was what he said on that unsubstantiated dossier that talked about donald trump possibly, his behavior in russia, maybe it was compromising activities when he was here. here is what peskov said about that. >> did any russian official, any intelligence agent, gather any information on donald trump when he was in russia, at any time? >> no. no. definitely not. >> donald trump wasn't bugged. >> no. >> wasn't followed. >> no. >> wasn't watched. >> no. >> reporter: i asked peskov, have your intelligence agencies got anything on donald trump? he said, i have never seen a file. i said, look, that's not a denial. he said, i don't work for the intelligence services, i work for the kremlin. make of that as you wish. he was also very hard on president obama, criticized him for, in the last week, damaging relations. and as for talks between donald trump and vladimir putin,

in fact, the kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov today called it "pulp fiction" and said it was simply beingto damage relations between the u.s. and russia. now, that being said, there is a long history in this country of the security services collecting information to embarrass or even ruin public figures. there's even a special word for it. it's called kompramot, and in one particularly scandalous case back in 1999, a sex tape leaked to bring down russia's attorney general and the head of the security services at that time here, one vladimir putin. >> liz, what's the feeling in eastern europe if russia grows more aggressive under a trump administration? >> reporter: very anxious and not just in ukraine where russia has been waging war for almost two years now. i have just come from estonia. it's one of the u.s.'s nato allies, and the government there is very worried that if a trump administration goes, as they would see it, soft on russia, it would embolden vladimir putin to invade their country, and they're also afraid that the u.s. may not even come to their defense in that instance, eve

i was able to speak to dmitry pesk peskov, he's a spokesperson for vladimir putin.e said absolutely not. talking about that acrylic keyboard. he said, look, anybody can use an about crimic keyboard. and once again, he denied any involvement by what he calls official russia. one of the things about the incoming trump administration folks having saying, look, they question what the intelligence is saying. they say in the past, the intelligence community was wrong, for instance, on weapons of mass destruction in iraq in 2003. however, yesterday, the director of the cia john brennan was on pbs, and he said, look, a lot has changed since then. let's have a listen to what he said. >> in the aftermath of that, there was a total review of the review process and the analytic process and assessments that are done with the intelligence community. with a number of steps that were taken to make sure that we're going to be as accurate as possible. and so, it's been light years since that iraq wmd report has been done. and there has been tremendous, i think, further development of

we saw dmitry medvedev saying don't expect sanctions to be lifted soon. we heard the kremlin spokesperson dimitri peskovll meet, but won't happen in the following weeks, more than likely the following months. i think there's quite a bit of optimism, but officially it's cautious optimism. >> that takes us to strael and oren. there's such divisions where you are and here even among the jewish community in the united states. the move on the table is of course moving the u.s. offices into jerusalem. how does that issue play where you are? >> reporter: israeli leadership is calling on trump to move the embassy as soon as possible. one of the most vocal voices is the mayor of jerusalem who launch add campaign days before the inauguration calling for trump to follow through on that promise. netanyahu and his read of the conversation with president donald trump as well as the read from the white house didn't focus on the embassy move. if that's a priority for the city of jerusalem, it's not netanyahu's priority. he wants to go back to the iran deal. he sees president trump as a new opportunity to fight that dea