moscow.ere looking all around the world for soviet recruits who were vulnerable to our approaches, our blandishments, who we thought that we could turn. we found one in bogota. >> we became aware of him through a telephone tap that cia had on the soviet embassy. >> he was doing things in bogota that showed that he might be vulnerable. >> he womanized. he liked parties. he was fast and loose with money. >> all of the things that we saw, and clearly he was not a real communist. he was not a true believer. >> so we arranged for a meeting with him in the turkish bath in the hilton hotel. >> we started to talk to him. he wanted a better life. he wanted to do something that he could really believe in. and ideologically he was clear ly on our side. he did not like communism. he believed that the american system was superior. all of those things kind of came together. we realized we could make a deal with him. and we did. that was aleksandr ogorodnik, a foreign ministry official for the soviet union

i spoke to experts about the so-called moscow declaration. >> leading into the moscow declaration is russia would play a mediating role between turkey and iran. it seems more of an outcome than through a mediation. in terms of the cease-fire, it is not congealed that it yet well. it is yet to be seen hold up. a frees basically country that is willing to put boots on the ground. russia, turkey. if any set of meetings is to have an effect on the outcome of the war in syria, it would be this one. although, we need to realize the moscow declaration was quite vague and ambiguities reflect the built in tension to the trilateral meeting. so, yes, there is reason to believe that moscow declaration and the trilateral talks do actually matter on the ground in syria. but at the same time, you should be cautious about the potential among the partners and the longevity of the talks. >> sure, sure. more of an agenda that what is happening in the syria. >> also it is hard to get around. >> absent from the dealings at least with the united states, what kind of response do you think is happening in w

donald trump never got a hotel off the ground in moscow. russian money did ends up in trump tower. meet felix sater, a russian/american gangster. before becoming a senior advisor to donald trump in new york he had been to prison for stabbing a man in the face and convicted for his part in a $40 million mafia scam on wall street. sater escorted donald trumer and ivanka around moscow in 2006. so why would trump want him as a partner? back in 2013, i asked trump about a property deal that he had did with felix sater‘s company, bayrock. why didn't you say to him, you're connected with the mafia, you're fired. first, we were not the developer. that was a licensing deal. your name is on it. i don't know. you're telling me things i don't know about. you tell me about felix sater. i know who he is. for a year, you stayed in bed with felix sater and he was connected with the mafia. again, john, maybe you're thick, but when you have a signed contract, you can't in is in countryjust break it and i hate to do this, but i have that big group of people w

it will just still below freezing in moscow. it willjust get still below freezing in moscow.eezing in bucharest. struggling to cope — a major alert in almost half of all nhs trusts in england in the first week of the year. no beds were available, routine surgery was cancelled, and doctors called back from leave. there have been moments in the last two weeks, like the whole country has had, where it's been quite frightening for the members of staff, for the nurses, doctors, for the ambulance crews who are bringing patients in. and six trusts issued the highest alert — meaning patient safety could be at risk. also tonight. as a storm surge hits the east coast of england, thousands of people are evacuated from their homes. twitter storm — donald trump blames us intelligence again, for releasing allegations linking him with russia. the labour mp tristram hunt resigns — triggering a potentially difficult by—election for the party. and lord snowdon, the former husband of princess margaret and celebrity photographer, has died.

moscow's certainly taking note.peskov told the bbc "we see it as a threat to us. it's an action that threatens 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 a

so what could moscow's role has been?adowy work, both to promote donald trump and also gain a hold over him? here he is visiting the russian capital in 2013, for the miss universe pageant, then co—owned by mr trump. the most lurid claim is that he used the same hotel suite which president obama had stayed in for unusual acts involving sex workers, all of it allegedly recorded by russian spy cameras and microphones. i was in russia years ago with the miss universe contest, which did very well, in the moscow area. it did very, very well. and i told many people, be careful because you don't want to see yourself on television. cameras all over the place. and again, notjust russia, all over. does anyone really believe that story? i'm also very much of a germophobe, by the way. the source for the unproved claims is said to be a former british spy and ex—mi6 officer who was once based in moscow. today dmitry peskov, putin's spokesman said the claims were pulp fiction and a clear attempt to damage relations. mr trump says he is i

