to create factories and to create exports for russia that's not in the trade numbers russia is not a trading nation now except in the minerals or let's wait is they can't compete with china which produces a lot of you know consumer goods because they have for a whole bunch of reasons you have to look at the whole complex and also when they figure is talk about x. country a white country is investing more in russia a lot of that is american investment that goes into american subsidiaries in germany or elsewhere and that is counted as german investment so our trade our business relationship with russia is much stronger than many of the figures that you see and that is the way to balance or create some kind of harmony at the upper levels of government now last year russia became a member of the n.w. it's your and as one implication of that that the country will have to lower in part time zone on growth and many foreign goods including america. is a turly to us as the. changes that have happened there within the economy and on maybe even foreign trade as a result of that accession. i thi

is russia the u.s. is us this history i think there's always going to be different perceptions of how the world should be so we're going to have these up and down spats but the more business there is the less chance there is that this geo political arguments will effectiveness i think again over the past year or so over seen some very profound examples of geopolitics of the acting business in a very significant way and i think the magnitsky act in the preceding discussions in congress was. a very fair revealing point in the bilateral relationship and i know that in this country people are quite aware that americans may have suspicions of russian russians and that's fine but some of the speeches that we're heard in the congress back down were really outlandish in terms of overall negativity and backwardness i know that you had to testify in the congress at that time did anything great your ears everything you said that's a fact what happened after that x. or so and a multi-billion dollar deal with russia

in the wake of the international protests against russia r.t. centerpiece now is to find out exactly what life is like for gays in moscow and she found a thriving community. so there is. no stoli no sochi. dumping russian vodka and calls to boycott the olympic games the l g b t community in the west is furious with the passing of a new russian law banning gay propaganda to minors a detail almost never mentioned lot of here putin signed a law and some very strict anti-gay measures these laws absolutely obscure they're not clear in what they mean of course it will not have a wide ranging gretzky's of being applied everywhere and to everyone and members of the gay community have been attacked and arrested you cannot say that there is massive suppression or messi of attacks against gay people in the streets and that wherever you say that you are gay you will be killed or beaten russian gay activists are taking their case to the european court of human rights and say the law is meant to target specific individuals but see the picture of gay life in r

community have has employed so far in russia in relation to russia as well as in relation to many other countries like ukraine and georgia are extremely counterproductive to the cause do you think that if you indeed succeed in boycotting the olympics gays and lesbians will be treated any better in russia on a social day to day basis i want to go back to what you said about post soviet countries i was invited to open the first struck pride in the czech republic and i can tell you from my own experience and from talking to many politicians and people in the czech republic girls learn so much on the phobia they're really not to be compared with the homophobic level in russia but he says there is no dearth of polls it's not just anecdotal it shouldn't be based on your personal impressions look at the polls and the czech republic and their levels of home know exactly when. so when the prague mayor said yes it's alright to have a good product unfortunately it's never allowed in moscow for instance but in the czech republic they respect freedom of their citizens the pro. it's our allowed to do

probably a point to stating russia for passing. well it's absolutely i mean it's the best it's the best game and it's the only option he's got on the one hand and on the other yeah i think you know the protection of the kremlin is considerable safety net show us on the ground and yeah i will try to prove that it is safe for edward snowden to stay here in russia because the whole world is watching absolutely absolutely and it's probably a potential two to inadvertently. put a bill on the faces of the white house administration the state department in the pentagon who have been. falling over themselves falling backwards over themselves since snowden's revelations started to come out going right back to the. national security administration's boss saying flatly. some claimed telling an untruth to convert to congress inquiry and then having to backtrack on. that and saying that he thought he was telling the least or giving the least erroneous answer possible extraordinary linguistic twists and turns in order to justify what had gone on

