we take you live to the arab center, holding a discussion on the implications of jamal khashoggi. onwell as the implications press freedom and the impact on u.s.-saudi relations. that is underway. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] on manylt with him occasions here and in washington when he visited the states. and in the kingdom of saudi arabia during my frequent visits into riyadh and other places in the kingdom. gentleman, aays a keen analyst on middle east and islamic affairs, articulate early interested in u.s.-saudi bilateral relations, which we discussed almost every time we met. and, equally important, if not more important, a consistent advocate are basic freedoms and human rights, not only in saudi arabia, but throughout the arab world. podiume from this very on the 17th of november, 2017 when we hosted him after arrival to disk country, seeking refuge from threats back home -- arrival to this country, seeking refug

to saudi arabia in fairfax virginia we have a little joshua he is the executive director of the arab center washington and finally with finally joining us here in doha in qatar land he is the director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies welcome to all of you embassador murphy let me start with you. it took a week but finally. president trump and other members of the administration have weighed in on the disappearance of the why do you think it took so long. well a. shortage of fact it's the all the time to do all control the end of the cultural. scene since this week it's all segments close relationship between saudi arabia and the united states and i think the no political ship will is handling this very carefully it wants to know. if they have the full revelation what's normal. without precipitously attacking criticizing the saudi authorities ok well. but nevertheless what washington has joined this chorus of condemnation. do you think it's something that at this stage would wherry the royal family in saudi arabia and specifically crown prince mohammed bi

whether that sheds more light on this crime or not, it is our belief at the arab center in washington, even though we are a research center and we do not take positions on political issues, it is our firm belief that an international investigation into the disappearance and murder of jamal khashoggi is warranted. we strongly endorse the investigation by major american and international human rights associations, some of whom are represented in this room. we owe our friends a credible and full explanation of what happened to him and demand that the suspects be held accountable for their crime. with us today participating in this panel are four people who have been following the details of this case from their different perspectives and based on their jobs. i am not going to spend more time introducing them. you have their bios on the sheet of paper given to you when you checked in. i will mention their names in terms and their affiliation. we will start with dohki fassihian. she will be followed by tom porteous, deputy director of human rights watch. our colleagues from the center of r

to see him and to compare notes with him this recent event it was an arab center briefing that he did for us last year in twenty seventeen up on moving to the united states to virginia for protection if you will because he felt threatened back home in saudi arabia and we gave him the opportunity to come and discuss though he sent changes in the kingdom he was not necessarily a dissident i disagree with that description he was a loyal saudi citizen he had his own vision of what the country should be doing that type of freedoms needs that type of reform it needs and maybe in the final analysis that's what got him in trouble. brett kavanaugh president trumped supreme court choices before then after a contentious senate senate has spent more than thirty hours giving their final testament is for and against the nominee has been a case of sexual assault as mike catherwood pulls from washington governors appointment cements a conservative five four majority in the court for years to come. brit's kavanagh has been sworn in as a supreme court justice off to successfully going through the nomin

to see him and to compare notes with him this recent event it was an arab center briefing that he did for us last year in twenty seventeen up on movie to the united states to virginia for protection if you will because he felt threatened back home in saudi arabia and we gave him the opportunity to come and discuss though he sent changes in the kingdom he was not necessarily a dissident i disagree with that description he was a loyal saudi citizen he had his own vision of what the country should be doing that type of freedoms needs that type of reform it needs and maybe in the final analysis that's what got him in trouble. because showed she was a regular contributor to the washington post and living speak to fred hiatt who's the director of the pace editorial pages and he said in a statement if the reports are. true it's amongst us and unfathomable at jamal walls all as we hope is a committed courageous journalist. to other news now brett kavanaugh president trump supreme court choices being sworn in after a contentious senate vote senate is fent more than thirty hours giving their fi

sentient ok mike hanna for us in washington mike thank you joshua as executive director of the arab center of washington he says the tramp the ministration continues to change its position on this case. well i think we're approaching the point of maybe sanity and the u.s. reaction to this crisis we've seen the u.s. position change just like the weather in london i mean you know one day we have. some administration showing concern about some serious developments news coming from stumble the next day we have a president of the united states turning into a lawyer to have. what then show a traitor's of very innocent crime now all of a sudden there seems to be a kind of little tone of reality in the statements we've heard today i think basically first of all the case itself has moved so quickly it has sort of passed this unnecessary caution on the part of the administration the whole world community seems to be pointing its finger fingers on dort like one direction official involvement by the saudi government at some level or another toward you know this with regards to this crime yet the u.s.

