international right there from the heart of the kremlin. we are joined here in the studio by peter close. international analyst and certainly in an impressive and impressive scene we're watching here as we show this at live inauguration for the fourth of the russian president the some might say it's a bit too beautiful inside the kremlin with what looks like gold adorned all over the place but certainly impressive pitches yeah very very impressive. and putin is in many ways a very impressive man and the fact that this is his fourth term shows what the russian people think of him i think back to when he took office back in one thousand nine hundred ninety thousand and what kind of shape russia was in then compared to what kind of shape russia is in now and i can understand why putin is in for a fourth term the united states we've only had one president who served four terms and that was franklin delano roosevelt who might be the greatest american president certainly grace american president of the twentieth century and there was some controv

outside the kremlin outside the kremlin house he was speaking to them listening to their concerns so he's very much showing himself as being in touch with a future generation here in russia is he in touch though with the future generation emily because i mean we heard about those protests over the weekend what do ordinary russians make of the fact that he is now entering a fourth term. well i think those protests were probably part of the reason why he did present himself with young people we also saw that ahead of the presidential elections as protests took place across the country as well with many young people going out onto the streets and these protests on the weekend there really was a significant crackdown so i think that sends a signal as well for the next term that putin is is probably not likely to tolerate very many dissenting voices going forward but ultimately despite these protests i think it's fair to say that there is widespread support for putin still he won the last presidential elections with over seventy five percent of the vote so basically a landslide and survey

officer turned a world leader holds total authority in russia he's also thrust the kremlin into a new rivalry with the west to move a look a little brighter to make special next sixty years also coming up hezbollah looks poised to make major gains in lebanon's election unofficial results show the militant group and its allies winning more than half of the seats it is being seen as a victory for hezbollah as backer iran. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. russia's vladimir putin has tapped a close ally dmitri medvedev for the first for the post of prime minister it is putin's first act after being sworn in for a historic term as president some five thousand guests attended the inauguration ceremony at the kremlin which was billed as a low key affair. putin won a decisive victory in march with more than seventy five percent of the vote but critics have accused him of corruption and silencing dissident voices the ceremony follows a weekend of anti putin protests in several russian cities with police arresting more than one thousand five hundred demonstrators through. and why let's b

also thrust the kremlin into a new rivalry with the west will be going live to moscow for the inauguration to take them to take a look at what the world can expect from putin's next six years also coming up. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with we begin in moscow where events are underway for the swearing in ceremony of a russian president president vladimir putin going to go live now ceremony there we see president putin arriving for his ceremony as inauguration ceremony being greeted by their guests. will begin a historic fourth term after securing an expected landslide victory in presidential elections held in march his staff is reportedly planning a fairly low key inauguration this time and effort to avoid any bad publicity we are indeed looking at president putin arriving to the warm reception i think gathered guests of the ceremony here follows a weekend of putting protests in several russian cities with police arresting more than fifteen hundred demonstrators yeah this inauguration is being described as a more subdued affair than the previous one but it doesn't really look t

i do not think the kremlin is one-sided. i believe there is a lot of symbols of interest or points of power that reasonable people who also will not support actions like that, who does not want to revolution, through through blood and collapse. but slowly and steadily develop the country to the point that we have great examples, all former satellites like poland, the baltics, so many countries who could peacefully but steadily develop. different governments, maybe approach and stuff like that. it is possible. i believe there is a system -- there is still some centers of change. how deep they are, this is the question, how powerful they are to execute something. make no mistake. if the government is willing to imprison you, they can do it. the question is why didn't the authorities do anything against the municipal level campaign. i believe the regime and prudent -- putin also realizes this stagnation, this economical downgrade can last for so long and then it is going to be real collapse. i believe it is strategy to get new

