that is also for russia. as lisa said that is territory where they will be going and probably at that time they couldn't even imagine the situation would be like that five years after the the bid. they will probably have to face, kind of -- the games, ukrainian situation is not resolved or if the situation even he deteriorates they will have to face the lgbt discussion that will be going on. think will have to also manage about street violence. this is something that usually in russia in many european countries. usually russian law enforcement agency is good at managing this kind of situation. but that can also kind of perceived aspect that will be given kind of but the way russia manages its kind of tension. in terms of soft power and negotiation abroad that will be that russia is in intense gilo political context. in the years to come how russia is able to manage this kind of incredible opportunity to promote itself abroad. as you know, all these kind of megaprojects, that is very putin project. important f

it's a big issue for russia.i think on that we have been kind of a little bit naÏve about the capacity of the west, something where globally given the current world context for the u.s. and even for europe is not the major issue. russia has capacity to do whatever it wants almost in ukraine just because it's mr. putin and the house of popular support. i mean, trying to block russia having the cup because of ukrainian issue doesn't give us any political solution and doesn't sink in a good message we don't have a political of the military or the financial situation to help ukraine. so i think in a sense it's not because of the problem. it's just we don't have any kind of good solution. fifa, alas, but if we try to focus on that, we just the way we are avoiding saying that we don't have that kind of long-term solution for the country. but i understand that doesn't solve anything for the ukrainian people. i don't know how the ukrainian team will be playing and saw. that would be a huge scandal against political issue

-russia relations. a rough time for the russian people, increasingly isolated in many respects and an opportunity for something sort of good to happen. the debate over whether russia should host the cup is effectively over. the world cup qualifying draw took place in c petersburg. if you are a -- in saint petersburg. if you are a soccer fan, it is over. howan have a discussion on the cup was awarded and the story behind that, but that train has left the station so to speak. i'm going to now introduces the speakers briefly. we are fortunate. everybody we wanted to come to this and talk agreed to it. so i appreciate you coming. i think you will be happy with it. so mainly to my left, professor marlee leroux, assistant director of the institute for russian and eurasian and dependent studies. -- independent studies. on research focuses nationalism and that works very well for what we are going to do here today. described aswas the title was totally awesome. player, aantastic two-time acc player of the year

-russia relations. a rough time for the russian people, increasingly isolated in many respects and an opportunity for something sort of good to happen. the debate over whether russia should host the cup is effectively over. the world cup qualifying draw took place in c petersburg. if you are a -- in saint petersburg. if you are a soccer fan, it is over. we can have a discussion on how the cup was awarded and the story behind that, but that train has left the station so to speak. i'm going to now introduces the speakers briefly. we are fortunate. everybody we wanted to come to this and talk agreed to it. so i appreciate you coming. i think you will be happy with it. so mainly to my left, professor marlee leroux, assistant director of the institute for russian and eurasian and dependent studies. -- independent studies. her research focuses on nationalism and that works very well for what we are going to do here today. lori lindsey was described as the title was totally awesome. she is a fantastic player,

russia -- the arctic is russia's mecca. we have the arctic now described in russia's military doctrine where russian defense minister has declared that they're now growing national security threats in the arctic. and so we're seeing now new announcements of reopening military airfields. again, if you have a very ambitious vision for an international transit route and you need that infrastructure, but you don't need this much infrastructure for 53 transits in the summer months. and so our sense is that while -- i don't know if you could give a percentage, 60-70% of russia's military posture in the arctic i would say is understandable because of its enormous breadth to cover the search and rescue, oil spill prevention responsibilities, unannounced exercises strengthening russia's nuclear deterrence, strategic submarine assets, looking at the overarching response that we're seeing of russia's approach to the arctic, i would say we're looking at an emerging process of anti-access, anti-denial, and that's a very different messag