from fairfax virginia now we've got just shannon who is executive director of the think tank the arab center thank you for your time your initial reaction to this news i mean his disappearance was one thing this is quite an escalation i think you're right it's disappearance so on tuesday it was very worrisome but now rumored. assassination if you will or the fact that he has been liquidated by somebody is a lot more worrisome not just for him and for his family and for his friends but also for the reason i think this type of act if indeed it was committed by some saudi sources or supported sources is clearly a violation of the sovereignty of turkey basically is bad news for the whole region where you know the relations have not been at their best relations have been not at their best lieut. do you think anyone and by anyone i'm talking other countries will speak up about it because criticizing saudi arabia from certainly major western nations it doesn't seem to come too freely. i agree with you there and i think the recent experience with canada has probably intimidated several other countri

to see him and to compare notes with him this recent event it was an arab center briefing that he did for us last year in twenty seventeen up on movie to the united states to virginia for protection if you will because he felt threatened back home in saudi arabia and we gave him the opportunity to come and discuss though he sent changes in the kingdom he was not necessarily a dissident i disagree with that description he was a loyal saudi citizen he had his own vision of what the country should be doing that type of freedoms needs that type of reform it needs and maybe in the final analysis that's what got him in trouble well jamal khashoggi was a regular contributor to the washington post and fred hiatt is the director of the post editorial page and he said in a statement if the reports are jamal's met a true it is eight months yes and the unfathomable at jamal walls all as we have is a committed courageous journalist. now to other news i'm brett kavanaugh president from supreme court choices been sworn in after a contentious senate vote senators spent more than thirty hours giving t

well we've been speaking to how little josh on his executive director of the arab center and a friend of jamal. i knew a time out very well actually for more than three decades i knew him as a young journalist and as a counselor to the saudi government on many occasions visiting the kingdom which i used to do quite frequently two or three times a year or at least. met with him and his colleagues particularly in the media to learn about the latest developments in the region particularly our focus at that time was on us saudi relationship he was very keen and intelligent smart analysts of that relationship and it was always a pleasure. to see him and to compare notes with him this recent event it was an arab center briefing that he did for us last year in twenty seventeen upon moving to the united states to virginia. for protection if you will because he felt threatened back home in saudi arabia and we gave him the opportunity to come and discuss though he sent changes in the kingdom he was not necessarily a dissident i disagree with that description he was a loyal saudi citizen he had

talking saudi arabia i'm joined by my guest joe maccarone in washington he's a policy analyst at the arab center washington d.c. and in bluefield we cross to call in kabul he is a professor of political science at bluefield state college gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it joe let me go to you first in washington. the more name in this program search for justice i mean after everything is said and done do you think we'll ever really know what happened to jamal go ahead. i mean that typically we know too much than other you know a situation that happens in this part of the word i mean we already have a lot of leaking a lot of detailed information we're not sure how much all of them are accurate but there's one thing clear that he went into this consulate that he never came out so .

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to see him and to compare notes with him this recent event it was an arab center briefing that he did for us last year in twenty seventeen up on movie to the united states to virginia for protection if you will because he felt threatened back home in saudi arabia and we gave him the opportunity to come and discuss the recent changes in the kingdom he was not necessarily a dissident i disagree with that description he was a loyal saudi citizen he had his own vision of what the country should be doing that type of freedoms needs that type of reform it needs and maybe in the final analysis that's what got him in trouble and with us now on skype from washington d.c. is turkey analysts must stuff a kill he's a senior fellow at the cato institute and we thank you for your time just your initial reaction to this the fact that we have gone from what looked like a disappearance to possibly murder in the space of a few days it's quite extraordinary. extraordinary appalling and or it was shocking news i should just say that i didn't know mr cressy two very closely but i met him in congress of th