but when michael cohen wrote to the kremlin for help he sent his e-mail to the general kremlin pressnt. like the e-mail address you might find on the website for general kremlin inquiries. like you know, help@kremlin.ru wasn't exactly it but you got the idea. sort of made it seem like maybe michael cohen didn't have much of a direct line to the kremlin. michael cohen and the kremlin's spokesman dmitry peskov both said there was no reply to cohen's request. cohen told reporters that the trump moscow deal was abandoned shortly after that e-mail was sent. that e-mail to the kremlin has seemed like maybe it was a kind of ham-handed last-ditch effort by michael cohen to salvage a deal but obviously the deal was already dead and there wasn't much kremlin involvement if any. that's how it felt. now today we have new reporting which suggests that that e-mail was not the end of that project. it was actually the start of a whole new phase of that project. anthony cormier and jason leopold reported buzzfeed news today that four days after michael cohen sent that e-mail to the kremlin, to dmitry

officer turned a world leader holds total authority in russia he's also thrust the kremlin into a new rivalry with the out west we will look at what the world can expect from coombes next six years also coming up if you is the man who vowed to shake up france and reclaim leading role for europe on the world stage we will look at what a monday will mark kong has achieved at home and abroad after one year in office plus is saving migrants from the sea horowitz or a cry the trial gets underway in greece of a man who says that he has rescued thousands of stricken syrians prosecutors though say his actions amount to people smuggling. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. russia's vladimir putin has tapped close ally dmitri medvedev for the post of prime minister it's putin's first act after being sworn in for a historic fourth term as president some five thousand guests attended the inauguration ceremony at the kremlin which was billed as a low key affair apparently. putin won a decisive victory in march with more than seventy five percent of the vote but critics th

take you straight now to moscow and the kremlin where we can see president. the president of the russian federation to respect and to. limit this. to a protagonist constitution of russia to defend the. independence and. safety and integrity of the state to lawyer. the people. well to marry was a very as she put it has and to the office of the president of russia. the. these are pictures that you're looking at from moscow the inauguration of president vladimir putin is proof one present you can see russians attending the event singing the national anthem at the kremlin no lack of hope oh sorry our correspondent rory chalons is following the event for us that live from moscow so rory as he begins his fourth presidential because it's an ever looked as strong as he does right now. it's hard to think of a time in the last eighteen years of his political career where you has looked stronger than he does at the moment he has just won the biggest election victory of his career the last eighteen years or so have basically been a project in stripping the country really

so i don't think kremlin is like one-sided. i believe there's a lot of circles of interest or like points of power that reasonable people who also want to support action like that. who doesn't want to break regime through revolution, through blood and like collapses, but slowly and steadily develop the country to the point that we are great examples all former soviet satellites like poland, like baltics, like so many countries who could peacefully but steadily develop. sure, different governments, different maybe approach and stuff like that it still it's possible. i believe there is a system that is corrupt and aggressive that there still some senators of interest of change. now, how deep they are, this is a question, how powerful they are to execute from. but make no mistake if the government is willing to imprison you, they can do this. the question is why didn't the authorities do anything against municipal level campaign? this is the question. so i believe the regime and putin also realizes that this stagnation, this econo

be has the credo get it while underway our correspondent daniel hoare kinsey's right outside the kremlin daniel you must have an impressive view from where you are we know what you mean that's right and make the argument see just beyond the camera's reach and as you can see also behind me columns of infantry fighting vehicles past now are carriers i think tanks lined up set any minute to make a move to red square traditionally of course the parade begins with their infantry marching past many of them holding banners of that toward war two great patriotic war just known here in russia and iraq their historic battles or their regiments solve their divisions and cetera marks from the past v.o.p. dignitaries and of course the veterans who really are the view oh please at this event the event then morphs into a tank parade which will as i say kick off any minute now just to give you some you some numbers here the sheer scale of this parade over twelve thousand military personnel servicemen service women will march past red square past the company and also liam today alongside one hundred twen

