the international crisis group is viewed in this capital as a western based institution i know you stress your nonprofit non-governmental status but i think there are a lot of people who see it as an organization that was created to facilitate western policies in conflict zones policies beacher often at odds with how moscow perceives the events so what is the purpose of your being in this country i mean first of all crisis group very firmly in the dialogue and with all parties of the conflict and in this sense if russia is a party of any given conflict then it is very important for us to hear out to russian officials but what brings me here today is a workshop on three crisis countries of the middle east syria libya and yemen and it's an opportunity to exchange thoughts views between some foreign analyst and some russian think tankers and policy makers so it's really an opportunity to bring that dialogue one step the reason i said that your organization is perceived as. the western based institution was obviously because it was founded by a former american diplomat and former british offi

ceasar and completely forget the economic dimension of the crisis the international crisis group has a very prolific twitter account and you guys riposte a lot of. articles about libya for example a few days ago you re posted an article by the a.p. and the a.p. describes the causes of the conflict in a very curious way let me quote it for you libya's lead into the cares after the two thousand and eleven uprising that overthrew a long ruling dictator moammar gadhafi and led to his death there's not a single mention of the nature intervention and i couldn't find it in none of the western articles on the subject what do you think explains that propensity to gloss all over the role of western powers in the disintegration of that country but before i answer your question i mean. libya today is in a profound crisis and i'm not necessarily i don't necessarily think that dwelling too much on the mistakes of twenty eleven or how the intervention is framed today whether you know we had that this was an overstepping or not. actually anyone says anymore i should know that it was obvious there be

the international crisis group is viewed in this capital as a western based institution i know you stress your nonprofit non-governmental status but i think there are a lot.

the international crisis group is viewed in this capital as a western based institution i know you stressour nonprofit non-governmental status but i think there are a lot of people who see it as an organization that was created to facilitate western policies in conflict zones policies are often at odds with how moscow perceives the events so what is the purpose of your being in this country i mean first of all crisis group very firmly in the dialogue and with all parties of the conflict and in this sense if russia is a part of any given conflict then it is very important for us to hear out to russia . officials but what brings me here today is a workshop on three crisis countries of the middle east syria libya and yemen and it's an opportunity to exchange thoughts views between some foreign analyst and some russian think tankers and policy makers so it's really an opportunity to bring that dialogue one step further the reason i say that your organization is perceived as a western based institution was obviously because it was founded by a former american diplomat and the former british of

the international crisis group.

the international crisis group is viewed in this capital as a western based institution i know you stress your nonprofit.

the international crisis group is viewed in this capital as a western based institution i know you stress your nonprofit non-governmental status but i think there are a lot of people who see it as an organization that was created to facilitate western policies in conflict zones policies are often at odds with how moscow perceives the events so what is the purpose of your being in this country i mean first of all crisis group very firmly in the dialogue and with all parties of the conflict and in this sense if russia is.

well claudia seanie is a senior at libya analyst at the international crisis group she says the ongoingviolence is the product of growing anger against the tripoli based armed groups. one thing that has been building up over the past few months is this resentment by the communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case are. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the i'm groups in the capital which are tripoli based i'm groups commanded by people who are from tripoli that these groups and their leader is actually control the state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized governments does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed groups that are dictating the agenda in the capital and on the government they say to end this predation that they are carrying out of state resources and said create a restar

to into as a zia to the south well clearly i guess any is a senior libya analyst at the international crisis group she says the own growing violence is the product of growing anger against the tripoli based armed groups. one thing that has been building up over the past few months is this resentment by the communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case are mr. horn. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the armed groups in the capital which are tripoli based armed groups commanded by people who are from tripoli that these groups and their leaders actually control this state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized governments do does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed groups that are dictating the agenda in the capital and on the government they say to end this predation that they are carrying out of

moved to work as a zia to the south or claudia dizzyingly is a senior libya analyst at the international crisis group she says the ongoing violence is a product of growing anger against the tripoli based armed groups. one thing that has been building up over the past few months is this resentment by the communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case are. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the armed groups in the capital which are tripoli based armed groups commanded by people who are from tripoli that these groups and their leaders actually control this state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized governments do does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed groups that are dictating the agenda in the capital and on the government they say to end this predation that they are carrying out of the state reso