and the cooperation of iran and russia will closely work with russia to solve the problems in syria. the other problems that are -- have faced us to the challenges of terrorism and the foreign interference in these countries or regions is actually ruining the sovereignty and intel pretty of the countries which is not acceptable we in this regard have a common point in order to find solutions for all of these problems through negotiations. we will continue these efforts to further find a solutions on the basis of these principles once again i would like to thank you for your hospitality at this and the hospitality at this of the russian government. >> translator: thank you very much on hope this visit will further improve the relation of iran in russia. i would like to ask both ministers the very important cooperation between iran and between iran and russia or the new cooperation of which we might witness in the near future, what could they be the and other question is russian federation in relation to the syrian crisis had a very positive approach. based on some records will the --

a test of russia's defenses up there. and russia failed, to be honest. how did these guys get up on that platform? and i think that's partly why they responded to harshly. and it's not coins dental that you saw a lot of the increased rhetoric about defending the arctic. some of the military buildup, come after that protest. it also coin sided with the invasion of crimeie and the annexation, the continuing war in eastern ukraine. and from the russian perspective, again, i think that the first shot, if you in that has been fired this cold war, this new cold war, if you will, is from their point of view came from the american side. very specifically, the sanctions that were imposed after the annexation of crimea targeted not just oil companies that operate in the arctic but specifically technologies designed to help russia exploit the natural resources up there. technologies that they now don't have. it affects the financing, projects that were on the books ve been put on hold, the project in the sea. and there has been a continuing trickle effect that seem

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russia is. is america an oligarchy? overstatement.said, when you look at where things are headed in this country as you compare it to a mayortarian, it is headed that way. campaign finance and the reforms that haven't taken place in citizens united. it's the fact that there seems to be a very insignificant amount of influence that the actual leaktorate, the population can have on an election. >> you say hitseding in that direction. then? >> it's obviously daft assess. en though you have, you know, individuals like adelsan, the koch brothers spending $900 million in thisly cycle. they are not over-stepping the entire electoral system. you still have the facade of anally, but i think it's a really troubling thing to see that the elite are in control not just of the elections but of all policy decisions whether in an election cycle or not. genevieve? >> i don't think the problem is the money. i think the bigger problem is what i would call croney capitalism. i wouldn't call it an oligarchy. businesses for conservatives and republicans, b

from russia. once the newly acquired french systems become operational, do you intend to use it against russian aircraft violating georgian airspace? first question. [laughter] and the general is here. minister khidasheli: general? can i ask you? [laughter] >> the second question, do you have contingency plans to prevent further creeping annexation of georgian territory ? minister khidasheli: the and defense system, you said it many times, i repeat now, we are not buying anything to fight anybody. this is purely for defense purposes and georgia. havenly way that they today of making their army better equipped is to deter it and make sure that we are ready for georgia being ready for any new challenges out there. are we going to shut down the plane? i don't know. if there is a threat constituted to the population or its territories, it depends. there are multiple answers to the question depending on the threat. lots of are seeing illegal movements by the russian military. playing for other instrume

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russia, canada or denmark, which have all laid claims to part of it?r should we just leave it to the penguins and the polar bears? let me know what you think about that or any of today's stories. of course when you mention russia these days, it's hard not to think about the conflict in ukraine. when it broke out last year, many in britain and the us started talking as if there was a natural divide between a pro-moscow russian-speaking east, and a pro-european ukrainian-speaking west. in fact traditionally the two communities are closely intertwined. that's one reason why the conflict which is tearing the country apart is so painful. but the fighting rages on and more soldiers are needed. so compulsory conscription has been introduced -- but many young men on both sides don't want to fight their fellow ukrainians. and so they are ripping up their draft papers and fleeing the country -- particularly to neighboring poland. and they're often supported by their families who don't want to lose their sons in an increasingly unpopular war. reporter vova from e