the kremlin and work killed or put a life-threatening injury -- life-threatening danger. french press is pointing out this is the first time a country has faked a murder to protect a dissident. france did this reporter: -- reporter: frank did this in the 1980's. he's actually still alive today. he had written an article that was critical of romania's communistic dictator and the remaining government, wanted him dead, so france's intelligence services faked his kidnapping. genie: we are going to break in where zinedine zidane is giving a press conference explaining why he is leaving his job as coach of rail madrid -- of real madrid. >> [speaking in spanish] >> i am wondering if you're looking to get some rest are if you're looking to join another team. no, for now i am not looking for another team as of now. the messages -- i discussed this with sergio in order to consider my options. as we've lived a lot of things together. i have a lot of respect for him. i respect the decision has been made. he told me he wished me luck for my future. whatke about and told him sergio me

a bigger present if he wa nted kremlin a bigger present if he wanted to, what does that mean?est regularly accuse russia and not without reason for spreading disinformation and fa ke for spreading disinformation and fake news but now russia can claim it's the victim of a fake news story and use that to try and question the credibility of a whole string of accusations which had been levelled at moscow. in fact, that's already started. tonight, russian tv rate might recall likened the reporter's resurrection to the skripal‘s after the salisbury poisoning. the message, it's all fake news. in the past half hour, a grand jury in new york has voted to indict the film producer harvey weinstein on charges of rape and a criminal sexual act. weinstein‘s indictment by a grand jury follows his arrest and court appearance last friday. he has denied having non—consensual sex. our correspondent nada tawfik is in new york with the latest. what more can you tell us? the manhattan district attorney's office put out a statement when they announced the grand jury delivered this indictment against

these minutes, being swoi’i'i of the kremlin. minutes, being sworn into the presidency of russia, i most acutely aware of my huge responsibility before each of you, before our entire multiethnic people. responsibility before russia, the country of great achievements. their courage, their labour, they're invincible integrity and impunity, their relation to the sacred motherland is an example. i consider it my duty and sense of my life to do everything for russia, for its present and the future. to prosper, for preserving the continuation of our great people for prosperity in each family. let me assure you the purpose of my life and work has always been serving people, serving our motherland. this is beyond everything else, above everything else for me. i want to thank the citizens of russia for your unity, for the confidence that we could change things for the better. i want to thank you again for the level of sincere support that you provided for me during the presidential election. i believe this is a huge political capital and

prior to that, he worked at a newspaper critical of the kremlin.e left russia after receiving threats. the news of his apparent murder appeared plausible. intelligence agents said his -- staging his death was necessary to capturing those behind the plot. this man is said to have received $40,000 from russia to plan babchenko's murder in ukraine. >> they presented documents with the photo from my passport. this photo is only available in my passport and at the russian passport office. and that made it obvious that this information came from russia. reporter: plans for the assassination of some 3030 peope had reportedly been made. >> it mainly involved journalists, opposition figures, and writers who publicly criticized the russian leadership. reporter: a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said it was good news that babchenko was alive, but the whole story appears to be a propaganda tool. brent: we want to get both sides of the story this evening. emily sherwin is in the russian capital moscow and nick connolly is an kiev this evening. nick, let me

from from this palace saw the kremlin regimen. parading in front of him and then he apparently talked to some activists who waited for him outside we couldn't quite make out what he was saying to them but still so then he was on his way and it was the intrigue is now that i'm reporting that guess first thing in office in his new tenure as the russian president going down off thank you. i've got one more one more question just in the last number of time here for august peter because nick thanks very much for joining us for this whole inauguration coverage has been lovely having you here my last question for you there if you could wish one thing for a lot of me putin during his coming what would that one thing is impossible for me to. mention quickly several. i love seeing the cal gorbachev take the leadership in the one nine hundred eighty s. for trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons i think that's my number one priority and there's global warming one thing that i'd like to see putin do that only putin could do and do by himse

