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ashlee: professor alexei researches something called open trap mechanisms to encourage fusion.it is a shortcut to the top of the mountain with a smaller load. ashlee: the soviet government attracted brilliant minds like alexei's to siberia with spacious apartments and the kind of prestige spake it only get in -- you can only get in a town founded as a utopian nerdocracy. but when the soviet union fell, so did the walls keeping scientists here, and many of them bolted to work at ibm or m.i.t. or boeing. for those who stayed, the utopia has lost its luster. ashlee: 10 years ago, the russian government decided it needed to hit refresh on the entire town, to pull siberian science out of its post-soviet slump. they are turning to a new generation of engineers. one of the most successful so far is dmitry. yes, another dmitry. ashlee: his company started off making king-sized air is the spot you would go? ashlee: today, dmitry is the poster boy for a siberian startup success story. he feels like he is close to the finish line on phase one of his vision. phase two takes them to china w

alexey: we try to focus on what we are responsible for. not believe there is any chance for improvement until we aeat a proper -- we create proper environment. we will intensify significant dialogue on the business side, humanitarian side, whatever. territorial disputes are a long one. speaking, we do not yet see any big reasons for russia to change its positions. goode do want to have strategic relations with our neighbor. japan is very important for us, even stated that president putin himself during the union speech. he mentioned japan as a big diplomatic area of priority for next year. at least that the business environment will pave a political road in the future. there will be less competitions for business on both sides. -- complications for business on both sides. >> we appreciate your time. still ahead, tillerson taiwan,, and trade. the outlook for relations between the policyof donald trump's' ministration and asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg daybreak: asia." a quick check of the latest business headlines. chinese

with alexei, you can play music and order from domino's or ube.st expensive devices to stream video from netflix, amazon, hulu and hbo and other services. take to the skies with this 40 dollar propelled drone that comes with replacement blades and relative easy to fly but can be tough to control in windy weather. >>> here is another look at this morning' top stories. it's clear unclear that caused the fire in an oakland warehouse that killed 36 people last week. the cause of the fire remains a mystery but the official are looking at whether a refrigerator or another appliance was involved. officials do not believe the fire was deliberately set. >>> president-elect donald trump continued his thank you tour in north carolina last night and vowing to fight terrorism. mr. trump formally announced his choice for secretary of defense, james mattis and he is ordering they cancel an order with boeing. he calls the price tag ridiculous. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," foulout with trump's battle with boeing. plus, we will go to p

reporter: there's been a time of development in this space whether it is personal cortana,e, alexei,u think we are in the development of these devices? >> there are a lot of people experimenting with it right now. google just launched google home and you can speak to it the same way you can talk to alexa. i think the grand vision -- did you ever see that movie "her" with scarlett johansson where it is talking to you all the time? i think something like that will exist at some point. whether he will be called alexa marsbotor cortana or remains to be seen. there are a lot of companies experimenting with different models of interaction with the goal of getting to that place. reporter: foursquare is a developing technology with assets that could fit well into a number of companies. if you received an acquisition offer, would you take it? >> we have been focused on growing an independent, sustainable company. the mantra of the company is growing into a sustainable , profitable business. we have a direct line of sight, we have a plan and that is where we are focused. ultimately, whether fo

they are doing better than they were a couple atrs ago, but when you look amazon and the sales of alexeind the way amazon continues to dominate this space and is drawing more consumers into their echoes system with -- with prime and alexa, the harder it gets for brick-and-mortar retailers. it is like amazon is 2, 3 steps ahead. as soon as they get a great website, amazon has a great. .- amazon has a great app now they have something like alexa to compete with. they are trying, but i don't know if there are any signs of slowing amazon down. , withoutzon released numbers, they went through category by category the top-selling products. they were random and weird. i went through 30 of those items and i noticed these were cheap items. it was a power cord for $7.99. for $6.45.aby toy the products were low and the expectation may be that amazon has virtually no margin, but by having tiny bits of margin, they are taking money away from other retailers. the makes, it changes nature of retail. >> it is fascinating, the way, who has won out? confidence ismer the best in 15 years. we are intrigued

. >> woodruff: in russia, opposition political leader alexei navalny announced he will run for president in 2018. the anti-corruption activist hopes to put pressure on president vladimir putin, who is expected to seek a fourth term. navalny is currently on trial for fraud, in a case he says is politically motivated. if he is convicted, he would be barred from running. >> sreenivasan: a railway strike across southern england today caused the worst railway disruption in 20 years. it is part of a long-standing dispute over whether train drivers or on-board guards should close train doors. the drivers went on strike today for 48 hours, leaving hundreds of thousands of commuters stranded or delayed-- and angry, but union officials defended their stance. >> it's a safety issue. the reality for us is that the increasing level of trains, the increasing amount of footfall in the 21st century, we don't believe that the technology or the make do and mend of our victorian infrastructure lends itself to a one-man operation. >> sreenivasan: the government blamed the unions for the impasse. the railway

interestingly enough, there is a possible challenge from his most vocal opposition, which is a navani.alled alexey kremlin is completely confident in the outcome. anus: as you say, there is great deal that can happen between now and 18 months. newss see what the day's unfolds from moscow. christian schulz is still with us. the great thawing of relations with putin, and yet, i was in front of david cameron last week the man u used to run the cia, and they were saying sanctions worked, sanctions do work. if i look at the global landscape right now, is there is thawing in the relations with putin? christian: they have signaled that he perhaps would have better relations with russia that obama had, so that is clearly an opportunity there, whether it will really materialize, we will have to see. guess,pe, with brexit, i the british government has been one of the driving forces, i guess, behind the sanctions, so that we can set position, i guess, but we see at the last summit that the sanctions were extended or proposed to be extended. we have also seen they have moved towards that association agreement

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