talking saudi arabia i'm joined by my guest joe maccarone in washington he's a policy analyst at the arab center washington d.c. and in bluefield we cross to call in kabul he is a associate professor of political science at bluefield state college gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it joe let me go to you first in washington. the more naming this program search for justice i mean after everything is said and done do you think we'll ever really know what happened to jamal go ahead. i mean the typically we know too much than the other you know a situation that happens in this part of the word i mean we already have a lot of leaking a lot of these that information we're not sure how much all of them are accurate but this one thing clear that he went into this consulate that he never came out so obviously there was a crime there the issue is what with the turkish authorities would play now obviously they're playing a little bit the mind game with the intelligence game they leak gradually whenever they feel the u.s. easing their so

josh in the executive director at the arab center of washington d.c. he was small he's friend and says saudi arabia's explanation as not at all. it doesn't make sense. it's just mind boggling that after all this preparation and revisiting the issue that they will come up with a story like that. there are tapes frankly and i hope that turkish government soon would release those tapes and they are both you know and video even though they deny the existence of that video at least one of the agencies in turkey does have that and has shared only a small segment of it with u.s. counterparts just the last twenty four hours that video shows exactly what happened was entered the building he met for a few minutes with the consul general to discuss his papers that he needed and he was immediately attacked by this gang of killers that were sent specifically to stumble to to actually liquidate him it wasn't an accidental death it wasn't a fist fight to the point where the consul general on tape is allegedly screaming please do not do it here you are getting me in t

financial thank you very much under simmons there in istanbul is the executive director of the arab center of washington he was a friend of jamal khashoggi he joins us via skype and if i could just start by asking you about this statement that king solomon of saudi arabia has ordered the restructuring of the kamandi of the general intelligence agency and that restructuring is to be done under the supervision of the crown prince mohammed bin some on the message appears to be quite clear from riyadh the way absolve him completely of playing any role in the killing of khashoggi. i don't believe this is acceptable i mean i do not necessarily blame the saudis for trying to put a good face on this crisis it's a major crisis it's an existential crisis for saudi arabia the fact that they have come to terms with the fact that our friend. has been killed at the saudi consulate . in istanbul although they say. during a struggle whatever that struggle means when a killing squad fifteen people attacked one person i wouldn't call that a struggle or a fight that was an attempt to assassinate him to start

and served as an advisor to senior saudi officials clear on is executor executive director of the arab center of washington and joins us via skype from fairfax virginia we appreciate your time very much so. what are you hearing now when you hear the president from finally acknowledging that jamal khashoggi is likely dead what do you what are you getting out of that. well i think we're approaching the point of maybe sanity in the u.s. reaction to this crisis we've seen the u.s. position change just like that whether in london i mean you know one day we have. worries some administration showing concern about some serious developments news coming from istanbul the next day we have a production as an end of the united states turning into a lawyer. but then show a traitor's of very in a crime now all of a sudden there seems to be a kind of little tone of reality in the statements that we've heard today that are that is definitely. i think basically first of all the case itself has moved so quickly it has sort of passed this unnecessary caution on the part of the administration the whole world comm

is the executive director of the arab center of washington it was john friend and says saudi arabia's explanation doesn't add up. that doesn't make sense. it's just mind boggling that after all this preparation and revisiting the issue that they will come up with a story like that. there are tapes frankly and i hope that turkish government soon would release those tapes and they are both you know and video even though that night the existence of that video at least one of the agencies in turkey does have that and has shared only a small segment of it with u.s. counterparts just the last twenty four hours that video shows exactly what happened was entered the building he met for a few minutes with the consul general to discuss his papers that he needed and he was immediately attacked by this gang of killers that were sent specifically to stumble to to actually liquidate him it wasn't an accidental death it wasn't a fist fight to the point where the consul general on tape is allegedly screaming please do not do it here you are getting me in trouble end of quote the intelligence communit

josh an as executive director at the arab center in washington d.c. he says the crown prince's remarks on wednesday simply weren't enough. i think in general particularly in terms of the substance of the crown prince's remarks they were kind of too little too late yes he did acknowledge that this crime that ended up costing his life. is a heinous crime as he described it and he cannot be justified according to his words the claim that most if not all saudis were upset by the news. and most people around the world upset. by that but there was nothing new really in his remarks the tone yes i would say that was was different. the denial the first two weeks of this crisis was not visible in his statement today he pretended to be putting a positive things i don't think he does have credibility. i mean that's what he was hoping to do today is restore some of that credibility but the denial of the first phase immediately after the disappearance and the killing of mr left very little credibility for the saudi position particularly the not just the you know th