a fascination to expose the kremlin talked. moscow has rejected these claims. and the pristine beaches of mine in thailand were made famous by the hollywood movie the beach now tired of parties banning visitors often masters of takes on the beauty spot. we start with some breaking news from the world of sports riyadh madrid cote citizens of don has announced he's stepping down the announcement has taken a footballer by complete surprise this comes just days after. their third. champions league title the frenchman who was the first coach to achieve that feat but only finished third in the spanish league. he told a press conference that it was his own decision and club president florentine of perez has said it came as a complete surprise to him. three one laughed fastidious chap in. the montessori litany of drawing mock. sports desk welcome are a complete bombshell in the world of football i was surprised as i have yes it's come out of the blue i mean if they'd lost that game on saturday there was a risk he would have been sacked because they only finished third

the the great wall the great halls of state inside the kremlin the kremlin churches and so on so that's normal but there's no doubt that although it was a beautiful day in moscow as it is here in paris and i think across europe the dark clouds of international affairs are not just gathering they're already there and they've been there for many years and they are almost certain to remain there during the coming six years of putin's current presidency they're not just there but they are getting worse they got worse just before the election and they will probably continue to get worse after it ok john we've been out of time better always nice to see that john rocker and their democracy and cooperation thank you. now the british foreign secretary is making last minute efforts to persuade donald trump to stick to the iran nuclear deal orosz johnson is currently on a two day visit to washington where he'll meet with senior officials in the trumpet ministration and as he didn't get a chance to speak to the president himself he decided to deliver his thoughts via t.v. johnson gave an interview

a russian journalist and kremlin critic who is reported killed in kiev appears it's a news conference alive and well. among the gallacher on the west coast of florida were caught brunch something that's turning into one of the biggest solar powered cities in the world. and i'm here to stand in doha with all your support former champion novak djokovic when the french open as he continues his return from injury that in malaysia his new job. to be talked about for days north korean leader kim jong un's top aide heading to the u.s. for talks kim yong has finally arrived he touched down in new york in the last few hours making the most senior north korean official to visit us in eighteen years our diplomatic editor james bays is in new york for a sort of excitement around this meeting what's on the agenda after this visit. well he arrived here general kim about two hours ago at the hotel behind me which is very close to u.n. headquarters and very conveniently close for him to the north korean mission to the united nations north korea doesn't have to plastic relations with the u.s. but clea

dyed russian service people and for a while he really became public enemy number one a lot of pro kremlinmedia and he received threats to his life so much so that he said he couldn't leave his flat didn't feel safe leaving his flat in moscow without of a flak jacket on and then several months off of those threats began he fled russia going first prague and then ending up in ukraine nick of reporters without borders the chief has come out just a little earlier condemning the operation as quote a your pathetic stunt is ukraine losing a public relations battle here. well it's a strange picture on it internationally this will play very badly we've had ukraine's foreign minister in the united nations just evening talking about this link whether or not he knew he was in on the plot against the plot as it were we don't know yet we also had ukraine's prime minister into facebook condemning this so certainly there will be lots of foreign partners of ukraine's who will be also has very difficult questions of their ukraine counterparts internally though this seems to be playing very well with the uk

who was a prominent kremlin critic who is condemning the russian activities in ukraine and syria is a major contributor for well i'll fill it such as in the u.k. the guardian and the b.b.c. . donald quarter reports on what exactly happened. when a russian journalist was pronounced murdered in the ukrainian capital it didn't take long for the ceremonial finger pointing at russia to begin he was only working on things that were critical and investigative of russia and of the russian government as well he said there was nothing that was critical of ukrainians of course that network and its boss placing the blame on the kremlin and on russia journalist known political leanings have led some to point the finger in one direction it was a calculated deliberate international terrorist crime committed on the direct instruction of the russian authorities he figured it's who can blame them when the story has all the perfect ingredients the russian totalitarian machine putin's regime going after the kremlin critic except the guy turned up alive and well a magic in everyone's confusion what on ear

