>> you say russia. >> the link? >> russia we're dealing with a regime that doesn't always do the right things. and one could argue that united states doesn't always do the right things. there is a deal with iran, they kill more people per capita, that's the reason i invited you but you're so steamed about bill browder. >> you know what i'm really steamed about? it's unfair. you bush whacked me. i talked to your prowzers and all we talked about is u.n. syria, russia and putin. >> we're talking about syria we're talking about terrorism we're talking about ukraine, we're talking about nawght russia proxies. that's what i wanted to talk to you about. you came in here so mad about bill browder.. >> i wasn't angry about -- >> you are an expert about bulgaria estonia latvia, lithuania. >> ukraine didn't want to -- >> wants to join nato. >> you said it wanted to, now it wants to it matters to historians when you are talking about. >> whether or not that pushes russia into a situation, that's what i booked you to talk about.

nautical miles from russia's shores. it's up to the united nations to rule. at stake shipping lanes, oil and gas. as coast guard said in july "the united states really isn't each in this game." evidence of what is a discrepancy in icebreakers. russia has 40, america has two, one of which is at the end of its useful life. so the arctic it playing into a narrowing of worsening relations between russia and the west. russia's annexation of crimea and support against ukraine is causing tension in n.a.t.o. up near the arctic, in norway and nearby countries, russia is testing n.a.t.o.'s resolve with hundreds of military flights violating the neighbour's airspace. the narrative is only part of the story. travel to the arctic like i did, you can see it's part of a world whose brutal conditions require n.a.t.o. and washington to cooperate. the fear is the new cold war will damage a spirit of cooperation and has been around since the old cold war. as tensions simmer between russia and the west. >> a new confrontation is brewing in

and russia existed. the crisis in ukraine may have fundamentally redefined moscow's relations with the west. >> without question the ukranian crisis pushed russia-west relationship over the cliff into something that is qualitatively different from what we had for period. >> in a speech given to the parliament. announcing the annexation of crimea, he outlined the new vision for the kremlin, moscow would protect what it considers its sphere of influence. >> there was one part in which he warned russia's western colleague that if you compress a spring to the limit at some point it will spring back hard. and that is the new foreign policy of russia, springing back against a perceived slight and encroachment by the west. >> in november, the former leader mick highly gorbachev weighed in, saying the expansion of n.a.t.o., and war in the middle east contributed to the collapse of trust between russia and the west. >> the world is on the brink of a new cold war. some are saying that it has already begun. >> the

why don't you come to russia"? so 1927 my grandfather goes to russia. he ends up meeting-- a russian girl who becomes my grandmother. my father is born there. and then five years later, in 1932, the communist party sends him back to america to become the general secretary of the america communist party. he runs for president in 1936 and '40 against roosevelt. he's imprisoned by roosevelt in '41, pardoned the next year. and then ultimately kicked out of the communist party in 1945 for being too capitalist. and one would've thought that would be the end of the story. but then in the 1950s he was persecuted for being a communist. they did-- they didn't deter-- they didn't distinguish between good communists and-- >> right. >> bad communists. >> what was your upbringing like? you have-- a highly educated family. everybody in your family-- has really excelled in their fields. >> well, so-- so-- so we-- yeah. i mean, if you come from a family of communists-- it just perm-- permeates everything. at the dinner table, you know, the discussion was how all busines

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

/russia and negotiation. if washington and moscow cut their total nuclear arsenals and have it would still be six to seven times larger than the nearest third world country but so far what the russians are saying publicly is the next negotiation has to bring in those countries. there might be a half step you could do because i don't believe they will be prepared to say we will make a commitment not to go above 300 and still at 3,000, but could you ask the chinese, the british and the french for example to undertake a unilateral permit and where they say as a matter of policy we will not increase the number of nuclear weapons as long as the united states and russia reduce? >> a great question. my discussion with russians over the years, no question russians are concerned about what china is doing and could possibly do it in modernization, expansion of nuclear weapons capability. over the years they have been frustrated at least in discussions with me about what they see as lack of transparency. indochinese pro

