there was an army doctor and he adopted two boys from hungary. one thing led to another, we began to explore how he did that process. then we used a facilitator, a marvelous lady who lives in san diego, she and her husband with their two very small children -- the oldest was 18 months -- in the hungarian revolt of 1956 they fled. vice president nixon at the refugee camp picked five families to become instant u.s. citizens and they were one of the families. a miracle story. she worked for the department of defense for years after that. when she retired, she began to work to place orphan children in hungary with soldiers because she has such love for the military having worked around it. one thing led to another and we adopted a set of orphan siblings. they were five, six and eight in 2000. host: where are they all now? rep. russell: oklahoma city metro area. my oldest daughter, she's graduated from college, runs a business. my oldest son works for hitachi. they are all doing pretty good. trying to find their way. i got them all to 18 without incid

. >> three adopted children from hungary, how did that come about? >> well we had two children at the time and we wanted more -- she was concern about flairups of childhood arthritis and more pregnancy, there was a chance it could recur, so we began to look at adoption. we were stationed in europe at the time, and i went to a men's conference in germany and there was an army dock there who adopted two boys from hungary and worked in an orphanage that. one thing led to another explored how he did the process, and then we used a facileitatefacilitator, a marvellous lady, and she and her husband with their two very, very small children the oldest was 18 months and hungary revolt of '56 they fled and made it over the mountains to austria austria. nixon picked five families to be instant u.s. citizen, and they were one of five. a miracle story. when she retired, she worked to place orphan children in hungary with soldiers because she had such love for the military having worked around it, and one thing led to another, and we adopted a set of orphan siblin

host: during all of this, you and your wife raising five children, three adopted from hungary. explain how that came about. rep. russell: well, we had two children at the time, and we wanted more. she was concerned about some flareups of some childhood arthritis. with each pregnancy, there was a chance that could recur so we began to look at adoption. we were stationed in europe at the time. i went to a men's conference in germany. there was an army doctor, and he had adopted two boys from hungary. worked in an orphanage there. one thing led to another, and we began to explore how he did that process. then we used a facilitator, a marvelous lady who lives in san diego, she and her husband with their two very small children -- the oldest was 18 months -- in the hungarian revolt of 1956 they fled. they made it over the mountains into austria. vice president nixon on a goodwill tour at the refugee camp picked five families to become instant u.s. citizens and they were one of the families. a miracle story. she worked for the department of defense for years after that. when she reti

the same thing was done before in hungary and putin is looking for these alliances and they may pay off. >> talking about what putin wants to do, is this all about protecting russia's sphere of influence and what is that sphere of influence? is it just the former sophie yet republics? >> not only. >> -- soviet republics? >> putin sees himself in line with ivan the terrible, 1400s when ivan the terrible created the russia almost the way we know today. putin wants this kind of recognition. >> so is it all about power? here is a guy who was a devoted communist now he's courting far right groups inside europe. it seems completely counterintuf counterintuitive. >> politics is all about give and take. it's not necessarily an ideology for him. for him it is who is going to become his ally. he was talking about in france, radical left or radical right so it is about power. we have seen putin in action. all is about staying in the kremlin for as long as he can. >> and that applies to how he becomes a defender of an atheist state. >> more of his definition as kgb, a secretive man. so before he wa

. >> three adopted children from hungary, how did that come about? >> well we had two children at the time and we wanted more -- she was concern about flairups of childhood arthritis and more pregnancy, there was a chance it could recur, so we began to look at adoption. we were stationed in europe at the time, and i went to a men's conference in germany and there was an army dock there who adopted two boys from hungary and worked in an orphanage that. one thing led to another explored how he did the process, and then we used a facileitatefacilitator, a marvellous lady, and she and her husband with their two very, very small children the oldest was 18 months and hungary revolt of '56 they fled and made it over the mountains to austria austria. nixon picked five families to be instant u.s. citizen, and they were one of five. a miracle story. when she retired, she worked to place orphan children in hungary with soldiers because she had such love for the military having worked around it, and one thing led to another, and we adopted a set of orphan siblin