community in russia supporters of the law argue it represents the russian majority . if there is a large number of people who believe the lawyers to soften thirty years ago there was criminal punishment for being here if you take examples from some states in the us the relationship is much crudely and strict and this propaganda law was this one . it's important to remember this law is about gay propaganda to minors and it will be enforced with fines not criminal punishment russia is still a very traditional conservative country it wants to called on to that. this is one of moscow's many day and night clubs yes it's in a discreet location but it holds three thousand people is. packed on the weekends and is full of foreigners its owners asked us not to film on the inside to protect the privacy of its clients but reassure us business is booming is a happy arriving excitable you know wonderful gay community which is happy martin andrews is british openly gay and living in russia for eight years he opposes the law but won't be dumping his russia is dominated by the church

you cannot be gay in russia. if you've already have children, they are discussing the possibility to put these children in orphanages. for example, if i am in a couple with some and and i am in hospital, this person cannot take care of my child. there are all these kind of issues. i will not talk about how people are beaten and tortured because people think they are gay. this whole campaign was built in the russian social network. people try to catch young teenagers and make them testify on their comrade saying they are gay. they go to their teachers and parents. >> sadly, gay bashing is everywhere. there was a case in paris of a young gay man being beaten up. i have to point that out. and we bring in john just for a comment about -- jo was sayin ur claims about ossion in the neighboring states of rusa wa ne. i will give you the right to reply to that e. >> thank you. i would to say with respect to john, he should tune in some time to the france 24 interview with the daughter of the jailed madam is a guest, and s

relations between russia and the u.s. suffered a major said bond this week at least according to the american side first president obama's council to y.y. son a summit with and then even called for pools in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of return to the cold war he's going to check out the details. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting was at the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign minister lavrov both held a news conference on the same day at the same time in different venues of course with foreign minister lavrov trying very hard to ease the tension to move it away from the cold war talk with president obama seemingly doing the opposite take a listen remember

at russia they patronize them and they get this idea that in russia people wore homophobic they're racist it's nonsense it's not true. well in the wake of international protests against russia r.t. sent a nice analogy to find out exactly what life is like for gays in moscow and she found a thriving community. but there is. no stoli no sochi. dumping russian vodka and calls to boycott the olympic games the l g b t community in the west is furious with the passing of a new russian law banning gay propaganda to minors a detail almost never mentioned lot of here putin signed a law and some very strict anti-gay measures these laws absolutely obscure they're not clear in what they mean of course it will not have a wide ranging gretzky's of being applied everywhere and to everyone and members of the gay community have been attacked and arrested you cannot say that there is massive suppression or messi of attacks against gay people in the streets and that wherever you say that you're gay you will be killed or beaten russian gay activists are taking their case to the european court of human rights

snowden is not an option for russia because of the history of russia's request that the u.s. has ignored including one for the extradition of a man wanted in russia for terrorism so this buildup of confrontation with russia over snowden takes the thunder away from the national conversation on the surveillance state but the conversation is nonetheless happening we know that the president just today was having of congress over in the white house to discuss these programs the n.s.a. program some of the members of congress who are very critical of. these programs senior intelligence officials have testified in congress releasing classified documents in response to snowden's revelations of course those documents were carefully redacted and did not reveal much but the fact that the government has to respond to these concerns is already a win for edward snowden and many people are genuinely concerned about the growing power of the n.s.a. but whether or not legislators are actually going to act to reverse any of these programs that's a big question lad. congress killed the legislatio

and russia agree on is that the terrorist threat is growing in syria russia is sure to raise the issue of u.s. plans to arm the rebels when it's clear that the weapons can easily migrating through the terrorists' hands that happened in libya so similar concerns on both sides but very strong disagreements on what to do and how to do it nobody expects that before. official john kerry. chuck hagel and sergei shy go walk out of that meeting on friday with a big smile on their face but the hope is that they will at least not let disappointment and scandals completely overshadow whatever progress the two countries can actually make. while why obama announced his decision to cancel them one on one meeting with putin he also accused russia of slipping into a cold war mentality political analyst william randolph says it's the us who is actually guilty of cold war tactics if i were president putin i would break open a nice bottle of champagne and celebrate the fact that he doesn't have to go through this ordeal of another photo op with obama who's got nothing to offer russia in any serious way s

