environment in russia and that is. not talking about. the kremlin or the russian i would like to bring mr banta men because mr bennett was talking about you know a more nuanced way of all of dealing with russia which is what you were saying that the u.s. administration that the president donald trump has been you know more than dealing with this than he has been in the possible what will the u.s. administration do now do you think beyond these expulsions is there any way to to move forward here i think many of us in the united states were surprised that president trump has a more subtle approach to these issues than we originally thought of him because these his public statements are often a conflict for his actions but i think what's important is president putin is the leader of russia countries deal with country countries and therefore we have to deal with president putin and the russian government we're not we're not going to deal with the people we prefer to leave with it within russia russia is an important player on many many issue

with russia here.well i think that the cold war is going on and in some places as. well it and a hot war not only a cold war because we know wash our relations with the united states in this idiom area not in a syrian region for example where have that. direct. confrontation between i'm not taken and the russian. military services one of them supported this forces and now the syrian governmental forces so i think that she to asian is right dangerous it needs contacts and diplomatic and political manages to settle down all contradictions what we watch today we watch we watch and when any chance to meet mr putin was mr trump and we watch that mr trump is and was he doing it when welcome his russian colleague that's why no dialogue no political contacts no got to do nation in any other place because our opinions our current relations with the united states is critical as i stand for the united states i'm a firm russia won all of that satellite it is impossible in the real situation and i think that's the

russia could make a proposal similar to the one the russian made when russia propose coordination on military reaction in syria to the president of united states in that location america said yes to the coordination and then we moved from court of the nation to corporation and dice was defeated maybe russian should put to me till april pulls down on counter terrorism global stoppage there should be one of the priorities when president trump says there nato is obsolete is quite right well mr french and i have lots and lots of more questions but unfortunately we have to leave it there really appreciate your being with us and terribly your speech keep the conversation going in our social media pages as funny hope to see you again same place same time here and i want the party. that's. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. most somewhat want to be preached. to going to be pressed to supply them for free in the morning can people go i'm interested always in the winds out. west so. i played f

crame year we had syria we asked the western campaign against russia and russia gate to gate. this british scandal now with scrape it all the olympics that's what i said the olympics it all helped put in i mean i think the wheat from of all day yesterday says it all he said i didn't plan to vote so he's a mate. then it's big. mean for outsiders looking in there are only two figures in the selection there was a lot of your putin obviously and then you're subject to the socialite she got what one point six seven percent of the vote i mean she actually went to washington d.c. campaign in washington d.c. and nobody accused of. meddling in she went to live in d.c. and he couldn't imagine collusion edgerton there's a great image in. an american came to that openly going to moscow and meeting. russian officials in the kremlin and having lunch with them and discussing the presidential election in the united states what with this he was doing she got a lot of criticism here also got version of cynicism but not nowhere near what an american candidate would get over there and she was sti

do you also think that russia has to make the first step i do think it should come from the other russia could make a proposal similar to the one the russian made when russia propose coordination on military action in syria to the president of united states in that location america said yes to the coordination and then we moved from court of the nation to corporation and dies was defeated maybe russian should put to me till it propels a long counter terrorist globalists out these days should be one of the priorities when president trump says there nato is obsolete is quite right well mr french and i have lots and lots of more questions but unfortunately we have to leave it there really appreciate your being with us i'm terribly your speech keep the conversation going in our social media pages it's funny hope to see you again same place same time here and i want to party. the period of fake the flesh. engineer all the central banks of the day don't have the control that they think that they have and once you start to see this being picked up in markets like the gold market and others you