prior to that he worked out a newspaper critical of the kremlin he left russia after receiving threats the news of his apparent murder appeared plausible. intelligence agency said staging his death was necessary in order to arrest the actual people behind the assassination plot according to ukrainian intelligence that's what happened on wednesday this man is said to have received forty thousand dollars from russia to plant goes murder in ukraine. much of it presented documents with the photo from my passport this photo is only available in my passport and at the russian passport office. and that made it obvious that this information came from russia still on the stand for months a year just as she plans for the assassination of some thirty people had reportedly been made. now some but it's it mainly involves journalists and opposition figures and writers who publicly criticize the russian leadership. a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman wrote it was good news that chen goes alive but that the whole story appears to be a propaganda tool. all right we want to get both sides on this sto

during an ornate ceremony at the kremlin, he laid out his life's aim — to do all he could for russia,wo—decade rule by another six years. here is our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. he probably could have walked this with his eyes closed. for the fourth time in his career, vladimir putin climbed the staircase of the grand kremlin palace to take the oath of office. 0n the stroke of midday, he entered the hall where russian emperors were crowned. the symbolism and the message couldn't be clearer — putin, the modern czar, loved by his people. he swore on the constitution to serve his citizens, protect russia's sovereignty, and made this pledge to the russian people. translation: our main goal is a new quality of life, security and health. 0ur reference point is a russia for the people, a country where everybody has the possibility for self—fulfilment. then, ringing out over moscow, a gun salute in the president's honour. vladimir putin is arguably the most powerful russian leader sincejosef stalin, but in this power lies a potential problem for the president and for his country. he

way in moscow at the moment to you and i think we can go now to it daniel hawkins he's outside the kremlin forest where the mortar regiment is passing i think or at least very shortly down but just tell us what's happening where you are in the mind. and do you demolish the immortal regiment is in full swing as you can probably see behind me there's a crowd stretching all the way from when there's no more shut my business but square you can hear the cheering now just as i speak all boy up to the sky towards pushkin square the usual central moscow locations. it's pretty much just packed as you can see the whole rows stretching up as far as the eye can see estimates between half a million and seven hundred thousand people are due to attend here today considering this event began a few years ago twenty twelve i believe with just a few thousand people in a small siberian city it has grown exponentially similar watch have taken place throughout the world today a long. trip in america in israel really all over the country sort of it was taken off and as you say it's people that are bringing photo

shot dead of war reporter arkady but chained cloak turns up a lie ukraine says the ruse voyles a kremlin ordered murder of poplog charge that moscow denies. and russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has met with north korea's leader kim jong un last raucous on his first visit to the country in a decade. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program great to have you with us. we begin with a tale of murky political intrigue with a stunning twist at the end here's what happened on tuesday a prominent anti kremlin journalist are can go was reported to have been shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities there blame moscow but bob tanko turned up alive a day later a shock that provoked worldwide relief and anger now ukraine faces many questions over the elaborate set up. that was from the dead. twenty four hours after he was reportedly gunned down journalist arkady trained and has a press conference held by the ukrainian intelligence service a life and well his apparent death an elaborate ruse to expose an alleged kremlin plot to kill him even his wife was in the dark. i want to apologize

won the election back in march so it was done off as now in the heart of moscow in the heart of the kremlin actually where the last preparations are being made for the ground in or gratian ceremony can you talk us through it you go to what are what are your expectations for the ceremony today well rory the main expectation is basically this ceremony will be unlike any other before that the first thing quite unique about this event is the sheer amount of guests the sheer number of people who were invited here to the kremlin palace we're being told some six thousand people have been invited and the crowd is really diverse there are people from all realms of social life really politicians diplomats filmmakers and activists and as you can clearly see behind me all of them have already begun gathering behind me along the red carpet which of lattimer putin will walk towards his inauguration ceremony now secondly don't let yourself be thrown off by. by the luxury of the alls here this is pretty much where the qur'an das the grandest most fear of this event too will be contained because latimer pro