and russia agree on is that the terrorist threat is growing in syria russia is sure to raise the issue of u.s. plans to arm the rebels when it's clear that the weapons can easily migrating to the terrorists' hands that happened in libya so similar concerns on both sides but very strong disagreements on what to do and how to do it nobody expects that the fore. officials john kerry and sergey lavrov. meeting on friday with a big smile on their face but the hope is that they will at least not let this agreement and scandals completely overshadow whatever progress the two countries can actually make. by let's look ahead to two of the meeting with political scientists about just love a new can all assume the u.s. ones are snowden's a situation discussed for that but russia claims that the issue is already resolved what else is washington trying to achieve. while i don't know what to expect washington has any intention to really bring snowden to the united states it's just unrealistic because russia cannot extradite him to the old losing face snowden is widely regarded in russia as well as i

this is not about defending russia's. there is only one side to quality but it is about understanding russia's history social behavior soviet mindset and the whole village it has over swathes of society and this one of the most misunderstood places in the world tolerance policy remains a battle to be won for the rainbow flag stop flying. around very. early my colleague bill died chaired a panel discussion on why russia is seemingly similar criticism when it comes to gay rights we have been accused of not covering this topic here on t.v. and just last week a freelance reporter by the name of james kind of chick he brought our tea certainly into the spotlight to me with quick start one has to say and he says that he needed. to wait a few more people to do twitter follower bump for him but to get to the point this by the way is our third panel on gay rights in russia but that's beyond the point kurtz that came on to r.t. to let us know what he thinks about our coverage or lack thereof of gay rights in russia and this is what

between russia and the united states were never. more trusting trading barbs had long been normal communication. well i must admit that i was hoping for a more objective analysis. i never had any particular illusions. and russia was portrayed as the aggressor but. it was only sometime later that they began to admit. though the russians were tough. they didn't attack first now of course after all these commissions including mr tally of venus commission everything confirms what happened in reality. but this diplomatic wrangling meant nothing for those caught in between iran when the barman subsided more continued to stare south in the face many now had to exude the partially decomposed bodies of their loved ones washed them trust them find coffins and finally give them a proper burial one of the most brutal experiences a mother can suffer. they did kill you. what did you do to those georgians. oh my balls i. just why did they show you from bare tanks. georgian mothers to have their sons taken from them those sent to attack a sleeping

russia russia barack obama cancels an upcoming meeting with vladimir putin and suggests relations need a timeline after moscow granted temporary asylum to whistleblower edward snowden. claims genocide could say they are being targeted for ethnic cleansing and made mounting reports of al qaeda linked fighters attacking their villages in syria. comes under pressure from the global community who want the winter olympics taken away from russia over the introduction of what they call a fascist start a law against homosexuals. i welcome it's good to have your company you're watching are coming to you live from moscow with may and tree farm. now relations between russia and the u.s. suffered a major setback this week at least according to the american side first president obama canceled a one on one summit with vladimir putin and then even called for a pause in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of a return to the cold war. as the details. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russ

russia is hosting edward snowden.the most damaging leaker in american history. >> this is what he did by alerting the american people to over surveillance on the part of our own government, of our population to call him a traitor, he was being loyal to the rest of us by letting the american people know their government was getting out of hand. when our government suggest that it has to keep a record of every phone call every citizen makes in order to protect does, it has gone too far. the fact that russia gave him asylum i think is very symbolic. russia, a country which we attacked, and by the way i was ronald reagan's speech writer for seven years and worked with them almost if not many of his very hard-core speeches concerning the soviet union. i worked with the mujahedin in afghanistan fighting the soviet union. during those days, we were against the soviet union because it had too much control and surveillance over its own people. now many of the same people are claiming what the soviet union was evil about we can