he had adopted two boys from hungary. one thing but to another and we began to and the feedback process. we used a facilitator, a woman in california and she fled in the hungary rubble. vice president nixon picked five families to become instant u.s. citizens, and they were one of the five families. she worked for the department of defense. when she retired, she began to place orphaned children in hungary with soldiers because she had such love for soldiers. one thing led to another and we adopted a set of orphaned siblings. steve: where are they all now? rep. russel: they are all in the oklahoma city metro area. my oldest daughter runs a business. my oldest son works for hitachi. they are all doing pretty good trying to find their way. i got them all to 18 without an incident or crime. i'm thankful for that. now it is on them to make a good life of their own. steve: what about your life here in washington? what do you want to achieve? what is your objective? rep. russel: i think the main thing is we need to get back to t

when the soviet union went into poland and hungary, there were a lot of hard-line people saying "no, you have to roll back the soviet union" and when castro came into cuba they wanted him to innovate and they complained about bomber gaps and missile gaps. eisenhower knew not only was it not true but he complained about raising fence spending. what was eisenhower's major accomplishment. an interstate system. >> lawrence koch is the senior fellow thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me >>> next, new accusations about the clinton finances. former president bill clinton was paid millions in speeches from companies lobbying the state determinate when hillary was secretary of state. doesn't appear laws from broken does it pass the smell test. stay with us. >> a real look at the american dream. "hard earned". premiers sunday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> do they represent us do they answer to us or a handful of powerful and wealth special interests? >>> another day, another story about access influence and potential conflict of interest involving bill and hill

most affected by this are eastern europe former soviet countries, estonia, latvia lithuania, poland, hungaryand bulgaria. the investigation into gazprom has been going on for more than two years, but with diplomatidc relations artie strained between russia and the eu over the crisis in the ukraine, previous commissioners have held up fearing a gas cut off from moscow in response. gazprom supplies about 1/3 of europe's gas and half of that goes through pipelines crossing ukraine. the company will have 12 weeks to respond. if the charges are upheld, brussels has the power to fine the russian giant of 210% of its $100 billion global turnover, -- the russian giant up to 10% of its $100 billion global turnover. stephen: the government tells all local agencies and governments to move their funds to the central bank as talks with greece's international lenders to release about 7 billion euros of its bailouts stalled. prime minister alexis tsipras needs the cash to pay public-sector salaries and pensions. 770 million euro payment to the imf is also looming on may 12. let's check in on what is happen

hungary and great britain where an election campaign is under way and where the issue of migrants is very hot. >> the shipping industry sending its own sos to the european union over the crisis in the mediterranean. under international laws, merchant ships are required to help people in boats and distress on the water. >> as merchant ships are rescuing more and more migrants this year, they say they are not equipped and cannot afford to do with the coast guard says they should be doing themselves. >> it's adding to the anger surrounding the debate over what europe should do to end this crisis. >> the german parliament paid tribute to the 800 migrants who died at attempting to cross to europe. the scale of the tragedy has sparked a fierce debate about how europe should respond to the growing migrant crisis on the mediterranean. >> there are no solutions -- there are no quick solutions. of course europe must not turn everyone away, but europe also cannot accept every african who wants to come here. >> opposition politicians say european policy needs an overhaul and tha no migrants shou

hungary's prime minister welcomed have haded mere putin to budapest in february.ribed the even u. sanctions against russia as like shooting one's self in the foot. then there are the far right european parties like france's front national, a russian bank with links to the kremlin has leaptlent ma lynn le pen money. >> you can have an alliance with a right wing party like le pen's in france or a left week party in greece. the fact is, that these are party that his need friends that need financing. that need backing and they find it more easily in moscow maybe at a better interest rate than they do at home. >>> europe may not like it, but russia is certainly not the only country practicing the nonideological arts of real politics. as russia tries to show it's a global power once more it's doing the logical thing making friends and influencing people. rory challands, al jazerra moscow. >>> one of the two men accused of poisoning alexander has said the former kgb agent may have killed himself accidentally. russian businessman dimitri says he was already ill when the t

hungary's prime minister welcomed vladimir putina to budapest in february. he's described the e.u.ns against russia as like shooting one's self in the foot. then there are the far right european partys like france's front national. a russian bank with links to the kremlin has lent marin le pen's party nearly $10 million. the final figure is rumored to be far higher. >> it's opportuneism not ideology. so you can have an alliance with a right wing party like los angeles men's in france or greece but the fact is that these are party that his need friends, that need financing that need backing. and at the find it more easily at moscow at a better interest rate than they do at home. >> reporter: europe may not like it but russia is certainly not the only country practicing the noneyed local cal arts of real politics as russia tries to show it's a global power once more it's doing the logical thing making friends and influencing people rory challe around, al jazerra, moscow. >>> one. two mena kaousdz of poisoning main in london said the former russian agent may have killed himself accide