eventually he right at the car waiting to take him on a short trip to the kremlin hold. then the grand entrance. and the war continued. all choreographed to maintain the suspense some five thousand invited guests waited for putin to be sworn in and be asked is just what you got i see is if you get us putin promise for tech the country and serve the russian people. he praised russia's return to the world stage is what he calls a strong and influential voice when he talks about the importance of making economic and technological progress which benefits all russians. like. a new quality of life the wellbeing security and health of a person are the most important. these are the issues of the center of our policy focus is russia for the people as a country of opportunities for self-realization of everyone. all the build up and bombast few believe mr putin's next term in office will bring much change he's already said that he wants incumbent prime minister. to stay in his post hussein himself has been in power as either president of prime minister for almost twenty years. most

their reporting from the kremlin so let's get the thoughts from a fellow he's an italian journalist and he joins us now and you very welcome a cello president said he doesn't expect his latest term to be easy what do you think will be his biggest challenges. well the biggest challenge is to have better relations with the united states over the course such a result must be two sides so the question really is a how the american are going to go we go on the news relation with russia which has not been any easier as everybody knows so well we're surprised to be talking much about international politics today he did fight sydney on a domestic agenda saying we need to work seeing things the economy to improve living standards well you know i think it was a smart move the international situation but he's very tense i mean you know you're in the iran deal is of course moving and every word can be. read as you know appropriate creating troubles with washington so i like. to focus on. is not moved so that nobody can claim what you know has made the imperialists the or the threatening everybody an

the kremlin is facing international pressure over the salisbury poisoning and the war in syria. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are biting. russia feels it has been squeezed by the west, and at g club,scow arm wrestl they tell me only putin has the political muscle to protect them. >>ha we don' to substitute him. vathere is no to him. steve: even in a country of 146 million people, there is no substitute for putin? t yes. ha, it sounds novery good, but it's true. steve: that is precise how vladimir putin wants to be seen by his people, as the only choice for russia. ste rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. jane: let's look at some of it days other news. road signs have been put up at the u.s. embassy injuries long after president trump recognized it as the capital of iael in december. itns remontroversial and few other nations have followed america's lead. secretary of state mike pompeo sa boundaries of sovereignty in jerusalem remain subject to negotiation. it was announced that president trump will not travel to israel next week for the opening of the new embassy. a ceremo

to you bob cenk who was one of the best known walker respondents in russia he was also one of the kremlin's fiercest critics the forty one year old soldier turned journalist condemned russia's annexation of crimea questioned its military involvement in syria and called russia an aggressor. in an interview with g w last year he explained why he fled his home country. for mobsters. i got word that russian authorities had decided what to do with me when you know. when you either put me behind bars or simply give me up so to speak. i was this dumb journalist to them writing what i wanted to madrid i decided not to wait for their decision and left to prague. his colleagues say he was killed because of his work. he was one of the few who wrote the actual truth about what the russian federation is doing and if it wasn't dangerous for them if they did not care about it they would not have killed him. outside but jenkins kiev apartment police and journalists have been looking for answers ukrainian police also suspect the crime was linked to his quote professional activities at the united nations ukr

if you have $15 billion in russia today, you must do the bidding of the kremlin when the kremlin calls got out of your way to do good deeds to make yourself in the good graces of the presidential administration. and certainly mr. vekselberg has shown he's willing to be the kremlin's money man, willing to do their bidding when they call on him. >> all of these ties. vekselberg and his cousin, whose company gives money into the inaugural fund, they both attend the inauguration. then there are other things. vekselberg and wilbur ross co-investors in the bank of cyprus linked to dirty russian money, a connection that ross tried to downplay when he faced confirmation last year. just, i mean, is this just one more instance where because trump and cohen and others just knew so many russians and were doing different levels of sort of business or deals with them that this is just sort of inevitable or is there something we should be noting about that he is also tied up with the bank of cyprus? >> this is a classic case of how the kremlin uses oligarchs to export corruption on the one hand and o