what about russia's role in venezuela and russia's role in the middle east? and i talk about venezuela, but then i want to get to syria and touch on syria and maybe some of the news you were able to break. >> the situation in venezuela is a terrible human tragedy. we're seeing a country imploding. at various stages going back to the early days putin was in office, there was this embrace, this bromance between him and hugo chavez. a lot of that was around weapons sales and venezuelans had a lot of money and were buying significant and expensive weapons system. at some point, when the venezuelans had trouble paying for those, it switched more to a relationship focused on energy. you had the russian state energy led by a portuguese speaking intelligence officer who is probably the most powerful person in russia other than putin launch a pet project to embrace the government of venezuela and expand russia's commercial activity there. in recent years as the government has started to kind of go through this terrible domestic and economic crisis, they have been a ke

russia or against u.s. allies or against so because direct aggression against russia where conventional weapons that were posed as an existential threat to our nation is very clear and specific so i have to say the following yet again he used a nuclear weapons against russia more its allies a couple small range medium range. and any kind of attack will be regarded as a nuclear attack against russia and in response we will take action since things. that are consequences. come when they make sure nobody should have any doubt about it that you don't know what. new threats for the world on the contrary should come to the negotiating table and thinking together on their. international security system that will provide with for a steady. all of the world in the future and we haven't talked to you about this on a many occasions you know we remain open for that our policy will never be made based on exceptionalism we just to protect our interests and we also respect other countries' interests based on international

beach presupposes a certain degree of politeness and having to please russia critics or russia haters both at home and big in his own administration right well let me say two things first to clarify why i use that language because i saw a number of things happen that i think the kremlin had a hand in everything from the attempted assassination of the double agent in britain to some of the support for the assad regime and its barrel bombing and artillery attacks on its own populations in syria and perhaps even issues. like than them soft killing in russia and the evidence that i've seen suggests complicity at the highest levels of the russian government in some of these tragedies which had a very human cost now i could be wrong but that's my working understanding and that's why i use strong words at the expense of the russian president however i also have written about how i think that lattimer putin is genuinely respected among russians because he did help stabilize the country after the yeltsin years he tried to restore a sense of stability growing prosperity international prestige a

stay put is put in its russia or the kremlin. i say put is russia or the kremlin for the very same for the very reason that this is not directed against russian citizens and russian people they're not enemies namely enemies of the west it's their government that trolls this confrontation with the west but we need to kind of keep the lines open especially with with russian citizens and you mention the elections when these were not free and fair elections i realize that mr putin also based on his propaganda machine has a great deal of support apparently within within the russian population but then why disqualify one candidate by turning him into a pseudo criminal and not allowing him to run that's missed and involved in another potential challenger was assassinated the year before so we cannot speak of fair fair and free elections and there is not an open information. environment in russia and that is it. we're not talking about. the kremlin or the lesson he'd like to bring mr banta men and now because mr bennett was talking about

and russia matters. they have played that fantastic all in syria which is by means a relatively modest footprint on their operation which is had a dramatic impact on the country steering the civil war. also, showing russia can mount a meaningful expeditionary force. >> i think we have time for one more. let's go to the woman on the left. yes, you. -- gameden't gained out how the warfare escalates in cyberspace. is that you, andrew said that? yes. have ation is, do we skill set to accomplish that and, if so, how are they deployed? onrew: everyone who works cyber in the u.s. government says we don't have enough people working on that, nor do we have enough people who are technically qualified to do it. we have a lot of good people, but we don't have bought farms -- bot farms to give you an example. john: we are at an example of acquiring the skills and building them. in terms of what i said earlier, about understanding and escalate or a letter in something like ciber, my real analogy there is looking act o

ambassador and he made some very strong statements about russia he essentially accused russia of carrying out what he called an unlawful use of force this is the u.k. representative. as the president for more of this we can conclude that russia is in serious breach of the chemical weapons convention through its failure to declare the no visual program this fact alone means you should discount any arguments you hear about the possibility of of a countries having inherited this technology. now the u.k. representative who called the emergency meeting was then followed up by the u.s. representative nikki haley now nikki haley not only made reference to allegations against russia about the recent incident but she further fit it into a wider narrative she made allegations against the syrian government she even mention north korea and she fit into a wider narrative about russia's role in the world and this is this is what we heard from nikki haley the representative of the united states. a growing concern and all of this dangerous and destabilizing activity is russia. russia failed to ensure syr

and conflict with russia's old.