moscow describes this as a threat to national security. and we pay a visit to "la la land" and hear from the director about why musicals still matter. viewerswelcome to our on public television in america and also around the globe. with just under a week until donald trump's inauguration, he and his cabinet nominees are not reading from the same page. his choice for the cia, mike pompeo, told a senate committee today that he strongly endorses the work of the intelligence community, hours after his future boss criticized it yet again. and general james mattis, the nominee for defense secretary, accuses russia of being a threat to europe. a far cry from the president-elect's calls for closer ties. our correspondent nick bryant reports nick:. nick:nick: a week before inauguration day is usually an air of expectancy on capitol hill. next friday they will be playing "hail to the chief" as donald trump takes center stage. the mood now is more feverish and surreal. front-page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the pr

this party started out well for moscow. he visits moscow twice. the soviets give massive amount of aid. the line share of military aid goes towards indonesia. things like this is a perfect case. you can see the number of chinese inhabitants per thousand in 1930's. they are incredibly unpopular with open independence. there is a wall battle between chinese and the indonesians over the state of chinese property and chinese citizenship. -- in indonesia. it leaves the military to be suspicious of the chinese. country ase dangerous. chinese relations are incredibly rocky through the early 1960's. soviet relations are much better. the opposite result. the indonesian start siding with the chinese. why does this happen? indonesia was fighting for independence of the western half of the island of new guinea which is still under dutch control. military aid given was going to liberation. the soviets figured once it becomes part of indonesia, stopped all the military spending, focus on the economy. --had this plan eight yards eight years towards the democracy

now you can say, we are pro-moscow and pro-palestinian. moscow was with them. they moved towards them in the anti-imperialist stage. thear as legalizing communist party -- here is a soviet writer talking about economic policy in algeria. that is theent -- term they use for the yugoslav economy. it is the objective result of the socialist revolution, which has already begun. he is basically saying, if you read between the lines is that socialism is already on the agenda in algeria. therefore the party in power is already a socialist party. you don't need to legalize the communist party anymore because we just made it socialist. if you think about the conditions given in 1963, oppose the chinese, embrace coexistence and legalized communism -- the soviets have given up on two things. now the algerians are ok fighting the soviets over the chinese. it is after that most of the change happens. the change of policy happens after khrushchev is removed. it is not so much that the soviets tracked algeria towards them. a country the size of the soviet union moved towards

but did moscow do more than just hope?t trolls, and a media campaign. the kremlin‘s principal international propaganda outlet. today, it hit back. on such bad, bad, sloppy and just funny intelligence. is rt putting out kremlin propaganda? here in russia. and that moscow has managed to compromise him. these claims are unsubstantiated, but potentially explosive. so donald trump, a kremlin stooge? fake news, say his supporters, and moscow says the same. large over america's new president. and from the kremlin today, this call for cooperation. but it takes two to tango. is the question. the donald trump burger. and for some, difficult to swallow. a closer relationship. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. mostly drug offenders. a second chance. on a single day. has been extradited to the united states. the death penalty. it's not clear yet where he's going. on them as they were fighting a major fire. of the i7—storey plasco building. tim allman reports. on iranian state television. ago, was mostly empty, apart from the fire crew

but did moscow do more than just hope?s intelligence report claimed the kremlin tried to influence the election for trump through cyber attacks, internet trolls, and a media campaign. the report highlights the role of rt, calling the channel the kremlin‘s principal international propaganda outlet. today, it hit back. how awful it is to see that such a huge and powerful country relies on such bad, bad, sloppy and just funny intelligence. is rt putting out kremlin propaganda? it's the same as what they say about the bbc and cnn here in russia. there are separate allegations — that the kremlin has been cultivating donald trump for at least five years, and that moscow has managed to compromise him. these claims are unsubstantiated, but potentially explosive. so donald trump, a kremlin stooge? fake news, say his supporters, and moscow says the same. but the fact that some people are even suggesting that russia influenced an american election, that means that russia will loom large over america's new president. and from the krem

