even today the k.g.b. remains the common denominator among a large section of russia's ruling elite. gullible. during carroll's time in geneva he was naturally expected to pursue a very specific course of action. that proved a great educational opportunity in which to hone his political skills all the pilots a queue. at the end it's this shared soviet past that enables the patriarchy role to speak the same language as today's politicians and civil servants you can you. know music you. will continue. his ascent in the church then two decades into his career the soviet universe collapsed in the ruins of post soviet russia a religious resurgence that had begun with perestroika picked up momentum parishes had already been reopening since one thousand nine hundred eighty eight the millennial anniversary of russia's conversion to christianity which also saw baptism numbers saw. designers rocket scientists lin the one nine hundred ninety s. the church moved to fill in a new void emerging through a lack of symbols

operative alexander vassilyev alexander thanks for coming on you joined the k.g.b. is letting me a putin graduated so maybe europe in stooge what would putin got out of trying to kill people in britain using chemical weapons that could be traced to russia well not financially i think that's very official narrative has been accused is total rubbish and there are several points for any importance and in very fishel narrative which do far. commonsense and elementary logic there's a girl from from the book. as i said putin would never authorize it on the you for the world cup in russia russian risk of huge amount of money in the world cup and to kill and create to create such a scandal international scandal that would be totally stupid now let's go to the parish the level to the stall guards bar bar sugar from the throat let me ask you let's suppose you want to poison sort of your script all unfolds barry. how would you do that would you go in broad daylight what's what if anything is i don't know what in that second guessing so you're basically second guessing the brit

operative alexander vassilyev alexander thanks for coming on you joined the k.g.b. is letting me have putin graduated so maybe europe in stooge what would putin have got out of trying to kill people in britain using chemical weapons that could be traced to russia when. nothing man should i think that the official narrative over the years so has been a case is total rubbish now there are several points many points in their fishel narrative which defy. common sense and elementary logic there's a goal from that from the top as i said putin would never authorize it on that before the world cup in russia russian rested fuge amount of money in the world cup and to kill and create to create such a scandal international scandal that would be totally stupid now let's go to the ration a little to the store guys. have a friend to throw for let me ask you. let's suppose you want to poison sort of your script ball and souls bury how would you do that would you go in broad daylight. what's. thing is i don't know what's in that second guessing so you're basically second guessing t

then after a tumultuous decade president yeltsin presented ex k.g.b. officer vladimir putin as the country's new prime minister he vowed to return russia to its former greatness critics were silenced in two thousand and eleven when thousands protested against an allegedly rigged parliamentary election musher gessen was out on the front lines and had to leave russia as a result i think it was my participation in the protests. and my being very out as a queer person i had been publicly out for many many years. and it had never been a problem until the kremlin launched its anti-gay campaign in two thousand and twelve. and then it suddenly became a problem and the reason i had to leave was because my family was directly threatened with the removal of my oldest son who was adopted from the family in two thousand and thirteen matia guess and her partner and their three children relocated to new york since then she has spoken out publicly about putin's hunger for power and the irony of history that the us is now governed by a president who sees himself as a f

could quickly say what i want to say and then k.g.b. will not give you three because of that it goes now but nobody it's a myth a political. i'm doubtful about this that and i think that a third of the political this approach is precisely bottom of our but i don't mean to demean and post it be allergic a cynical attitude what we need is not met the political stance it's precisely simple pure political engagement people are afraid almost to only neo conservatives and i admire them at ready to do week to really fully politically engaged you must at the same time deconstruct the signal lead not to be taken too seriously and so one and so on the problem today for me is that not that we out of here yes but we are too much indeed i don't need attitude and i want that by as i mentioned before i had my out of those kids then who protests against global warming that are not that i don't need they have deadly serious in the way they treat today's adults are not ready to be serious and that threats i think people often misunderstand me. i may use

