german jew. i'll be going to see a renaissance in russian german relations. and the mechanism used to shock that down and said no we have a buddy from relationship relationship what we have a grudge a strategic interest what do you make of that. this is a difficult moment for you know all german diplomatic language that's germany's don't the one that wants to have a conflict is russia which is true. surrendering its own interests russian or is it surrendering established international and european all the. relationship when that is not the case so the germans say yeah we want to have sort of the kind of post ninety nine call back but the post ninety nine to start school means that you have to behave especially in ukraine and in the east the neighborhood. and other interesting situation was the putin has put sort of the financial aid to assad on the table quite quite some time this is sort of now we'll just boring russia that they have bombed the country. now somebody has to pay the rebuilding it's. and this is i think what the russians want to see the west i

german russian relations have long been fraught that tension was on display during the german foreign minister's visit to moscow last laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier and met his counterpart sergey lavrov of their encounter was far from warm given the west's recent accusations that russia is behind a nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent and a cyber attack on the german foreign ministry. i believe that an open and honest dialogue is the key to a solid partnership we have to be able to figure out if we are still playing by the same rules i think. germany and russia aren't at odds on all fronts both want to salvage the nuclear deal with iran fearing the potential instability the collapse could bring. the agreement is vital for regional stability stopping the spread of mass destruction it's important of the signature is a deal with the situation we're doing exactly that with our german counterparts. neither lavrov nor masse went into detail about what a german russian effort to save the iran nuclear deal might entail. it is imperative that the to run fully c

back with sahagun former vice president of the european commission discussing the i'm an easy german russian partnership right so the new german foreign minister mr maass started his tenure by taking a tough stance on russia but just a little while later we see germany and russia standing together in support of the iran deal against american attempts to dismantle it can one of the facts of the iran deal affair be to actually bring germany and russia closer together. yes i think i think it does we have a busy strong common interest here and perhaps it shows that many many other us have common interests as far as the new foreign minister in germany is concerned. and should give him a little bit of time i was slightly surprised when he made that announcement because this is. not to put his. us. into coalition agreement and it's clearly not the policy. democratic party to which to which he belongs my my feeling is that a strong strong majority not only of social democrats since many but of the or german population once good and plenty leave the least since with russia and strongly dislikes the c

it ginter sahagun former vice president of the european commission discussing the i'm an easy german russian partnership right so the new german foreign minister mr maass has started his tenure by taking a tough stance on russia but just a little while later we see germany and russia standing together in support of the iran deal against american attempts to dismantle late can one of the effects of the iran do affair be to actually bring germany and russia closer together. yes i think i think it does we have a busy strong common interest here and perhaps it shows that many many other areas have common interests as far as the new foreign minister in germany is concerned. and should give him a little bit of time i was slightly surprised when he made that announcement because this is. not to put his seed. into coalition agreement and it's clearly not the policy. democratic party to which to which he belongs my my feeling is that a strong strong majority not only of social democrats since there are many but of those who will pollution once good and plenty leave the lesions with russia and strongl

just over one and a half hours but it also comes after a huge amount of contact between the german and the russian sides americal and putin talked on the phone last week the foreign minister visited the german foreign minister visited moscow and the economic affairs minister visited moscow as well so this is a short meeting but there's a lot on the agenda politically and economically the two leaders are going to be discussing syria and ukraine the conflicts there but there will be a particular particular focus on iran after the u.s. left the iran nuclear deal last week both russia and germany are trying to salvage that deal and just at the beginning of the week the iranian foreign minister was in moscow as well to discuss potentially saving that deal and keeping it going without the u.s. and also german and russian leaders will be discussing most likely the north stream to project the economic affairs minister was in moscow last week kind of preparing for that he is trying to make a deal with the with the russian and the ukrainian side because ukraine is worried about its transit fees after all th

it you know russian germans who support him. how does that influence government policy and what is the balance right i think it was russian germans it's interesting russian germans have been the focus of media interest the during the truman elections. i would say that is not you create the kind of save addressing germans are appalled protein russian germans they vote historically in germany for a quarter for the c.d.u. christian democrats are very akin alleged before his historical afford to bring them to germany and van not necessary for putin so but they are. a target of interest of a war german new right wing party ifi and also from the kremlin side this is something we have to if you care about it we want to thank you so much for joining us this afternoon to share your perspective on the swearing in the inauguration of lattimer putin stephanie schaeffer from the european platform for democratic elections we've mentioned. well we're going to turn now to a european leader who has been on the charm offensive as he looks to asser