russia's ambassador to the e.u. has suggested that the nerve agent used to poison a former spy could have originated in the u.k. the british government has dismissed the claim saying the poison used on square pile and his daughter came from russia britain accuses moscow of being behind the attack a charge it denies republican senators are warning u.s. president donald trump not to fire special counsel robert mueller saying he must be allowed to investigate alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election has renewed his twitter attacks on both the f.b.i. and melissa's firing the bureau's former deputy director under way came friday. reported to have kept detailed notes about his interactions with the president. there is that the top stories inside story is coming up next go away. bottom everything's dominated russian politics for a teeny is now he's sessoms of elected president for another six at a time when relations with the us a compared to the cold war and moscow is accused of poisoning a spy

oriented towards russia. you have a population that has lived under the russian world view and narrative. there's a lot of efforts -- elite in the country is recognizing need to put space between it and russia and ease the economic problems of the country reaching out to china and the west but russia i think still is hopeful to use the population inside as well. kazakhstan, strategics is same as belarus, keep the country stable and pro-regime person in power. as i said, nazarbayev is 77. kazakhstan defied expectations past 25 years. everybody thought could be unstable and ethnic tensions. neither happened because of him. careful of cultivating multiethnic image for kazakhstan. but border between russia and kazakhstan -- we talked about estonian border. this border is as large as u.s./canada border, slightly larger. majority of the russians in north of the country near that border. 1999/2000, russian stoked p pro-separatist movement most of us forgot about. looking for and found kazak citizens who went to figh

and putin has again at least by his standards he has made russia respected at least they noticed russia has to be consulted shall we say or he demands that it is a demand that is it is frankly obeyed as well by international community and that's what he wants he wants a change to the established post cold order and whether your hand gets out is a matter of political will in the west because clearly russia is not symmetrical equal power to the combined forces of western europe and the united states but it doesn't show syria is a good example of this where the west does have to take note of what russia is doing and adapt in the conflict to a certain extent because not prepared it seems the latest events in my country notwithstanding. i don't take russia on fully as it much too yeah i am part of the input instead himself people are listening now he been listening now to russia has catapulted bashar on to the world stage do you agree with james that he's done that at the expense of the welfare of the same people that it's pretty damning what dan said they doesn't care about russian people.

and outside russia. the point of this vagueness is to make inquiries on most impossible. russia denies the international conclusion that they shot down the malaysian airlines flight. to this day, they deny the conclusion of all people that investigated it that they killed the former spy. to this day, no one has pointed a finger at the real murderers of other oppositionon politicias in russia. this is the point of russian security. it is opaque. it cannot be found. peter: i am quoting from newsweek. areu.k. service re-examining deaths of 14 people with connections to russia that were previously dismissed as natural. how much of a crisis is this between the west and russia? and must be the worst since the cold war. gemma: i agree. one thing i have a problem of is this term of "the west." i am somebody who thinks that the cold war is over. i grew up in the soviet union as a german child at the time of the cold war and i think it is good to get rid of these terms and these understandings. i oppose the pictur

russia.et me explain something to you, and the peasants -- and this has nothing to do with the upcoming presidential election. whoever becomes the next president, regardless, every person, every citizen of russia has to realize what is happening in the world today and what kind of challenges we face today. technological changes are happening at an increasing speed. those who take advantage of this new technology will lunge forward. those who are unable to do that will be buried under this tide of technological progress. being backward technologically means undermining the capabilities of your country and eventually losing your sovereignty. that is a fact. this will weaken the country, undermine its potential, because new jobs, modern companies, prospects will emerge in other countries and young people will go there, talented people will move there, and society will lose its vitality and development potential as a result. civilizationalng changes in the world today, and this requires us to ris