host: during all of this, you and your wife raising five children, three adopted from hungary. explain how that came about. rep. russell: we had two children at the time and we wanted more. she was concerned about some flareups of childhood arthritis. with each pregnancy there was a chance that could recur so we began to look at adoption. we were stationed in europe at the time. i went to a men's conference in germany. there was an army doctor and he had adopted two boys from hungary. worked in an orphanage there. one thing led to another, we began to explore how he did that process. then we used a facilitator, a marvelous lady who lives in san diego, she and her husband with their two very small children -- the oldest was 18 months -- in the hungarian revolt of 1956 they fled. they made it over the mountains into austria. vice president nixon at the refugee camp picked five families to become instant u.s. citizens and they were one of the families. a miracle story. she worked for the department of defense for years after that. when she retired, she began to work to place orpha

this is part of what he said, poland and hungary they convinced themselves it was the right thing to do. the thing that they have to do, that's what people do and that's what truly frightens us. poles, hungarians and others in occupied europe. >> poles were certainly -- bore huge prunt of the brunt of the barbarism of nazi germany. director comey didn't want to suggest that the poles were responsible for the holocaust. his remarks were clear on that. >> no more whether the director should apologize. >> christians be slaughtered in libya. >> we'll take olook at why the group targets specific minorities. >> farc military massacred soldiers. soldiers. >> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm barbara serra. >> and i'm antonio mora. coming up this half hour of international news an al shabaab attack on united nations workers in somalia. >> and how businesses are getting ready to capitalize on the end of the cuban embargo. >> a strain of bird flu is spreading are across the rural midwest. wisconsin is declaring a state of emergency after the h 1n 2 virus was found. we'll ask an expert ab

an audience at the holocaust museum that in their minds the murders and accomplices of poland and hungary and so many other places didn't do something evil. polish leaders were not happy about being included in that list. the prime minister called the comments unacceptable. the u.s. ambassador to poland was summoned to a meeting with leader who is demanded an apology. the state department walked the comments back. >> director comb me certainly did not intend to suggest otherwise or that poll land was responsible for the holocaust. >> customs enforcement prison transfer flights says the department could save more than $41 million by filling up it is planes. i.c.e. air detained 3 million detainees over a three-year period. fill up the seats, take down the costs. i.c.e. says it could end up costing more in the long run but they will try to make sure the resources are effectively used. >>> and in a north carolina man's obituary, "the family respectfully asks that you do not vote for hillary clinton in 2016. r.i.p. granddaddy." they say he was very passionate about politics and his son said it

hungary's prime minister welcomed vladimir putin to budapest. there are the far right european parties like france russian bank with links to the kremlin has lent mariely pens party $10 million although the figure is rumored to be far higher. >> you can have an alliance with a right wing party like la pens in france or like tsipras in greece. the fact is these are parties that need friends need financing, need backing and they find it more easily at moscow maybe at a better interest rate than they do at home. >> europe may not like it, but russia is certainly not the only country practicing the non-ideological arts of real politics. as russia tries to show that it's a global power once more, it's doing the logical thing making friends and influencing people. rory challands. al jazeera moscow. >> one of two russians accused of poisoning alexander letvencoic that he may have killed himself subsequently. he was i will in 2006 and said that he unwittingly handled radioactive material. authorities believe litvinenko was laced with was given tea laced

it was our turn now in hungary. hungarian soldiers waking us up and telling us you are going to get on trains and move to places and we don't know where. start marching to the train, which consisted mostly of cattle cars big carts with sliding doors. and the journey takes three days and three nights. we arrive to the destination, which we don't know where it is what it is. doors open. we have maybe a few minutes to hug when the order comes. women and children on the left-hand side. men and boys from about mid teens up all in rows of five and you start marching on. i get up to the front. my father is next to be. an ss officer points to him, you this way you this way they were playing god. if you went to the left you go directly to the gas chambers. after i talked to a polish prisoner who - i ask him how come my father went to the left and i to the right. he said "come with me" pointed me to the barracks and pointed in the distance to a big tall chimney assuming sparks, he said "your father is going up the chimney" i