, russia didn't accept that. rcumstances in georgiaou first and now in the ukraine, you know, they tended to see it as an opportunity to sort of puferb akback. >> yes. >> rose: those. and that russia recognized the ukraine in its own judgement as in a sense a place of russian history, connection and influence. >> yes, of course, kiev, historically, the origins of russia. i think that's true. it is not a more issue, but i do think there are a lot of commonalities with russia that we have as americans. the world is in a chaotic state. and russia, we have many similar interests in the middle east. north africa sense syria. >> syria. >> unfortunate. >> and the president has given credit to russia because it is part of the p5 plus 1 in irannian negotiation. he and advisors all have given credit. so my impression is that you and other global investors that i know feel strongly that the sanctions are bad idea and my question is, do you feel that way because you think it threatened your economic industry in russia? >> no

now, take that with russia, and on top of russia having problems with neighbors, russia will get full-on media attention for two years. as soon as euro 2016 is over, there will be full-on media attention on russia. that is going to do a lot more than just taking away the tournament. but it has not been very long, has it? it has been a year. that is not very long in terms of dialogue. >> olympics has not brought any benefit in terms of opening up russia. that was the question. thank you. marlene: that is your own interpretation of our answer. at least two people sitting here are historians by background. so managing something that happened 15 months ago is more complicated than that in terms of how human beings can change in society. i understand it will always be a sensitive issue. do we have other questions? >> one more. to those in attendance and asked questions, excellent. fantastic discussion. let's give a round of applause for our speakers who did a really excellent job. [applause] as i mentioned before, we intend to continue this project with additional discussions, research, and o

this country is trying to break russia,russia, and it should be trying to integrate.are now a radiance china and russia, two nuclear powers in participation and alliance with iran, and they were part of the architecture of the deal in negotiations when presented to the security council supporting it. is everyone in this administration when it comes to national security and foreign policy taking leave of their senses? >> this is they're clear ideology. the united states is too powerful, too successful, and if they can show that we do not harbor ill intentions the iranians will say that is good to no. the president has been taken to the cleaners not simply by the iranians but by the russians, chinese, and our supposedly european allies. the deal is a disaster. lou: bloody hell. does this president think that this is leadership? he is being run over by a massive ideological machine in the form of a iran and russia and china and the indifference in their decision to vote on the part of the uk and france. >> and if you think about what ayn rand, russia, and china have in c

and now take that with russia and on top of russia having problems with neighbors, russia will get full-on media attention for two years. as soon as euro 2016 is over, there will be full-on media attention on russia and that will do more than taking away the tournament. [ inaudible ] >> yeah, but it's not been very long, has it? it's been a year. that's not very long in terms of dialogue. >> thank you, you answered my question, the olympics has not brought any benefits in terms of opening up russia. that was the question. thank you. >> that's your own interpretation of our answer so -- [ inaudible ] >> you know, i mean, at least two people sitting here, historian background. managing impact of something that happened 15 months ago it's kind of -- things are more complicated than that in terms of how human beings can change in society. it just continues. i understand it will always be a kind of sensitive issue. do we have other questions. >> one more. >> first of all to those in attendance and asked questions, that was great, and fantastic discussion. of course let's give a round of applaus

often we hear commentators describe russia's behavior today as cold war russia.hear where precious ring in ukraine, the soviets of behavior. i think what we see today with russia's imperial behavior, this is how imperial russia behaved before the 1970 bolshevik revolution. basically a 21st century russia with 18th to 19th century ambitions. that drives a lot of putin's policies towards the art date because the art sick of peter the great in the great northern expeditions. the arctic as a way to rally the public around the flag, make the country proud about something that has very low risk and low cost because they have half of the world's arctic territory and said their national borders. they can get away with doing certain things but at the end of the day they are allowed to inside their own borders. the second is the economic factor. we offered various figures about how much undiscovered oil and gas is in the arctic region. i'm not going to bore you with facts and statistics. let's agree it's probably a lot and know that probably a lot, 80% is in russia's area.