if it was putin's or russia's military, it was putin's or russia's military, it was putin's or russia'sion is that people should draw. ludmila thinks that very few trolls are driven by patriotism. she tells me it is about the money, and, ifa tells me it is about the money, and, if a new boss instructed them to criticise putin, they would. and it seems the trolls are still operating. we have been told that the troll factory has mooted this premises. i am coming to see if any of these people in the smoking shelter opposite work there and what they can tell me. the man tells me he has seen here and he does not like what they do. inside, i managed to speak to the director of one firm named in the us indictment, but he would not comment on camera its work. 2000 kilometres away perm as weathered all the twists and turns since the soviet union fell apart. it was the home to soviet factories for decades and closed to foreigners. then a dry day transformation. —— then i tried a was

and with that overall assessment being mainly positive we always see mission in fact russia said there were no alexa law violations that we did say the folks somewhat like transparency we spoke to some of the observers. to say that they didn't see anybody lation maybe i was too short a time there but i don't i don't think that in and about asians. we wanted to see how it works we were we are particularly interested very much in the transmission line which is i sit here and although a very high level really. important thing to do is to have a sister and i wish that also in truman the you would have the opportunity sure lect or president by direct elections or coop consists of eight different members of. parliament i want to congratulate mr putin and hope that we can improve cerm of russian relations have to disallow actions it would be really important for us because also the chairman's suffer because of sanctions. all the pressure was positive there was a. systematic. thing like this. we were. reporting station what i can say from my observations this was positive and that's what the g

wants to know why russia boys and this man and what russia is saying that the that we are denying that we poisoned him and this is all that they're saying. they're not saying that there is an investigation that the investigation is not completed that the results of this investigation have not been given to any courts. that the u.k. is part of the on this is a shoo in for the prohibition of chemical weapons and that is why they need to file an official request to the organization regarding this matter they're not saying that russia has expressed. the that. the u.k. needs to file this official request and that we base our actions on an international document ratified by the u.k. the u.s. and all of the countries that are so worried about what's happening right now. they told us we are not going to talk to us and this is a direct violation of the international convention. because when you. are going to do something. that was good at what you do to us you need to do is up with. the use actual of international law and your professional your colleagues your which is in the in the west even t

measures against russia russia is no order precipitated to to make. sure we measure holes so it will add a new new it we agreed. distances because because russia is a sovereign country cannot stand without a reaction so. what i am afraid. as i said seen from geneva is now we are in a kind of escalating as collating tense sons because of russia as currently the right to make retaliations which is not too good a good thing but what what can or should do i think that there is no. means of doing so do songs for for russia and that's a pity for hold the situation on the european continent and will not be striking some people as particularly peculiar is how just yesterday we were reporting u.k. counter-terror police bringing live footage of them saying they were yet to declare any suspects so why now then just be twenty four hours later are we saying what is politicians being completely insistent the russia was responsible for the poisoning . yeah i think the russia is is nothing to see with this kind of thing. directly because there is no evidence but russ

russia eventually.. there is a picture on the front page of the times in the uk, if people want to look on it, look at tomorrow's papers today. the are probably familiar with, three friends, they are locking arms and looking at the camera, all three are dead and a mysterious circumstances in the uk. why does this kind of thing keep happening? in the uk. why does this kind of thing keep happening ?|i in the uk. why does this kind of thing keep happening? i think it sends a clear signal that no matter where these people are who have crossed vladimir putin and crossed russia, that they have ended up dying. and nothing will protect them. i think that sends a very strong signal to those in russia as well as those abroad not to cross vladimir putin and the russian government. it is an election weekend coming up in russia. tessas up weekend coming up in russia. tessas up president putin will be re—elected, are there any circumstances under which mr putin is not president of russia and in which he loses support