now let's turn to football with fabio capello's russia aiming to regain top spot in green best as they travel to northern ireland for the latest well cup qualifier the two games in hand over their group rivals which is on court feet reports. seems karmas russian get ready for a very clash with northern ireland on wednesday fabio capello is based assigned in london in preparation for the encounter though not all has been smooth in the build up to captain eagle beanies i was involved in a bus stop with former un g t made samuel answer unless some of the art of the twenty nine year old subsequently moved to the normal moscow after the southern russian club were hit by financial problems despite his son restaurants on zuber has enjoyed a great start of a season with his new club rostov says everything is going to plan. the atmosphere in the camp is great capello has told us how important this match is we have been working on our attacking options going into the match with northern ireland we all understand how crucial this fixture is for us and the good thing is that everyone is fit. capel

not in russia nowhere. such violence from law enforcement nowhere have i seen anything like this in the morning father's on a mission to uncover the truth behind the f.b.i.'s killing of his son and he's even willing to say. this but i want justice honestly because an unprecedented intentional murder of my son took place. ibrahim came to the u.s. in two thousand and eight to study english and ended up staying to pursue a career in martial arts this spring he was questioned in connection with a triple homicide in massachusetts as well as the boston marathon bombings as officials believe the chechen young man had been friends with the deceased suspect a milan sir. the father says the only connection his son had to the tsar knives was a chechen background that had once prompt a. them to exchange phone numbers were given received multiple fatal gunshots to the heart and head during the night of the questioning the f.b.i. claimed a violent confrontation took place but has been blocking autopsy results from going

look down at russia they patronize them and the idea that in russia people wore homophobic they're racist it's nonsense it's not true. having fun and relaxing is what holidays are all about but it seems some brits just don't know when they've had enough of a good thing british tourists are among the most notorious drinkers around the world an affair of further explains they seem to think nothing can stop them. you see you pull the take a and you're finally off on your holidays and say the very last thing you want to have happen is to get into trouble boarding at nineteen thousand people so consular assistance last year according to the latest figures by the foreign and commonwealth office into british behavior a broad there has been a rise in some countries of most serious crimes and that's cool saying concern in particular the statistics around rape and sexual assaults are up by ten percent now the countries that have been pinpointed as a particular areas of concern especially in turkey and boys all countries popular with young holidaymakers all countries renowned for their very busy nig

and it's been revealed in russia alongside be e.u. iran and china designated as high priority for n.s.a. surveillance the revelations have been published in french documents previously supplied by edward snowden japanese co analyst william and author of myths lies and oil wells so surveillance goes far beyond tara and this crisis beyond snowden washington is determined to circle russia with its missile defense which is an often said strategy not a defensive one by the way it's a nuclear first strike preparation strategy and that's something that russia understandably is not exactly overjoyed about the issue of syria is non-negotiable in terms of what the us is trying to put into power in syria similar to what they tried in egypt and failed that is a muslim brotherhood controlled regime that would allow qatar to control the pipeline flows in to europe and not to iran so among other things so this is there is not a basis of agreement on these fundamental questions noton is as i say is not the issue the issue is this fundamental disagree

not in russia nowhere. such violence from law enforcement nowhere have i seen anything like this i mean. the morning father's on a mission to uncover the truth behind the f.b.i.'s killing of his son and he's even willing to say. this but i want justice honestly because an unprecedented intentional murder of my son took place. ibrahim came to the u.s. in two thousand and eight to study english and ended up staying to pursue a career in martial arts this spring he was questioned in connection with a triple homicide in massachusetts as well as the boston marathon bombings as officials believe the chechen young man had been friends with the deceased suspect a milan sir. the father says the only connection his son had to the tsar knives was a chechen background that had once prompt a. them to exchange phone numbers were given received multiple fatal gunshots to the heart and head during the night of the questioning the f.b.i. claimed a violent confrontation took place but has been blocking autopsy results from g