coming they have visas those visas will be reproached today josh and is executive director of the arab center in washington d.c. he joins us via skype from there thank you so much for your time so the crown prince finally made some public comments how would you characterize the tone and the words but i suppose in particular the tone of what i'm getting at is there were moments where he made jokes alluding to the the shot of not having been kidnapped because apparently he was a few months ago from what i know just how do you characterize the tone. i think in general particularly in terms of the substance of the crown prince's remarks they were kind of too little too late yes he did acknowledge that this crime that ended up costing jamal khashoggi his life. is a heinous crime as he described it and he cannot be justified according to his words the claim that most if not all saudis went upset by the news. and that most people around the world. upset. by that but there was nothing new really in his remarks the tone yes i would say that one was was different like i said the denial the first two we

patrolled by russian and turkish forces two joining us now is the director of policy analysis of the arab center for research and policy studies marwan couple and i guess it's stayed relatively calm because even though he's been doing well in military terms bashar al assad has listened to the russians to date yes or no and he said actually yes i don't need to go in there and do what people thought i was going to do well of course i mean the russian they had their chance have a. very strong leverage on i think. we actually knew without without their support there would be normal military or france or against it. because bashar assad and his iranian backers they can't really do that or why because it is actually hosting something like sixty seventy thousand. fighters from the opposition. and the syrian regime and the iranians they cannot actually mobilize as much as thirty times because if you are if you are attacking yeah you have to provide at least three times as many soldiers as the defenders saw. the without russian support without question aerial support their chances actually of success are

herb director of research and analysis at the arab center washington d.c. a warm welcome to you all let me begin with you. that can you just explain to the viewer what the saudi crash means what what how did this happen. it means as the there is a doubt and there is. there is a feeling it and exile and fear in the market were associated with the elevated and certain it associated with the case of. the possible involvement of the saudi government in this case and then the possible repercussion of this on the weather on negative impact on the atmosphere of the investment or economic impact of economic penalties by the west or the i doubt it or even possible change in power structures or they're out of the this is something really major and there are doubters already existed in the canal in the in the saudi policy we have seen erratic and reckless policy over the recent period from the ritz carlton case to a war in yemen to qatar sank it took a sanction to go around to her recent cancellation over a major project major energy project. solar system solar energy

very much let's bring our college russian into the conversation executive director director of the arab center of washington d.c. he was also a friend. joins us escape virginia i'm curious about what it is for you as somebody who knew jamal khashoggi to listen to the way president tunnel always brings it back down to money. frankly i i as an american and as a friend i find it somewhat obscene instead of the leader of the free world the president of the united states focusing on a crime scene us as this one committed against a resident of the united states a journalist someone who lived right here in washington d.c. the capital of the united states the focus ends up always drifting to our much money we are making out of this particularly the profanity of rendering it into jobs pertaining to arms sales i think the life of someone like them out special b.g. is much more important than the so-called hundred fourteen billion dollars that the president keeps bragging about securing from the from saudi arabia aside from the fact that it's a lie and there is no hundred forty billion and frankly only m

khashoggi for now thank you very much under simmons there in istanbul is the executive director of the arab center of washington he was a friend of jamal khashoggi he joins us via skype and if i could just start by asking you about this statement that king solomon of saudi arabia has ordered the restructuring of the come on of the general intelligence agency and that restructuring is to be done under the supervision of the crown prince mohammed bin some on the message appears to be quite clear from riyadh the way absolve him completely of playing any role in the killing of khashoggi. i don't believe this is acceptable i mean i do not necessarily blame the saudis for trying to put a good face on this crisis it's a major crisis it's an existential crisis for saudi arabia the fact that they have come to terms with the fact that our friend. has been killed at the saudi consulate . in istanbul although they say. during a struggle whatever that struggle means when a killing squad fifteen people attacked one person i wouldn't call that a struggle or a fight that was an attempt to assassinate him to start