no just not russia as well unless of course russia comes to its senses and stops assassinating or trying to assassinate people on british soil loads of people aboard about international politics in this country and don't really care one way or the other of course they care about the tragedy of a british police officer and so forth is that way to resume could never have said that the england squad can't go to mosque and i think it's not inconceivable that that made position may change so so far the prime minister has said no member the royal family will go prince william is president of the football association in this country a job i imagine he loathes because we all know he can't stand for much happier on the polo pitch old chap but he won't be going no officials to be going so i'm sure that to me peter will be devastated that the sports minister tracey kraut to go by . word to be terrified by that is can you are so bulls as well but there is talk of the possible that could be the england football team may not go and it would be it people say you can't involve sport politics hang on. br

sovereignty and saying it is high and saying it is highly likely russia was behind it you say russia always gets the blame you see you don't see you seem to be doubting that russia is to blame i think it's too early to judge because we didn't have any proof so far i think it's very clear that one needs to have a statement of solidarity because different from your point of view i was shocked and i think a lot of richest people in salisbury were shocked that something like this could happen in their country and i find it quite understandable that it's a difficult situation for may you need to react somehow but i think it would have been much better. to wait with laboring winter can remember that russia always gets the blame why it is right ro russia are always get the blame i find that there's a certain stereotype of russians as it's often said in british media and even british politicians there should be much more difference ation between what is the kremlin what just actually if certain networks we don't know in the secret service and i think one couldn't my. shouldn't be so fast bec

has affinity to russia. and there's another party, that is how it's called, led by a highly controversial figure, who is in exile in moscow, that political party has some support in moldova and that is very much a russian political party. if you add together russian forces, then it's half of the political expect rspectrum in t the political potential. in the next election, there's a high chance of the russian power gaining a majority. if you look at the change of the electoral system being introduced, a mixed system. you tonight have to have a ph.d. in political science, when you have a fractionalized pro western right. and you have a strongly consolidated pro russian left, and in the form of one party, and the first system, the party is a front-runner. so, in that sense, russia, pro russian forces -- in the next election. therefore, if you add up the other avenues of russian power of influence in moldova and the church, and the ngo sector, it will create a perfect storm for russia to turn moldova back towar

with europe i mean certainly russia is not going to be part of the european union but i think russia definitely sees itself as part of the european civilization with everything that in it entails including human rights the respect for the rule of florida democratic institutions free and fair elections etc but coming back to that point of reagan of russia because i actually think that putin. may read a lot of. reagan thinking because he talks about that in his own way but he centrally his main point is that russia will only be respected when when it's strong it is only the strong russia that the west and the united states in particular could take seriously but the. letter question i'm not quite sure you said that this is the kind of pressure that the west should one but do you think this is the kind of pressure that the west can take yes i think it's our i think right now we're not there i mean right now i see a russia that's still struggling to figure out its role in the world and i think some of what vladimir putin has done is regrettable it's understandable but it's also regrettabl

this week we devote our attention to russia.a abroad — after what the uk and its allies called the first offensive use of a nerve agent in europe since the second world war. and russia at home — as a presidential election is expected to deliver vladimir putin another six years in the kremlin. my guests this week: the former 0bserver writer now political commentator adam raphael. jef mcallister, the american broadcaster, formerly the head of time magazine's london bureau. italian journalist and film maker annalisa piras, and russian political commentator, and former kremlin advisor, alexander nekrassov. welcome to you all. let's start by discussing how the british government is handling the events of the last few days, how do you think theresa may is doing? i think she's doing pretty well, she was home secretary and this is an area she is familiar with. it is almost proforma, what she has been doing. sling out a few russian spies, you sound tough. she carried the house of commons with her, i think she's done her political credibi

russia, russia, they chanted., in putin's fourth term, are russia and the west destined for a cold war? later, the president dismissed british accusations that he was behind the nerve agent attack in salisbury. translation: it is rubbish, drivel, nonsense, to think that russia would do something like that ahead of a presidential election and the world cup. president putin's pitch to voters had been to stick with me and russia will be strong. and many russians believe that. he is a genius. putin wants russia to prosper and for us to live in happiness. she says that it is thanks to vladimir putin, russia still exist. however, critics of the kremlin says that the election was fixed and only those candidates who stood no chance of unseating vladimir putin were allowed to run. the problem with russia is that there is no such thing as russian politics. politics has been eliminated in russia altogether. there is only one political institution in russia and that is the physical body of vladimir putin. which is why vladimi