so you start to see that the mongol empire was stretched from burma to hungary and it was ruled not justby swords and horses and bow and arrows but by paper. and so, you know, when you go to mongolia there's almost nothing there. so what happened? ultimately, there was inflation, runaway spending the plague happened the mongol empire crumbles. but it goes to show you that a nomadic people can rule other people using paper using paper money, and if you rely too heavily on paper money, you can print too much of it and ultimately, it can spell difficulty for your regime or your country. and that gives us a lot ofless szobs today. -- lessoned the. we've printed and printed and added more money to the money supply here in america. there hasn't been a lot of inflation as a result. but remind you of the vietnam war in the '60s, that may have led to the great inflation t of the '70s. so it takes a while to materialize. so i went to mongolia to learn about the history of paper money. >> very good. we have a microphone here if anybody would like to ask kabir a question. you can see how wide rangin

my book "ring of steel," tells the first world war from the sectors of germany and austria-hungary, the war's instigators and losers. and it seeks not to sympathize, but to empathize with their leaders and their peoples in order to better understand why they fought this war, why they endured, how it changed them and why in the course of it they did some terrible terrible things. and the passage that i've chosen is from my account of the germans' first campaign in the west. and i've chosen it because i think that it embodies these themes, it hooks at their invasion of -- it looks at their invasion of belgium and the atrocities that german soldiers carried out there in 1914. the german army's mobilization was everything for which its general staff could have p hoped. when the state of imminent war was declared on on the 3 19th of july -- 3 19th of july, broader -- 31st of july, from 2nd of august, the first day of mobilization reservists began to flood into the depots. there was, recorded one regiment's historian no sign of exuberance either from hatred of the enemy or celebratory enthusi

i understand that maybe a similar approach might be taken with hungary and sicyprus. policy developing here? >> moscow would love to have a european leader speaking publicly against the european sanctions in june. absolutely very useful. we know that to the european unity is under some strain. the hungarian leader as you said, is publicly against the sanctions and mr. tsipras, again, is one of the leaders when talking about useless sanctions, he called it a dead-end. a very big question whether mr. tsipras will keep to his position in june when it's discussed in brussels. >> very interesting stuff. thanks very much indeed. >>> let's stay on the russian theme for a moment. one of the two russians ah speck of the killing in london there at the spy may have accidentally poisoned himself. making the remark at a news conference in moscow where he confirmed he's ready to give evidence by video link to a british inquiry. >> reporter: on the 16th of october, upon arriveing at the in infamous restaurant he told me he wouldn't eat anything the previous night because he had been

like hungary, the extreme right, of course of course for putin it was sort of a black alliance sort;whichhis fifth column in the west and he uses them as a big leverage. >> rose: so what does this portend for the election in france, the presidential election coming up? does it mean sarkozy is now the favorite? >> my hope is that maria le pen in france as you know we have two rounds. >> rose: right. >> my hope is that maria le pen will not be in the second round. after that will it be holland or sarkozy. it is a choice between republicans. it's a choice who really likes france. le penbso a race, a campaign between two real patriots hollande and sarkozy. it is a civilized arm wrestle. le pen is something else so target today for people like me is that le pen is not in the second round. >> rose: here's what i don't understand. i want you to explain to me on american television which will be seen in france as you know. you were close to settling royal helping her with her debate regulation when she was running against sarkozy. he won she lost. you have said you're a man of the left. then sark

it was our turn now spring of 1944, in hungary. hungarian soldiers waking us up early in the morning and they're telling us you are going to get on trains and be moved to places, we don't know where and start marching towards the train, which consists mostly of cattle cars, russ colored cars sliding doors very small windows, barbed wire. our journey takes three days three nights. finally we arrive at our destination which we don't know where it is what it is. and the doors open. we had maybe a few minutes just to hug whether the order comes. women and children on the left-hand side, men and boys from about mid-teens up, always rows of five and you start marching on. then i get up to the front. my father is next to me. so this ss officer points to him you this way points to me, you this way. they were playing god. if you went to the left, you would be going directly to the gas chambers. after i talked to a polish prisoner who because i asked him how come my father went to the left and i went to the right, he told me come with me, an