herb director of research and analysis at the arab center washington d.c. a warm welcome to you all let me begin with you. that can you just explain to the view of what the saudi crash means what what how did this happen. it means as the there is a doubt and there is doubt. there is a feeling it and exile and fear in the market were associated with the elevated and certain at the associated with the case of. the possible involvement of the saudi government in this case and then the possible repercussion of this on the weather on negative impact on the atmosphere of the investment or economic impact of economic penalties by the west or the i doubt it or even possible change in power structures or they're out of the this is something really major and there are doubters already existed in the can i in the in the saudi policy you have seen erratic and reckless policy over the recent period from the ritz carlton case to a war in yemen to qatar sank it took a sanction to go. to her recent cancellation over a major project major energy project. solar system solar

into the conversation the executive director of the arab center of washington d.c. who joins us via skype from there facts for john yes so the. at the saudis are saying happened is that sixty one year all jamal khashoggi got into a fight in a row or he was outnumbered by fifteen perhaps sixteen people does that sound plausible to you. absolutely not it doesn't make sense. it's just mind boggling that after all this preparation and revisiting the issue that they will come up with a story like that. there are tapes frankly and i hope that the authorities government soon would release those states and they are both and video even though they deny the existence of that video at least one of the agencies in turkey does have that and has shared only a small segment of it where the u.s. counterparts just the last twenty four hours that video shows exactly what happened as your man was entered the building he met for a few minutes with the consul general to discuss his papers that he needed and he was immediately attacked by. you know of killers that were sent specifically

and with us here in the studio in kabul and head of policy analysis of the arab center for research always nice to see you thank you so basically maybe i get your views on what's going on with turkey and russia basically control this part of syria now and will for the foreseeable future absolutely and because of that control actually the reach this agreement the sochi agreement between but as the. president of the gun during the last month and disagreement was actually talking about. has to decline as the first one has already been implemented that was a very important key because many people are asking whether to keep. opposition groups especially the radical groups including. them. and to withdraw their heavy weapons from that demilitarized zone so i believe he has been successful actually in doing that and now there is another turn. which is actually convincing these groups to withdraw all completely from the demilitarized zone so talk me through that how important is that. zone and told us they control seventy percent of the area if they don't move then what well i think so far has bee

those who work for a free press one couple and is here he's director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies in the good to have you with us first of all can this kind of complete one eighty in the saudi narrative end the whole crisis in the outrage over what happened. i don't think so because many people as we have been hearing over the bars few hours. it's very difficult to believe this story the saudis if they come up with a similar details here have been explained earlier but the body is the key is the key question here and i think i think it would explain almost everything if we know where the body is and how the body was moved from the consulate in the first place if it was in fact. cut into pieces as we have been hearing from. security sources over the past few days of course i mean the first step has been taken which is admitting that he was killed in the consulate. but without without the international pressure without media pressure that wouldn't have been actually wouldn't have been kim to come to that to decide to this point in the first place cont

so if you google him is it by finney jadhav what is sold on could be mental disease as union arab use center shows yemen was mcconnell seen . said a few. days up in association out but it will. not look any salsa as it is just simply. built on a vine model of the streets from heathrow observable in this case. i can solve the problems. well the french authorities dead and on the even able to counter these american offensives apart from a few low key legal efforts new strategy has yet been proposed to arrest the billeting meanwhile some a turning their eyes to train the only holy french own sector of the company and they wonder if that national know how will also be swallowed by a foreign group. has been coming up with a lot of statements saying that the arab states of the gulf should take care of the middle east or other we're still committed to the middle east so there's there's a lot of incoherence there but i think saudi arabia is hugely important to the united states and i think trump and stance that and this is this is exactly what was driving his kind of commentary on the. killing i thi

that there is true coordination joining us to talk about this is the executive director of the arab center in washington he's spoken to us or many time serve course since jamal first went missing how are you feeling about the political process here at the moment as charles our correspondent pointed out there's pressure going on the saudis there is increased pressure going on the saudis but at the same token they don't look likely to buckle. well my main concern is that the process should remain a legal process done and be transformed into a political process which smacks of a potential political deal between the parties i think the process is moving forward and there are still some differences of opinion clearly between the turkish government and the saudi government and the pressure is continuing both from the turks and from the international community for more transparency and for a complete investigation on the part of the saudi government but if that happens in saudi arabia as they're saying as i'd love with saying they will be dealt with by the judicial system bad well anything could