moscow is a difficult place to work in.because of their history, of secrecy and deception. the other complicating factor is money. people, if you're going to give someone money to tell you something, there is a strong possibility that they will tell you what you want to hear. alexander litvinenko also investigated the kremlin for private intelligence companies and was working with mi6 when steele was there. litvinenko was poisoned by radioactive polonium on the orders, it's thought, of the kremlin. his widow told me these investigations carry real risks. i believe it's very dangerous, particularly after the death of my husband. because when you just approach very specific information, particularly when this information is really close to very powerful people, you might be on this line and you might easily be killed. the russian dossier was not written for public consumption and its extraordinary allegations have not been proven. it's author also never expected to be in the spotlight. but in the feverish atmosphere of americ

>> well, they dismiss it here in moscow out of hand. i mean, it's been dismissed, in fact, the other day when we were talking with dimitrios peskov said we're tired of talking about this. it's fake musnews and we're not going to talk about it. so in that sense, they don't want to because it's not a narrative that they want to pursue. they denied it and that's it. what they want to do now is move toward this new relationship which will start in just a week and even less and try to smooth the way as much as possible. so they are denying certain things, but they're not, they're not taking, let's say, a hard stance on anything that the incoming president trump is saying. they want to work with him. they're not quite sure however, whether he'll be able to really deliver a lot of the stuff that he was maybe not promising, but laying out as a possibility during the campaign. >> jill doherty in moscow, thank you very much. >>> also this week, trump spokesman sean spicer told the media michael flynn, choice for national security advisor contacte

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.a look at the weather where you are. hello. where the skies have cleared, temperatures have fallen away. that equates to decent sunny spells by day. they have had a great swathe across the north of england, the midlands and wales where it has been leaden skies and murky. come further south and we have seen this sunshine. that equates to a cold start. —6 —7 in southern counties and —3 when you get the gaps in the cloud in scotland. widespread frost to start the day. watch out for slipperiness. we get into a murky affair across the north of wales, north midlands and the southern half of scotland including the central belt. further north, they will be a hole in the cloud. there will be a bit of frost, a bit of mist and fog but at least sunshine as the morning gets going. more folk across scotland will see more sunshine but the good news for wales and the midlands, at last, at last, after all of the murky days, you will see some sunshine. it doesn't do a lot for the temperatures but i hope

. >> what happened when trump brought the miss universe pageant to moscow?inside edition" cameras were there. >> this is the amazing view of moscow. >>> then, where was sasha? why she was a no-show at president obama's tearful good- bye to the nation. >>> and granny gets her gun. >> don't you try to mess with me. >> he pointed the gun at you? >> yes. >> wait until you hear what the granny did next. >>> plus, o.j. simpson

moscow's has long sought to undermine u.s. led liberal democratic order. russia, like its soviet predecessor, has a history of conducting covert influenced campaigns focused on u.s. presidential elections. they have used intelligence andcers, influence agents, press placements to discourage candidates perceived as hostile to the kremlin. reflectsbehavior russia's more aggressive cyber posture in recent years, which poses a major threat to u.s. military, diplomatic, commercial, and critical infrastructure networks, as well as our elections. in 2016 activities demonstrated a significant , levelion in directness of activity, and scope of effort compared to previous operations. we assess moscow will apply the lessons learned in the 2016 in the future against u.s. allies. left in my 53 years or so of the intelligence business. i believe the level of professional tradecraft required to put this report together has given me great confidence that we have it right here. i am open to your questions. >> thank you for that thorough and concise testimony. director clap

i have the same before this rally in the moscow streets.d a day in my life when i wasn't under the criminal prosecution because it's the way how they fight me. that's true. you've had convictions, you've had house arrest, you may well end up in prison again. your brother is currently in prison, in solitary confinement. right. you know that you are treading a very fine line, and if you go one inch too far, you will end up in prison or, who knows? i definitely don't draw this line for myself. ijust do what i can do in this particular moment and i don't care about what the kremlin‘s doing, what their strategy is about keeping me in prison or releasing me. maybe you know that i had actually a moment when they imprisoned me for five years and i spent a night in the prison knowing nothing about what's going on in moscow, where tens of thousands of people came in the street, and they forced vladimir putin, actually, to release me. these people who came in the streets, they are not gone. they are still living in this city, they are still living in