is this in syria russia's war now?> well, you know, it's becoming a multinational war right now, and the fact that we would sit down with the russian president and show that amount of dis disrespect for this president to move forward as he did after meeting with him tells us the low standing america has around the world. i mean, we're considered someone you don't even have to consult with in dealing with these very sensitive matters. you know, it's -- the president has put america in a very difficult situation because of his feckless foreign policy. we have no weight to throw around, if you will. there's no respect given to us. it's because of the way we've dealt with the situation cnÑ syria. we have a chemical weapons treaty in syria. and there are chemical weapons being used by assad in syria right now and the president has simply ignored the reality. >> there have been barrel bombs. the president acknowledged that in his address. obviously speaking to the unga days ago. pointing that out that assad has been doing th

, soviet russia.well, this was greater russia. then all of a sudden the u.s.s.r. collapsed, overnight, in fact, right? and it's turned out that, in former soviet republics, there were people, russian people numbering 25 million. they had been living in a single country and, all of a sudden, we turned out to be abroad. you can imagine how many problems arose. first of all, there were everyday problems, economic problems, social problems, the separation of families. you can't list them all. do you think it's normal that 25 million people, russian people wound up abroad all of a sudden? russia turned out to be the largest divided nation in the world today. is that not a problem? well, not for you, but it's a problem for me. >> rose: and what do you intend to do about it? >> what we want to do is use modern civilized processes to preserve at least, at a minimum, the common humanitarian space to make it so that these state borders do not get in the way so that people can communicate freely among themselves

russia stharz priority and we've -- u.s.ilitary officials have been in touch with their counterparts to arrange those talks and i would anticipate those talks take place in short order. >> but if that were true wouldn't that mean they would have the conversations before they start air strikes? isn't that an indication they're not as committed to that kind of communication being a priority? >> well, again, i think the way that we'll eventually be able to tell this is how serious russia is in participating in these discussions. based on a conversation between the president presidents and the conversations that have taken place between u.s. and russian military officials to arrange those talks and based on the obvious observation that it's hard to see how russia would benefit from their activities coming into direct conflict with u.s. and coalition military activities i think we can have confidence they'll engage in that seriously. >> reporter: but the fact that they haven't started that process which was agreed to in this rare

this is the same case in russia. a lot of problems. >> rose: so the people who killed yemsov will be prosecuted to the fullest? >> yes. i said it right away. a single page in our modern history, today's history and criminals must be prosecuted and punished. or probably this can not be done in a second, but we have had other examples of crimes of this kind. and finally in the end, despite the fact that these investigations continue for quite a long time, it concluded in a due manner. >> rose: you know that i as meyer russia and its culture very much, its literature, its music. it is a large country, a big country. and many people, including stalin had said russia needs a strong authoritative figure. they worship stalin said that kind of figure. was stalin right? >> no, he was wrong. i don't remember him saying that so i can't confirm those quotes. russia as any other country in the world needs just principles for structure rather than dictators. russia meets these principles and respond to these changes inside the cou

not just against china but also against russia. with that pushed the two states together, forced them to work together to develop countermeasures? that's a tough question and it's not a question that is only applicable to the united states. many of my japanese friends have been struggling with this. how does japan manage russia when it still looks to engage in many ways without trying to allow the europeans deeply it's sort of walking away from its commitment to upholding the status quo? if japan doesn't stand up from enough to a rush is doing and eastern europe, would that have any affect on the european commitment to opposing chinese efforts to change the status quo and the south china sea for the east china sea? i think is a big question and i don't think we know the answers, but we are reaching an important inflection point, which is as paul is managing come at some point the chinese technological proficiency will start to outpace the russian proficiency in some areas. and if these continue and continue to go i think we'll see