and i welcome you watching our senior national just going at four pm here in the russian capital now the german chancellor angela merkel is in the russian black sea resort of sochi to make it in iran syria and ukraine a set to dominate the agenda there were a lot easier to try and care is following the visit. angela merkel is getting together with vladimir putin basically just days after donald trump said goodbye to the uranium nuclear deal and perhaps that is a good reason for the two leaders who both want the green light to stay no matter want to have a conversation about it and add it to their usual ukraine syria agenda. i think it's not right to unilaterally cancel a deal that was agreed upon that was unanimously approved in the u.n. security council that diminishes confidence in the international order so donald trump's deal exit almost automatically meant that american sanctions against iran were coming back and german business leaders who thanks to the iranian agreement in the first place had rushed to do business there even asked the chancellor to protect their economic interests simila

important will pay made of voters pressure the german leaders to find a softer approach to the german russian relations in the end. it depends it depends on what happens in a reality is. to see is not is not a matter of butch's fine point is c. is a matter of dietz so so we have to see whether we can find common ground in. the interests like middle east like. perhaps even even ukraine in my view we. have common interests and of course of course economy. partnership it put a leash and ship needs substance we need to be need to do something and here we should not forget that the violent. between between germany and russia despite all the disturbing disturbing words and voices still be a good to have strong touch the relations we have visitors strong economic relations extremely strong between people and organisations from the civil society be shouldn't be shouldn't be shouldn't underestimate that and yes i believe that finally. understand that we. have a particular this bun's ability to. make to make sure that russia is three to it as an equal in europe so even if there is a political decision

talks instead of bigger illusions germany's new foreign minister struck a new path in german russian relations. well a warning to europe from the french president emmanuel micron's speaking in the german city of today said that the idea of european integration has been thrown into doubt and whether it lives or dies he says it is up to today's leaders he was speaking after receiving arkan's prestigious charlemagne. an award for contributions to european unity a topic very close to french president emmanuel maccollins heart many of the dignitaries attending the ceremony had warm words for mccaughan including the german chancellor angela merkel she said she thought mcconnell was the perfect recipient for the prize. emanuel mccall knows what binds europe together if the man has a clear vision of how europe should move forward. and a man who has a capacity to inspire others in the service of you. know call refer to global conflicts european space and stress the need for calm in the middle east and demand the mamby all we know that we are facing an extremely complicated situation on the rec

just over one and a half hours but it also comes after a huge amount of contact between the german and the russian sides americal and putin talked on the phone last week the foreign minister visited the german foreign minister visited moscow and the economic affairs minister visited moscow as well so this is a short meeting but there is a lot on the agenda politically and economically the two leaders are going to be discussing syria and ukraine the conflict there but there will be a particular particular focus on iran after the u.s. left the iran nuclear deal last week both russia and germany are trying to salvage that deal and just at the beginning of the week the iranian foreign minister was in moscow as well to discuss potentially saving that deal and keeping it going without the u.s. and also german and russian leaders will be discussing most likely the north stream to project the economic affairs minister was in moscow last week kind of preparing for that he is trying to make a deal with the with the russian and the ukrainian side because ukraine is worried about its transit fees after all th

but the russian and german governments do have a whole lot of issues between them from the ukrainian crisis to even the script all cases and in one way or another all these issues were brought up during the talks or the press conference however since donald trump said goodbye to the so-called iranian nuclear deal berlin and moscow do genuinely see eye to eye at least on one issue no official you on germany great britain france and all our colleagues in the e.u. support the iran young nuclear deal and we are sticking to it we from the european side are discussing the situation with iran the agreement isn't perfect but it's better than none we should continue negotiating with iran and on that we are united . a lot of our programming and angola merkel promised to make an extra effort to make sure that the nuclear agreement stays in place now moving on to sanctions usually when you hear merkel talks the first thing that comes up on your mind is anti russian sanctions but so to say the season is different since economic sanctions and all other kinds of punishment you can think o

but the russian and german governments do have a whole lot of issues between them from the ukrainian crisis to even the script all cases and in one way or another all these issues were brought up during the.