you had your moment when you ran for the moscow mayoralty in 2013. getting 27% of the vote. that, in a sense, was the high water mark for you. things have not been so good since and now, frankly, you are in deep trouble. when you leave this interview with me you have to go to kirov to face yet another court case where you're accused of embezzlement, and if you lose the case you are going to face a new sentence which could involve... but i had the same in 2012, before my mayoral election. i had the same before thd rally in moscow's streets and, i guess, from 2010 i've never had a day in my life when i wasn't under criminal prosecution because that's how they fight me. that's true. you've had convictions, you've had house arrest, you may well end up in prison again. your brother is currently in prison in solitary confinement. you know that you're treading a very fine line and if you go one inch too far, you'll end up in prison or, who knows. i definitely don't draw this line for myself. ijust do what i can do in this particular moment and i don't care

so what could moscow's role has been?o promote donald trump and also gain a hold over him. here he is visiting the russian capital in 2013, for the miss universe pageant, then co—owned by mrtrump. the miss universe pageant, then co—owned by mr trump. the most lurid claim is that he used the same hotel suite which president 0bama had stayed in for unusual acts involving sex workers, all of it allegedly recorded by russian spy cameras and microphones. i was in russia years ago with the miss universe contest, which did very well, in the moscow area. it did very, very well. and i told many people, be careful because you don't want to see yourself on television. cameras all over the place. and again, notjust russia, all over. does anyone really believe that story? i'm also very much of a germophobe by the way. the source for the unproved claims is said to bea for the unproved claims is said to be a former british spy and ex—m16 officer who was once based in moscow. today dmitry peskov, putin was back spokesman said the planes

he wasn't threatening moscow. back then, five yea rs threatening moscow.cooperate with you, or destroyed because he was your sworn m&a. he was neither of those things. —— sworn enemy. you wouldn't go to all the trouble of mounting a honey trap with tarts and cameras. if they had done that, why didn't they approach him and say, look, you've got this terrible stuff on you, it will destroy you in the eyes of your fellow americans, why don't you work for us? and i haven't done that either. let's get more now on the news that labour's former education spokesman, tristram hunt, is resigning as mp for stoke on trent central, to become the director of the victoria and albert museum in london. mr hunt is a strong critic of the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, but he says he's not trying to rock the boat. joining me now from westminster is former labour director of communications to tony blair, alastair campbell. he says he is not going to rock the boat, he has a good job, obviously, will he be a big loss in the party? some people a0 could be a future leader. i think i

he is a man with contacts in moscow.ere has been no confirmation that the extraordinary allegations he dug up there are definitely true. thanks to his past asa definitely true. thanks to his past as a spy, steele is unlikely to have been able to travel to moscow himself and will have relied on others to gather information. moscow's a difficult place to work in. the ruckses have a habit —— russians have a habit of secrecy and deception. the other complicating factor is money. if you're going to give somebody money to tell you something, there is a strong possibility they will tell you what you want to hear. alexander litvinenko, a former russian agent who fled to london, investigated powerful figures who fled to london, investigated powerfulfigures in who fled to london, investigated powerful figures in moscow and was killed by radioactive poise son. powerful figures in moscow and was killed by radioactive poise soni believe it is dangerous, particularly after the death of my husband, because when you just approach specif

some have gone to moscow and some have met them elsewhere. passed on to the russians and they know exactly where the opposition stands and what it is willing to negotiate. really, the problem today is not so much russia and the opposition. they know each other, or they understand each other‘s position. we are willing to operate and negotiate under the political transition, fine, we can go to a negotiation on political transition... if i may say, we have talked before and you have always in the past said, you know what, it's quite simple, the removal of assad, no role for us in the transition. that is a dealbreaker dealbreakerfor us. we cannot sign anything or engage in any process that involves assad. it seems to me that you must be changing your mind. if you say you believe in russia's good faith and believe in their desire to see the conflict ended, we know the russians don't feel that assad has to go, so presumably, you have given ground on that, have you? look, can i say very simply, we read the international equation. here's the balance