claudia is a senior libyan alist at the international crisis group and speaking from neighboring tunisia she explained the differences between the groups vying for power in libya well first of all the armed groups that have been mobilizing towards tripoli this past week armed groups from neighboring cities in the tripoli outskirts one thing that has been building over the past few months is the resentment by communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the armed groups in the capital which are tripoli based groups commanded by people who are from tripoli let these groups and their leaders actually control this state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized government does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed groups that are dictating the agenda in the

government for not doing enough to stop this conflict claudio is a senior libya analyst at the international crisis group she says the ongoing violence is the product of growing anger against the tripoli based armed groups. one thing that has been building up over the past few months is this resentment by the communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case are. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the armed groups in the capital which are tripoli based armed groups commanded by people who are from tripoli that these groups and their leaders actually control this state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized governments do does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed groups that are dictating the agenda in the capital and on the government they say to end this predation that they are carrying out of the state re

have moved to as easier to the south claudia me is a senior libyan analyst at the international crisis group she says the ongoing violence is the product of growing anger against the tripoli based groups. one thing that has been building up over the past few months is this resentment by the communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case are mr. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the armed groups in the capital which are tripoli based armed groups commanded by people who are from tripoli that these groups and their leaders actually control this state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized governments do does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed groups that are dictating the agenda in the capital and on the government they say to end this predation that they are carrying out of the state resou

claudia could see me as a senior libyan analyst at the international crisis group she says the ongoing violence is the product of growing anger against the tripoli based all groups. one thing that has been building up over the past few months is this resentment by the communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the armed groups in the capital which are tripoli based armed groups commanded by people who are from tripoli that these groups and their leaders actually control this state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized governments do does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed groups that are dictating the agenda in the capital and on the government they say to end this predation that they are carrying out of the state resources and said create a r

not doing enough to stop this conflict now cloudera xeni is a senior libya analyst at the international crisis group and speaking from neighboring to near zero she explained the differences between the groups are vying for power and libya. well first of all the armed groups that have been mobilizing towards tripoli this past week armed groups from neighboring cities in the tripoli outskirts one thing that had been building over the past few months is the street sent in by the news. so the main cities in this case i mean. resentment from these communities and there are groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the armed groups in the capital which are tripoli based groups commanded by people who are from tripoli let these groups and their leaders actually control this state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized government does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed grou

locations to a breakaway faction cloudier because amy is a senior libya analyst at the international crisis group she says the ongoing violence is the product of growing anger against the tripoli based on groups first of all the armed groups that have been mobilizing towards tripoli this past week armed groups from neighboring cities in the tripoli outskirts one thing that has been building up over the past few months is this resentment by the communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case are mr. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the i'm groups in the capital which are tripoli based armed groups commanded by people who are from tripoli that these groups and their leader is actually control the state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized governments do does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed

military analyst from beijing michael coverage he's a senior advisor for northeast asia at the international crisis group and from washington d.c. michael purcell director of operations at the center for global interests gentlemen welcome to the program pavel let me start with you we're seeing strong pictures coming out of siberia what is the main message here. well day's. exercises or actually war games happening in the russian far east are really a big deal there's a lot of russian troops being mobilized and moved forward it's happening from the arctic in the pacific and in. the far east and partially in siberia but the main ground action is going to happen in the transom by cowher zakk by call yet region which is actually north of the chinese border russian them exercises happened there is a regular basis and always before they had that bit of a kind of over town that this could be oh so posh way to be prepared for a process of a clash with russia china and so this time for then to be no kind of speculations on that the russian military invited the chinese contingent that they part also contingent sma