petersburg, russia.s where catherine the great began assembling her personal art collection in 1764. today it houses items from the , antiquities to the largest painting collection in the world. on a recent trip to st. petersburg, i was finally able to visit this historic palace of art. my guide, mikhail piotrovsky, the director of the museum he inherited the post from his father and has guided it in russia's transition from the soviet union to the presidency of vladimir putin. with very little notice, he made time for me, invited me to visit on a saturday afternoon. the museum was full of people. this is not movie making perfection but it is what it , would be like if you were there yourself. so join us as we examine the history of its vast interiors and look at some of the most famous works of titian, rembrant, picasso and matisse. this was done on a busy weekend with no lights, one camera, and very little preparation. we simply took advantage of an extraordinary opportunity and wanted to take you with

you mentioned the two motors for russia. thing simple of capitalist greed, and the other perhaps a larger geopolitical strategy. i wonder perhaps if there's a third motivation in that china make itself already have created technology of interest to russia. so things like these coastal ballistic cruise missiles may actually show up in the russian arsenal. so arthur quid pro quo going from china to russia in addition to the intel exchange that you mention? >> perhaps i can take that one. the short answer is yes, you are starting to see signs of a shift where for the first time chinese military equipment and technology may be flowing towards russia. recently, for example, the chinese have attempted to sell russia their latest project, the one i spoke about, which is quite a capable system with advanced missile and air defense systems on board as well. part of the problem is that russia has been struggling to build new ships because of the efficiency of its shipbuilding industry, also the cutoff of new ship engines from ukraine

russia is taking advantage of that, filling the vacuum and that's the danger here. >> russia on the marchin thank you for joining us on t"the five." >> a couple of things i thought i would mention is that president obama came to the united nations this week with a couple of things in mind. he had a successful visit with the pope. he's got the iranian deal in the bag. and he's got the trans-pacific partnership, the big trade deal almost a done deal with the other nations signing on. he wanted to do two basic things. the number one thing was to try to get an agreement going on climate change, they've made some agreements and side deals, but that's not the headline. you always have to expect the unexpected. in this case the president now has to put a ton of focus on the issue that he didn't want to talk about, which is isis. the other thing that happened yesterday is that the taliban overran a major city in afghanistan and we had to send additional american troops there. right now president obama had been trying to draw down troops from afghanistan. you have the people in the pentagon now an

russia used its security council veto, and use it as well on a

this was russia's 9/11. russian historian yuri felshtinsky has written a book on the apartment bombings. >> we have to understand that the whole country is very nervous. the feeling is that every several days or, like, once a week, a building is going to be blown up. >> narrator: all of a sudden, a prime minister few russians had heard about was everywhere, swearing revenge. >> narrator: putin would point to rebels in chechnya, where a separatist movement was holding ground. >> the russian officials said that there was a chechen trail in the apartment bombings. not proof of chechen involvement; a chechen trail. it wasn't clear what that meant. but it was used in order to justify a new invasion of chechnya. (explosions) >> narrator: and putin's invasion would be brutal. (people crying) >> narrator: the man who waged it was a new national hero. >> he quickly became the most popular politician in russia, even though before the apartment bombings, he was believed to have had no chance to succeed yeltsin as presi

russia insists it is bombing islamic state targets but russia is always insisting something and usually it is not true. in this case, u.s. officials say the strikes are hitting areas where there are no isis fighters. all of this just two days after president obama and putin met at the united nations. they clinked glasses together after speaking for 90 minutes. what did they speak of? we do not now. associate editor of "the wall street journal" is with us now. lots of different groups with lots of different objectives and lots of different tactics and they conflict. >> that's right. they're trying to kill people we're trying to help who are trying to kill people that they're trying to help. it gets complicated. the airspace gets complicated. the big concern is there's the possibility of an accident. there's no control tower over this. there's no communication of, we're sending our plane over here, you should be over there. the u.s. has the capacity to see the entire airspace over syria. but the possibility of a mistake still exists. and this is an effort by russia not just to help assad