was reported shot dead reporter arkady bud tenko churns up a live ukraine says the ruse boiled a kremlin ordered murder a charge that moscow denies. and russia gets its turn on north korea's busy diplomatic roster foreign minister sergei lavrov and that's pyongyang today just ahead of the broken nations possible summit with the united states. plus trade tensions escalate the u.s. is expected to apply higher tariffs on steel and aluminum from the e.u. after of last minute talks fail in paris europe says it will retaliate. at the all out fight to stop a bola congo deploys an experimental vaccine to stop this latest outbreak of the lethal virus and some drugs tested only on animals could also be on the way. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. we begin with a tale of murky political intrigue with a stunning twist at the end here's what happened on tuesday a prominent anti kremlin journalist arkadi bob janko was reported to have been shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities there blamed moscow but bob go turned up alive a day later a shock that provoked worldwide relief and ang

apparently in order to foil an actual plot to kill the journalist a lot of genco was a prominent kremlin critic who has condemned the russian activities in ukraine and syria he's a contributor for major u.k. news outlets like the guardian and the b.b.c. . donald quarter now reports on the fallout over those controversial case. when a russian journalist was pronounced murdered in the ukrainian capital it didn't take long for the ceremonial finger pointing at russia to begin he was only working on things that were critical and investigative of russia and of the russian government as well he said there was nothing that was critical of ukrainians of course that network and its boss placing the blame on the kremlin and on russia journalist known political leanings have led some to point the finger in one direction it was a calculated deliberate international terrorist crime committed on the direct instruction of the russian authorities to get its who can blame them when the story has all the perfect ingredients the russian totalitarian machine putin's regime going after the kremlin critic exc

journalistic activities are the main motive behind the killing perhaps judging his criticism of the kremlin in the past local police say though that he never reported any threats to his life or the security assistance ukrainian and pay. has publicly stated that putin's machine is targeting those who are unbreakable but russian's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said before the investigation has even started once again fingers being pointed out russia. this is becoming a trend for example the scruples unsubstantiated accusations but let's investigate the. use of the chemical substances. the sun's responsible investigation hasn't started your shoes that's. another tragedy last night russian journalist. was shot in his own home creamer prime minister reduces that was carried out by the russian security services the investigation hasn't even started yet and. now the russian foreign ministry is also pointed out a number of alarming cases of violence against journalists in ukraine and that's cost of mind back to some of these festival as well as enough was a ukrainian journalist who died in two

they want to go to you in moscow from the get go russia denied them that lee any involvement in the kremlin must feel vindicated. well absolutely and we've had a official statement from the foreign ministry now describing this whole thing as an anti russian provocation they also called it propaganda and there's also been reactions from various parliamentarians in the russian duma including the head of the international foreign relations committee who called it a provocation as well and who compared this case to this great pollock case and i've seen that on several russian media outlets as well. after all russia may maintains that it was not behind the poisoning of former russian spy sergei screwball in england even though the international community blamed blamed russia for that and this really plays into russia's hands because now russia can kind of use this case to show that. all other cases where russia was accused were also fake were also some kind of applaud and we've seen the russian state russian state television as well using this opportunity to kind of mock ukraine's operation and

prince unity fortified his new capital with the kremlin a mighty rampart defended with palisades. says dull grew quickly and the number of its churches bore witness to its wealth. wooden churches the tree trunks mostly only roughly human with an axe and put together without nails the most original and purest form of russian architecture. but there are dangers in building in wood joining the twelfth century thirty churches and monasteries ensues del were consumed by great fire. the churches of sous down. in the rusher of old churches were not just treasure houses of folk art they represented the treasure of the people the wealth of the poor. fire and folk would not destroy them but in their desire to get rid of the ancient faith and symbols the communists allowed the cathedrals and churches to kind of become one with the last. hour of the new decade in its turn the ancient process. as if you wanted to make up for the long silence the bell ringer on the tower simplicius turns away for all he's worth. the bells have often had to sound the alarm since this fortified ministry was famil