but the russian and german governments do have a whole lot of issues between them from the ukrainian crisis to even the script all cases and in one way or another all these issues were brought up during the talks or the press conference however since donald trump said good bye to the so-called iranian nuclear deal berlin and moscow do genuinely see eye to eye at least on one issue no official your own germany great britain france and all our colleagues in the e.u. support the iran young nuclear deal and we are sticking to it we from the european side are discussing the situation with iran the agreement isn't perfect but it's better than none we should continue negotiating with iran and on that we are united . lot. i'm approaching and angola merkel promised to make an extra effort to make sure that the nuclear agreement stays in place now moving on to sanctions usually when you hear merkel talks the first thing that comes up on your mind is anti russian sanctions but so to say the season is different but since economic sanctions and all other kinds of punishment you can thin

but the russian and german governments do have a whole lot of issues between them from the ukrainian crisis to even the script all cases and in one way or another all these issues were brought up during the talks or the press conference however since donald trump said good bye to the so-called iranian nuclear deal berlin and moscow do genuinely see eye to eye at least on one issue no official you on germany and great britain france and all our colleagues in the e.u. support the iran nuclear deal and we are sticking to it we from the european side are discussing the situation with iran the agreement isn't perfect but it's better than none we should continue negotiating with iran and on that we are united. lot of our pro. and angola merkel promised to make an extra effort to make sure that the nuclear agreement stays in place now moving on to sanctions usually when you hear merkel talks the first thing that comes up on your mind is anti russian sanctions but so to say the season is different since economic sanctions and all other kinds of punishment you can think of have beco

but the russian and german governments do have a whole lot of issues between them from the ukrainian crisis to even the script all cases and in one way or another all these issues were brought up during the talks or the press conference however since donald trump said goodbye to the so-called iranian nuclear deal berlin and moscow do genuinely see eye to eye at least on one issue no official your own germany great britain france and all our colleagues in the e.u. support the iran young nuclear deal and we are sticking to it we from the european side are discussing the situation with iran the agreement isn't perfect but it's better than none we should continue negotiating with iran and on that we are united . a lot of approaching and anger merkel promised to make an extra effort to make sure that the nuclear agreement stays in place now moving on to sanctions usually when you hear merkel talks the first thing that comes up on your mind is anti russian sanctions but so to say the season is different since economic sanctions and all other kinds of punishment you can think of h

but the russian and german governments do have a whole lot of issues between them from the ukrainian crisis to even the script all cases and in one way or another all these issues were brought up during the talks or the press conference however since donald trump said good bye to the so-called iranian nuclear deal berlin and moscow do genuinely see eye to eye at least on one issue no official you on germany great britain france and all our colleagues in the e.u. support the iran young nuclear deal and we are sticking to it we from the european side are discussing the situation with iran the agreement isn't perfect but it's better than none we should continue negotiating with iran and on that we are united . blah. i'm approaching and angola merkel promised to make an extra effort to make sure that the nuclear agreement stays in place now moving on to sanctions usually when you hear merkel talks the first thing that comes up on your mind is anti russian sanctions but so to say the season is different since economic sanctions and all other kinds of punishment you can think of

but the russian and german governments do have a whole lot of issues between them from the ukrainian crisis to even the script all cases and in one way or another all these issues were brought up during the talks or the press conference however since donald trump said goodbye to the so-called iranian nuclear deal berlin and moscow do genuinely see eye to eye at least on one issue no official you on germany and great britain france and all our colleagues in the e.u. support the iran young nuclear deal and we are sticking to it we from the european side are discussing the situation with iran the agreement isn't perfect but it's better than none we should continue negotiating with iran and on that we are united . lot. approaching and angola merkel promised to make an extra effort to make sure that the nuclear agreement stays in place now moving on to sanctions usually when you hear merkel talks the first thing that comes up on your mind is anti russian sanctions but so to say the season is different since economic sanctions and all other kinds of punishment you can think of ha