russia even admitting these strikes were ordered by

and russia. russia is launching airstrikes in syria today just hours after fox news was the first to report that a russian general went to the u.s. defense in baghdad requesting all u.s. military leave syria warning strikes were beginning. they claim they are hitting isis targets but our sources at the pentagon they that is not true. here with us today is harris faulkner, sandra smith, melissa francis and our one lucky guy is former u.n.ambassador, john bolton. >> glad to be here. >> on a busy news day. so let's get right to. russia's defense ministry is saying their jets are carrying out airstrikes on isis. but the problem is the towns where russian bombings are re reining down don't have an isis presence but are home to the free syrian army, allies to bashar al-assad. senator john mccain didn't hold back on the senate floor moment moments ago. >> it was one year ago when the president said our strategy is to degrade and destroy isis. a report yesterday, 28,000 european and some american had com

russia is also sending more naval vessels to the mediterranean.sia has maintained a military presence here since the 1970s, and after the collapse of the soviet union, it was eager not to lose that spot. meanwhile in eastern syria, fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant say they are making gains. there's video from isil shows the group overrunning a small base. it also took control of military positions, including a rocket regiment close to the airport. isil fought government forces in at least three neighborhoods. most of the city is under isil's command, but government forces still control several areas, but they are struggling on multiple fronts. the government relies heavily on shia militias, and depends on russia for military and political survival. >>> let's take you now to moscow and speak to peter sharpe a big diplomatic issue, and we're hearing that ukraine has closed its air space to some russia planes. >> reporter: that's might, the foreign ministry was talking this morning of the west's strange hysteria with russia's pr

does russia want to reduce the risk?and when we look at an incident like mh-317 and the response to mh-17, that doesn't give one great optimism and it's certainly a mess of trust destroyer. let me offer a little bit -- a ray of optimism and it has to do with -- you know, for us to participate in a track two, it really is a track two and you don't really need to think about necessarily -- or i don't, many of the participants don't need to think about whether the u.s. government endorses this or not. the russian system doesn't work that way. so just the very fact that we are able to hold these discussions and to have the level of representation that we had from the russian federation says something that at least some areas in the russian government are supportive of continuing these types of discussions. maybe not in the context of a nato/russian discussion as guy suggested but in this context. and it emphasizes the point guy was making that what we are doing is all that much more importan important. >> thank you. it's tim

the soviet union had been called russia, soviet russia. this was greater russia.ll of a sudden, the ussr collapsed, overnight, in fact, right? it has turned out that in former soviet republics, there were russian people numbering 25 million. they had been living in a single country. all of a sudden, they turned out to be a broad. you can imagine how many problems arose. first of all, there were everyday problems, economic problems, social problems, the separation of families. you cannot list them all. do you think it is normal that 25 million russian people were abroad all of a sudden? russia turned out to be the largest divided nation in the world today. is that not a problem? well, not for you, but it is for me. charlie: what are you going to do about it? pres. putin: we want to preserve the common humanitarian space. to make it so that these borders do not get in the way, so that people can communicate freely among themselves, so we can develop our economies jointly. we want to take advantage of those benefits of the former ussr. joint infrastructure, unified r

russia and the soviet union. russia's the legal successor of the ussr. i will have to say a few words about how the current situation and how international relations are shaping up to date. united nation remains the only universal international organization charged with maintaining international peace and security. there is no alternative to it. it has to adapt to a changing world and we have all been constantly debating how it should change, at what pace, what should be changed exactly. have toave to not just -- i will avail myself to speak from this international rostrum to give the russian vision of the future of this organization. charlie: there is much anticipation you will speak about the threat of isis, and that your presence in syria is related to that. this of the presence in syria, and how does that relate to the challenge of isis? president putin: i believe come i'm certain that everyone speaking from the united nations platform is going to talk about the fight, about the need to fight terrorism. i cannot avoid this is jewish -- this issue eit