military analyst from beijing michael coverage he's a senior advisor for northeast asia at the international crisis group and from washington d.c. michael purcell director of operations at the center for global interests gentlemen welcome to the program pavel let me start with you we're seeing strong pictures coming out of siberia what is the main message here. well day's. exercises or actually war games happening in the russian far east are really a big deal there's a lot of russian troops being mobilized and moved forward it's happening from the our take in the pacific and then. the far east and partially in siberia but the main ground action is going to happen in the transom by cowher zakk by call yet region which is actually north of the chinese border russian them exercises happened there is a regular basis and always before they had that bit of a kind of over town that this could be posh a way to be prepared for a process will clash with russia china and so this time for then to be no kind of speculations on that the russian military invited the chinese contingent that they part also contingent sma

conflict i spoke to claudia cassini a little bit earlier a senior at libya analyst of the international crisis group who told us the unrest in tripoli is the product of growing public anger against all the armed groups in the city. one thing that has been building up over the past few months is this resentment by the communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case are. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the armed groups in the capital which are tripoli based armed groups commanded by people who are from tripoli that these groups and their leaders actually control this state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized governments do does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed groups that are dictating the agenda in the capital and on the government they say to end this predation that they are carrying out of

with us now who is a senior libya analyst of the international crisis group to help explain it all joining us from tunis thank you so much for your time claudia. i don't want to go too broad here but why is this happening is it simply that there is just not enough strong leadership and these armed groups are seeing now an opportunity i guess. well first of all the armed groups that have been mobilizing towards tripoli this past week armed groups from neighboring cities in the tripoli outskirts one thing that has been building up over the past few months is this resentment by the communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case are. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the i'm groups in the capital which are tripoli based i'm groups commanded by people who are from tripoli that these groups and their leader is actually control the state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recog

my hope is a senior adviser for northeast asia at the international crisis group and joins us live from beijing good to have you with us when of course beijing china will be watching this summit very closely have we seen any response to this here in beijing it's still a bit early yet let's keep in mind this is a three day meeting and we're just part way through so i think china will probably play its cards relatively close to its chest but anything that advances progress in negotiations both between the two koreas and between north korea and the united states is broadly positive from china's perspective they want to see a decrease in chen tensions and peace and stability on their periphery and trying to the appearance of a senior chinese official last week at the seventieth anniversary of the north korean founding was a significant gesture by china to provide support for kim ahead of this meeting and ahead of future meetings and just trying to want to see a second summit between president trump and kim jong un. i think absolutely yes china wants to see continued dialogue at a process bu

of the crisis in syria, we have warned against any foreign intervention in the internal affairs of this country, and the use of unlawful means including supporting extremists and terrorists groups in order to exert pressure on the government of syria, and have consistently emphasized that the crisis can only be resolved through intra-syrian dialogue. the presence of our military advisers in syria has been at the request of the syrian government, and consistent with international law, and has aimed at assisting the syrian government in combating extremist terrorism. and turkey in cooperation with syria and syrian parties have succeeded through the process the third summit meeting which took place hran earlier this month , and playing a positive role in reducing tensions, and have prevented escalation and bloodshed. we have witnessed a tragic humanitarian catastrophe in yemen the last three years which has caused the destruction of infrastructure, the killing and injury of hundreds of thousands, the displacement of millions of innocent people, and the occurrence of widespread famine and chronic disease. representman act's crimes against humanity, and war crimes. the crisis in yem

beginning of the crisis in syria we have warned against any foreign intervention in the internal affairs of this country and the use of unlawful means including supporting extremist and terrorist groups in order to exert pressure on the government of syria and have consistently emphasized that the crisis can only be resolved through interest syria on dialogue. to these and the presence of our military advisers in syria has been at the request of the syrian government and consistent with international law and has a at assisting the syrian government in combat the extremist terrorists of iran russia and turkey in cooperation with the government of syria and other syrian parties have succeeded through the astana process the third summit meeting of which took place in tehran earlier this month. in playing a positive role in reducing tensions in syria and in their last common efforts have prevented escalation and bloodshed in that region are. going to. that we have witnessed a tragic humanitarian catastrophe in yemen over the past three years which has caused the destruction of infrastructure and the killing and injury of hundreds of thousands of displacement of millions of innocent peopl