so antagonistic towards russia. well they look at. her input and he is the president of a rising power i rising power is always opposed the most difficult thing for a rising power is to come to terms with those policies which are there so therefore they're bound to collide with powers like britain and america because they're becoming stronger and spreading the influence in the middle east and so on britain for one except russia is a leading power in the middle east and will play a very important road that together with iran and turkey as americans they're more concerned now with north korea and kim job room and so on subconscious mind is folks they're not really on russia or the middle east so therefore we have a situation now where russia can take take the initiative and when he when he talks about dialogue document don't goodness it takes two to engage in dialogue because i think somebody said was it wasn't proper said. two lovers you could only have love when both sides how we need to communicate and talk to one

we have offered russia the chance to explain, but russia has refused. we have therefore concluded that the russian state was involved and we have taken certain measures in response. in taking these measures, we have been clear that we have no disagreement with the people of russia who have been responsible for so many great achievements throughout history. it is the reckless acts of their government that we oppose. mr. president, we are grateful for the support of so many countries around the world. we will come back to this council as the investigations make more progress and continue to keep you informed. we have already heard the attacks and threats that russia has made over the past few days. we know that there will be more to come. this is how russia has acted in every other case where it has been caught flouting international law, denial, distraction and threats. it is what russia does, but we will not let such threats deter us. we will not weaken our resolve. we will stand firm, confident in our democracy, our rule of law and the freedom of our p

and russia than the united states or russia have with each other. russia's power is waning and we are starting to see a greater eurasian alliance is supposed to russia trying to turn itself with europe in the primary temps that putin had made in the ukrainian crisis. ambassador bolton will probably have more to say about that but i do think that china is trying its best to walk a fine line between maintaining an economic powerhouse which may be a democrat-- demographic crisis in the future so we will see what the result of that will be but i do believe china is in a unique position. i'm curious to see where it goes forward from here. it's the largest country population wise in the world. >> the chinese are declaring victory and what they perceive as is a long war here but the north koreans, i don't think the media has recognized president trump really and a lot of ways has managed to shut down little rock that manner at least bring little rocket man to the table. and you have the chinese-- would he think is lacking in terms of recognition? >> i thin

russia relations. you know alexander one of the in particular things about the u.k. since the end of the soviet union is that a lot of ethnic russians with a many of them with very dubious pasts in ways that beat their money and found their way into the u.k. when it's convenient they say there are political dissident i always like that little trick here. with their pockets all stuffed full of money but it's kind of turned into a kind of morbid playground of settling scores that have you know have some kind of connection with russia in the case that we're talking about right now that it looks like it was a purely british affair i mean you know don't think that you know isn't there any kind of reflection in the u.k. that maybe you shouldn't let these crooked billionaires into the u.k. i know they've got a lot of money and money does talk go ahead alexander what is so strange about this is yes the reason or if there is some reflection about this there are people who are saying we've allowed all sorts of very give me the people from russia to rowing here but in all comin

russia is not in a competition with the united states russia is simply trying to provide security for its citizens and to take away opportunities for the united states to a ticket without baseball the great powers are in competition so i get home and i'm going to have no playing to run out of the many thanks my guest here in moscow this is the in of our broadcast segments stay with us for the extended version on our you tube channel see you next time and remember across. fundamentally the united states and russia are have been for decades two scorpions in a bottle each capable of destroying the other but only at the price of being destroyed itself and putin said well these weapons will overcome u.s. missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already so they'll be more effective against russian forces. apply to many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money. to spend spend be true to the twe