has been really successful and promoting kind of russia -- this one will be the first time where russia has to display self power after the ukrainian crisis. we will see how it works or how it doesn't work. of uncharted territory where they will be going. probably at that time, they couldn't even imagine the situation would be like that five years after they made the bid. they will probably have to face -- notukrainian situation is resolved. there will have to be discussions going on. they will also have to manage street violence, something relatively usually in russia. russian law enforcement is good in managing this situation. an aspect that will be given that publicity for the way russia handles this kind of tension. it will be interesting to see does this- how russia in such an intense political context. and in the years to come how russia manages this incredible opportunity to promote itself abroad. all these kind of megaprojects are really putin projects. you really have a highly centralized dynamic going on for all these big megaprojects. it is really centralized around putin and

meanwhile, russia is hurting -- this is a company usually exposed to russia and the ukraine.e areas have depreciating currency in the slowing market. the market declined 9% in ine.ia, 70% of the ukra they are trying to offset this issue but overall the chief executive is saying we are not at a good point in this time. carlsberg is feeling the pain of that profit warning. meanwhile, setback -- another danish company is up by almost 6%. this is on the back of the second-quarter profit missing analysts estimates. krone, in at 226 danish million that is. increase, in an base a significantly lower impairment. they sound more optimistic -- the fact that they miss their and oftarget, i think, course candidate is the weakest economy at the moment . i leave you on a bright note -- another bank. a whole different set of affairs. a is the best performer, company that many didn't expect good things from, the second-biggest lender in eastern europe. huge exposure to russia and ukraine, but unlike carlsberg, it is doing better. ukrainian business is back in the black, making a profit, seei

russia sent the first man into space 54 years ago that was during the summer period when russia and the u.s. led the global space race. but all this ground to a halt with the call up of the soviet union, page budget cuts in the space development program the base for this program, since the fine 50s it is located in kazahkstan russia is compelled to rent this site at a cost of over $18 million a year once more, the launch site is out after nearly 60 years of service. the russian president vladimir putin wants to build a replacement that simt silt within russia. capable of manning the spacecraft with millions of satellites. >> russia is a leadish in space exploration. there is no doubt the space center is the most important project. the massive scale for the project is vital. >> behind me you can see 32 metres high. the launching system area d. rock itself will be a believer to the launching area the center boasts state of the art equipment. an ad advanced system automatic ally checks nearly 500 items before lunch. >> the new space center is equipped with russia's latest technology. there

the western powers didn't want to to believe that russia could be dangerous. russia was invited to g8. though i never liked, you know, it to be called g8. for me it was g7 +1 because russia didn't belong there, it was neither democracy, nor industrial power. but yeltsin was invited, putin stayed there, and there were many advances. there's a big myth now which also i am addressing in my book. it's about russia having been hue milllated like famous german. absolute nonsense. when you look at what's happened in the '90s, it's anything to compare germany. the russian troops left germany, they were paid the for that. so the whole idea that, you know, the west played it wrong by provoking russia, provoking russian national sentiment, i don't think this argument can hold water. and at the same time we should remember that ian european -- eastern european nations and the baltic nations, they have pretty strong memory. there's genetic memory of russian occupation. so that's why it wounded nato rex. and the motion -- protection. and the notion that the expansion of nat

china and russia. we'll start the show this week with iran. last week you heard president obama make his case for the deal. >> that's not just good for the united states. that is very good for israel. >> today israel's ambassador to the united states makes the case against. >> we believe that this deal threatens the survival of israel. ♪ ♪ >>> china's currency is falling and world markets are trembling. why? i'll talk about former u.s. ambassador to china and former presidential candidate jon huntsman. >>> then, why in the world is raucha destr russia destroying hundreds of tons of food when its own people are struggling to get by. >>> a harvard law professor is running for president. not elizabeth warren. lawrence lessig. really. he will explain why. >>> but first here is my take. today it's in the form of a letter. dear senator schumer. when you announced your decision to vote against the nuclear agreement with iran, you explained your reasons in a nearly 1,700 word statement that is thoughtful in substance and civil in tone. and yet, in the

to the new concerns about russia?> well there are a number of things being done. the pentagon is planning to spend a lot of money on missile defenses. not just for russia. for iran. north korea, who possess this technology. and, what they're doing is they want to actually build a cruise missile shield. not for icbm-type weapons. for weapon that would be fired from say a submarine or a plane. and it flies low. it's very tough to detect with the current radars in the united states. they want to put these air ships, these aerostats, if you will, up around major cities and arm them with the ability to shoot down he's missiles if they go toward u.s. si cities. >> what kind of timetable are we talking? >> everything is very notional and very classified. u.s. officials are saying, we're talking three to five years is when they would like to have this in place. >> in terms of -- no, go ahead. you were about to say something. >> i was going to say they're actually testing a system right now near washington. there's an aerostat