an audience at the holocaust museum that in their minds the murders and accomplices of poland and hungarynd so many other places didn't do something evil. polish leaders were not happy about being included in that list. the prime minister called the comments unacceptable. the u.s. ambassador to poland was summoned to a meeting with leader who is demanded an apology. the state department walked the comments back. >> director comb me certainly did not intend to suggest otherwise or that poll land was responsible for the holocaust. >> customs enforcement prison transfer flights says the department could save more than $41 million by filling up it is planes. i.c.e. air detained 3 million detainees over a three-year period. fill up the seats, take down the costs. i.c.e. says it could end up costing more in the long run but they will try to make sure the resources are effectively used. >>> and in a north carolina man's obituary, "the family respectfully asks that you do not vote for hillary clinton in 2016. r.i.p. granddaddy." they say he was very passionate about politics and his son said it w

read what's being said in hungary. read what's being said in the other half of poland. there are a lot of fundamental questions about whether or not this really enhanced the security of europe.4=[ that's a debate. but you don't get a debate with opinion. you get it with facts, and these are the facts. >> paid by lukoil and he was defied openly by his own government. the president of the czech republic. >> i just want to be conscious of our time for this segment and end with the topic that i think is on a lot of people's minds. and you and i spoke about this earlier so i want you to answer this. it's the presence of nuclear weapons in this conversation and the large nuclear arsenal that the -- that russia has. and i'm sure many people would naturally feel a tendency to come over to the accommodation the compromise camp on the basis that we just can't get this wrong. we can't risk the potential for an escalation that could flow from a policy of isolation, a more assertive stance towards russia. how do you respond to is that? >> i respond -- first, mr. posnor didn't let me

what are we doing right now in terms of the european government, hungary, greece and cypress. what have we been doing to talk to them about the steps needed and necessary for additional sanctions? >> well, despite some publicly stated concerns, those countries that you mentioned have supported sanctions in the council when the leaders come together. we continue to talk to them bilaterally about these issues. i will make another trip out to some of those countries in the coming days and weeks. but we are also working with the commission itself to continue to design sanctions that if we need to use them, if they need to be applied, either in deterrent or in actual, have more of an effect on russia than they do the european economy or our own economy. that's part of the conversation we have. >> in that consideration design of sanctions, does the administration support and what have the conversations been expelling russia from the swift financial system? >> i think it would be better not to get into the details of potential actions that we could take. the framework that we evaluat

the main indices in hungary, italy, germany, and france make up the top 10 with gains of more than 20% more to come according to the head of cross asset strategy. he says the european story is entering a second stage. all the ingredients for an outperformance have fallen into place. his reason is investors have been focusing on exporters. now he says they are going to shift to companies dependent on domestic rebound as ecb stimulus pervades the economy. there are warning signs the stoxx 600 is trading on 17.19 times estimated earnings. that is the highest in more than a decade. the average was 12.65. the stoxx 600 is cheaper than the s&p 500. it is trading on 17.7 times estimated earnings. the rally could depend on earnings. it could stall. earnings will rise 7.3% this year versus january predictions of 9.7%. another risk is greece failing to reach an accord with euro area creditors. european stocks are at a record but how long will it last? >> checkout asia. the index has increased up 2.6%. the key news is the index is going to form a stock link program. it will be completed by july.

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. >> french national front and hungary, and sir recent does a they have a suit tore in the kremlin. >> it's increasingly clear there is a set of links between the russian government and parties across europe. >> a shared dislike of european union dictates, europe's far left and far right rail against brussels enroachment on national authority over issues like austerity measures and immigration. positions that dovetail with nato and e.u. expansion into what russia rewards as its back yard. >> the russians obviously like this idea that they can make common cause with someone within the west to denounce this expansion into what russia rewards as its own sphere of influence. >> russian president vladimir putin pats himself as a defender of traditional russian orthodox values a role that resonates with europes conservative far right. >> his willingness to embrace the russian orthodox church and its values have energized european right wing groups who feel as though that kind of speech is almost taboo now in their society. >> the kremlin friends have seen benefits after french banks refused

there are other countries russia is also targeting -- hungary the czech republic, bulgaria. russian campaign which is going to accelerate in the coming months. weather will be successful is another matter. european diplomats are confident they will get the unity to maintain sanctions. stephanie: if tsipras is not asking putin putin for money, how are they going to pay the principal and interest on the $350 billion of bonds and loans? it feels like they are delaying the inevitable. henry: the greeks know that they have not come here to try and get relief from that. the only way they are going to resolve the situation is by talks with the eurogroup. the russians are a bit of a distraction. tsipras is trying to get whatever russia is willing to put on the table, which is something. erik: how is this going to be viewed diplomatically? if tsipras is calling for a new spring and relations between greece and russia, is that a tacit admission he's ok with what the russians are doing on the ukrainian border? henry: it is a confirmation of what he has already stated publicly, that he