beach presupposes a certain degree of politeness and having to please russia critics of russia haters both at home and within his own administration right well let me say two things first to clarify why i use that language because i saw a number of things happen that i think the kremlin had a hand in everything from the attempted assassination of the double agent in britain to some of the support for the assad regime and its barrel bombing and artillery attacks on its own populations in syria and perhaps even issues like the numb soft killing in russia and the evidence that i've seen suggests complicity at the highest levels of the russian government in some of these tragedies which had a very human cost now i could be wrong but that's my working understanding and that's why i use strong words at the expense of the russian president however i also have written about how i think that vladimir putin is genuinely respected among russians because he did help stabilize the country after the yeltsin years he tried to restore a sense of stability growing prosperity international prestige and

i mean russia has said since that speech in the hopes that russia sorry the u.s. might reassess its foreign policy do you think that will happen or do you think the u.s. will just become more entrenched and will enter a new arms race. well we already are in a new arms race entrenched more entrenched there's no way that can be more entrenched except when president trump gets ready to press the nuclear button we are at one another's throats right now so i don't see intensification of hostile talk or scheming and planning has in the cards what is possible and what was what was put in so intent was to sober up the west and to bring that back to realities. i don't think anyone in the us mainstream media is going to pay attention to the proceeding to the cause of russia's military build up to only look at the consequences what russia has done but that's not a matter of importance what russia has done is breathtaking and i think as i said it will make the us generals the pentagon the whole military budget the spin indorsed by congress. look like chumps so the united stat

this relationship between russia and china. quite a lot can be quite tricky and would be very difficult to undermine. what did you make of some of the media coverage of this story because obviously the anti russian moods if you can put it that way have been prevalent for quite some time so when this story happened were you surprised to see the way it unraveled given the the investigation is still going on and the police have not made any official statements in terms of pointing fingers quite yet the launch was made by after the speech of boris johnson that was the next day so immediately under the command you know of the foreign secretary we've got all this media reports without any evidence if you read the british newspapers you will see that there are no evidence this is this is first. the beginning of this. we heard two things going interesting the first one there were calls that. the license of the r.t. should be revoked. and the second one that the world there were promises in the parliament to launch the cyber attack agai

russia is already subject to sanctions.t these damage russia's economy but their impact on behaviour is doubtful. crucially these are largely eu sanctions, the uk cannot impose them on its own. so what unilateral options is the government considering? some of russia's 58 diplomats in london could be expeued diplomats in london could be expelled but that might promote a tit for tat expulsion. russians could face travel bans, but who and how? there could be tougher laws to crack down on russian officials guilty of human rights abuses, and russian television stations like rt could be targeted. here at the foreign office, they are also investing a lot of effort and diplomacy in trying to bring international pressure to bear on russia but the bar is high. russia has a veto at the un and some eu countries are reluctant to contemplate yet more sanctions. to date, the russian embassy said accusations of involvement in the salisbury attack were groundless as diplomats promised retaliation against any new sanctions. russia is not a c

with europe i mean certainly russia is not going to be part of the european union but i think russia definitely sees itself as part of the european civilization with everything that in it entails including human rights the respect for the rule of law democratic institutions free and fair elections that cetera but coming back to that point of reagan of russia because i actually think that putin. may read a lot of. reagan thinking because he talks about that in his own way but he centrally his main point is that the russia will only be respected when when it's strong it is only the strong russia that the west and the united states in particular could take seriously but the. letter question i'm not quite sure you said that this is the kind of pressure that the west should one but do you think this is the kind of pressure that the west can take yes i think it's our i think right now we're not there i mean right now i see a russia that's still struggling to figure out its role in the world and i think some of what vladimir putin has done is regrettable it's understandable but it's also re