russia jumps in this time on the program.old war may be over for a long time but a lot of the old alliances that shake middle east rivalries live, the russia-syria link, the u.s.-saudi alliance, iran, that called the u.s. the great satan. once are there other goals in a complicated and savage fight there that the two countries could work on? secretary of defense ash carter has been in contact with his russian counterpart, sergei shoigou. secretary of state john kerry called an important first step. >> the president believes that mill to mill conversation is an important next step. and i think hopefully will take place very shortly. and it will help to define some of the different options that are available to us as we consider next steps in syria. >> i'm joined now by anna boyshevskaya and james jatris, deputy director of the american institute in ukraine following a career in the foreign service and on capitol hill. >>> well, consultation is not necessarily cooperation, james, so what should we make of these high level conta

taking out russia or russia taking out u.s. >> a dangerous game. >> incredibly dangerous game. the diplomacy just on that level they have to be talking to each other. but the geography of syria is that isil is all the way out in the desert bordering iraq, and we're training and equipping soldiers in iraq and also conducting airstrikes on this syria-iraq border. i expect the isil and the coalition against isil will stay over there as we watch putin decide what he's going to do for assad over on the coast. >> let's go and take another break. there is much more to talk about as these developments continue to come in. we heard just a while ago the secretary of defense address what is happening now with the russian airstrikes over syria. keep it here on the other side of the break. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. so a couple of big things happening today. we have been talking about the latest developments out of russia. out of syria, rather. the russian airstrikes, and we just finished wrapping up a press conference with secretary of defense ash carter. all this week the u.n.

tipping point before russia goes too far? or is it the case of surface warfare for the chinese navy? point to russia's self-conscious limitations? these are precisely the capabilities they don't mind countering the u.s. navy. russia is selling china the rope to help hang the u.s. navy. some of the systems, whether it is the rs 26 for land-based concerns, of course you are russia looking to the east. i think the question does russia need the money that bad? do you see this as irresponsible and shortsighted? or is it a strategic partnership? admittedly a limited one for these kinds of systems. another take away from this is we talk about anti-axis air and denial. this is going to be a missile rich environment. is missile-based. of thesepursuing a lot things. it appears they are doing so for three reasons. being able to target u.s. allies and u.s. bases. this is admittedly getting beyond the scope of this report. the kind of systems paulist means of course the u.s. is going to have to invest in more standoff and penetration weap

russia only gave the u.s. an hour's notice. so i think that you are going to see the level of communication between u.s. officials, top officials here at the white house, and top officials within russia escalate. defense secretary ash carter, saying he would be reaching out to his counterpart in the coming days and that is where this begins. i think you might see some shuttle diplomacy as well. perhaps meetings. because this is a very fragile situation, and if there's any type of mistake that occurs while these air strikes are being launched, it could cause the situation to escalate quite quickly. >> courtney, you were the one that reported earlier today, that they got an hour's notice. what has the coordination been like so far between the russians and the united states? >> just yesterday secretary carter ordered some members of his staff to begin to talk to the russians. i don't think it's been determined yet by the pentagon is exactly what level that occurs at. is this some sort of military officer to military officer speaki

russia loves its warm water port. russia likes its puppet of assad. they're just flattening things really. i mean, it's not a net bonus for anybody who wants to see less civilians killed in syria. it's a bonus for assad who is going to survive. i think the problem we're running into is this is another example of president obama seems to think a great strategy for that region issout sourcing to tyrants. heout sourced the fight against isis in iraq and now he's going to turn it over to putin in syria and i don't think the aftermath of either one of those is going to be good for the people who are going to be crushed under the military might of those two organizations. >> we had already outsourced running baghdad to the iranians so not too much of a stretch to outsource going after isil in iraq at least on the iraqi side of the border. this -- to imply that obama had a lot of great choices in that regard, i'm not sure that necessarily fits the facts. >> we left a vacuum that isis failed. we failed to approximate vied support to the baghdad government tha

