on behalf of myself, and the director of our russian-eurasia program program. on the eve of the g-8 summit meeting and period leading up to the vote we hope next month in the russian state to ratify russia's succession to the wto, world trade organization. since 2009, the reset in relations between russia and the united states there, have been many successes, including the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, cooperation on afghanistan, iran, and north korea. civilian nuclear power, and other areas. but there have been notable differences over syria, missile defense, human rights, enforcement of intellectual property rights and con dufkt elections last month. both president put spin and president obama have called for a deepening of economic cooperation between the two countries. the russian state duma its expected to ratify russia's succession to the wto in june or july. we expect 30 days after that, roughly, that russia will become a member of the world trade organization. for the united states, to take advantage of the new market openings in the russian market, congress must

i said to her our director of the russia and eurasia program by the german council on foreign relations thanks for coming on. this news just in here on russia as lawmakers have voted in favor of dmitri medvedev candidacy for prime minister we can show you live pictures from the state duma session it is now up to the new to form a cabinet that's expected to take place within a weird time again these are live pictures right here from the stage in central moscow of course right there at the newly inaugurated president vladimir putin you can follow all of it will have your own leisure our web site at odd see if they can get the menu. but right now france will be hoping for a positive future following the election of a new president but while francois hollande may have beaten his rival nicolas sarkozy in the recent run off a considerably tough task now awaits him many voters want to see a change in the country's foreign policy and they want the economy to grow. now reports from paris. to the old guy thank. you. trust a victory in the french presidential elections the people here are saying t

on the return of a lot of my protein i'm now joined by alexander ra the director of the russia and eurasia program with the german council on foreign. thanks for coming on r.t. today a great pleasure indeed are you once said the putin's new term as president putin two point zero but putin three point zero zero what policies do you think will define this. change so president putin has also changed in order to keep. this is science to say he has its interests it's a political interests russia. is. coming to the politics of. positions in business and in society who were born after the end of communism do not remember the cold war and the remember there is a war. on the people market there the streets in the first cities not only in most homes are they just broke but will sort of swell and besides all the personal freedoms which they join russia for the first time since history you know them and also political freedom better to say. more civility for the girl. in parties in public who are are so there's a possibility for political engagement i do apologize for interrupting you but i just wante

want to put some strongest some small strong link with the former soviet republic in eurasia but not only that the target for a phrase or so to develop a most strongest link with the european countries are now focusing in not with european union but with the european countries i'd like to focus a little bit more on a russia's domestic issues you know there are plenty of problems here there's the economy there's corruption there's political freedoms and so on what do you think is going to be at the forefront of putin's reign sort of his policies where like we say in russia the roads is one of the biggest problems but not a little noise thing that you said most of the corruption is of course i seem to be the biggest issue because it's also the main problem for the. poor foreign countries and the way they were shot if something is going to be done against corruption which i hope you know which has to be done in my in my opinion then it will be a very a strong and positive point for for put you know a party scene within the country and the way of the country now yesterday was a very exci

interests not just between us and russia but also with china not to create instability in the heart of eurasia thank you thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest today was ariel cohen senior fellow had the heritage foundation and that's it now from all of us here if you want to have your sound card live or have someone money do you think i should until next time to drop me a line alan our. diets are here and let's kick start like. moving back to the comments on what's going on ten and outside russia until then they are to take. that's.

the pacific but it will be generalized whether we will be able to become the leaders of the entire eurasia on them that all of them will be successful is when we are in mean one strong nation if we treasure our homeland it strengthening in the russian democracy the constitutional rights and freedoms but only if it only in one involving our people more actively but that i mean you guys book which is formation of the political. and the it up with you the epithet then you should all work together to make our country a process of your own through and we will definitely be a successful as long as we rely on the strong foundation of our cultural minutes on the traditions. and that's what the cultural traditions of our i'm outta there nick nation handle it alice that have always been the pillar of the poor global ethic life if we all live according to our conscience with faith and love to our motherland way to her family take care of our children. and our parents. with them we're going to teach we want to live in a democratic country and we will. free again and so i offer to unity we're going to

he's director of our russia and eurasia program here and he will moderate today. >> thanks very much and welcome everybody here to csis. delighted to see such a full room and to see such interest and we have a superb group of speakers. let me make some brief introductions and turn the floor over to them. we'll start off with our two a.mbassadors to each other's country. the current em bass tar, sergei kisyak, one of the most zis continuing wished and long-serving successful members of the russian ministry of foreign afears he has been here in washington since 2008 and has overseen from the russianian side of things this improvement in relations often called the reset. he has also served as russia's ambassador to brus els. it's a wonderful please ur to see you here. our speaker will be ambassador john beryle k he arrived back in january of 2012 and he, from the american perspective, was implementing on the ground the improvement of relations in the lodge series of greements and cooperation that have developed between the pass three years. like mr. kisyak, he's one of our longest servi

we begin with ian bremmer, president of eurasia group. his new book is called every nation for itself, winners and losers it in a g-zero world. >> i think china is the voldemort of america's geo political fauxes, the word that must not be spoken, china. but the problem is if you have a problem out there right now, the way we are spending our money in concern about the long-term, whether you talk about economic state craft and our policy to try to create something to deal with state capitalism or you talk about the money we're spend on fiber or the pivot towards our allies and hard security with the australians and philippines and the rest. what is that becomes, it to the about al qaeda, it's to the about russia. it's about chinament don't listen what our politicians say, watch what america does. >> we continue with steve coll author of private empire, exxon mobile and american power. >> i was intrigued to discomfort extent of their independent attitude about foreign affairs anloba affairs. and i came to understand that their self-consciou

