my guest today is arkady dvorkovich. now, untilfour guest today is arkady dvorkovich., until four months ago, guest today is arkady dvorkovich. now, untilfour months ago, he guest today is arkady dvorkovich. now, until four months ago, he was russia's deputy prime minister. what chanceis russia's deputy prime minister. what chance is there of averting the deepening hostility between russia and the west? arkady dvorkovich, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you've left of the russian governmentjust thank you. you've left of the russian government just a thank you. you've left of the russian governmentjust a few months ago. within that government, you we re ago. within that government, you were always seen as ago. within that government, you were always seen as an ago. within that government, you were always seen as an advocate of a warmer, closer relationship between russia and the west, and yet what we see in so many different theatres, arenas, is a souring relationship. how frustrated are you buy what your own government is doing? first, i'm a professional. i've been wor

my guest today is arkady dvorkovich.until four months ago, he was russia's deputy prime minister. what chance is there of averting the deepening hostility between russia and the west? arkady dvorkovich, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you've left of the russian governmentjust a few months ago. within that government, you were always seen as an advocate of a warmer, closer relationship between russia and the west, and yet what we see in so many different theatres, arenas, is a souring relationship. how frustrated are you by what your own government is doing? first, i'm a professional. i've been working for our state, for our country, for the government for 18 years in the civil service, it was quite a long period of time. there's some things we did that i think were a great success stories. some things we could do faster and better. and i think any government member can tell the same story. and certainly both sides, both the russian side but also on our partners‘ side, we didn't do our best to have positive relationships

crim leaders deny the accusations as the deputy prime , arkady dvorkovich joins us.talk to you about the poisoning case. i do want to talk to you about trade. friendshipd the between president putin and president trump. how would you describe the relationship now? relationship is far from the level you would like it to be. it does not help trade and investments. business have survived. invest money but not in the political environment. still, business is going on. level, science, research, education is ok. at a higher political level, it is not good to pave the road for new projects. francine: given what is happening with the nerve agents, these sanctions, with anything that touches foreign policy, does russia feel alone? arkady: we have relationships with the united states, not the best one with europe. have good partnerships with individual countries and companies. we have better relationships with our asian partners like china, japan, and south korea and others. we are in the project of integration with our neighbors. some of the middle east countries as well, clo