it's hard to imagine life behind the kremlin wall in those days before the tatas broke in in the days when you don't go to keep the prince with the long brained ensues and he soldiery chase down the narrow streets on their horses. in those days solemn procession as would make their way on every feast day to the service in the cathedral of the nativity of the virgin after the nine hundred seventeen revolution its doors were closed to the faithful. but behind the railings the mystical world of orthodox belief was preserved shimmering mysteriously in the depths of the room is the high screen or iconic status. bridge. the own distress goes on the pillars and walls go back to the thirteenth century the russians took over not only the faith of the byzantine church but also its images. image that's what i call means. here's one of sin john the evangelist the images of the saints were not regarded as fantasy pictures. the arrangement of the figures and stories on the icon of states this was strictly laid down the tier of saints apostles and prophets who were venerated as mediators of god's gr

p°mp of the kremlin and then came the pomp and the ceremony.e fourth time he has strode this path through the gilded hall where russian czars were once crowned. he is now the longest ruler of modern russia since josef is now the longest ruler of modern russia sincejosef stalin. once again he pledged to be a loyal servant of his people after an election which delivered him his eager to mandate yet. translation: thank you for the sincere support i received from the citizens of russia at the presidential election of russia. i view it as a huge moral backing. it gives us hope that russia will continue to boost its power while its people live better lives. but these were the scenes leading up to the grand ceremony. anti—putin protests this weekend across russia. not huge crowds that young and determined and demanding change. they were met by riot police as they chanted, russia will be free. despite the protests, vladimir putin still commands strong support here. he has achieved that by presenting himself as a saviour of this country, the man who has

walls kremlin palace walls said an oath and then he delivered a speech and basically the first thing that we gathered from that speech is that he does not expect this presidency to be easy and we have to keep up with global changes to create an agenda of granny breaking development so that no old sticklers of circumstance are going to return to you from determining our future by ourselves from realizing our most ambitious plan with your dreams so. well also vladimir putin made a very big emphasis on his on the responsibility he says he's feeling in front of all the people of russia he focused much more on the internal on the domestic policies of russia on the domestic affairs in his speech rather than on foreign policy. for instance he tried his speech to try to be very unifying he tried he made of visual a very vivid effort of trying to unite the nation in these in these times. we need breakthroughs in all spheres of life i strongly believe that only a free modern society that is ready for change and innovation that rejects injustice extreme conservatism and excess bureaucracy only

but with no sense of the panic this was generating in the kremlin and of course if you want anything from your intelligence organizations you want to know what the other side of thinking you can see what they're what what missiles they got what technology they have it you can't see into their minds and this is a huge failing on the american public that means they go along with piling on this pressure as the year passes amidst all of this here in britain information is being gathered you talk about actually john scarlett the former head of m i six criticize well joe got over iraq gets a name check for managing these double agents which yes agents have been in the news over the script they're absolutely watching the news of this criminal affair we're reminded about three months of very much i mean espionage britain had a one hundred eighty three had this very important double agent he was a senior figure in the k.g.b. who was reporting to british intelligence the m i six the germans john scott it was his mind. and it was really one of the very few sources the west had into what the sov

the kremlin hated that.e person close to the kremlin revealed to me, my obviously love for russia drove the putin government nuts. i would have been a much easier target if they could have portrayed me as a cold war russophobe. what has it been like to watch the trump administration trying to, it appears, make nice with putin in all of these meetings and the secret meetings and these attempts at back channeling with putin? how do you interpret all of that? >> just to remember -- thanks for reading from the book. the reason he was attacking me personally and the obama administration and america is he thought we were trying to undermine his regime. he thought i was september to russia to under form him. that's why he went after me in those ways. president trump is doesn't talk about democracy and human rights hardly at all. most certainly not in relation to russia. that's music to the kremlin's ears. that's what putin wants. i want to be clear, i support engagement even with president putin if you're going to