without russia, and part of russia and the eurasian unit or any other. the goal in 2008, august, with georgia was to stop georgia's development, advance to its atlantic path. and managed to do it for a short period of time. we are back by 7 years. that's what they tried to do in ukraine. what you try to do in ukraine, and where it can be preferable for everyone. a european nation fighting for its future. >> yesterday ukraine warned russia taking more land. do you anticipate more land grabs there? >> unfortunately, looking at the developments in georgia or you don't have a war at this moment. there's not much of a hope. in georgia on a daily basins, as you said, russia will get more and more under the occupation, behind the occupation. they are doing it on a small scale but on a daily basis. georgia is a small country, in a small territory. as the path continues, we'll face an unfortunate development. they have made it away from the main highway connecting east and west. they may come close to the edge when they can block the country and cut it in two. >>

russia is open for aerospace industry.ll extend the unique space potential of our country to strengthen the leading positions and production of military aviation equipment. >> but much has changed since this biaannual event has been held. defense exports with now one of the few areas of russia industry where there is growth. depp prime minister has been tasked with showing the iranians around. it's no secret that russia is impatient to start selling weapons and technology to tehran again. >> the production needs tapcal investment. with this in mind we're building good relationships with russia and other companies. we're working with technology and other issues. one of the areas where there will be change is aviation production. >> defense sales are driven by modernization program, although there are signs for aviation that this is slowing down. when it comes to domestic procurement, russia is having to clip its wings somewhat. the development of a long-range bomber has been postponed. and the fifth generation warplane has

from russia. so i hope very much that it is still one year before the warsaw summit and there's time for discussion, dialogue. but at the end of the day we will come up with the same conclusions as to the level of threats russia considers to the world, peace and security, as well as to the actions that need to be made in order to address that kind of a threat that is coming. thank you very much, and looking forward to your questions very much. [applause] minister, thank you very much for those remarks. as earlier, very direct, very straightforward. you have a very clear point, and i'm glad to be able to explore that a little bit. before i do that the welcome your excellent ambassador here. very glad to have him. as well as the general. welcome. we are very glad to have you in support of the minister. so i just got a couple of questions, but again i'm very much looking for as the minister said, to your questions and your comments about this. minister, you talked about the danger that we can see. on

russia. could the increasingly urgent situation in ukraine explode into war? >>> also, inside enemy territory. what happens when a reporter for a jewish publication goes to iran? the answer might surprise you. i will talk to that reporter about what he learned. >>> and, the future of work. will computers take over for lawyers and doctors and all of us? will robots replace most workers? i'll talk to the author of an eye-opening cover essay in the atlantic. >>> finally, the long hot summer is almost over, but the heat may be here to stay. i'll explain. >>> but first here is my take. while we have been watching isis and discussing iran, something much bigger is happening in the world. we are witnessing a historic fall in the price of oil. down more than 50% in less than a year. when a similar drop happened in the 1980s, the soviet union collapsed. what will it mean now? nick butler, the former head of strategy for bp, told me we are in for a longer and more sustained period of low oil prices tha

and russia. china also, but that is more because of a nonintervention stance rather than in some way protecting, shall we say, the syrian government. it could perhaps be a sign that russia is stepping away somewhat from the administration in damascus. the big difference with the resolution passed today is that it gives some teeth to the investigators. they have a mandate to investigate who was responsible for the chemical weapons attacks that were carried out. previously, they could only establish whether or not an attack of that nature had been carried out. host: what would be the next step then after the vote? >> the u.n., together with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, has been tasked with putting together a 20 member team that will investigate the allegations of chemical weapons use. if they are to do this in country, that will be extremely difficult. let's not forget that syria is in the middle of a brutal, calm located, multi-sited war. some of the -- complicated mul