now relations between russia and the u.s. suffered a major setback this week at least according to the american side first president obama canceled a one on one summit with blood amid putin and then even called for a pause in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of a return to the cold war. as the details. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have hit a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign minister lavrov both held a news conference on the same day at the same time in different venues of course with foreign minister lavrov trying very hard to ease the tension to move it away from the cold war talk with president obama seemingly doing the opposite take a listen remember

and russia agree on is that the terrorist threat is growing in syria russia is sure to raise the issue of u.s. plans to arm the rebels when it's clear that the weapons can easily migrating to the terrorists' hands that happened in libya so similar concerns on both sides but very strong disagreements on what to do and how to do it nobody expects that before . official john kerry said a lot of raw chuck hagel and sergey shy go walk out of that meeting on friday with a big smile on their face but the hope is that they will at least not let disappointment and scandals completely overshadow whatever progress the two countries ten actually make. the u.s. is unwilling to back down and make any concessions to moscow on key international issues and that's according to geo political analyst william and. washington is determined to encircle russia with its missile defense which is an often said strategy not a defensive one by the way it's a nuclear first strike preparation strategy and that's something that russia understandably is not exactly overjoyed about the issue of syria is non-negotiable

not on our land russia is part of the international community russia is france is part of the council of europe where forty seven european member states agree upon the fact that you're not to discriminate against people and therefore the council of europe says against russia this propaganda law is wrong you should repeal it to european courts says to russia you should. people to associates to be on the streets to be vocal to ask for the same rights this law may be extremely vaguely worth it and i wonder why not challenge it in the in the court of law you are a lawyer yourself you're a former lodges later why politicize this issue so much and that you know the tensions are running high people are getting offended we used a couple of. have a little late and warthe here condescension would be one of them why not go. straight to the russian quarter and take the floor out it's face value. i presume that there will be russian organizations who want to do so i hope they will get the chance to go to the russian courts and to russian judges are in the pens enough to really look at the law as i

/russia relations, but in russia's position in the world. russia is taking these olympics very seriously, they're taking place this coming february, russia is launching the largest torch ceremony. the longest torch ceremony held ever. 65,000 kilometers the torch is going to go across every constituent part of the russian federation. this is a chance for russia to demonstrate its status, showcase itself to the world. but the question of gay and lesbian rights is now becoming not just a side issue, which i think russians always saw it as being, but it's going to become one of the central issues in the way that russia is perceived. this is a step in my mind a step forward for the whole question of gay and lesbian rights. this is now a human rights issue. and i think over the coming months, we're going to see more and more countries following the path that steven fry wants britain to fall. >> charles king, thank you very much for your time tonight. it's helpful to have you here, appreciate it. >>> lots more ahead tonight. including an amazing re

because this is russia. the u.s. knows not to be at all with russia and every us president understands that there were hot tempered people involved and we all know that but i believe that the deliberations were quite cool headed because it might have resulted in a very serious conflict you know nobody wanted this to happen but that's why as you've said the usa adopted a two pronged approach which was a very great disappointment for most of georgia's pundits. to what extent do you think the us authorities were informed of the plans i mean why do you regard it as a joint georgian american plot or as a risky undertaking of the georgian president all alone. you know. because it was the worst thing but i believe that the united states of america is a large mature and powerful state that pursues its own interests. all over the world you don't wish to thank you i don't think that's such a simple plot with mr saakashvili but he will which as we now know ended with such few millions in failure with that would have been at all

all seems karmas russia get ready for their clash with northern ireland on wednesday fabio capello is based assigned in london in preparation for the encounter though not all has been smooth in the build up team captain eager denise i was involved in the bus stop the former i'm g.t. made samuel in turn are some of. the twenty nine year old subsequently moved to disarm and moscow after the southern russian club were hit by financial problems despite his son restaurants on zuber has enjoyed a great start of a season with his new club a stall of his everything is going to plan. the atmosphere in the camp is great capello has told us how important this match is we have been working on our attacking options going into the match with northern ireland we all understand how crucial this fixture is for us and the good thing is that everyone is fit capello has been handed a blow job with alexander caught in missing out through injury the twenty four year old couldn't take to the field in his side's previous qualifier when they lost one nil in portugal however van could open the way for a real m