weeks before the world cup soccer tournament begins in moscow and there are new accusations of russian doping germanjournalists have revealed evidence suggesting that russian authorities covered up doping test results from soccer players in the country's world cup squad and the german investigative reporter high example uncovered a state run doping program in russian athletics he says russian soccer now has some questions to answer the russian doping scandal may also extend to the national football team russian officials are suspected of covering up test results making samples disappear which had the potential to implicate football as some of whom have been selected for the hosts world cup squad german t.v. channel has obtained a list containing player names and code numbers of doping samples the list is based on information from investigators and intelligence gathered from a twenty fourteen raid on the moscow doping control board in that raid the world anti-doping agency wada seized samples with a typical test results that had not been investigated further by russian authorities samples from player

now german chancellor angela merkel is in the russian black sea resort of sochi where she's being meet where she has been meeting in a few hours ago the two leaders held a press conference and answered questions from journalists well we're trying. to get even to you so what else did the two leaders have to say. andrew hello again well i can tell you that first it didn't seem especially at the very beginning like two political rivals internationally i mean we're meeting here and saatchi when angle of merkel stepped out of her limo lot of our podium was standing there with flowers and that was when the newly reappointed russian clime minister dmitri inventive was leaving the building and angola merkel wished him good luck in russian the chancellor during the press conference as well as vladimir putin kept saying that no political differences can stop the two leaders and the two countries from being partners or even friends. well we have to teach interests to maintain good relations with russia and maintaining dialogue is crucial i want to underline that if we want to overcome we need to

and you can't resolve old problems without dialogue that obvious this is why russian german ties have their own relationship have their own meaning asked for the law the two minute traffic law that is being debated to the state duma the russian parliament i gree with you we need to come up with a balanced response. in russia in your country are often driven by motions. short asked for the law itself do you does have a similar law. and brussels made a statement recently. and they want to intensify this legislation to protect their interests from the so-called or transport of sanctions . from the us so i don't think it will be strange the russia passes a similar law but i agree with you must be a balanced one it shouldn't deliver a blow to our own economy and to our partners who first been operating conscientiously here in russia and i'm sure that that's the way it will be and as you might have heard through parliament delayed the passing of the bill and it would consult the governments in the conus just binge shaped. it's possible thank you very much but my name is again it's frank r r

the russian federation five thousand german companies work in russia which is where a. seventy thousand employees and a high turnover. and in many we have one and a half times with russian companies and that also means that the two governments have to work to get that towards any improvements of cooperation in terms of trade and investment energies are very important fields we have talked about the whole spectrum of operation and we also have tripped about infrastructure projects projects i'm not includes stream let me also say that we have always had across different attitudes towards the north stream pipeline we have always said to ease a unique economic project it is a project from the start. has been very important for all of us. usually have said it is it over to law make projects that should not be seen from the angle of politics as far. as it is concerned we will have an opportunity to bring class to europe without having to translate the ukraine but we have talked about the chancellor and we are going to continue to deliver to us through this pipeline as long as

trade partner and actually it's interesting because despite sort of some political difficulties german russian trade is actually was up last year but of course the sanctions. sanctions and the u.s. sanctions have kind of gotten in the way of the german business political wrangling there after the taxation the illegal an expansion of the crimean peninsula of course german business has been advocating for years that those sanctions should be lifted or softened but that doesn't seem likely to happen unless there is some progress made on the minsk peace process that's certainly the german position there also has been some political wrangling about the north stream to project which is the gas pipeline that's supposed to run through the baltic sea from russia to germany and ahead of this meeting here today we saw the minister of economic affairs from germany visiting russia as well trying to kind of get get through the details he visited the ukraine as well to push forward on the deal and many brief appeared to be seeing a recalibration off relations not so much she mocked a new and different tone i

but the russian and german governments do have a whole lot of issues between them from the ukrainian crisis to even the script all cases and in one way or another all these issues were brought up during the talks or the press conference however since donald trump said good bye to the so-called iranian nuclear deal berlin and moscow do genuinely see eye to eye at least on one issue no official your own germany great britain france and all our colleagues in the e.u. support the iran young nuclear deal and we are sticking to it we from the european side are discussing the situation with iran the agreement isn't perfect but it's better than none we should continue negotiating with iran and on that we are united . a lot of our approaching and angola merkel promised to make an extra effort to make sure that the nuclear agreement stays in place now moving on to sanctions usually when you hear merkel talks the first thing that comes up on your mind is anti russian sanctions but so to say the season is different since economic sanctions and all other kinds of punishment you can thin