france was planning to sell warships to russia. now they are sorting out the final details. >> that is right. it was suspended last night. the kremlin said it received a full refund for the total amount. clare murphy explains. claire: it was first signed in 2011. last year it's contract started to unravel under pressure from the u.s. and other allies. this week confirmation the paris and moscow have agreed, allowing both sides to walk away. at what cost? the government had paid 784 million euros. add to that the cost of installing equipment and training, the final bill reached just over 1.1 billion euros. there will be no penalties incurred by france or legal action and the government of francois hollande owns the ship once more. >> the initial price was 1.2 billion euros. the cost of the deal will be less. russia will be reimbursed for their financial commitment, the exact amount announced in parliament. claire: it is costing one million euros a month to keep the ships. the government is looking for new buyers. >> there is a marke

if ods of russia. -- devotees of russia.agree.in they have been living on the western sanctions for over a year as a consequence. vladimir putin is presenting this as just another working visit, but it is so much more than that. this is about showing that crimea, as far as he is concerned, is part of russia for good. despite all of the sanctions for the past year, he thinks it will stay that way. moscow has been busy promoting ais as a patriotic choice for holiday. onceeaches here were filled by ukrainians. gradually, russians have begun to replace them. in as been a tough year territory and recognized by most of the world. locals are adjusting to this new reality, she says. the tourists, and where are they from? >> from moscow -- only from russia. dmitry calls the annexation a catastrophe. houston is so most of his produce to the eu. that is a block and he now makes -- he used to sell most of his produce to the eu. that is block now and he barely makes any money. >> i do not want to imagine how things here will end. i do no

the loser, russia, venezuela, and texas.s oil hits $4,000. >> laura, winners and losers. >> winner trump. "time" magazine. tom every poll except ohio poll where he is down seven points to kasich. loser, everyone who who is not jeb or donald trump on the campaign trail. they have not been able to break through. even with some bright spots ted cruz and ben carson. they are going to need a lot more money in order to do so. >> winners and losers? >> winner ben carson. we moved him up in our u.s. news rankings of candidates this week. i think he was an over performer and quiet performner that debate who came out than i even thought in post debate polling. loser is scott walker who just today couldn't take a position and to me is looking increasingly waffling and weak to donors out there. >> that is it for the panel. but stay tuned for your friday feedback. >>> every friday we do it, your friday feedback. on the markets, we asked if you were ready to bail on stocks, ann alexander says too early to bail. nobody was buying, just sel

rory challands, al jazeera, russia. >>> oil spills in russia are widespread and frequent, the group estimateshat there are now more than 10,000 spills every year, about 5 million tons of crude oil leaks on larnd, at least half a million tons end up in the arctic ocean. to put that in perspective, that's, about 10 times the amount in the gulf of mexico, as a result of the deep water horizon dispaft. for our off the radar segment flit we are joined by cassidy sharp the spokesperson for greenpeace u.s.a. cassidy, good to see you. the whole world took notice but this catastrophe in russia is far worse even if it is spread over a much wider region. is russia sweeping this under the rug? >> absolutely. so as the deep water horizon disaster was one of the worst environmental tragedies in our history and to think that that happens several times a year in russia is truly disturbing and what it is is a lot of times these companies don't have to report what happens. in fact it is a volunteer basis which is truly astounding. so that's our best guess of how much oil is spilled. it could be even more than

laces like nigeria, chile, and russia.hen we have resource importing countries, places like china, korea, taiwan. so it is a very heterogeneous bunch. i agree, i don't think the emerging markets is the right way of thinking about this world. but you asked also about the brics. i think they all probably are perfectly considered part of the emerging world. china,: let me turn to and what is going on over there and what is happening with their economy. justin: i just got back from china late saturday night. i spend a lot of time in china. it's a passion of mine. i think this is one of the most misunderstood geographies in the world, and probably the future, because they are bad communicators. authoritarian governments are not very good with public relations. but what is really happening hadhina, is that it has unimaginable progress. 20 years ago, it was a desperately poor emerging economy. even at the turn-of-the-century, it was a $1 trillion economy. today, it is a 10 trillion -- $10 trillion economy. it is a very powerful,