russia was apparently one of the countries designated as a high priority for the n.s.a. surveillance this is according to a recently published a document which was leaked by fugitive whistleblower edward snowden geo political analyst william and doll author of myths lies and oil wars says america's snooping goes far beyond security reasons and its confrontation with russia far beyond the snowden issue washington is determined to circle russia with its missile defense which is an often sit strategy not a defensive one by the way it's a nuclear first strike preparation strategy and that's something that russia understandably is not exactly overjoyed about the issue of syria is non-negotiable in terms of what the us is trying to put into power in syria similar to what they tried in egypt and failed that is a muslim brotherhood controlled regime that would allow qatar to control pipeline flows in to europe and not to iran so among other things so this is there is not a basis of agreement on these fundamental questions noton is as i say is not the issue the issue is this fund

not on our land russia is part of the international community russia is france is part of the council of europe where forty seven european member states agree upon the fact that you're not going to discriminate against people and therefore the council of europe says against russia this propaganda law is wrong you should repeal it to european courts says to russia you should. people to associates to be on the streets to be vocal to ask for the same rights this law may be extremely vaguely worth it and i wonder why not challenge it in the in the court of law you are a lawyer yourself you're a former logic slater why politicize this issue so much and that you know the tensions are running high people are getting offended we used a couple of. have a little late and warrant here condescension would be one of them why not go. straight to the russian quartz and take the floor i did face value. i presume that there will be russian organizations who want to do so i hope they will get the chance to go to the russian courts and to russian judges are in the pens enough to really look at the law a

russia's had a different narrative. no, it's about the destabilization of one of the most important regions in the world and it's about islamic radicals becoming -- coming closer to power. therefore -- >> rose: the russians have some fear of that? >> they have 20 million islamic citizens of their own. >> rose: but this goes beyond chechnya. >> much beyond. it goes through the whole caucuses but they have 20 million russian citizens who are islamic citizens. they don't want to get that backlash, that blowback into russia. so the russian version was you americans are wrong. gradually the american narrative has changed. particularly since what happened in egypt. and it's less about democracy. so there was room for us to talk with the russians and we were until snowden fell from the sky. the two narratives coming closer together, lavrov, the foreign minister of russia, kerry, the secretary of state said there's enough to talk about. now, the point is moscow wants it, washington wants it, but we can't compel the insurgents t

russia relations we heard calls in congress to punish russia for snowden to boycott the g twenty and things like that some senators have introduced a resolution asking to change the venue for the g twenty summit in case moscow does not hand over snowden the white house however says obama will travel to russia for the summit in september nonetheless you get the mood it's pretty tense some even suggested because of snowden security services of the two countries won't be able to fully cooperate in preparation for the olympic games in russia next year moscow in the meantime says calls to punish russia for the problem which the u.s. has created all ridiculous russian officials say the u.s. as a boy did notice passports which left russia with no choice but to deal with the issue they also say extraditing snowden is not an option for russia because of the history of russia's request that the u.s. has ignored including one for the extradition of a man wanted in russia for terrorism now the reaction of snowden's father was of course very different from that of the u.s. government and the u.s.