bridge projects and a network of rail infrastructure throughout the greater russia and throughout eurasia from china to markets in western europe and in the middle east and i think that that is really a key point the eurasian focus of putin a key point for reviving the interior of russia's economy is from places such as almost from siberia and other areas that have been through the collapse of the soviet union in sad neglect economically and bringing more of a tallit he is the trade between russia and china and countries in between the so-called stans increases greatly over the next years with high speed metallurgy technologies iron ore technologies and so forth russia could play a leading role under a putin presidency and i'm at the prime ministership in building this high speed infrastructure when i'm just funny just days before going to be pushing integration there were some violent protests here in moscow against his return do you expect this backlash to continue and does that suggest russian society is becoming more open and with of course medvedev concentrating on domestic policies

starts they are not allowed anymore to and that the city and this is that going down business sort of eurasia enough democratic rights what happened is that they control the brocaded distrait and then they control the everybody and to individual people they said. we want to see your passport so then they control. their database and said no you are not allowed to enter to square because we suppose you will do something illegal. a common grief is uniting israelis and palestinians who've lost loved ones to the long lost in conflict between them it's a unique gathering of suffering parents who want to increase understanding and bring peace closer but their goal is all but out of reach as policy reports. that the my son was killed was a very hard day for me i remember grabbing my son trembling all over and running to the bomb shelter. to mothers to testimonies each different but in the end the same. my son died in the line of duty death isn't a word it has a form and the form isn't pretty i've seen plenty of it so it takes a lot of courage to stay deaf in the face and then embrace one's enemy and

not easy nice an hour and forty right when i mean time alexander rah the director of the russia and eurasia program of the german council on foreign relations and he says that i was a lot of my putin empower russia can finally deliver on the pledges of modernization . takes some of the ideas which are expressed by me to give the he in my view will be all the better i tracked because maybe it was the person whole started to change russia from above he was responsible for waking up and this is the middle class the whole internet generation of russia through his speeches his analysis months assert his address and even this criticism of that actually political and economic system is that it is clear they have to diversify or they call it the economy as soon as possible but in such a consummate and becoming like russia it takes no more than the west expects russia to do this so of course of oil and gas will remain the backbone of its action by ship but i say that a lot of other things are happening in russia as well the infrastructure is in create a lot of new business opportunities are coming o

. >> rose: ian bremmer is here president of eurasia group, his new book every nation for itself, winners and losers in a g-zero world t paints a picture in a world in which no single power is able to take be the responsibility of global leadership. larry summers says everyone who cares about our collective future will need to carefully consider this book's impressive arguments. i'm pleased to have ian bremmer back at this table, welcome. >> hi, charlie. >> rose: let me begin with china today. the wife is being detained on suspicion of murder. what does that case say about china? >> well, it is as that lots of interesting things are certainly happening in the top levels of china right now. one of the things that i find most extraordinary about it is how there really haven't been leaks in the senior echelons of the chinese party throughout this. all right. the chinese government decide we don't want the story to get out until we're prepared for it to get out and that's the way we're going handle it right. >> rose: an that's the way it was. >> hey, 1.3 billion people, a government that actu

previously served in government as deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine, and eurasia in the first clinton administration and a senior adviser to senator joseph biden during his service in the senate. she earned her bachelor's degree from harvard college and international relations from oxford where she was a rhodes scholar. the floor is yours. welcome csis. [applause] >> thank you. it is a privilege to be here. i want to change you and your teams for the work that you do here. i also want to thank the work that you did for nato strategic allies. i am also happy to see some many friends here today, colleagues, members of the diplomatic community. thank you for taking the time to join us. i have devoted much of my career to working on strengthening our alliances with your to make sure that it is capable of meeting the steps that we face the threats that we face and adapting to a rapidly changing environment. -- to make sure that it is capable of facinmeeting the thrs that we face. this is the largest international event that will be hosted this year with more than 60 de

that introduction, i would like to yield to my colleague, andrew kuchins, director of our russia and eurasia program or did he will moderate today. >> thank you very much, meredith. welcome everybody to csis. it is great to see everyone and we have an absolutely superb group of speakers. let me make haste and make some brief introductions so people can make some remarks. we will start up with our two ambassadors to each other's countries. worst of all, the current ambassador from the russian federation to my right, one of the most distinguished and long serving successful members of the russian ministry of foreign affairs, he has been here, of course, in washington since 2008. he is an ambassador and has overseen the russian side of things often called the reset. he has also served as russia's ambassador and simultaneously the ambassador to nato and is a foreign minister. sergey kislyak it is a wonderful pleasure to see you here. our second speaker will be doctor john beyrle, who has just returned with a successful stint at the russian federation. he arrived back in january 2012. and from th

i'm the director of the eurasia center here at the atlantic council. on behalf of the council i want to welcome all of you here today for another a series of council events on developments in russia. others we have had so far this year include one that examined the outlook for u.s. much russian relations during this year of political transition in both of our countries. another looked at the mood in russia on the eve of the presidential elections and a third examined the business and trade implications of russia's accession to the world trade organization. today's looks at the domestic political seen in russia and the outlook for the democratic opposition movement that burst into public prominence last fall. for much of the 50 years history of this organization russian politics has often seemed to be unmoving frozen, motionless or at least opaque. in the late brezhnev era when i first worked at our moscow embassy the picture was one of waiting, waiting for the inevitable death of the leader and the transition that we thought would follow. eventually it