russia's poverty ready climbed by 5% in one year. an online petition urging the government to end the campaign has 350,000 signatures. mr. putin would be wise to listen. he should channel frustration into fixing russia's fundamentally flawed economy rather than taking it out on pieces of fruit. next on gps, my next guest wants to take the money out of politics. what is he going to do about it? run for president and crowd sources campaign. there is more to his story. hear from the candidate when we come back. no matter where he's hosting. ♪ an hors d'oeuvre for the table? ♪ perhaps even an elegant gesture for the neighbors. ♪ stella artois host beautifully >>> my next guest is mad and he's not going to take it anymore. he is angry about the current state of american elections and how they are funded. he said our representative democracy is decidedly unrepresented. it is rig and until we unrig it, no reform is possible. what is he going to do about it? run for president. maybe. depending on how much money he can crowd source. i will le

and russia doesn't agree with that and as the matter of iran and russia has had a significant role inrokering of the nuclear deal with iran. of course the united states has had a part to play in that as well. saudi arabia hates this deal. it thinks it's atrocious and wants to see it unraveled as quickly as possible. then there is the issue of oil and saudi arabia seems fairly happy to have played a part in depressing the global oil price to flush out american oil producers from the market. this had a catastrophic effect on the russian economy, russia would like to see the oil price rebound and doesn't seem to be at the moment much agreement between saudi arabia on russia to do with the oil price either. a lot of these things are complex and the american response depends on these particular issues and their particular stance on those issues as well. >> rory in moscow and thank you very much for that. japan has restarted the nuclear reactor at the power station and it's the first reactor to begin operating under new safety rules since the fukushima disaster in 2011. and as harry faucet

>> well, i think that russia, well, and russia's foreign minister sat today at the press conference,s mentioning about the problem of it should be by all national forces and think maybe there may be a certain plan on the table about how to solve this crisis diplomatically. and the problem and soon this plan will be publicized, i don't know actually but this plan is presumed that all parties involved in this conflict and this severe conflict should be deciding or using the political means and should be negotiating the political settlement, political diplomatic settlement of this acute syrian crisis. >> talked about the iran nuclear deal that has been agreed to, how is moscow likely to benefit of the lifting of sanctions on iran. >> this is a good question actually and as it was said during the press conference by iranian foreign minister, russia is still has a monopoly in the cooperation with islamic of iran and the nuclear field because russia is going to construct two more atomic power stations and russia also is going to according to the joint plan of action or nuclear deal russia

we export caviar to russia.past, it was the opposite. into get caviar excepted russia, it had to swallow some pride and change the labels. so russian buyers are unaware of its origin. even during centuries against the west, caviar has avoided the van. russia had to look abroad for it thanks to overfishing in the caspian sea. with a tank full of belugas, the rarest of all sturgeon, the timing is good for the italian company. >> time is money. and life cycle of the sturgeon is between time -- 10 and 12 years. the beluga takes 20 years to produce roe. kilo $15,000 for a 1.8 tin, it is a good time to export. i do look away bit -- a wee bit. francine: it is a little bit like marmalade, but a lot more expensive. for our viewers, the second hour of "the pulse" coming up. manus: the method behind the money moves. china's devaluing the yuan. we go live to beijing to it we find at the reaction across asia. francine: also, russia's recession. we look at the country's sharpest contraction since 2009. then we talked africa a

often we hear commentators describe russia's the incident has been cold war russia.r russia invading ukraine, the soviet style behavior i think that's wrong. i think what we see today with russia is into you behave. this is our imperial russia did during the time of the czarist put this out russia behaved before the 1970 osha that revolution. basic we have a 21st century russia with 18th and 19th century ambitions. i think that drives a lot of putin's policies towards arctic because the arctic, hearken back to the days of peter the great and the great northern expedition, the arctic is way to rally the public around the flag, make the country to allow the country to be proud about something, with very low risk and low cost. because they have half of the world's arctic territory in southern national borders but they can get away with doing certain things that might look like saber rattling early at the end of the day they are perfectly allowed to do inside their own borders. the second is the economic factor. we offered there is figures about how undiscovered oil and