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for your time thank you for a little bit more reading on mohammed bin salman germ akron from the arab center washington d.c. wrote this piece for out of the red dot com he talks about the one man rule of the crown prince the cult of personality and how it may finally be crumbling in the face of his death it's in the opinion section that the moda and the one man rule of m b s. just before we move on because we have got some other developing news to deal with just some of your questions and comments which have come through and had a whole lot on facebook live is it m.b.'s mohamed bin someone maybe popular at home but recent developments of his popularity they've all gone down at the international level i guess this is ironic saying let's hope for the best for him and also one point made by elizabeth and we addressed this a little bit earlier with our guest she says this is creepy they kidnapped that man and now he's smiling on stage with them that's the lebanese prime minister saad hariri they were laughing about the fact that one year ago he was pretty much taken hostage if you like by muhamm

with me in the studio a couple who's a director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies in doha what do you make about this this dead of the night announcement from saudi arabia this admission that yes indeed jamal khashoggi did die in a scuffle at the consulate in istanbul i think this is the exit the way out i believe which have been. subject of negotiations i believe between the saudis. but mr asian this is why we have the president today coming up with this statement that the saudis story is credible although nobody is actually believing it. but at the end of the day i mean the admitted that he was in the saudi consulate and there are people who are responsible for that we believe that those people have been selected because they don't want to go and hide out of one higher level down than that but we still need to see whether the turks are going to accept that and we still need to see how the u.s. congress will be handling the situation how that amount of pressure that they are going to put on the administration in order to take some serious measures a

region and stop this concedes of manas let's speak to her on who is the executive director of the arab center in washington d.c. his life from washington thank you very much for being with us so for the second time this week if not the third president trump speaking out about saudi arabia's king saying that he wouldn't last without u.s. support who is his message intended for really is it for the saudis or more for his base. i would say both i mean welcome to the age of donald trump an age that's short on diplomacy and big on humiliating particularly allies this is not new we have seen a similar language used against saudi arabia as far back as during the twenty sixteen campaign but this seems to be escalating and it's based on false information apparently you know the president of the united states is not fully aware of what the relationship is between washington. and riyadh what is shocking is the fact that there has been no solid response from the saudi side to this humiliating language that the president used what does he want from the saudis right now. what he wants basically is to incre

is the executive director of the arab center of washington it was german friend saudi arabia's explanation doesn't add up. that doesn't make sense. it's just mind boggling that after all this preparation and revisiting the issue that they will come up with a story like that. there are tapes frankly and i hope that turkish government soon would release those states and they are both and video even though they deny the existence of that video at least one of the agencies in turkey does have that and has shared only a small segment of it with us counterparts just the last twenty four hours that video shows exactly what happened was entered the building he met for a few minutes with the consul general to discuss his papers that he needed and he was immediately attacked by a gang of killers that were sent specifically to stumble to actually liquidate him it wasn't an accident of death it wasn't a fist fight to the point where the consul general on tape is allegedly screaming please do not do it here you are getting me in trouble end of quote the intelligence community has been the leading insti

free press with me now in the studio one couple on who's the director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies here always good to have you with us. picking up on what bernie sanders says there with president trump saying that the saudi explanation sounds credible it seems that not a lot of people believe that there's a high degree of skepticism right around the world i mean what does this do to donald trump's credibility if he keeps pursuing this line giving way outside of course this. affair that undermine his credibility but this man actually as we all know i mean he's a businessman he cares about human rights and interests he cares more about selling weapons to saudi arabia and other countries on the board this is a cares more about creating jobs. i mean he doesn't hide this i thought so i think nobody is surprised by his the actions of the saudis story and my hunch is that there was some sort of a part of the mission even between the saudis and the administration on the story that the saudis are telling now because i mean this was actually what the american

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the united arab emirates purchased a combat training center in twenty ten. russian delegations have also paid a visit afterwords heineman town received an order worth one hundred million euro's russia wanted to build a combat training center like the one here in germany in the volga region with german help. in twenty fourteen the ukrainian conflict put a halt to one mittal of deal with russia. the german government rescinded the export license according to russian media moscow completed the training center without german help. kleinman child then demanded compensation from the german government for pulling the plug on the deal the claim has yet to be settled the of. any damage payments would be the taxpayers' expense the german government has confirmed that the claim is under consideration. from twenty fourteen to twenty eighteen cutline sued us served as state secretary in charge of military procurement at the german defense ministry. she believes it's possible to maintain a proper boundaries between the bundeswehr on. the defense industry. doesn't always i