but it doesn't exclude anyone-- every racial group, socioeconomic group, we see in this current crisis. all the internalhe right spot, a little bit of fluid in the chest, the lungsle are a littyperinflated. the cost is staggering to any one community, and t smaller the community, the harder it is to absorb that economic crisis that this is creating. tere's not enough resourc fix the bridges and the roads, and then you throw in an opioid crisis, and the, the problem becomes insurmountable. i think we're done. the system is being overwhelmed. we have had to bring some of our equipment that we have already for mass fatality event here to ilding. it's a refrigerated trailer, we have two of them. each one of them will hold 18 setsf remains, and we've had to bring them here from time to time, because our coolers are full. ♪ >> macgillis: in just the first six months i2017, he had seen more fatal overdoses in montgomery country, which includes dayton, than in the entire year before. >> overdoses, they're now the nuer-one killer of people under the age of 50. more people die from that than c from carshes... >>

districts they say international banking practices nobs and adequately reforms since the two thousand and eight financial crisis. a russian anti government activist associated with the protest group pussy riot has reportedly been filmed for medical treatment. was taken three days ago and admitted to a moscow hospital. say that they believe he was poisoned. this video appears to show prominent anti kremlin activists. arriving in the german capital it was posted on twitter but not via tolokonnikova a fellow member of pussy riot the group believes it was poisoned in an attempt to intimidate or even kill him the right number of veteran economical she says he is in berlin to receive medical treatment. of was one of four protesters who invaded the pitch during july's football world cup final in moscow. millions of people were watching live the four protesters later appeared in court and they served fifteen day jail sentences d.w. interviewed verzilov and other pussy riot members back in august for the love explained the group's approach. taken political collective we don't have a fixed number of members different people come together from various factions. the young activists talked of

also by the international community through the small group and the coordination of the united nations and the s r s g. creating the ways and means is meant to solve the humanitarian crisis and at once crafting an inclusive lasting political solution through constitutional reform and the holding of free elections and that is what it means to uphold syrian sovereignty but it is neither acting instead of the syrian people to decide who the leader should be nor covering up for all crimes in accepting that this leader lead remain where he is born in depict didn't indeterminate period of time in libya. if. this is the new approach that would lead us to a lasting solution the current status quo allows militia and traffickers to go in ground and to destabilize the entire region. we shall not be providing libyan people with the way to extricate themselves from the crisis if we leave the situation as it is leave the region where the entire country no longer. up to the loring of various possible centers of power recently there was a leading and parents bringing together in state institutions the state institutions must be supported by the united nations in close cooperation with t

crisis in syria but many have warned against any foreign intervention in the internal affairs of this country and the use of unlawful means only him always i think looting supporting extremist and terrorist groups in order to exert pressure on the government of syria and have consistently emphasize that the crisis can only be. well resolved through the intro a serious dialogue has gotten to the us and the presence of our military advisors in syria has been on the request of the syrian government and consistent with international law about our un has already had assisting the syrian government on combat in which the year extremist terrorists do you harm russia and turkey in cooperation with the government of syria and other syrian authorities have succeeded to do the astana process the third summit meeting of which to at least until iran out earlier this month. not playing a positive role in reducing tensions in syria there last time an effort could have prevented that escalation and bloodshed in that he had lived return to. live you know. that we have witnessed a tragic humanitarian catastrophe to yemen with the past three years which has caused the destruction of infrastructure of my day killi

crisis group. he stumbled in this promotional video chinese bicycle manufacturer of food she did claims it has the largest bike factory in the world international first class production technology. more than one hundred robots running machine companies like these are subsidized by the chinese government but that's just one reason chinese products are so cheap there's also scale for creating miracles one with a production capacity of one hundred million bicycles a year china could quickly swamp the world with its products always markets all over the world. companies like full of gun runners would go under so he sees the import tariffs as protecting europe's bicycle manufacturing industry. for take two nice moves sometimes you have to have protectionism or this one it's unavoidable this in this those of the point is that in business you need a fair playing field. you can see it in other areas to work government subsidies keep other manufacturers from competing because the market has distorted. so it's about jobs in europe sure if such a form of cure protectionism but there are ways around them for instance having the bike frames that are produced