moscow is a difficult place to work in.because of their history, of secrecy and deception. the other complicating factor is money. people, if you're going to give someone money to tell you something, there is a strong possibility that they will tell you what you want to hear. alexander litvinenko also investigated the kremlin for private intelligence companies and was working with mi6 when steele was there. litvinenko was poisoned by radioactive polonium on the orders, it's thought, of the kremlin. his widow told me these investigations carry real risks. i believe it's very dangerous, particularly after the death of my husband. because when you just approach very specific information, particularly when this information is really close to very powerful people, you might be on this line and you might easily be killed. the russian dossier was not written for public consumption and its extraordinary allegations have not been proven. it's author also never expected to be in the spotlight. but in the feverish atmosphere of americ

moscow as a destination.oncerning is this shadow, this hangover it's going to have over the presidency. we've already seen that his business interests are taking up lots of column inches. it's only matter of time before some of that mud might begin to stick. you see, but this article here about his popularity in a number of polls says that he's got the lowest poll ratings of any modern president entering the white house. and presidents usually, the article says, after their election, before their inauguration, use that time to try to bring people together, rather than continue the division, which most elections produce. than continue the division, which most elections producelj than continue the division, which most elections produce. i think it would be difficult to say that trump has been particularly conciliatory on many things. he's gone straight in and put in place legislation to get rid of the affordable care act, obamacare. get rid of the affordable care act, obamaca re. let's get rid of the affordable

. >> reporter: we're unclear whether during the visits in moscow or st. petersburg you engaged in conduct you now regret and would a reasonable observer say you are potentially vulnerable to blackmail by russia or its intelligence agencies? >> when i leave our country, i'm a very high profile person, would you say? i am extremely careful. i'm surrounded by bodyguards. i'm surrounded by people. and i always tell them anywhere, but i always tell them, if i'm leaving this country, be very careful, because in your hotel rooms and no matter where you go, you're going to probably have cameras. i'm not referring just to russia. but i would certainly put them in that category. and number one, i hope you're going to good anyway, but in those rooms you have cameras in the strangest places, cameras that are so small, with modern technology, you can't see them and you won't know. you better be careful or you'll be watching yourself on nightly television. i tell this to people all the time. i was in russia years ago with the miss universe contest which did very well,

we went back to moscow. we talked about how we could be helpful. some of you may remember those meetings spared we went over our experience with reliability of personnel with safety of nuclear weapons. team, then we went back to moscow in march. we had several days of meetings with this team. the group of colonels and lower-level generals talking in a most extraordinary way about the problems. of theired disclosure mishaps and non-mishaps. in included discussions about the personnel reliability problems they had. fears about what could happen to their nuclear weapons. questions, it also about anconcerns of -- antiquated way of keeping tracks of the whereabouts of the nuclear weapons. sort of pre-digital era. while in transit and in storage. question,hen asked a can you be more specific, tell us more. generals and colonels, the general manager was there sometimes at the table, sometimes elsewhere. say,would look to him and can we talk about this? this,h case he went like go ahead. we had that thing discussion back at dod about how much we could disc

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but did moscow do more than just hope? this month a u.s. intelligence report claimed that the kremlin tried to influence the election for trump through cyberattacks, internet trolls, and a media campaign. the report highlights the role of rt, calling the channel the kremlin's principal international propaganda outlet. today it hit back. >> how awful it is to see such a huge and powerful country rely on such bad, sloppy, and just funny intelligence. steve: is rt putting out kremlin propaganda? >> it is the same as they say about the bbc and cnn in russia. steve: there are separate allegations that the kremlin has been cultivating donald trump for at least five years, and that moscow has managed to compromise him. these claims are unsubstantiated. but potentially explosive. so donald trump, kremlin stooge? fake news, say his supporters, and moscow says the same. but the fact that some people are suggesting that russia influenced an american election, that means that russia will loom large over america's new president. and from the kremlin tod