russia is back in the middle east after sadat threw the soviet union out in 1972. russia is back.and finally he -- it's an extremely important domestic political imperative for him to show that whatever economic difficulties they have, russia is a great power again, whether it's in ukraine, whether it's in -- in the middle east and god knows what's going to be next. so, so, these to me is -- i think is how putin calculates it. and it doesn't -- frankly, you know, so long as he -- as the regime of -- that he supports is in power, i think that's putin's strategic goal. who he has to bomb along the way is, you know, i think is a secondary matter to him. he leaves it to the people on the ground. >> what do you think? >> oh, i haven't seen reports what russian warplanes have bombed. my understanding is that russia's interests in syria require that russia has a say in the future of this country, but the notion that russia would bomb any of assad's opponents i think is mistaken. russia has hosted negotiations between some members of the syrian opposition and syrian officials. russia has

. >> russia launches it's first airstrike in syria. the new worries in washington. >>> the palestinian flag is raised over the u.n. for the first time as the palestinian president blasts israel in the peace process. the status quo is unacceptable. and congress moves closer to holding off a government shutdown, but the short term deal and the harder work with a long-term budget. >> this is al jazeera live from new york city. i'm richelle carey. russia said that operations against isil in syria. it's supporting the syrian army with airstrikes to tackle the group. but the u.s. said it has grave concerns that the airstrikes are actually hitting syrian opposition forces. let's head to our senior washington correspondent mike viqueira in washington. mike, it seemed as if this day was certainly coming. we're hearing from the obama administration about this move. what are those officials saying? >> well, you're absolutely right. it's not unexpected. especially when you consider the events of the last two weeks and obvious russian build up that

as a stop threat to russia. officials say russia has been beefing up presence in eastern ukraine. while in a standoff with n.a.t.o., after annexing n.a.t.o. and held drills on the islands in. revived soviet era air. it calls for cooperation with india and china, for the u.s. and n.a.t.o. allies, moves are seen as provocative and destabilizing. >> we have seen that russia is investing more in the defense in general. but in nuclear capabilities in appear. >> even if the budgets could be stretched the kremlin is making clear it will not cut corners on defense. >> joining us now to take a deeper look, mark lyons, a retired army major, and al jazeera stds security contributor. joining us, a fellow at the washington institute. focussing on russia's policy towards the middle east. both of you, my first question is i don't know that anyone noticed for certain, but what are vladimir putin's motivations be now. what's the motivations now. >> it's all about keeping a toe hold in the middle east. something that the united states has tried to keep russia out of since the world war ii. he'll be

and russia here? >> yes, i think it's very dangerous. i was just at the pentagon on monday talking to senior officials there in charge of this effort at de-conflicting. they were just getting underway. and now this that is happened. and now it's always dangerous when you have these kinds of forces fighting the same place. by the way, this has not happened probably since world war ii with respect to the united states and russia. and, you know, mistakes can happen. mistargeting can happen, too. i look for the next story being about civilian casualties from russian bombing. that's going to be inevitable for them because they just have not fought in a place like this for a long, long time. >> given your expertise in the region and with this leader, specifically vladimir putin, how would you get out of this? >> i don't have a good answer for you on that, brian. i think they are going to be there for a long time. probably not very active. i think it will be more op episodic. but i don't see a near-term solution. i don't see it for us as well,

russia jumps in.s the "inside story." >> business man bill browder. >> if my grandfather was the biggest communist in america, i'm gonna go become the biggest capitalist in eastern europe. >> from communist origins to capitalist tycoon. see why he's now set on taking down vladimir putin. >> the russian government remains determined to ruin me in any way they can, including killing me if they can get away with it. ♪ >> you're watching "inside story." i'm ray suarez. russia jumps in this time on the program. the cold war may be over for a long time but a lot of the old alliances that shake middle east rivalries live, the russia-syria link, the u.s.-saudi alliance, iran, that called the u.s. the great satan. once are there other goals in a complicated and savage fight there that the two countries could work on? secretary of defense ash carter has been in contact with his russian counterpart, sergei shoigou. secretary of state john kerry called an important first step. >> the president believes that mill