russia was posing a threat from the east. in the lapland war, hitler's withdrawing wehrmacht followed a scorched earth policy. 90% of all the buildings in rovaniemi were burnt to the ground. the people were evacuated, but there was nothing left to return to. the horror at this brutal retreat lasted for decades. hanna kylÄniemi, historian: only now are people daring to talk again about how they have positive memories about the time before that destruction. after the war, it was taboo to even mention the germans. the atmosphere and political climate preserved the bitterness for a long time. >> in 1963, locals demonstrated in rovaniemi at the dedication of the german soldiers' cemetery there. now, the cemetery in the finnish forest is no longer controversial. here, pertti hartikainen regularly meets his friend lauri koskela. he was born in 1944 as the son of a wehrmacht soldier. koskela's father was killed in action here. the two have been friends since they were 15. but they didn't talk about their fathers, both soldiers in the

and russia. massive american submarine surfaces in the arctic sailors chip ice off the "uss sea wolf" after spending two months below the ice cap. u.s. commander says american forces are demonstrating they can operate a subanywhere on earth, but analysts say in the arctic america's fallen way behind the russians. >> the united states is lagging militarily while overall numbers of capability are larger the russians have much more effective sea-going and military capability in the region because they live there. >> reporter: u.s. officials and outside analysts tell cnn russia has aggressively expanded its military capability in the arctic establishing and expanding a northern command forming arctic brigades. they even planted a titanium flag on the sea floor beneath the north pole. the u.s. has two ice wreaker ships, the russians have 41. analysts say the russians are in much better position to dominate the region militarily and grab crucial natural resources. >> what's at stake is huge. we are tal

that, i think, is the country we are facing in russia. -- the conflict we are facing in russia. it has a lot of parts. my conviction is that a lot of emerging powers we are facing and have to work with are very much engaged in the very traditional geopolitical vision of the world. there we seeing, falsely, narrative of a cold war? is the u.s. leaving putin no choice? trying, and we're we are trying to do it with our legitimate friends, is trying to ukraine --russia and taking into account this russian narrative, trying to find a balance. a balance between the russian passions -- u.s. the russian, what is ukraine -- you ask a russian, what is ukraine, and they will say it is part of themselves. existentially or historically. i don't justify, but that is a fact. and also trying to find the independence of ukraine. thatg to convince russia ukraine without using as a threat -- would not be seen as a threat. we have been negotiating for a few months with russia. we have been negotiating with some success, but also with some shortcomings in our actions. kim: i think he wants to step i

russia.ar assad will be in pour. there is no indication that i assume that there is a drastic change in russia's position regarding that. >> what do you think russia would have to be promised in order to get more in line if it were to ever go that way with the g.c.c. and the u.s. as far as assad is concerned? >> well i think actually that russia is trying to push up its position basically speaking in this and this blood shed which is going on for the fourth year in syria is the best thing for everybody and russia is trying to get in support of any peace plan. the recognition of russia's effort. i think this is going in the wake of the successful iranian nuclear deal so now there is a tone of syria for probable political settlement including all the forces in syria and including bashar al-assad the government who actually would be trying to negotiate and probably to reach and negotiate a settlement for the peaceful settlement of this deep and serious conflict. >> let's leave it there, thank yo

russia to stop a mobilization and threatened to declare war. a would not back down in germany declared war, and then it's a cascading effect which then france stepped in in support of russia. then when germany invaded france by way of belgium, britain declared war to defend belgian neutrality. we chose to focus on the western front for practical reasons. that is where the strength of the holdings of the university of wisconsin are. so, a lot of material on germany's role as well as what was happening in belgium and france. and so, we wanted to bring these sources to the fore. and really sort of focus on just the western combat experience. ok, so these first cases in the collection focus on the outbreak of the war. so, here is what we are calling germany mobilizes for war. and with in the case, you can see different images of, here, for example, crowds assembled in berlin to receive news that germany was declaring war on russia. and right here, the keiser is greeting a crowd from the royal palace, and the -- kaiser will helm is sitting on his ho