perry led a bilateral working group to moscow. one of those long-lost bilateral regular bilateral forums we used to have. we were at a big rectangular table. the russians were there with their various programs and offices represented from the ministry of defense, and the same from d.o.d. and i was there to brief on the nunn-lugar program. i literally received a tap on the shoulder from behind. and i looked around, and there was standing a person who i did not yet know was general maslin. he said are you the nunn-lugar person? i said, yes, i think so. are you the person we talked to about nunn-lugar assistance? and he wanted to talk to me so , we went off in another part of the room. he told me about his fears about the security of nuclear weapons, which were under his control as earlier described when being transported, serviced, maintained, stored, etc. he talked about some very specific concerns. it was the time of the chechnya chechnyian uprisings. he was concerned that there could be a hijacking on the tracks, a stoppage of a

sarah rainsford is following the story for us in moscow.sia say about these sex allegations? russia has dismissed them out right. essentially what we've heard from the kremlin is the spokesman talking about it as "pulp fiction" and a whole series of politicians saying it is anti—russian hysteria. they are suggesting donald trump is coming under pressure from those who don't wa nt under pressure from those who don't want better relations between moscow and washington, that this is all invention, fabrication, utter nonsense. that's the line coming from the kremlin. there has been a lot of focus on this issue, and a lot of focus on this issue, and a lot of focus on this issue, and a lot of focus on the press conference yesterday. people watching for any signals from donald trump about whether his position had changed. people were fairly positive as a result of what he said, they saw him speaking positively of russia and glossing over the negative side of what he said. which was to say, ok, i want to be friends with vladimir putin, if that's no

about russi the issues with moscow and america's response. it is an important topic and something that a lot of people, a lot of journalists, a lot of people in congress are talking about so hopefully we will be able to shed some light in addition to a lot of noise we should find around town. this sadis -- this is a distinguished group. i will introduce chairman of the board, charles byte who has distinguished experience. and also with us the congressional commission on u.s. nation interests. the commission which actually made the recommendation before september 11th. recommendati recommendations which were praised but not entirely accepted. and roberts, member of our board. republican from kansas, chairman of the cultural committee and former chairman of the committee on intelligence. a person with a very strong foreign policy, nation security ba background relevant to our discussion today. we have two speakers. paul saunders, he is the executive and he is running the russian program and senior advisor at the state department during the geor

there was a hope in moscow that these two presidents but will get on, suggesting from here into moscown the us and moscow hit rock bottom. moscow has repeatedly described relations is extremely damaged, a compromise and it has been looking to donald trump were in a sense a new era and hoping that relations will be warmer. trying to look beyond the scandal of the last day or two and hoping for things to get better. would it be fair to say that perhaps in some quarters there isa that perhaps in some quarters there is a way that the notion that donald trump is criticising his own security services and his own intelligence agencies but not moscow? that is right. although donald trump's words i suppose have become a little more nuanced. in that press conference you heard him except for the first time that he believed russia was behind the original hack of the democratic convention. he then went on to say that plenty of other people are acting as is well and trying to move beyond it. —— hacking us. he is trying to maintain the line that he wa nts to trying to maintain the line that he wants

trump in the 2013 visit to a moscow hotel. and that may be why vladimir putin had prostitutes on his mind today when he was asked about the u.s. presidential election and russia's possible compromising ties to donald trump. vladimir putin denied all of that and he defended donald trump against any suggestion of inlvement with prostitutes in the moscow hotel. hisefense had two components. first, said putin, he's an adult. those were his exact words. he's an adult. apparently meaning he's an adult, who cares what he does. he can do whatever he wants. an then the second defense, second, quote, he has for many years sponsored beauty contests and had the chance to meet the world's most beautiful women. why w0u8d he run to a hotel to meet up with our girls of limited social responsibility, although they are of course the best in the world but i doubt that trump fell for it. joining us now, elise jordan, former national security official for george w. bush and former speech writer for secretary of state condoleeza rice and msnbc poli