pounds alleged russian state sponsored blood with former k.g.b. operative an espionage historian. told us of more coming up in today's going on the ground but first the prime minister of nature's closest ally in the middle east israel is said to be indicted for corruption and bribery it was of course binyamin netanyahu oversaw last year's u.k. armed killing at the twenty eighteen gaza border protests not that it stopped to resume inviting the man israeli police wanted done for fraud to downing street promised to come back to the cutting street very. happy. with the. range of issues multiple clashing with a good relations. with israel and a number of areas as i said which he spent some time talking about the issue of regional security instability instability least important of course to israel but to the rest of this is netanyahu is now not only facing indictment he stands accused of possible crimes against humanity because a u.n. independent commission has ruled his u.k. armed soldiers used live ammunition to fire on six thousand protesters without justification the commission has

he says the loss of the soviet union and he had been the chief of the k.g.b. was the debatest political catastrophe of the 20th century. not what happened in world war inch inch, not holocaust or genocide but the crumbling of the soviet union and looks at america and said he can't beat us militarily. we outspend them 25-1. he can't beat us economically cause russia is in ruins but -- he can't beat us in terms of moral, political philosophy, because the american people are in love with our democracy and our constitutional values and not going to trade it for anything else. what do they have? the internet. it's informational security, the security of our computer systems and they arrange a campaign to conduct cyber espionnage and sabbateage and give them to heir friends at wikileaks to undermine one side in another country's political campaign and ried to conduct sabotage and a lot of computer systems were hit directly. mine was. and if you have any doubt, i will give you the phone number of the head of our board of elections who reported it when the rush yap ag

he says the loss of the soviet union and he had been the chief of the k.g.b. was the greatest political catastrophe of the 20th century. not what happened in world war genocide, the holocaust, world war i, but the crumbling of the soviet union . says,ks at america and well, he can't beat us militarily we outspend them because we outspend them 25-1. he can't beat us economically because russia is in ruins but , and hen economic power certainly can beat us in terms of moral, political philosophy, because the american people despite everything we have gone through are in love with our democracy and our constitutional values and not going to trade it for anything else. so, what if they have? what is our achilles' heel? the internet. it's informational security, the security of our computer systems and they arrange a campaign to conduct cyber espionage and sabotage at the dnc, to pull those emails and give them to friends at wikileaks to release undermine oneto side in another country's political campaign, then they conduct a campaign of sabotage directly into stat

perhaps the former k.g.b. or operative is well aware of the poor long-term prospects for gangsters and autocontracts who are -- auto contracts who are unmasked before their impoverished countrymen. are his fears uncovering the shadowy networks that prop up dictators and human rights abusers around the world in his quest to subvert the world order? likely he and his cronies are desperate to obscure their billions in attempt to shield themselves from sanctions. but madam speaker, no matter the root of his fear, our obligation is to shine a light on his illicit networks. it's time that we hold him accountable. this legislation will expose the corrupt finances being used to fund attacks against our democracy. madam speaker, in closing i call upon the words of our 35th president, let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price , bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, and uphold any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. madam speaker, i urge the p

mccain said i saw thr-- "i saw letters, k.g.b." >> that's pretty clear. >> yeah, john mccain, i missputin would take that as a compliment coming from john mccain or anybody else. how do we move forward with somebody running russia who still sees the collapse of the soviet union in 1991 as one of the great tragedies of the 20th century? >> i think the first thing we need to do is recognize where our policies haven't been effective and it's been the bipartisan failure, the last administration, the carter administration and trying to count are russer russia with a of incremental iism. and russia invaded ukraine, some went to the baltics. we targeted arms companies that don't do business in the west. they still remain marginal sanctions, our deployments aren't as robust and i think we're communicating a lack of community, lack of commitment and maybe even intimidation and that has only emboldened putin. we need a more determined deployment to forces to nato's front te frontier and we need to use our cyber capabilitiecapabilities, e his own political stature in his country. we did that in