meantime the german chancellor angela merkel is visiting the russian city of sochi where she will sit down with president vladimir putin. now reports from sochi. angela merkel is getting together with vladimir putin basically just days after donald trump said goodbye to the uranium nuclear deal and perhaps that is a good reason for the two leaders who both want the green light to stay no matter what to have a conversation about it and add it to their usual ukraine syria agenda this week i think it's not right so you can last really cancel a deal that was agreed upon that was unanimously approved in the u.n. security council that diminishes confidence in the international order so donald trump's deal exit almost automatically meant that american sanctions against iran were coming back and german business leaders who thanks to the iranian agreement in the first place had rushed to do business there even asked the chancellor to protect their economic interests similar calls have been heard as a result of reports in the us media that suggested that the american president has really been p

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but the russian and german governments do have a whole lot of issues between them from the ukrainian crisis.

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel and russian president vladimir putin have rekindled hopes of peace in eastern ukraine at talks in the russian city of sochi putin said that diplomats on both sides would look again at options for deploying a multinational peacekeeping force in the region who also said that the pair had discussed how the iran nuclear deal could be staged following the u.s. withdrawal merkel said the removal of property rights from syrian refugees by president assad was a concern. let's get more now on this summit we are joined by our correspondent emily sure one who's standing by with the latest from sochi where it has just taken place so i'm really what were the key takeaways from their comments. well sara to me the key take one of the key takeaways today was the atmosphere of the talks it seemed rather open almost relaxed you could tell that the two leaders have been working together for years that they know each other really rather well and even greeted americal with flowers today and both said that there were

that was the same as the russian president likes to drink german beer sometimes there is a possibility that we can exchange i've also gotten very good smoked fish. angela from time to time sends me a cup of coffee as a friend of the big. now when it comes to the whole iran nuclear deal german politician believe says russia and germany share a common interest. in it. together was so awesome federation and seeing nuclear. he was he of on and. nation under the umbrella of united nations and therefore i think we have a common interest. the germans and the russians and others of the chinese and of the slaves as of that is to keep the heat he was. comin in close with the russian federation and therefore nothing expect in germany of leave the mind beyond sending the results of this meeting. a new report by german media suggests obtained decades ago and shared it with its allies or the nerve agent it was reportedly used in the poisoning of former spies sort of a script and his daughter yulia in march in the english city of salzburg the u.k. blames russia for the attack claiming it was the only

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they been translated into french, german, russian, japanese, and korean. many of the books bill has written was after dining with presidents in the white house? bill met helen hallenstein and they got along right away. bill has three children. did you know that one of them, hell, is a historian that teaches that john's hopkins? bill has a fan base around the world because of the translations. no surprise because many of his books become pulitzer prize finalists. many of his diehard fans are here in west michigan. >>> thank you for that kind introduction. you mentioned my son hal who is a historian. some of you in the audience gratifying than having your parent do what you do. i like being confused with my son hal now. it's a delight to be back. i see many friends from previous years. i am thrilled that you liked it enough to come back. and i especially like the fact that this is an audience where i can try out ideas. i was asked to talk about this book even before it was finished. i just finished proofreading the galleys of the book. it's reached the point

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cannot be resolved without the russians this must guide us instead of saying they're not friendly to us. lately russia has not appeared at all friendly towards europe. the german bundestag political parties and the government were hacked by russian state agencies germany is now convinced of this at a meeting in berlin the british intelligence chief condemned russia one of the kremlin's central and entirely admirable is to build russian greatness on the world stage but it's repeated choices have been a few that aim through aggressive and initial actions by its military and intelligence services. the low point being glitch town all solsbury a former russian agent and his daughter were poisoned. the british intelligence service convinced its western partners that russia was behind the attack. his first ever use of nerve gas on european soil since the second world war seems to have created a mood of enough is enough. of. the non european counterpart to salzburg the duma in syria. russia's partner but charlotte assad is suspected of using chemical weapons shocking germany and its allies. we are all. we also have the knowledge that russia as an ally of asset shares