russia. so basically there was a strong reaction from the russians about the presence of the earth in the u.k. but what is interesting with fischer they requested the explanations about the plans of the britain to launch this cyber attack is this a real saber attack against the country it's the act of war. and first of all we didn't get the official answer to this note and some how to do is a good that let's say that topic disappeared from the british newspapers and from any statements from the in the parliament so basically i think that the british so i decided that was too much so two things r.t. and the cyberattack disappears from the disappeared from the british media. so this is this is the answer to your question what do you make of some of the terminology being used according to recent neighbors john. and she's used the words highly likely that got a lot of traction he today said when asked how certain he is that russia is behind this on a scale from one to ten he said nine point nine

but for russia to energy is anything but a game. in northern europe the baltic nations denmark and sweden are worried that the. destruction of north stream too could escalate the military buildup in the region. that is the cat's bullshitters aspect is that's money caught it out in terms of security policy there is concern that russian submarines will accompany the ships that are laying the pipeline as of that the fear is that the sphere of russian activity if you want to call it that will expand the white house wider so although many are calling this a purely commercial venture others are viewing it within a security context often as a problem of securitisation as it were the context given. the linkage between energy and security policy has also been felt in georgia another russian neighbor and former soviet republic. we had for tbilisi the capital of georgia the country is a close ally of ukraine both are turning westward and seeking closer ties with the european union. to please see and hear share another thing in common both coun

russia is not in a competition with the united states russia is simply trying to provide security for its citizens and to take away opportunities for the united states to a ticket without their use but all the great powers are in competition so i get on the phone to get on the plane to read out of the many thanks my guest here in moscow this is the universe broadcast segment stay with us for the extended version on our you tube channel see you next time and remember a cross talk. about your sudden passing i've only just learnt you worry yourself and taken your last wrong turn. to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each other. but then my feeling started to change you talked about more like it was again still some more fun to view those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly promised to never be like him it said one does not leave a funeral the same as one enters the mind it's consumed with death this way to. s

russia's top diplomat in the u.s. today saying that what we're seeing today is a major blow to us russian relations just take a listen to part of what he unsaid. she would need a surgeon you english that i mean to keep what the united states of america is doing today. that destroying what little remained of us russian ties. the burial if. it's there i would add that all the responsibility for ruining russian american relations is on the united states of america and i say you know in a father i'm a dick i mean there's lots of extremes there are destroying relations all the blame is on the u.s. we can we talk about this really now being the new coal who well in rhetoric yes this is true but what is actually quite noticeable an interesting is that the responsibility for the serious deterioration of relations between russia and the united states but also you know russia and europe is really put to the united states into the west in general this isn't. a correct portrayal of what has happened because one has to go back to

as a murder knowing it would be traced back to russia or all russia was trying to keep it secret but one of the of them cannot be true at the same time and indeed on the first day we heard that the police say that the poison was somehow administered through the front door of their house and. well well yeah but i mean you've been attacked by a chemical weapon you decide to go to a cemetery then you go for a beer then you go for lunch an italian restaurant it takes four hours for the chemical weapon to act i don't call that military grade i don't think that would work very well on the battlefield do you it's amazing or let me go to lord lord richard in london i mean in it seems to me that this is styria is being conjured up in jindo because of domestic issues in the us in the u.k. we have we see massive political changes going on in europe nato countries by the way this is a very interesting way to kind of keep the alliance cohesive because that is fraying go ahead in london. well it's fraying but the whole of the this story just doesn't hang together i mean we're asked to believe that

relationship between russia and china. quite a lot it could be quite a movie very difficult to undermine. the good and the bad you need capitalism to work both winners and losers you can't bail out every single bank that gets into trouble you can't bail out every sale the nice free money you've got to let the system weed out the losers otherwise you end up with you know a state controlled state maintained price fixing regime by the state that resembles all failed such experiments in the past why not just let the free market be the free market. whether watching from laredo texas or from right here in moscow this is our view international we're glad to have you with us now u.s. central command has admitted it does not know how resources it gives to the saudi led coalition are being used in the conflict with yemen. does set time track the purpose of the missions that it is refueling what targets it strikes and the results of the mission senator we do not ok reuters recently reported on a saudi coalition air strike in late feb