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the end of december and said russia russian lawmakers have ready to do the same signed by president barack obama in april it needs to be ratified by both the american senate and the russian duma the treaty with slash russian and american deployed nuclear arsenals by said. from national security network think timecode washington says that changes proposed by republicans are intended to disrupt that's ok. many of these amendments are designed to make a political point attempting to either embarrass the administration or cause debate on the floor that could bring others to the side of the rejection of the treaty these are all failing they need to get a majority of the democrats have fifty eight out of the hundred votes right now so they're not making much headway the irony in this is that many of the concessions that have been seeking for the past year have already been met by the obama administration in particular an eighty five billion dollar commitment to modernize the american nuclear arsenal maintain its stockpile effectively and in addition to that in american russian relations there's been a thawing a research we call it in obviously it's known

for the movie taking a look at everything american in the russian capital from starbucks to mark donald's when it comes to american culture most muscovites love anything to do with the good old us of a but it's not just all about food drink american us all things fast and design and music it's all very popular here in modern day it's the american cultural center office everything from free things to various reading material it's a calm atmosphere where people enjoy learning about american history and culture american magazines hollywood d.v.d.'s and books on american television you'll find it yeah it will cost you decades american culture has exploded into russian society one significant event was the opening of mcdonald's on pushkin square in nine hundred ninety it's still the busiest in the world for many mcdonald's often the first taste of freedom in a closed country two decades later many russians are still striving for their own american dream here in moscow and that's why the american cultural center is so popular. the american sense is made as a public library they have twelve and

russian is not. you know that of american culture and what's cool about about russians is russians really look at the people they don't look at the geopolitics so if i were to clarify the statement they love anything american will it on occasion they've not like the president to but they do like the people and the american people like them too so there's a lot of synergy and a lot of good momentum between the cultures and what the cultures sell each other what you miss about your home country you know i have to tell you you have almost everything we have almost everything in moscow. probably what i miss most about america or where i live in america doesn't have the traffic that moscow has set up properly. but moscow has found a way to in many ways have the best of everything and we've got an american style health clubs american style restaurants but moscow is developing also an identity unto itself in the way you're a. positive collusion going on in moscow as well sorry enough living in the russian capital. there's so much energy here and the russian capital is so misunderstood you know you can do an

obama in april it needs to be ratified by both the american senate and the russian duma it's a race against time for the democrats whose majority in the senate will be reduced in january currently need at least nine republican votes to pass the treaty obama has been phoning senators personally urging them to start on tuesday the senate is expected to decide when it will vote on that case that political analyst the republicans are simply trying to. many of these amendments are designed to make a political point attempting to either embarrass the administration or cause debate on the floor that could bring others to the side of the rejection of the treaty these are all failing they need to get a majority vote the irony in this is that many of the concessions that they have been seeking for the past year have already been met by the obama administration in particular an eighty five billion dollar commitment to modernize the american nuclear arsenal maintain its stockpile effectively and in addition to that in american russian relations there's been a thawing a reset and there is opposition to

it would have a very dramatic impact on the american russian relations and that's something that the administration and advocates for the treaty in the senate are using as an argument to say we have to ratify it now and next congress in the senate there will be additional set of republican six more that mean six more votes would need to be found from a much more hawkish senate in addition to that the fall with russia could cause delays quite longer in this ratification process so it's urgent that it gets done immediately. and from your point of view all of the republican seeking to trade concessions on a she's in return for approving the start treaty or some of them simply opposed to the reset in relations with russia. well the irony in this is that many of the concessions that they have been seeking for the past year have already been met by the obama administration in particular an eighty five billion dollar commitment to modernize the american nuclear arsenal maintain its stockpile effectively and in addition to that in american russian relations there has been a thawing reset we

there be a decision on whether to go forward or not it would have a very dramatic impact on american russian relations and that's something that the administration and advocates for the treaty in the senate are using as an argument to say we have to ratify it now we found it in the psalms it may be out of jail but his legal battle on sexual assault charges is still ongoing sones and his lawyers claim the women behind the other patients are simply trying to cash in on this story as well emmett is on the case and. in sweden it's not many people who say today that they suspect. it's a case of. you know not being the best of men until rape charges were leveled at julian assange as the founder of wiki leaks the state of sweden's justice system might not have been something that kept you awake at night but now sweden's requesting us on his extradition from the u.k. the having unprotected sex with two women they call it rape. the charges been dubbed sex by surprise our songs allegedly refused to wear a condom and it's a crime unique to sweden here in the u.k. people say it would be funny if it wasn

there be a decision on whether to go forward or not it would have a very dramatic impact on the american russian relations and that's something that the administration and advocates for the treaty in the senate are using as an argument to say we have to ratify it now. still ahead in the program some destroyed while others build. monuments heroes of world war two as a response to georgia controversy really blowing off its memorial. wiki leaks founder julian assange says he's fighting an extradition order to sweden because he won't be treated fairly there a son who's in the u.k. on bail is due to face the swedish courts in three weeks over sexual assault charges in a case many argue is politically motivated and laura emmet reports sweden's media and legal establishment are sticking together to defend the country's reputation and accusations of spin. in sweden it's not many people who say today that they suspect. it's a case of. you know not being the best of men until rape charges were leveled at julian our songs the founder of wiki leaks the state of sweden's justice system might not have been so

that there be a decision on whether to go forward or not it would have very dramatic impact on american russian relations and that's something that the administration and advocates for the treaty in the senate are using as an argument to say we have to ratify it now. still ahead here on r t some destroy while others bill brush unveiled a monument to the over the world war two as a response to georgia controversially blowing up its memorial. but first wiki leaks founder julian assange says he's fighting an extradition order to sweden because he won't be treated fairly there a song in the u.k. on bail is due to face swedish courts over sexual assault charges in a case that many argue is politically motivated as artie's laura amid reports sweden's media and legal establishment are sticking together to defend the country's reputation and accusations of spin. the charges leveled at founder of wiki leaks julian our souls have awakened the world to justice system the scandinavian countries requesting his extradition from the u.k. on sexual assault charges he's accused of having unprotected sex with tw

american bar and we came up with. this being reviewed received very well especially by russians when it comes to american culture. music russian is american you know that they love american culture and what's cool about russians is russians really look at the people they don't look at the geopolitics so if i were to clarify the statement they love anything american an occasion they would not like the president to but they do like the people and the american people like them too so there's a lot of synergy and a lot of good momentum between the cultures and the culture sell each other what do you miss about your home country you know i have to tell you you have almost everything we have almost everything in moscow. probably what i mean. the most about america where i live in america doesn't have the traffic. problem. but. found a way to in many ways have the best of everything and we've got an american style of health clubs american style restaurants but. also an identity onto itself in the euro. positive collusion going on in moscow as well so you living in the russian capital. there's so much energy here and the