because of the history of russia's request that the u.s. has ignored including one for the extradition of a man wanted for terrorism with the reaction of snowden's father was very clear he should require the courage they had to keeping his son safe snowden's father because i think it's sort of get over i'm going to what you did i wish i might simply if the people call the police but he says the. latest news comes just a day for the public to say you. know first of all about the consequences of an internet services every deal that people face book i don't think that word from defies the courts those are sort of the fourth quarter medications that you can communicate at one of those who gets in. the guardian. keyscore which allows you to search through a vast. difficulty by what we're told it will appear from that pretty frightening senior intelligence officials have testified in congress releasing classified documents in response to snowden's revelations of course those documents were carefully redacted and did not reveal much but the fact t

which is seen as evil russia want to talk about it's a political commentator. there london as well as the recent levada poll recently saying that more than half of russian support the law and conservative traditions alexander your thoughts on that well i think first of all i've been asking some people here what is it exactly that british athletes are planing to do and sort your other going to. get lifestyles or are they going to compete they're actually in the games themselves look at me tell you something about believe the. the lord be here and the game will be as well we have that. none existed in debate about gay marriage same sex marriage the great was suppressed by the liberal elite nobody was allowed to say anything the moment you questioned you know whether it's a wise thing to do you were immediately accused of being called before i think it's done for the gay community to realize you cannot prevent the people for having their own views and in london you know of what those who were in complete and total total doldrums by the by the liberal elites that k

euro league first top of the germans to russia. must prove to be a very trying to fan which the reigning world champions won for free this equation proved to be no difference as russians had to come from behind win two one really early on us men with nine long periods five german goalkeeper sasha ping can't but eventually did enough to earn big cherry and yet we still i think we only really started to play it where we want to go down we knew we had to improve in order to find a way back into the game to divert and we conceded midway through the second period and they gave us enough time to equalize and then thankfully find a winner russia had no such problems are going to remain here they dispatched comfortably by five goals to nail the result had even more significance for head coach me how you cut short side spot when told them qualify for the end of season super final and spain later in the week and it was spain who would be russia's final opponents of the competition despite issue one of the strongest sides and world beach song

now it has been revealed that russia or alongside the e.u. iran and china would designated as a high priority for n.s.a. surveillance and the revelations being published in fresh documents previously supplied by edward snowden political analyst william angle the author of myths lies and oil wars he says surveillance goes far beyond terra and in this crisis far beyond edward snowden washington is determined to encircle russia with its missile defense which is an often sit strategy not a defensive one by the way it's a nuclear first strike preparation strategy and that's something that russia understandably is not exactly overjoyed about the issue of syria is non-negotiable in terms of what the us is trying to put into power in syria similar to what they tried in egypt and failed that is a muslim brotherhood controlled regime that would allow qatar to control pipeline flows in to europe and not iran so among other things so this is there is not a basis of agreement on these fundamental questions lowden is as i say is not the issue the issue is

why did it have to go that far why didn't russia intervene earlier . while made the bed if always insisted it was russia's duty to protect civilians in south a said here he also had to consider the larger geopolitical context. called me the next day. you should know that there was some of our troops on georgian territory. what do you mean so i said you should know that there's a large number of citizens on the territory of. here and i will do what i have to do and i'll tell you about it so that you know. by two thousand and eight georgia had received around three billion dollars in direct. the attitudes of that funding was in display all over the region military uniforms army rations and. more this many in the u.s. say and this is how some of the city and scheme to view their tag put over in the kremlin their assessment of american involvement was more level headed. russia should never be in conflict with the united states every american president understands their. heads we know all about that but i think that was sound reasoning to. they realized it

russia's granting a temporary asylum to edward snowden infuriates washington with the u.s. government threatening to cancel a joint summit as american lawmakers aim vitriol at. potential job offers further revelations go public exposing britain's financial dependence on the u.s. when it comes to spying. the last british resident in guantanamo bay says he's being sexually assaulted by guards as new figures show the facility has cost u.s. taxpayers almost five billion dollars since it opened our top stories this hour. international news and comment this is a twenty four hours a day live from moscow where it's now just turned nine pm so a new chapter is beginning for one of america's most wanted men who's finally left a moscow airport transit zone after more than a month in limbo whistleblower edward snowden is temporarily free to live and work in russia and job offers are already coming in as. reports. now that snowden has managed to leave the transit zone of settlement or to this is a whole new chapter in this story but if earlier we knew at least approximately where he was