joining me live if moscow is cnn contributor and former cnn moscow bureau chief jill dougherty. to have you on. we just heard in brian's piece how trump seems to admire these political strongmen, not just putin, duterte and others. do you get a sense that putin feels the same way about trump? or does he view him as a bit of a political neophyte? someone he can really pretty easily sway? >> you know, president putin when he was a kgb agent, his job was to evaluate people. and to recruit them. so i think he's a pretty canny person who when he looks at another person, another leader, he tries to figure out what makes them tick, what they want, et cetera. so i would have to think that president putin being a very studious person, when it comes to that type of psychological approach, has probably studied drmp very carefully. and hence he's said some things that donald trump would like. such as -- you know, you're intelligent, kind of misinterpreted. but later he did say that donald trump was a good businessman and must be smart. so i think he's saying things that trump wants to hear.

so what could moscow's row have been? in shadow we we re moscow's row have been?were both to promote donald trump and also gain a hold over him? here he is visiting the russian capital in 2013 for the miss universe pageant, then co—owned by him. the most lou reed claim is he used the same hotel suite which president obama had stayed in for unusual at involving sex workers, all of it allegedly recorded by russian spy cameras and microphones.” allegedly recorded by russian spy cameras and microphones. i was in russia years ago with the miss universe contest which did very well in the moscow area. and i told many people, be careful, because you do not want to see yourself on television, cameras all over the place. and again notjust all over, does anyone really believe that story? i am also very much somebody who has a phobia about germs. the source of the claims is said to be an ex—mi6 officer who was once based in moscow. today president putin's spokesman said the allegations were pulp fiction, a clear attempt to damage relations. donald trump says he is in no way c

he is a man with contacts in moscow.o confirmation that the extraordinary allegations he dug up there are definitely true. thanks to his past as a spy, steele is unlikely to have been able to travel to moscow himself so instead will have relied on others to gather information. moscow's a difficult place to work in. the russians have a habit of secrecy and deception. the other complicating factor is money. if you're going to give someone money to tell you something, there is a strong possibility that they will tell you what you want to hear. alexander litvinenko, a former russian agent who fled to london, investigated powerful figures in moscow and was killed by radioactive poison, it's alleged on the orders of the kremlin i believe it is dangerous, particularly after the death of my husband, because when you just approach specific information, particularly when this information very close to powerful people, you might be in this line and you just easily might be killed. the russian dossier was not written for public cons

but did moscow do more than just hope?med the kremlin tried to influence the election for trump through cyber attacks, internet trolls, and a media campaign. the report highlights the role of rt, calling the channel the kremlin‘s principal international propaganda outlet. today, it hit back. how awful it is to see that such a huge and powerful country relies on such bad, bad, sloppy and just funny intelligence. is rt putting out kremlin propaganda? it's the same as what they say about the bbc and cnn here in russia. there are separate allegations — that the kremlin has been cultivating donald trump for at least five years, and that moscow has managed to compromise him. these claims are unsubstantiated, but potentially explosive. so donald trump, a kremlin stooge? fake news, say his supporters, and moscow says the same. but the fact that some people are even suggesting that russia influenced an american election, that means that russia will loom large over america's new president. and from the kremlin today, this call for c

-russian relations is expectations in moscow about where the u.s. might be going in its policies, and my sense is that the russians believe that the united states is now coming to its senses, having spent a couple decades and a half believing it can remake the world in its own democratic image, and that we will simply stop doing doing things the russians have found oxable and russia doesn't need to do anything other than sit back and watch us change. i think that is a misperception on their part, number one. and it won't work over time. the united states shouldn't encourage that by starting out this new administration by taking some unilateral steps that have not been reciprocated on moscow's part. we'll find offerses in a very bad dynamic if we do that. >> thank you. thank you, dimitri, and thank you for the presentations. my question is for george and pushes a little further on the area that karen deyoung brought up, but also takes us back to the excellent question which is still on the floor, and questions about the dossier and all of that. i wan