and russia also maintains the strong political financial links to theant semitic far right party in hungary far right groups in germany shallitily. and those of the other countries. what to do about this problem? we will need to disengage and isolate. let's get russian money out of politics. and thirdly. investing in the enormous situation television stations and multiple languages and websites. and a vast army of internet trolls whose work is documented. and have designed and efforts would be designed for chaos and confusion. this is not propaganda and saying that russia is a great country. no, when the malaysian plane was shot down by a missile over the ukraine last summer, the russian media respond with the multiple absurd conspiracy theories for example that the plane was full of dead people when it took off. and even on an ordinary day. russia today, the russian english russian chan sell capable of reporting on the cia invention of ebola. and the point of the stories is to create a fog of disinformation so that no one knows anymore what is true and what is not. how can we breakthrough

probably more sympathetic to the allies then he was to the central powers of germany and austria-hungary and their other allies, the ottoman empire, bulgaria, and so on. yet not visited europe much, but he had spent time in britain. had studied british history. he was a great admirer of the development of constitutionalism in britain and the development of liberal thinking in prison. it felt on balance, the allied side with the better side. from the beginning, when there was a question of doing something that might favor the allied side or might favor the central powers, wilson tended to come down on the allied side. for example, on the issue of loans to belligerents -- this was a thorny issue. should those fighting be able to borrow money in the u.s.? william jennings bryan was initially for ban on both sides, which he argued with some justification was true neutrality. if you're going to be neutral you should not lend to either side. there was pressure from business, from banks which did want to lend, and the people they probably were going to lend to were the allies. the state departm

and russia also maintains the strong political financial links to theant semitic far right party in hungaryand far right groups in germany and many other countries. what to do about this -- we need to disengage and isolate. let's get russian money out of politics. and thirdly. the russian regime is investing massively in investigations. television stations and multiple languages and websites. and a vast army of internet trolls whose work is documented. their efforts are designed to create chaos and confusion. this is propaganda. it is not about saying russia was great. no, when the malaysian plane was shot down by a missile over the ukraine last summer, the russian media respond with the multiple absurd conspiracy theories, for example that the plane was full of dead people when it took off. and even on an ordinary day. russia today, the russian english language channel is capable on the reporting on the cia's invention of ebola. the point of this is to create a positive information so no one knows what is true and what is not. how can we break through? we have to disengage and isolate. let

. >> we're invested in slovakia, hungary, romania.e're actually seeing growth in a lot of these markets which is quite compelling. so our first closing of our second fund is coming up this week. investor appetite is there so we're pretty pleased with that. >> those fears of a bubble brewing, have those been subsided by a recent fluctuate in prices? >> from an american perspective, 2-thirds of the capital comes from america. europe is on sale now. it's quite cheap. we look at the bubble and sort of specific -- i'm concerned about the property bubble. so it's understanding the specific markets there. >> thank you for joining us today. >> the managing partner. now the russian president is calling his annual call in show later today. what question would you put to putin particularly if you were told he would be honest with the answer. get in touch with us and e-mail us worldwide at cnbc.com. cnbc wex is our handle and use the #ask vlad. what's your next question for him? >> does he ever see russia as an ally of the u.s.? can we ever find

when we first came into establish relations with the new governments in poland and czechoslovakia, hungary, we found they had hardly any of the basic conditions for modern, industrial western society. and so the cooperation within society. so the cooperation within nato and with strong leadership of these countries has in fact succeeded. and many of the reasons that we have this conflict with russia right now is not because ukraine violated orders or not because russia has somehow felt threatened by the west. it is because russian, the leadership in russia after the beginning of this century has covered its own misdeeds its own poor performance. and they're finding that the countries on their pa riffry but also much of their population wanted to join the west and not to maintain an eastern orientation. this is a basic point and it leads to strategy. it suggests for example that entering into negotiations with the russians over how to conclude this crisis are not very relevant at the moment. there isn't any new security system which we can offer the russians which wouldn't include giving th